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Maximize your performance, improve your endurance, and keep your cycling workout safe and controlled with the Vetta VL110HR HD Heart Rate Cycling Computer. The VL110HR HD uses a wireless heart rate transmitter to pick up reliable heart rate readings as you workout, while recording your speed and distance among other features. Allowing you to program targeted heart rate zone workouts, and with memory displays of time spent in, above, and below target heart rate zones, the VL110HR HD has 9 different heart rate readings, allowing you to control your workout and develop your fitness level safely. Programmable visual and auditory alarms provide added control, helping you remain in the safe zone. NiteLite and SmartLite screen illumination allow you to use the computer in low light and after dark, and the Auto Fire-Up function helps to prolong the computer’s battery life.

Combining heart rate functions with the ability to record and interpret your speeds, distances, and time make the VL110HR HD Computer is the serious fitness cyclist’s ideal companion. The with over 20 functions to help you track and record distance, speed, and time, operate a stopwatch, and follow weather conditions the VL110HR HD is more than just a fitness aid. Dual Bike Memory makes is possible to record and store information for more than one bike or rider, and Vetta’s exclusive Service Timer signals the rider when the bike or any component on it is scheduled for service.

The VL110HR HD is easy to use. The heart rate monitor communicates wirelessly with the computer, eliminating uncomfortable wires. It is equipped with an energy saving sleep mode so that you don’t have to worry about running the battery down, and also has a low battery warning so that you don’t run out of power unexpectedly. Auto Fire-Up functions save battery run time and allow you to reboot quickly. After dark and in low light conditions, the NiteLite illuminates the screen with the press of its button. SmartLite works in conjunction with NiteLite, to illuminate the screen when any button is pressed within a defined time interval that the rider sets. The computer comes equipped with all the necessary mounting materials, so that it can be installed with ease.

Specifications:

• functions: current speed, average speed, maximum speed, and speed comparator
• Distance functions: cumulative odometer, trip distance, and intermediate distance
• heart rate functions: current heart rate, average and maximum heart rate, percent of maximum heart rate, EZ-Set programmable upper and lower heart rate limit, time-in, above, and below target heart rate zone, average heart rate in, above, and below time zone, user selected audible and visible alarms, and wireless heart rate transmission
• Time functions: 12/24 hour clock, stopwatch, ride time/total time, and service timer
• Temperature functions: current temperature and maximum/minimum temperatures
• Memory functions: dual bike memory and freeze frame memory
• Speed functions: energy saving sleep mode and low battery warning on head unit
• Operational functions: energy saving sleep mode, low battery warning on head unit, auto fire-up (auto start and auto awake), and NiteLite with SmartLite function

What’s in the Box?
VL110HR HD head unit, Head Unit Battery (CR2450,3-Volt), Heart Rate Transmitter, Transmitter CR2050 Battery, Bladed Spoke Magnet (SPD Magnet), Spacer, Bracket Rubber Pad, Bracket Rubber Pad (Riser Handlebar), Alternative HR Transmitter Battery Pack(CR2032 battery & Rubber Shim), Wired Speed Sensor with Mounting Bracket, Wireless Transmitter Shim/Torpedo Shim, Wire Securing Tape, Zip-Ties

Manufacturer’s Warranty
Three-year limited warranty

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From the brilliant minds at Cateye comes this super bright, universal mount tail light. It has 10 red LED’s that are bright enough to be seen even during the day, 15hr run time, 3 flashing modes and constant on. Opticube lens technology and high water resistance makes this the perfect light for commuting or hitting the trail. 2AA Batteries included.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars Same issue as others, it stops working
I have the same issue as the other reviewers. I like the idea of the side light. I like the brightness of it. I like the length of the battery life. However, it quits while riding, and I ride to work prior to dawn in the spring and fall. I still have this light on my bike, but I have resorted to putting a much cheaper clip-on on my back pack, so that I remain visable.

To restart the light, I simply twist the section where the batteries are inserted, then twist it back. It always restarts. However, the light does not provide the safety I expect of it.

Like others here, This is my second one with the same problem. It is a design flaw I am sure.

2 Stars Great at first then becomes nearly useless
I was impressed by the brightness of this light and also liked the fact that there was some illumination on both ends. The problem was that after a couple months of use, the light would stop working in the middle of a ride. Since it is a tail light, it is hard to stop and monitor it all the time, so for significant amounts of time I would be riding with my primary flasher not functioning. NOT GOOD. Since the other reviewer had the same problem with 2 units, that I had with mine, it does seem that they didn’t get the bugs worked out of this product before selling it.

In addition, if you mount the light on the seatpost horizontally, it is wide enough your legs will probably strike it. Mounting it vertically is difficult unless you have other brackets available.

I’d recommend you pass on this light.

3 Stars GREAT when it works. But does it have a design flaw?
When it’s working properly, the TL-LD1000 is unarguably the BEST rear bicycle light available. I know because I’ve tried quite a few, including other Cateye models.

The light is essentially two very bright, independently controllable, 3-LED taillights in a single package. So, for example, I set the bottom triad of LEDs to blink and the upper triad to strobe back-and-forth. Both of the independently controllable lights are readily visible throughout a wide vertical and horizontal axis.

But note that I’m on my second TL-LD1000. And so I now find myself wondering if the light suffers from a fundamental design flaw.

The first TL-LD1000 I bought lasted a bit less than a year of regular use before it begin to spontaneously extinguish itself in response to normal road bumps. For a while a sharp slap would restore the light to operation, but the condition deteriorated: The light remained operational for a shorter period after each slap.

In response, I tried new batteries. I tried cleaning the battery contacts with a cotton swap and alcohol. I tried wrapping the batteries with some stretchy foam to help hold them tightly in place. None of those steps helped.

So after an email exchange with Cateye, I sent my malfunctioning light in and the company promptly replaced it with a new one.

I’ve used my second TL-LD1000 for just a bit less than a year, and now it too is spontaneously extinguishing itself and I’m once again slapping it to restore it to operation.

So, I would encourage other TL-LD1000 users to report on how reliably their light has worked and for how long.

As I said, it’s an EXCELLENT tail light when it works. But from the standpoint of the light’s long-term reliability, my experience has been zero-for-two…

4 Stars 3 years and still going strong!
This little light has worked great for me for over three years now — has nice front and side flashers, but like one of the other reviewers commented, it’s definitely a bit on the bulky side.

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