Funny you should say Star Trek like, Freek. I still own one of those Cateye Velo CC-1000 and it had to be pre 1980. The large magnetic ring screwed to the spokes, and the pickup slid into the dropout just before tightening the QR. I remember when it died, launching itself off the handlebar mount, and was reborn reading Klingon. The thing still works, batteries were 2 or 3 AAA's, and would last for years, but it reads Klingon, absolutely nothing understandable. Lots of masking tape on the mount to reduce rattling. After that I went to the belt drive Huret cyclometer, and used that on the Richard Sach's tourer till the Cateye solar came out. The mind can be a terrible thing sometimes. I seem to remember the Sachs, 1978, was fairly new when I got that, but just checking the Cateye archives scanned owners manual, there's no publishing date in it. The solar had speed, cadence and distance on one readout, really cool, but even with solar, ate batteries and the wiring was too delicate. Mine still works though its been in the parts bin for years. Switched over to the Avocets when it/they came out.
I think I'm on topic, but just ...
Dan Artley in Parkton, MD
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Would that be the Cat Eye Velo CC-1000? I found one on a bike from 1980. Interesting kind of Startrek-like appearance!
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
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Hey gang,
Are bicycle computers off topic? If not, when did handlebar mounted computers start being used, and what brands were common?
Thanks.
Jay Sexton
Sebastopol, CA