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From: diego@cca.UUCP (Diego Gonzalez)
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Subject: Re: Avocet Cyclometer On Left Fork?
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 11:59:52 EST
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> Does anyone know if the sensor for the Avocet LCD Cyclometer can
> be mounted on the *left* front fork instead of the right front
> fork?  (Avocet says to use the right front fork in their directions
> for installation, but doesn't say if using the left fork is impossible.)
> 
> I ask this because I currently own a Huret "rubber-band" odometer,
> and would like to use them both of them at once (Huret on right front fork,
> and Avocet on the left front fork).
> 

I have an Avocet cyclometer.  I can't imagine why you would want
both cyclometers on your bike.

However, to your question.  If you place the sensor and magnet for
the Avocet 20 on the left side, the sensor will have to be mounted
upside down.  That's because only one side of the device can read
the magnetic ring on the hub.  (In that position, the apparent direction
of rotation would be the same as if it were on the right.  However, I
think you are going to have trouble because the sensor fits over the
fork tip (dropout) flat above the notch.  When placed in the reverse
position, there is very little room for this fit and the angle of the
sensor head may not align with the magnetic ring.  There is only the
narrowest range of adjustment possible even when mounted on top of
the dropout.

All I can suggest is that you go to a shop that has the Avocet 20 and
try it with the mounting hardware for the unit.  You need only place
the magnetic ring on the hub, the wheel in the fork, and then try the
sensor in various positions.  (By the way, my frames are about 25.5 in.
and the sensor cable is just long enough to reach.)  If worse comes to
worse, I'd still go with the Avocet and retire the Huret.