Evening all,

As i was riding home last night, my computer came adrift from its clip 
socket thing and went on a trip of its own across the road. It was a 
Cateye Enduro 8, which are supposed to be able to handle rough conditions, 
but 'rough conditions' apparently doesn't involve being run over by a 
motorbike, so what i have now is a piece of mangled circuit board and some 
fond memories.

The clip, cables, sensor etc are all still on the bike. Is it possible to 
buy just a computer, or do you always get the paraphernalia too?

The Enduro 8 is described as being a more rugged version of the Mity 8. 
However, i've read that the only difference is in the cable. Since i'm 
going to be reusing my existing cable, this means the Mity would be just 
as good as the Enduro. Is it true that the cable is the only difference, 
and are the two compatible in terms of socket?

I should probably be bothering Cateye customer services with these 
questions rather than urc, but if Mr Chapman can post about piglets and 
get away with it ...

tom

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"Tom Anderson"  wrote in message 
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> Evening all,
>
> As i was riding home last night, my computer came adrift from its clip 
> socket thing and went on a trip of its own across the road. It was a 
> Cateye Enduro 8, which are supposed to be able to handle rough conditions, 
> but 'rough conditions' apparently doesn't involve being run over by a 
> motorbike, so what i have now is a piece of mangled circuit board and some 
> fond memories.
>
> The clip, cables, sensor etc are all still on the bike. Is it possible to 
> buy just a computer, or do you always get the paraphernalia too?

You will tend to get the other bits. You might find somebody willing to give 
you a couple of quid for them though - they do get damaged, or people want 
to fit to more than one bike.

> The Enduro 8 is described as being a more rugged version of the Mity 8. 
> However, i've read that the only difference is in the cable. Since i'm 
> going to be reusing my existing cable, this means the Mity would be just 
> as good as the Enduro. Is it true that the cable is the only difference, 
> and are the two compatible in terms of socket?

Was certainly true of the old mity/enduro, and looking at wiggles website 
for spares indicates it's still the case. They could do something like make 
the enduro slightly more resistant to contact bounce (via signal 
processing), but I suspect they don't.

cheers,
clive

Clive George wrote:
> "Tom Anderson"  wrote in message 
>> As i was riding home last night, my computer came adrift from its clip 
>> socket thing and went on a trip of its own across the road. It was a 
>> Cateye Enduro 8, which are supposed to be able to handle rough conditions, 
>> but 'rough conditions' apparently doesn't involve being run over by a 
>> motorbike, so what i have now is a piece of mangled circuit board and some 
>> fond memories.
>>
>> The clip, cables, sensor etc are all still on the bike. Is it possible to 
>> buy just a computer, or do you always get the paraphernalia too?
> 
> You will tend to get the other bits. You might find somebody willing to give 
> you a couple of quid for them though - they do get damaged, or people want 
> to fit to more than one bike.

Or have had their bike stolen, with the cables but without the computer. 
This happened to me - but I don't recall where or what model the 
computer is.

Colin McKenzie



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Tom Anderson wrote:
> Evening all,
>
> As i was riding home last night, my computer came adrift from its clip
> socket thing and went on a trip of its own across the road. It was a
> Cateye Enduro 8, which are supposed to be able to handle rough
> conditions, but 'rough conditions' apparently doesn't involve being
> run over by a motorbike, so what i have now is a piece of mangled
> circuit board and some fond memories.
>
> The clip, cables, sensor etc are all still on the bike. Is it
> possible to buy just a computer, or do you always get the
> paraphernalia too?

Normally get the extra wires and stuff.  But that's no bad thing as they 
either go on a spare bike, or you sell them to someone who has wrecked the 
wires on their setup.


> The Enduro 8 is described as being a more rugged version of the Mity
> 8. However, i've read that the only difference is in the cable. Since
> i'm going to be reusing my existing cable, this means the Mity would
> be just as good as the Enduro. Is it true that the cable is the only
> difference, and are the two compatible in terms of socket?

Earlier models are identical apart from the thicker sensor cable on the 
Enduro (and changes of case plastic colouring); I have one of each, and they 
swap between three bikes with various mounts/wires.


- Nigel



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