Our verdict
A truly ingenious offering from Cateye. Allowing you to utilise the best your Smartphone has to offer without bar-mounting that and giving you the options usually only available from much higher priced devices.
Cateye say
Smart technology meets our most popular display, the Padrone. Download the free CatEye Cycling app, stash your smartphone away safely in your jersey pocket or saddlebag and hit the road. Use Mirror Mode to get GPS-powered ride data, SMS (Text), call and email alerts from your phone displayed on the Padrone Smart’s screen while your phone is kept safe from the elements in sleep mode, preserving the battery.
The neat head unit of the Padrone has all the usual functions of a Strada computer but the bigger screen allows the digits to be displayed largely and clearly. Great for visual information on the move, it really does make a difference! Due to patented Clicktec technology the screen can be big but the head unit remains slim and sleek.
When carrying a phone isn’t ideal, use Sensor Direct Mode to get speed, cadence, heart rate and power data directly from Bluetooth® Smart wireless sensors.
After use in either mode, seamlessly upload ride data to CatEyeAtlas™, Strava™ and TrainingPeaks™.
This computer is compatible with the CatEye out-front bracket.