The ironic thing is that I was contemplating the same thing for my uni earlier
Saturday afternoon. I’ve got a nice computer on one of the wife’s bicycles that
she doesn’t use anymore and I was contemplating adding a trip meter to my wheel.
It’s not a coker and seems to have average-sized spokes so I don’t see this as a
problem. To solve yours, replace 1 spoke with a narrower one. Any bike shop
wrench worth his or her salt should be able to do this in under ninety seconds
(tire removal accepted). I would mount the magnet on a spoke that lines up with
the right pedal crankarm (assuming you’re right handed). This will help minimize
passes by the pickup when your idling. Too long to explain but if you stare at
it long enough it’ll make sense.
: … to my wheel. It’s not a coker and seems to have average-sized spokes so I : don’t see this as a problem. To solve yours, replace 1 spoke with a narrower : one. Any bike shop wrench worth his or her salt should be able to do this in : under ninety seconds (tire removal accepted). I would mount the
I have a speedo on my coker, the magnet took a little brute force and gente
application of pliers to the holder to get it tofit, those spokes are CHUNKY. I
don’t even have a spoke key that fits them and I have two that are bigger than
the Munis 16 gauge… I use an AJ instead. I suspect your average bike shop
would have aproblem with suppling a replacement spoke for a coker as they are
very much longer than a bike wheel will use. That 3 foot diameter wheel causes a
few problems when it comes to spares and repairs.
Brian Berlin wrote about problems fitting a magnet to a spoke on his coker.
So why not just glue a magnet to the inside of one of the cranks (whichever one
you have down when you hover)? Or glue it to the edge of the rim - it’s not as
if it’ll interfere with the brakes.
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stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit
that is bottomless” - James I of England on tobacco
> I have a speedo on my coker, the magnet took a little brute force and gente > application of pliers to the holder to get it tofit, those spokes are CHUNKY. > I don’t even have a spoke key that fits them and I have two that are bigger > than the Munis 16 gauge… I use an AJ instead> sarah >
Danny Colyer (danny@mosyour.head.clara.net) wrote: : Brian Berlin wrote about problems fitting a magnet to a spoke on his coker.
: So why not just glue a magnet to the inside of one of the cranks (whichever : one you have down when you hover)? Or glue it to the edge of the rim - it’s : not as if it’ll interfere with the brakes.
It will if he fits a brake. I had to be carefull placing mine to find a spot
where the spoke was not too far away from the frame for the magnet to read. Zip
ties are a good idea, has anyone tried dannys glue idea, did it work? sarah