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23-09.-2004, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Medford, MA
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Polar S720i question
I am very interested in the Polar S720i, as it gets good reviews and seems to be well loved, but I wanted to know more about the altitude functions. I am hoping I can get measurements of "current grade", and "total climbing", but the manual is a bit sketchy.
I also checked out the Specialized Turbo Pro computer ($100) and the Specialized P.Brain HRM/cyclocomputer ($199) - both have an "inclinometer" reading and "Alt. Gain". Anything like that on the Polar unit? Any other units with an HRM and good altitude features? It may sound silly but I get frustrated reading race coverage that refers to percentage grades, when I have no clue what a 5% or a 10% grade actually feels like! BTW, I know that I can calculate the avg grade of a hill if I know the distance and the start and end altitudes, but all that calculating would get tiresome pretty fast... Anyone have any info they can share? Thanks! |
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23-09.-2004, 05:30 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
The 720 does not measure grade on the fly but the software will easily. If you want to measure grade, there is a simple add-on device that clips onto the bars. Its made in Germany but the name and website evade me...
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23-09.-2004, 05:59 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
This: http://bicycleoutfitter.com/site/it...=695&Catalog=39 would do the trick.
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23-09.-2004, 06:01 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
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How do you measure the gradient in the Polar software? |
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23-09.-2004, 07:49 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
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Most excellent! Thanks! I guess I have become too much of a techie, it never occurred to me that a simple analog device like this would be a solution. |
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23-09.-2004, 08:43 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
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Happy to help. If it makes you feel any better, I found the analog solution by doing a Google search for "bicycle inclinometer"  Dean Last edited by DeanC : 23-09.-2004 at 08:44 AM. Reason: typo |
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23-09.-2004, 11:53 AM
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Re: Polar S720i question
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Mark an interval in PPP and it's part of the interval statistics. |
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