calibration of hrm

bluecow

Ok, not calibration as such, more just setting it up. Its a polar one, which gives calories burned and obviously heart rate etc etc... If i set it to calculate calories burned with my body weight, is this inaccurate, since i am also (at least when commuting) riding a really heavy steel hybrid. Should i be entering the weight of myself AND the bike, or just myself?
Slightly pedantic for a saturday evening, but hey ho

Gavin Gilbert

Just your calibrate to your weight. The HRM measures how hard you are working, and this will vary with bike weight, gradient, wind conditions, your state of condition etc