The Shimano Flight Deck is a great alternative to the Cateye Mity 8 cyclocomputer. It’s a more expensive alternative than the Mity 8 running from $40 to $160 (depending on which harness you get, and if you need one), but does include many additional benefits.

The neatest features is how it integrates to your Shimano shifters. You can check out your gears at a glance on the LCD screen. This is great for setting up after coming out of a hill.

Front and rear gear positions are always displayed so you can verify your gear at a glance. Flight Deck can be programmed for 7,8 or 9-speed drive trains with single, double or triple chainwheels.

The Flight Deck is quite water resistant, and has never caused me problems, even in really heavy rain. I haven’t had any issues with water behind the screen like an older cyclocomputer I had.

The buttons are conveniently located on the hoods. It was really easy to use the buttons, but sometimes I would bump the left one, causing a little frustration.

The Flight Deck also features a cadence display without a crank sensor that worked pretty well, but would still show a value even though I was coasting.

I have two gripes with the Shimano Flight Deck. The first one is the instruction manual. I felt like I was reading a text book on thermodynamics with a third grade education. I think they could really work on that to improve the experience. My second gripe was with the wireless sensor (SM6502). I really dislike having to worry about the batteries on the sensor, and on the computer itself. It’s just an extra cost that I don’t want to worry about (Note: It’s possible to get a wired sensor too, SC-3209, I should have done this since it is a lot cheaper).

Overall, the Shimano Flight Deck is worth the money if you want a really great cycling computer that is convenient, and easy to use.

Check out the Shimano Flight Deck here.