Road Cycling - New HR moniter

Got a new Sigma PC 1600 today. Pretty cool, it has two more functions than my old PC 14. One of them being a countdown timer, which I REALLY wanted for various areas of training. I haven't identified the other function it has that my old didn't...It would help if I could find my old one. That is the primary reason I bought a new one, because I can't find my PC 14, and I'm not toally lost without it, but it really helps with rest days, TT, and extra hard workouts. Plus I like to use it to gauge when I need to stop pulling in a paceline.

The PC1600 is more comfy than the older too.

Can't wait for my BC1600 to get here!! Sigma's stuff for '03 is pretty coolio.

I got my new computer now too..It's a monster! I'ce never seen a bike computer so big.

Satisfied consumer.

do you have the cadance option on your BC1600?

so i'm not the only dork with 2 cycle computers on my bike! cool!

i just got my "new" heartrate monitor set up yesterday too. i already have the Ciclo C414M alti which does the regular stuff (speed, distance, temp, plus altitude AND has a computer download of the trip info which is cool, but no HR monitor) plus an old Polar HR monitor...

last fall i found a Ciclo HAC4 on the ground during a ride. i asked all my friends and it didn't belong to anyone... so this week i bought the mount for it and it works with the same wireless magnet as my other Ciclo and it also works with my Polar HR monitor. so now i have BOTH computers sitting on my bar (b/c i like the 414 setup better b/c it ALWAYS shows speed whereas the HAC4 cycles through everything - or maybe i'm just used to it)

anyway, the real reason why i want the HAC4 is that now when i connect it to the computer, it will download distance, time, speed, incline, altitude, temperature, AND heartrate which i am thinking will be interesting and maybe useful to analyze in my training and particularly in my long races --- i will be able to see where i "bonked" or how i was at the sprint at the end, etc. --- plus it makes such pretty graphs!

anyway, the only thing left is i have to build my own cable from an RS232 b/c the cable connector is different from the 414 and they don't sell the HAC4 connector separately (you can buy it with the software i already have for $100 but that's a rip-off). anyway, i'm hoping to build some crude connector - there are only 3 pins to connect so it shouldn't be too hard.

Yup phatman, I've got cadence on there. You have to buy the cadence setup separate though, which I think is a rip.

nathank, I'm looking at getting the Ciclo stuff next year, I want to get some sort of watts function, and they have the least expensive.