libre buggy speedo what type etc

[bigholty]

hi all just got me new libre v max its greeeaaatttttttttttt

what speedo would the best type to fit in the downtube to frame clamp area as its a nice little place to put it shouldnt get damaged there either if i can get one small enough to fit .

any ideas what to use before i get to the local bike shop to buy one thanks

[MadAndy71]

I just used the Halfords wireless 7 funtion one. Only a few squids. Doesnt really need the 7 functions and doesnt need to be wireless but if you go wired, watch of for it being pinched between the fork and down tube.

 

Argos do pretty much the same version too.

 

1) I did have to drill a hold through my front rim to secure the magnet. People have fixed it with epoxy but many of these have also lost the magnet.

 

2) Ignore what the leaflet says, ie the smallest wheel it can be used on is bla bla bla (much bigger than any buggy wheel) Its rubbish, they can be dialled down to a buggy wheel and set very easily.

[popeyethewelder]

get a gps off ebay you will end up with one anyway so you might as well go for that now...

 

 

I use a garmin 12x, but I am sure there will be plenty of other good gps's offered from further posts

 

Carl

[Adam F]

get a gps off ebay you will end up with one anyway so you might as well go for that now...

 

 

I use a garmin 12x, but I am sure there will be plenty of other good gps's offered from further posts

 

Carl

 

Carl, what prices do you reckon you should be aining for.. thinking of geting a GPA, not a fancy one though. See how much i can save up, from back me holiday.

 

Any ideas?

[Ped]

what prices do you reckon you should be aining for.. thinking of geting a GPA, not a fancy one though. Any ideas?

 

Adam - have a look on this site -

 

http://www.gps4less.co.uk/shop001/index.php

 

Some pretty good deals

 

Ped:D

[Adam F]

Adam - have a look on this site -

 

http://www.gps4less.co.uk/shop001/index.php

 

Some pretty good deals

 

Ped:D

 

Eek, they are pretty cheap. £80 for an Extrex isnt bad at all!

 

Cheers Steven, will look at it more when i come back from holiday.

[aquatix]

If you need to find your way back to your car at the end of a buggying session, just about any GPS will suffice.

 

If you want to know your maximum speed, average speed, distance travelled etc... then get a basic cycle computer (it is what they are designed for).

 

Providing you measure your rolling circumference ACCURATELY it will give more reliable information than a GPS anyway (at best most GPS have a one second sample rate that averages the information it recieves to produce an approximate reading).

 

GPS is designed for 3 dimensional spacial positioning, (i.e. height as well as horizontal position) so when working just in a horizontal plane it can never fulfill it's design criteria.

 

There is simply no justification for spending more on a GPS to get a less accurate idea of how fast you are going !

[aquatix]

Oh, and for anyone who still doubts the inaccuracy of GPS horizontal positioning accuracy, please read:

 

http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gpsacc.htm

 

quod erat demonstrandum

[popeyethewelder]

Carl, what prices do you reckon you should be aining for.. thinking of geting a GPA, not a fancy one though. See how much i can save up, from back me holiday.

 

Any ideas?

 

this is looking cheap....nothing to do with me I might add

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GARMIN-GPS-12-CHANNEL-Personal-Navigator_W0QQitemZ130007698743QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4668QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

think I paid about £50 for mine

[Sand-Yeti]

GPS can also be useful for other things.

If you are going somewhere that you will have to visit again in future, then use the GPS just once to track & mark your destination and you won't have any problem to find the place second time around.

 

I live in a rather complicated place to find and have made a map for visitors. On that I have also included the waypoint of my home. Many of my friends & acquaintances who own GPS's found my place without problems.

 

I have been using GPS's for over 11 years (owned 5 GPS's to date). & have never had problems recording accurate speeds. In the early days positioning was acuurate to only about 100 yards. That all changed some years ago & waypoint accuracy is usually less than 7 yards.

 

Sand-Yeti

[BenjaminE1979]

Defo recomend a GPS over a speedo. I have seend some of the mono chrome ones for about £50. The other great thing about them is that you can mark points to avoid. My one will warn you when you get a certain distance. I use this on Hoylake after I came over a sandbank to be confronted with the ribs of an old wreck!!

They are also great if you loose something on the way. You can track back your journey.

 

I bought a case for mine which slips nicely into the velcro strap of the libre splash guard.

 

Have we convinced you yet???

[aquatix]

Have we convinced you yet???

 

Not for buggy use, no ! I've used GPS for over 10 years (mainly for sailing, but also trail-riding), and it can be invaluable when used for it's true purpose (which is not as a speedo).

 

That all changed some years ago & waypoint accuracy is usually less than 7 yards.

Sand-Yeti

 

That was my point - there is still too great an error margin for accurate use as a speedo, and you will achieve the same or more accurate results at a fraction of the price with a bike computer.

 

I did mean to mention Sand-Yeti in my original post as the only person I know on this forum who could make proper use of a GPS for buggying (it would be virtually essential for desert exploration.)