During yesterday's ride ChrisL and myself were chatting about Wireless Computers and how sometimes they go wacko for no apparent reason. We decided it must be some form of interference. Last night in the early twilight I was traveling on a quiet country gravel road and decided to turn on the strobe of the LED headlight. There being enough light and time to ponder, I noticed the speed indicator start to jump around rising up to 35 kms/hr and at the time I knew I was riding at about 9 kms/hr.
So lets do a test. Switch the light off and the speed goes back to normal. Turn the light on solid and there is no change. Switch to strobe and the speed goes wacko again.
I Repeated the test numerous times with the same results every-time. So if you want to cheat on your stats to yourself just switch on the strobe during a ride. Your average speed will be amazing and the distance you ride will be phenomenal.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Strange Light
Posted by TweedCoastTreadly at Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Labels: General, General Moans, Quet km's, repairs
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I find traffic light induction loops make my wireless thingy go weird--it often tells my I'm doing 70 km/h while stationary at the lights. Otherwise it seems quite reliable and I haven't noticed interference from the lights, but I'll have to check now.
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I don't have enough traffic lights around here. That said I did notice the same effect near some at Tweed City one afternoon but in the after school peakhour traffic I really didn't have time to check why the strange reading, now I'll monitor that when I next get the chance.
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