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Old 12-23-2013, 03:51 PM   #1
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Default $3 speedometer miles/metric

OK friends . At the dollar store today and bought a $3 bike computer . I thought it was an original idea but I am wrong . Is there anything you guys have NOT thought of out here ?

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Old 12-23-2013, 04:05 PM   #2
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Default Re: $3 speedometer miles/metric

I can't think of anything right now...

The bike computer works very well as a speedo BTW.
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Old 12-23-2013, 04:37 PM   #3
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Says the guy with the blown cart
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Old 12-23-2013, 04:47 PM   #4
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OK ,well then how about cheap night vision ? I have the kid's bonus goggles from ModernWarfare2, could wire up a black led spotlight to the roof.
I'm going to seriously consider the amphibious angle , "get wild ".
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Old 12-23-2013, 05:00 PM   #5
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Get yourself a cheap infra-red light source off ebay. Then you can use your cell phone camera to see in the dark.
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Old 12-25-2013, 07:57 AM   #6
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Default Re: $3 speedometer miles/metric

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I can't think of anything right now...

The bike computer works very well as a speedo BTW.
There are very few cheap magnet type bike speedometers that are adjustable down far enough for a small stock golf cart tire.
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Old 12-25-2013, 09:02 AM   #7
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The cheapo one I have from the dollar store goes down to 20" in diameter . If one had suitable math skills it could be possible to use this on smaller wheel/tire combos by exploiting the difference between a mile and a km. For example if the wheel rotated (for illustration purposes) one time per km, it rotates about 1.61 times in a mile . Here is about where my brain breaks down, but there is likely some formula you can use in programming a smaller wheel circumference (or diameter) to "trick" the $3 instrument to give a meaningful reading . The instrument would indicate kph but would actually"mean" mph. Or maybe it's reversed in that it indicates mph but actually"mean" kph.
I dunno . It's been year since I did any challenging math .
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Old 12-25-2013, 09:38 AM   #8
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And the 20" diameter is for the wheel, not tire also. They have a setup menu that allow for various wheel diameters to be programmed in. I did find one that was adjustable in the menu down to a 12" wheel but it could not go as small as a 8" stock wheel.
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Old 12-25-2013, 09:59 AM   #9
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Go to walmart and get the Schwinn digital bike speedometer. You program the tire circumference.
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Old 12-25-2013, 10:53 AM   #10
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How low can you program it to? As I said most have a minimum limit
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