Help me slide my Scirocco better...

[sad_rocc@veedub.com (Dan Smith)]

My only experience is working at a bike shop where I installed a ton of them. The ones we carried where you programmed in the exact measurements were crazy expensive. Granted, I haven't poked around much behind the wheels so I'm not sure what kind of spacing is there. I'm still not sold it would work though. Even with getting it set up right, it sounds like a lot of snow and crap would be hitting it and I think it would not work more than work. My guess is it would be a PITA to get set up and working. But then again, I'm not doing it so don't let my $0.02 stop ya. You wouldn't happen to have a good spare mountain bike you'd be willing to part with for ungodly cheap by any chance would you Decker? ;)

Dan

--- "Decker" <boisfort@myhome.net> wrote:
>Hi Dan;
>    Some bicycle computers have almost infinite settings for wheel size and
>if you mount the magnet on the inside of the rim on a rear wheel it
>shouldn't
>be too hard to fashion a bracket to hold the pickup off the rear backing
>plate. As long as your magnet and pickup are in the right relation to each
>other the angle of mounting would not make any difference. I spent a lot of
>time being a bicycle frame builder and bicycle mechanic and mounting one in
>a car would be pretty low tech. Just read the instructions with the
>computers till you find one that will allow you to set the tire size you
>have
>on the car.
>Brian Decker
>Curtis WA
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@veedub.com>
>To: "Kervin" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>; "Mark" <maardak@yahoo.ca>
>Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:53 AM
>Subject: Re: Help me slide my Scirocco better...
>
>
>> Hehe, nice idea, but not a chance. You have to calibrate the computer to
>the size of your bike wheel (basically, pick which wheel you have out of a
>list). I don't think they have anything close to car wheel sizes. Also, the
>pick up part has to be millimeters away from the magnet. Lastly, the way
>spokes are angled places the magnet in just the right spot for a correct
>reading. Too much toward the outside or inside of the tire would throw
>things off. But, then again, I don't know much about creative electrical
>engineering, so maybe it could be made to work.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> --- Kervin <kervinridgley@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >You could use a bicycle computer.  A small magnet would need to be
>> >attached to the spinning part of the wheel.  The "pick up"  would need
>> >to be mounted to a bracket that will allow you to adjust it's position.
>> >The computer will give you the speed of the wheel, but there is probably
>> >a way to have it light up when you the display reads "0".  The extras
>> >are that you will then have average speed, an adjustable speedometer,
>> >max speed, trip distance and driving time!
>> >
>> >Mark wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm practicing my left foot braking techniques in all this snow we've
>> >> had around here this winter, and it's come to my attention that this
>> >> practice is probably wearing the hell out of my front brakes.
>> >>
>> >> Here's what I would like:  an LED mounted on my dash that would light
>> >> up when my BACK wheels are locked up.  That way I don't end up mashing
>> >> the brakes too hard to achieve rear wheel lock up - which, in turn,
>> >> would require more throttle to keep the fronts spinning...  It would
>> >> speed up the learning curve alot, I usually feel like I'm over-applying
>> >> the brakes...
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas on a cheap/clever way to achieve this?  I have friends who
>> >> could help me build simple electronic circuits, so feel free to get
>> >> technical...
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any ideas!
>> >>
>> >> Mark.
>> >> 80 S
>> >> 81 S
>> >>
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>> >Kervin
>> >86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
>> >88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
>> >00 tt600
>> >
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