The speedometer, one of the most frequently used tools, tells you how fast you're going. Traditionally, this gauge relied upon a cable that connected the speedometer to a gear inside the transmission, but now, electric sensors are used with most dashboard devices. Instrument panels basically ha...
This article describes how to calibrate the wheel sensor of a bicycle computer or GPS unit in the easy way -- or in harder, more accurate ways. A companion article, the cyclecomputer database on this site, links to owner's manuals for cyclecomputers and GPS units. Another article serves ...
Height:taller riders are less aerodynamic than short riders, so the shorter rider will go faster if two riders are holding the same wattage and everything else is equal (weight, frame/wheels, etc).Read “How Rider Height Affects Speed” for specifics. Virtual Bike Choice:the frame and wheel...
The drive cable for the speedometer is connected to this gear, with the other end reaching the instrument cluster. As the car moves, the transmission gear also turns in conjunction. The drive cable connected to it changes the digits on the odometer. As can be seen by the illustration above,...
On properly equipped 2024 model year vehicles, you can set an Adaptive Cruise Control speed while you’re stopped (the system must be on, you must apply the brake pedal and your vehicle must be in a forward gear). 1. Press the Set button while your foot is on the brake to turn...
were sonar detectors that would calculate a runner's speed, which would then be announced over a pair of headphones. the monitor had to be strapped to the runner's waist facing forward. it may have been a good idea, but it was utterly impractical. less than two years after its 1987 ...