Cateye Wireless Strada Computer
Cateye Wireless Strada Computer
Packed with functions but free from wires, the CatEye Strada Wireless epitomizes power and elegance. The Strada Wireless boasts the largest screen and numbers in its class. Thanks to the new CatEye ClickTec? interface, you can switch among seven modes by simply pressing the bottom of the computer face ? easy to do, even on rough terrain. Your selected mode displays at the bottom of the screen, while your current speed appears at the top in huge, easy-to-read numerals. An up/down arrow tells you how your current speed compares to your average speed. The innovative FlexTight? bracket mounts quickly, securely and tool-free to virtually any handlebar or stem. The new tool-free wheel sensor mounts effortlessly to most road and mountain forks. Strada Wireless: Ride fast, ride sleek, ride wireless. Functions ?Current speed ?Maximum speed ?Average speed ?Total distance (odometer) ?Trip distance ?2nd trip distance ?Elapsed time ?12/24hr clock Features ?ClickTec? button interface ?Programmable odometer ?Auto start/stop ?Auto power-saving mode ?Pace arrow ?Dual wheel size ?Measurements in kilometers or miles ?Universal speed sensor and magnet ?FlexTight? universal mounting bracket Specifications ?Fits almost any handlebar or stem: 22-31.8mm ?Fits almost any fork: 11-55mm ?Batteries: CR2032 x 2 (1 each for head unit and sensor) ?Front fork speed sensor ?Transmission distance up to 70cm – 27 inches
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great product!
Bought this Cateye Strada wireless a few weeks ago for recreational use, and it’s great! Installed it on a Giant FCR bike, which I ride ~5 days a week. It literally took just minutes (did it in my parking deck at work) with no tools. It works perfectly, and it took very little playing around to figure out the controls. Once the time, date, and wheel circumference are set, the controls are just pressing on a pad below the display to advance through the different readings, or holding down for a few seconds to reset distance, avg. speed, etc. for each ride. I’ve seen a previous review that said that the bar/stem bracket broke when taking the unit off. I think you just have to pay a little attention when you slide it on and off to make sure that you’re sliding it squarely with the bracket rather than at an angle. Because I have to lock my bike outside every day at work, I remove/replace it frequently and have had no problems whatsoever. I’m very happy with it.
3 Stars Distance
Front fork speed sensor ?Transmission distance up to 70cm – 27 inches, which I got my set a 27″ and still flashing which mean the two sensors are too far apart. My handlebar is set more than the 27″ limit, so this keep flashing, but seem to work for now.
4 Stars pleased but
good product mounts could be better batteries were all but dead on arrival still a good choice
4 Stars Small, Compact and Easy to Read
This is a great little cycle computer. It is much smaller than I thought it would be. To change functions you just tap the entire face of the unit and it changes – very easy to use when on the move. The wireless works great!
5 Stars Very Good-amazing customer service too.
I too was surprised by the size and now that it’s warmed up a bit in Ohio took it out for a daylight trial. It’s really not impossible for my older eyes to read without glasses at all. But the icons denoting the current display…fahgeddaboutit. Besides, I have the order memorized so if I see a black blob in the third space, then hey, there’s my distance…which is again, legible.
The bike shop installed it for me but it’s true the instructions may leave one wanting. It seems like the shop set it for the right size tire, but the distance was too low my first ride. I upped it and now it reads correctly. I love the one finger ‘click-through’ method it offers. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to customize which of the 8 readings we wanted at the top in large fonts!!? (I’d prefer distance in the ‘big screen’. 
It has a pretty large sensor zone attached to the front fork and honestly, mine is only at the 1/4″ distance from it when the spoke with the magnet on it is a hair widths from being past it. The center of the sensor zone or the entire sensor piece, doesn’t need to be 5mm, just at some point of the magnet passing the thing, it should come fairly close. And even though the sensor’s only about an inch wide, that much movement of a spoke, (tire rotation), changes the distance a lot.
I didn’t find programming it that hard at all. Pita a bit, but not hard. But am concerned about how hard it is to remove from the bracket….but that may change soon. While wanting to relocate it to a different bar space this morning, I loosened the nut and pull apart. The end of the stiff plastic strap broke right off. Called cust service via their 800# on their site, (couldn’t find it on the instuction paper), and a human answered in Colorado after only a one time button push for dept. choice.
I told him I’m sorry, but haven’t registered it yet. Just installed it but purchased Jan 09. He’s pleasantly said, ‘No problem at all, those stiffer type straps have been replaced on the newer made models and I’ll send out the whole bracket assembly so you’ll be good to go.’ Now, you can’t beat that. Japanese company through and through, but the N. American office is really there for ya when you need them…and that’s what counts.
