Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The CatEye® Strada Cadence cycling computer functions as a tachometer with essential functions for enhancing your ride. With the ClickTec interface, you can switch among 8 modes by simply pressing the bottom of the computer face. Your selected mode (cadence, average speed, etc) displays at the bottom of the screen, while your current speed always appears at the top in huge, easy-to-read numerals.
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Customer Reviews:
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 Does what it is supposed to do March 11, 2010
John McCarty (New Tripoli, PA USA)
The Cayeye CC-RD200 Stada does what it is supposed to do. If it has an on/off function, I have yet to find it. It stays on all the time. The manual, if you can call it that, is lacking in specific instructions. I found better instructions on the Internet from other users. I had to fabricate and install spacers to get the sensors close enough to the magnets. The spacers are unsightly but serve their purpose.
 On the Road w/ da Strada March 9, 2010
Recorder (H. Bch., CA.)
Been using the Cateye Mity2 for years, but decided it was time to go to a rear wheel mount comp for use w/ my indoor trainer, as well as on the road.
As always, with a wired rear mount, the wires are a logistic issue, but the Strada makes it easier by combining the speed&cadence sensor wires together.
I really like the ability to mount the bracket on the stem, rather than the bars.
Calibration was the biggest issue for me. The default with a 700x23 tire is 2096mm which was almost a full mile off when I tested it. Trying to measure the "L" doing a wheel rollout on the bike was impossible for me without assistance, so I used my Garmin Nuvi GPS, and rode the same 20 mile route 3 times. I averaged out the total miles using the Nuvi's Trip Log totals with SportTracks, a PC program.
Now I'm accurate to within .3miles over a 20 mile haul :) ymmv, but my final calibration was 2114 mm. The formula is 2096 * GPS mi/Comp mi= L So 2096*20.0/19.83=2114
I've been using the Strada for close to 3 months, and I'm quite satisfied.
 Not worth it February 15, 2010
Jason (Houston, TX USA)
Pros:
-Cheap
-Pretty
-Nice interface
Cons:
-A pain to set up. Has to be put on the rear wheel, which means you have to zip-tie the cord to the frame every foot or so.
-Finicky. My cadence sensor worked right off the bat. However, even after lots of tinkering, I couldn't get the speed sensor to work correctly.
-Wire management is a pain.
I gave this one a try... but in the end I returned it and when with the Cateye Strada Wireless, which took 2 minutes to install, and works perfectly.
Warning to mountain bikers... February 8, 2010
David C. Sudolcan (South Texas)
The computer works great, even for an older farsighted person like myself. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to read the screen without reading glasses. However, the computer wouldn't work on my Specialized mountain bike until I added "magnet extenders" (high strength rare earth magnets the same size as the original magnets, stuck onto the original magnets). Otherwise, the magnets would go right by the sensors which never detected them! I do like the computer though.
Good - - But January 25, 2010
Spokey (Hillsborough, New Jersey)
I like this computer. In fact I like enough that I have the wireless version (RD400) on another bike.
I put this on my bike about 2 years ago. It has worked fine. I change the battery in January so I don't get caught sometime on tour with a dead battery. When I did that a couple days ago and snapped the unit back in to the mount, the small stub that locks it in broke. I don't see how I could have abused this, so I have to conclude it was poorly made. It's just outside of warranty so I either have to buy a second bike harness which is almost as expensive as a whole new unit or the whole unit.
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