Hi folks. I'm new to this forum, but have been measuring race course in upstate New York for many years using the traditional Jones or, more recently, Jones-Oerth counter. It finally gave up the ghost this past weekend. I have never been impressed with these things--the construction has always seemed to be rather flimsy. Also, I had a rather bad experience with the cable in Jones-Oerth counter sticking, which caused the counter to periodically skip, ultimately leading to short measurement. That problem was remedied with a new cable graciously provided by Laurent Lacroix --the manufacturer.
In any case, I am very interested in getting away from use of the mechanical design, and using something electronic. The RRTC minutes state:
"limited approval was granted last year to use certain commercially available electronic cyclocomputers which, with some trickery, can be adapted to serve as revolution counters in the calibrated bicycle method."
Can you tell me: what is the device in question, and is it accurate?
Don Hughes