New mounting for Pro

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lavoww
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New mounting for Pro

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I have an iBike Pro and have just changed from a round upward angled stem to an Eleven81 that is more parallel to the ground and is somewhat octagon rather than round. Two questions:
1. Should I need to do a new cal ride and other settings?
2. Is there some attachments/secrets to mounting on this shape of stem? I've already broken 1 bottom clamp and the unit doesn't feel as secure on the stem (used green stickies under mount but still doesn't feel as secure as it did on old stem).
Thanks
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Re: Stem mounting for Pro

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Yes, you will need to do a new cal ride and tilt cal.

Yes, you'll need to devise some bracket of your own to do the mounting, or purchase a Topeak Xtender from us that will allow you to use it.

This iBike product was discontinued two years ago, and since then stem shapes have changed...
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Re: New mounting for Pro

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Thanks for the information. I mounted the unit on my new stem and did the tilt cal, wind cal and a new cal ride but still had issues and was told, after sending in photos of the mount, that it just wasn't going to work with my new bike stem.
I put my handlebar mount on instead of the stem mount and started over again - tilt cal, wind cal and then a new cal ride. the unit is level, no wind obstructions (i.e. cables, etc. in front of the unit). I took the unit out for a spin today and I'm still seeing my watts go to 0 (zero) when I'm pedaling. Additionally It also shows a major tail wind which was not accurate. What is happening with my unit? Have I touched some other setting which is causing these problems? What am I missing here?
FYI- I checked the battery before starting the ride and it said 281 plus at mile 3.5 I stopped and opened the unit, took the battery out and reinstalled it just in case the 0 watt reading was a battery issue.
I've attached the ride file.
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Re: New mounting for Pro

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Sadly, I think your wind sensor is not functioning.
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Re: New mounting for Pro

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How do I rectify that?
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Re: New mounting for Pro

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lavoww,

You might want to try a 'hard reset', see page 62 of this pdf file on how to do a hard reset:
http://www.ibikesports.com/Download/iBi ... 09_red.pdf

Also I would try using a small plastic tube such as comes on some spray cans such as wd-40 etc (a clean new one is preferable) to stick into the wind port and 'suck' to act like a vacuum cleaner and try to clear any possible obstruction.

If those two things do not work, blowing in is what is also actually recommended on this board though I think that could make an obstruction lodge more firmly.

Also if the unit has been exposed to rain since working correctly, you might start with a couple days in a bag or rice to try to dry the unit more thoroughly and retry the small plastic tube.

Other than that, I do not know if Velocomp will still do a repair on the unit (for a fee) or not. Unsupported may mean they won't repair, not sure.

Russ
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Re: New mounting for Pro

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A Newton upgrade took care of this problem... :-)
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