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Like almost every performance oriented cyclist it’s hard for me to imagine riding without a bike computer , despite an extended period where I tried to see if it would change my enjoyment if I went without. I’ve tested many of them in my time here, and in my riding career before I joined Cyclingnews, from the wonderfully old school Cateye magnet odometer days, through the classic Garmin Edge 500 and 520 models, to the modern Hammerhead Karoo range, and every one of Wahoo’s latest cohort ( Elemnt Bolt , Elemnt Roam , and the massive and quite dumb Elemnt Ace ).

Standalone bike computer reviews are perfectly good resources, but ultimately the market for them is small, and dominated by two players: Wahoo…