Product Description

This little unit turns your Suunto training instrument into a wireless bike computer. Current and average speed plus distance alarm makes cycle training more productive. Easily adapts to the full range of bike forks, wheels, hubs and axis. Attaches to all bikes using cable ties. Range up to 10 m / 3. Battery CR 2032 ft

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10256 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Black
• Brand: Suunto
• Model: ss012700000
• Released on: 2006-09-15
• Dimensions: .90" h x 5.50" w x 10.40" l, .30 pounds

Features

• Compact wireless transmitter for turning heart rate monitor into wireless bike computer
• Attaches to fork or spokes to measure your cycling speed and distance
• Displays distance from start and lap distance; stores lap times automatically
• Distance-based interval training function; water-resistant housing
• Wireless transmission range of up to 10 meters 2-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Turn your Suunto heart rate monitor into a wireless bike computer with the Suunto Universal Bike Pod. The compact unit, which combines speed and distance functions with detailed heart rate analysis, creates one of the most advanced cycling- specific training tools available, making sessions in the saddle more fun and productive than ever before. The Universal Bike Pod easily adapts to the full range of bike forks, wheels, hubs, and axes, with a couple of cable ties that attach to the fork or spokes while keeping the Bike Pod out of harm's way from rocks, stones, and trunks.

Measurement is effortless and, when properly calibrated, also very accurate. Once paired with your Suunto T3, T4, or T6 wrist-top computer, the Universal Bike Pod also displays the distance from the start and the lap distance, while also storing lap times automatically according to the distance set by the user. Other details include too-fast and too-slow alarms, a distance-based interval training function, a water-resistant housing, and a user- replaceable battery.

The lightweight Universal Bike Pod offers a transmission range of up to 10 feet and is backed by a two-year warranty.

What's in the Box?
Universal Bike Pod, battery, user's manual.

Customer Reviews

Suunto Universal Bike Pod wireless Transmitter
The Suunto bike pod is easy to install in a few minutes, and worked, as advertised, paired with the Suunto T3, Training Effects/Heart Rate monitor. Unlike other wireless cycling computers used in the past, the Suunto bike pod does not require micro positioning on the bike and continues to send reliable signals to the Suunto T3, even in bad weather and over rough terrain. Although bike pod includes provisions for mounting the Suunto T3 on the handle bars, this configuration is not required for use. The Suunto T3 is a wrist-worn training effects and heart rate monitor, and works fine when worn on either the left or right wrist, receiving wireless signals from the bike pod as well as the Suunto heart rate transmitter worn around the chest.

it works and is flexible for various bikes
The main advantage of this over other units that work with Suunto is that this is the only one that will actually work with all bicycles because it simply zip ties to the front fork. The other two units that work with Suunto are more elegant but do not work with all bike set ups.

The only concern is that the plastic looks brittle, but I have it on a mountain bike and have not had a problem with durability yet.

works as expected
Pairing the pod is a little tricky. I tried using a magnet from my old speedometer, and it did not work. The problem is that you'll need to activate the pod before you can pair it to the watch (by simply turning the weel), and there is no indication whether that indeed worked. Documentation is a little brief. I choose to mount it on my rear wheel, and I mounted it upside down so the pod was closer to the magnet. I have no clue if these are the best choices, but it works now and since it is connected to the bike with tie-wraps I am not going to change it. Despite this, the setup was actually pretty quick, and it worked without problem for the few rides I did after installing it.

A "Wristop Computer Bike Adaptor" is included, this is a piece of plastic that fits around the handlebars, and you can mount the wristwatch on this piece of plastic. Simple but effective, except that this design was not made for oversized handlebars (31.8 clamp size), that are found on newer and/or higher end bikes. It still works, but it does not look pretty.

The screen of the T3 that I use gets a little crowded, and the numbers are small. You could buy a separate bike computer for less money, and have bigger numbers for easier readout. However, I like this bikepod, because there is very little stuff attached to the bike. Another advantage is that the stats are included on the wristwatch.