Any Beginners without a Heart Rate Monitor?

gumball3000

Not that I am suggesting that you can't live without one, but I found my original Polar Heart Rate Monitor in the garage this morning. I now have a shiny top of the range one and the old one is not worth selling on eBay. Anyone need one?

Will happily send it to anyone who will actually get some use out of it.

Cheers!

Ed

STEFANOS4784

What do you want for it mate?

gumball3000

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

What do you want for it mate?

I don't...

As long as you are not going to sell it on eBay, PM me with your address and I will send it to you!

Ed

STEFANOS4784

Oh, that's very good of you, top bloke ! What is PM though,
My work

and i promise i wont e-bay it, if you see it on there you can come get me!
Thank-you kindly

robthehungrymonkey

D'oh... too slow.

I've never really considered a heart rate monitor before. But i struggle to pace myself on my bike, how valuable do those that have a heart rate monitor find it?

At the mo, my bike *makes* me push all the time!

STEFANOS4784

Dunno, never used one if i find it useful and want to up-grade i'll pass it on or if i find it use-less then i'll pass it on also so keep your eyes peeled

popette

gumball3000 - that is so kind of you

Mickyduck

robthehungrymonkey wrote:

D'oh... too slow.

I've never really considered a heart rate monitor before. But i struggle to pace myself on my bike, how valuable do those that have a heart rate monitor find it?

At the mo, my bike *makes* me push all the time!

I have a pretty high end model and find it fantastic to help with "motivation" Do all the nerdy things like upload data to my pc etc I love it..............

felgen

All is not lost for those who missed out on this freebie. Lidl have their bike specials coming out again in a week or so (28th August) and they have not one but two heart rate monitor models coming out - one even has an altimeter... bargain price, though don't know if anyone has experience of them.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080821.p.Wireless_Heart_Rate_Monitor.ar1

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080821.p.Wireless_Cycling_Computer_With_Altimeter.ar1

p.s. hope no toes stepped on by posting this...
p.p.s I don't work for Lidl

Scrumple

Nice shot of the briefs!
Can't fault the coolmax tops!

vanliga

The Polar S150 heart rate monitor is a cheap cycling monitor, measuring speed and distance while cycling. Unfortunately it is officially no longer on sale, though brand new ones can still be found on eBay UK for about £50.

stylish

When i started i didnt bother with a heart rate monitor, but after going for a long ride with a mate (who does alot of competition stuff) i took the plunge and bought one, now i dont go anywhere without, great for setting a pace, and trying to kill myself at the same time!

Alex_Simmons/RST

robthehungrymonkey wrote:

D'oh... too slow.

I've never really considered a heart rate monitor before. But i struggle to pace myself on my bike, how valuable do those that have a heart rate monitor find it?

At the mo, my bike *makes* me push all the time!

A HRM is useful tool to provide a general indication of ride intensity. So if you mean pacing in a general sense, then it's OK for that. But using one to pace specific efforts is where the wheel nuts start to loosen.

Just keep in mind that HR:
- will over time tend to drift higher at the same power (or alternatively, if you try to keep HR the same, you will tend to go slower as the ride progresses)
- reacts fairly slowly to changes in ride intensity, so in that sense it can be misleading as a pacing tool
- is of little use in pacing very hard efforts
- is affected by factors other than how hard you are riding

STEFANOS4784

Hi, didn't receive the hrm however i'm getting one of the lidl cpu's so don't need it, many thanks for the gesture though, very kind

CheeseyJoe

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Hi, didn't receive the hrm however i'm getting one of the lidl cpu's so don't need it, many thanks for the gesture though, very kind

So it's still up for grabs then?

alwaysOTB

If it is up for grabs I'd be extremely interested in it.... being the cash stripped new roadie that I am!

redddraggon

alwaysOTB wrote:

If it is up for grabs I'd be extremely interested in it.... being the cash stripped new roadie that I am!

I think CheeseyJoe beat you to it...

STEFANOS4784

Also gumball seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, the lidl cpu is sweet though seems to do loads but quite confusing to set it up :?