I suppose if you were interested in making a flowchart of how awesome and eco-friendly you are, you could use your day/week/month/year stats to make an awesome Powerpoint presentation.
It’s only useful if you need extra ammo for smugness. The format is km x 0.15 which results in lb/CO2 saved. The Carbon Offset function simply multiplies your distance times a set constant.
In the picture below, it reads “83✯” because I was holding it in my hand! It doesn’t record the temp, but it’s nice to have an instant indicator of how much of a hardcore commuter you are. The thermometer is on all the time, and it works very well. You’d need an active LCD screen for something like that, and the price would go up significantly. You can read it in the dark, but if it’s rainy, or if it’s cold and your eyes are watering, it’s not really bright enough. It’s barely bright enough to read the display by. However, it brings up one of the (very few) sore spots I have with the Commuter. Because in the dark, you can’t see what the function is without the backlight! This is fantastic. The Backlight mode lets you change the function button to where it always turns the backlight on first, then changes the display. It also has a little progress bar that gives you a quick indicator of how far you are into your ride. The faster you ride, the sooner the ETA shows you getting there. You could always set the distance for whichever route you’re worried about time on. It’s not perfect… if you take different morning and evening routes, it’s off… but overall, it does work. This makes the ETA distance the same as the last distance you rode before you reset the counter. This lets you either pre-set your regular commute distance, or if you take different routes, you can set it to Auto. The ETA function has two modes: Auto and Manual. You put in the usual data: distance units, time/date, tire size. Following the directions, it was pretty simple to set up for my bike, too. It doesn’t have quite enough range to use it on a rear wheel. The “Toolless Sensor” requires zip-ties, which are included. But how does it work? Is it perfect? How does it fill the needs of actual bike commuters? And with data like “Carbon Offset” or “ETA” and the ability to view your stats by day, week, month, or year, it’s definitely different.
I was very intrigued by this (and I found one on sale) so I decided to give it a try, and see if it lived up my lofty expectations.įirst thing I noticed about the Cateye Commuter is that there are cool new functions on it that I’ve never seen on any other bike computer. Supposedly, this little device is designed for the daily commuter, someone who wants to track their riding, but also wants useful data for when they’re trying to get to work. Plus, Cateye is very much supportive of Bike Commuters… they even run the website which tracks commuting miles.Īnd thus I discovered the Cateye Commuter. A lot of these bike computers are focused on tracking data for training rides- heart rate, cadence, power, etc.- so when my old Cateye Velo 2 died after 20 years of service, I was very eager to replace it.
If you’re like me, and you like to ride your bike to places, then you probably have some sort of device on your bike that lets you track miles, speed, time, and so forth.
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