Ever wonder how we calculate our distance traveled everyday? We have computers on our bikes!
These computers work together with tiny electronic devices that are attached near the wheel. A wire goes down from the computer on the handlebars and along the fork that hooks the frame to the front wheel. This wire hooks into a magnetic sensor that gets a signal from a special piece of metal that is hooked to the spokes. As the wheel goes faster, of course, the little piece of metal goes faster along with it and the computer can use the data from the signal to calculate things like our maximum speed, the total hours we’ve been riding, our average speed per hour and our distance traveled.
This device really is a big help in keeping track of where we are everyday.
Todd