HRMs, Cycling Computers, and Training

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Permalink Reply by Andy on September 22, 2009 at 11:01pm

Polar CS400 for me. It is a combined unit with everything except the mapping of Garmin.
It does have the support to upload training programmes too. I tried this but back then I was not fit enough or motivated enough at o'stupid o'clock in the morning when I went to work.

I used to cobble the data together from separate devices but this one does it all. I like that.

I log everything on www.bikejournal.com - all except my blood sugar. I am yet to read the Diabetic Athlete's book that I bought so I am still not sure how my sugar readings fits with all this. I am very good at listening to my body though and of late as I have changed my eating habits before my morning ride I always carry an emergency gel to save me bonking.

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Permalink Reply by miketosh on September 23, 2009 at 5:26am

I do sometimes. I own an HRM, but I don't remember to wear it about 50% of the time.
Garmin Edge 700, just because I like fancy tech toys, and someone at work told me to get it. So after a year of hearing how great it was, I finally splurged. I love using it for GPS too sometimes, and I took it on a vacation to use in a rental car. When I ride, I usually leave the display set to the following 8 fields: speed, cadence, HRM, average speed, time of day, ride time, ride distance, and one other less memorable field.

I've never used a training computer. I do have a trainer, but I don't use it often. I used to hook the bike to it in the winter with the plan to use it, but never actually rode. Waste of time for me, and just made bicycling outdoors less accessible during the winter months. Now I just have more cold-weather clothing, so I will probably ride more in the winter this year.

I only use the CGM for 'now', not for training purposes. My sugar during rides doesn't fluctuate enough to do any calculations with. I also don't ride for more than an hour at a time most rides. Really most rides are the 26 minutes in to work once a week or so. I have the Medtronic Realtime system for CGM with a Paradigm 522.

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Permalink Reply by John Sangdahl on October 7, 2009 at 8:20pm

I use a polar hrm. I also try to use CGM but it comes out some of the time. I like to see what my heart rate is while I ride. Also I like to know how my calories I am burning.

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Permalink Reply by Andy on October 7, 2009 at 11:07pm

John,
Which one have you got?
Do you use Polar Pro Trainer 5?

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