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Elisa Francesca Roselli
Guest
I've been interested for a while in buying one of those advanced cycling
HRMs with software for tracking all your workouts. The model that seems
to provide the best range of features for my fantasies is the Polar
S720i with the optional Cadence detector:
http://www.polar.fi/polar/channels/uk/segments/Cycling/S720i.html
In addition to the full range of heart monitoring functions and bike
computer functions such as average and max speed and day distance, this
will also keep track of altitude, inclination and temperature, of
interest on my hilly ride to work and on my projected vacation in the
hot and hilly Burgundian Loire. (If I kill myself, at least I'll have
the statistics to know why).
Anyone have one of these? What do you think of it?
I have a folding bike and it has been suggested in another thread that
most wireless computers cannot deal with a distance of more than 75 cm
between the magnet that detects the speed on the wheel and the receiving
unit. Because of the small wheels of the folder, this distance may be
greater on my bike. However, also because it is a folder, I've just
destroyed the wired Sigma computer that has been serving its purpose
well up to now - wire caught in pedal and snapped as I unfolded - so now
I'm fed up with wired units. Moreover, the Sigma was supposed to have a
wired cadence sensor but the LBS that installed it said it was not
possible to set it up on my bike's 20" wheel architecture, so I paid for
it but was never able to use it. The Polar Cadence unit is wireless and
goes on the back wheel. Polar has a special "OwnCode" feature to prevent
intereference from other surrounding HRMs. Does anyone know if this
range limitation is present on so upmarket a model? I've tried to ask on
the Polar helpdesk but I don't think they're capable of anything like a
human response.
EFR
Ile de France
HRMs with software for tracking all your workouts. The model that seems
to provide the best range of features for my fantasies is the Polar
S720i with the optional Cadence detector:
http://www.polar.fi/polar/channels/uk/segments/Cycling/S720i.html
In addition to the full range of heart monitoring functions and bike
computer functions such as average and max speed and day distance, this
will also keep track of altitude, inclination and temperature, of
interest on my hilly ride to work and on my projected vacation in the
hot and hilly Burgundian Loire. (If I kill myself, at least I'll have
the statistics to know why).
Anyone have one of these? What do you think of it?
I have a folding bike and it has been suggested in another thread that
most wireless computers cannot deal with a distance of more than 75 cm
between the magnet that detects the speed on the wheel and the receiving
unit. Because of the small wheels of the folder, this distance may be
greater on my bike. However, also because it is a folder, I've just
destroyed the wired Sigma computer that has been serving its purpose
well up to now - wire caught in pedal and snapped as I unfolded - so now
I'm fed up with wired units. Moreover, the Sigma was supposed to have a
wired cadence sensor but the LBS that installed it said it was not
possible to set it up on my bike's 20" wheel architecture, so I paid for
it but was never able to use it. The Polar Cadence unit is wireless and
goes on the back wheel. Polar has a special "OwnCode" feature to prevent
intereference from other surrounding HRMs. Does anyone know if this
range limitation is present on so upmarket a model? I've tried to ask on
the Polar helpdesk but I don't think they're capable of anything like a
human response.
EFR
Ile de France