Help me slide my Scirocco better...

[Decker" <boisfort@myhome.net (Decker)]

Hi Dan;
    Some bicycle computers have almost infinite settings for wheel size and
if you mount the magnet on the inside of the rim on a rear wheel it
shouldn't
be too hard to fashion a bracket to hold the pickup off the rear backing
plate. As long as your magnet and pickup are in the right relation to each
other the angle of mounting would not make any difference. I spent a lot of
time being a bicycle frame builder and bicycle mechanic and mounting one in
a car would be pretty low tech. Just read the instructions with the
computers till you find one that will allow you to set the tire size you
have
on the car.
Brian Decker
Curtis WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@veedub.com>
To: "Kervin" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>; "Mark" <maardak@yahoo.ca>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Help me slide my Scirocco better...


> Hehe, nice idea, but not a chance. You have to calibrate the computer to
the size of your bike wheel (basically, pick which wheel you have out of a
list). I don't think they have anything close to car wheel sizes. Also, the
pick up part has to be millimeters away from the magnet. Lastly, the way
spokes are angled places the magnet in just the right spot for a correct
reading. Too much toward the outside or inside of the tire would throw
things off. But, then again, I don't know much about creative electrical
engineering, so maybe it could be made to work.
>
> Dan
>
> --- Kervin <kervinridgley@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >You could use a bicycle computer.  A small magnet would need to be
> >attached to the spinning part of the wheel.  The "pick up"  would need
> >to be mounted to a bracket that will allow you to adjust it's position.
> >The computer will give you the speed of the wheel, but there is probably
> >a way to have it light up when you the display reads "0".  The extras
> >are that you will then have average speed, an adjustable speedometer,
> >max speed, trip distance and driving time!
> >
> >Mark wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm practicing my left foot braking techniques in all this snow we've
> >> had around here this winter, and it's come to my attention that this
> >> practice is probably wearing the hell out of my front brakes.
> >>
> >> Here's what I would like:  an LED mounted on my dash that would light
> >> up when my BACK wheels are locked up.  That way I don't end up mashing
> >> the brakes too hard to achieve rear wheel lock up - which, in turn,
> >> would require more throttle to keep the fronts spinning...  It would
> >> speed up the learning curve alot, I usually feel like I'm over-applying
> >> the brakes...
> >>
> >> Any ideas on a cheap/clever way to achieve this?  I have friends who
> >> could help me build simple electronic circuits, so feel free to get
> >> technical...
> >>
> >> Thanks for any ideas!
> >>
> >> Mark.
> >> 80 S
> >> 81 S
> >>
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> >--
> >Kervin
> >86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
> >88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
> >00 tt600
> >
> >
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