CatEye Black Strada Cadence Wired Road Bike Computer

I've had one of these for at least 2 years now; and am ordering another since I took it off my road bike to put it on my new recumbent trike. The wiring harness is long enough, and the neat and unobtrusive speed sensor and cadence sensor are separate so even on a long recumbent the cadence sensor reaches the front of the frame and the speed sensor can reach the rear or one of the front wheels). I did have a wireless set-up - not cateye - on the trike at first, but the signals were unreliable, the lag very poor (what's the point of a cadence measurement which tells me what my cadence was 3 seconds ago), it needed 3 batteries which wore out quickly, and the big obtrusive sensors were always getting bumped out of position.This unit is easy to set up, has a good display, has very little lag, is easy to switch through the various display options,and the single battery seems to last about 1 year of regular use. OK it is basic in that you can't download info to your computer, it doesn't record average cadence, and of course it does not include a Heart Rate Monitor or temperature gauge or barometer or calories consumed or average air speed of the african swallow. But it gives the most useful information accurately (speed, distance, average speed, maximum speed, actual cadence, odometer, trip time, and clock). It auto-starts when the bike moves and pauses when it stops. In short: it works.Another reviewer has apparently had problems with longevity of the unit. All I can say is that mine has proved to be very robust and reliable. Indeed I have an old Cateye Astrale unit which has been on my mountain bike for nearly 20 years and is still going strong (as is the steel framed bike - steel is real?)

Only used it once so far, but initial impressions are good. As it's a wired product, it took a while to install, but the kit did include everything I needed, just two gripes in the installation, the instructions tell you to install the main sensor to the rear wheel, had to install mine at the front as the rear metalwork is too far from the wheel spokes, in addition, it would be nice if Cateye included more zip ties to allow for mistakes.Use of the computer was positive, it was easy to set up, and, when compared to my own gps watch, it was accurate. I found the Cadence readings really useful for improving my fitness.In all, a really good and we'll priced product.

I bought this a wwhile ago and wanted to wait before reviewing it. As the title says if you dont fancy spending that bit more for a garmin unit then this is a very good budget choice.There are several modes, trip, cadence, total distance, avg speed they are the numbers at the bottom of the screen, but the main one i use is the cadence (as shown in the picture) as i used to tend to stay in a gear or two higher than i should have, my RPM was around about 70 and have found it much easier siting at 85-90 this has allowed me to cycle faster and further. The big numbers are of course your current speed the little arrow on the left side (looking at the picture) of the unit shows whether you are going above your average spped or will point down when going slower.Installation took about 15 mins, and there are plenty of zip ties to keep the wires tidy, the handlebar mount holds the computer secure and sturdily. As this has a cadence sensor there are two sensors to fit, one to the rear part of the frame for speed, distance etc (the magnet is attachedto the rear wheel) and the other sensor fits nearer to the cranks with a magnet attached to the left crank to measure the cadence. The instructions are pretty clear but for me were not required.I think i paid around £35 for this and i consider it to be great value. There is a wireless version avliable but is about £15 more expensive. If you dont mind the wires then theres no need to spend more.

Been using this for a while now on my recumbent bike, plenty of wire to fit it onto the boom and run it to the front 20 " wheel. Cadence sensor works fine. Did take a few fine tuning of the wheel measurement to get the distance spot on. There is no backlight on the display, which might be a problem if you don't use a head torch. Over all very satisfied with this simple cycle computer does the job.

The unit is quite small - much smaller than my previous CatEye bike computer and cadence was a bit difficult to read. The main problem however is that after three bike rides the unit no longer works - went for ride today and it just stoped working. I checked that the magnets are still in place and aligned and they are so have no idea why it's not working. It's two days past the return date so I can't even send it back. I can't recommend it and would not buy CatEye again I'm afraid.

I bought this as I wanted to monitor my cadence and found this to be the cheapest instrument on the market with this feature. As I have a smartphone with the Garmin and Strava apps, I didn't need all the extra features the Garmin Edge range offers and this meets my needs at a fraction of the cost.It was easy to install with no problems although as another reviewer has mentioned, I needed to put a spacer (not supplied) behind the magnet on the pedal crank to place it within 3mm of the sensor on the lower frame stay.When in use, there is a 1-2 second delay before the cadence reading updates a change of pace which, is fine for me. It's simple to change the output reading mode by a single press of the screen and if you press & hold for a few seconds, it resets the figures for the next ride. For easier than my previous speedo where it had two buttons that you had to press in a certain sequence!I'm very pleased with this smart little riding accessory as it does what I want it to do at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.

good product, but very fiddly to fit when trying to maintain stated gaps in magnets.