Other possible devices

I've been looking at this too. Surfing the net has located a number of digital electronic counters, but so far none I've found has been both suitable and cheap enough to be attractive. I don't know whether the Nordic component can be gotten as a purchased item. If it is available, it still needs a handy bike-mounted switching device, as do all of the other electronic counters on the market.

Thus far it looks to me like Neville's approach remains the most attractive option. It all comes in one package and the price is right. I use it now, and find that it suits me.

I am sure you are right about the cost. This happens to be one I have. However I have now obtained a Protege 9, and it looks simple enough.

I am marking a wheel using a decimal setup, and I may use both counters, at least initially, until I get a sense of confidence.

Dick Blum
ryblum@mchsi.com

You will be happy that you took the extra time to mark the wheel decimally. Spoke-marking is initially quicker, but the extra math stays with you as long as you use the rig. Decimal is the way to go.

To all our State Certifiers,

I finally used the Protege for a test run. It was not difficult to set up, but I was confused with some of the readings on the Protege 9, hence I thought I using the unit incorrectly(see below)!

First, the km/h are not going to be accurate when set-up for measuring.

Second, the temperature is going to give higher reads in a sunny climate like Arizona.

Once I got past those two hurdles, I set up the unit as suggested and headed out to do a 5k. Using both my Jones counter and the Protege 9 - I had a good experience with Nev's method and encourage all our State Certifiers to try it. My suggestion to all is set up the unit as explained, then look at Nev's example of a 5k. This will make life easy.

Good Luck,

Gene