with x and y coordinates alternative embodiments can be built with a gas plasma display or any other small flat panel display technology during a ride the cyclocomputer records time and distance as well as information about the ride such as speed cadence and with appropriate sensors heart rate altitude or temperature using the x y addressable display any of these items can be displayed over time or over distance each of the instruction points 5 shows on the graph the data from any number of rides remains stored in the cyclocomputer for later display or exporting limited only by memory when the graph is displayed the programmed logic chooses an appropriate scale with appropriate starting points and ending points for each axis the selected scales are then displayed 8 in an alternative embodiment the cyclocomputer might be designed so that trip data can only be accumulated in the cyclocomputer from an actual ride and not by pressing of buttons or importing from a computer then each cyclocomputer could be used to record information from competitions and officials who are not riding in the race would not be required at the end of a ride whether a pleasure tour a training ride or a competition recorded data from the ride can be exported to a computer to be manipulated or analyzed for various purposes see fig9 one such purpose might be the comparison of data from various competitors to determine winners another would be the creation of a personal tour log or training record a third might be to modify the route instructions or distance numbers for subsequent importing to one or more cyclocomputers for future rides on the same route in the preferred embodiment at least two lines are available for route instructions so the instructions.