Originally Posted by DnvrFox
I hope you got an American calibrated heart rate monitor.
Those from Europe and other countries use metric heart measurement and can give you faulty information.
The heart rate conversion formula from metric is metric * 1.6 = American heart rates.
And I thought I was doing so well. (Its currently 1.73 by the way.)
Until you get fit- Forget the Theoretical max heart rate. Find the rate at which you are breathing hard. Providing you can talk to a rider alongside in comfort with just a few extra breaths- That is your riding pace- When it gets so that you are getting laboured talking- have to----break the sentences----down so that you-----can occasional---ly breath. then this is where you are working hard- and working the heart and lungs and legs, then this is just a bit higher than your optimum riding effort. And if you cannot get a word out to your riding partner- You have just hit a steep hill.
Check this amount of effort against your Heart rate, and you will find your pacing. Everyone is different so don't go by rules- go at your pace.