Originally Posted by
Old School
I use a heart rate monitor frequently when I ride to keep an eye on my cardiac fitness. I just replaced my aging Polar HRM with a newer model on sale at Performance that has more features. Particularly nice is that you can replace the batteries in both the wrist unit and chest strap. Anyone else find value using a HRM when they ride?
about 1 1/2 yrs ago I broke down and bought a bike computer (never had one before) with all the bells and whistles including a HRM.
I always use it now. The most valuable thing I use it for, to my surprise, is to keep in the low heart rate zones for building base and endurance, and for recovery. It's always easy to get exuberant and push out of those zones, so I use it to kind of throttle down.