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Bikes: 1986 KHS Fiero, 1989 Trek 950, 1990 Trek 7000, 1991 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo, 1992 Trek 1400, 1997 Cannondale CAD2 R300, 1998 Cannondale CAD2 R200, 2002 Marin San Rafael, 2006 Cannondale CAAD8 R1000, 2010 Performance Access XCL9R
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I'm not fast. I'm not riding for max distance. Call me a weekend rider if you must. 25 years ago, my Cateye was there for speed and distance. I thought the distance was the improtant measure, yeah, speed was fun when beating my friends.
I currently use my Wahoo Blue speed and cadence sensros, and a Wahoo Tickr HRM with the Wahoo app on my phone. I watch the HRM number more than anything else. Having made my cardilogist happy with losing a LOT of weight this year, it has been the number to follow, track... I don't ALWAYS post to Strava, but appreciate it's estimation of power.
Perceived effort can be quantified with HR and cadence vs speed. Or any variation of the three. But I'm not here to do the math. I've been happy to just keep my heart rate in the safe zones my cardiologist mandated and see my speed and cadence increase as I've lost weight, and still kept my heart rate in her "boundaries". I'm quite pleased, I no long have those boundaries, so I can push a bit harder than before. I am 56, down 120 pounds... I have knee issues, so no more grinding up hills, but I'm not a fast twitch muscle guy either, which was why I never was into spinning...