Originally Posted by jppe
Three reasons someone might want to measure:
1-Just curious to know what their HR is and how it varies
2-Medical reasons (some of us Afib types)
3-Focusing on overall performance-training aide
Okay-maybe there is a 4th-some folks just have to have all the latest and greatest electronic gadgets....
Geez........I think I can check off "all the above"!!!!
#1 thru #3 for me, and #2 is a reason I wear it on every ride where I might be goin at a strong clip.
I'm not really a gadget geek, so #4 doesn't apply.
I 1st started using them back in the early '90s (late 80's maybe?) when they were about the size of an Apple Newton. Took quite a bit of real estate on the bars back then, especially when you consider many of us were ridin 40s back then. Still, they opened a whole new understanding of 'effort' and 'conservation of energy' that you just couldn;t see any other way. About the same time that 'AT' beceame a buzzword and Conconi (SP?) figured out his AT 'kink'...
Personally I prefer the standalone type versus the Bike computer combo. But I may just try a combo unit, starting tomorrow, since Perf Bike sent me a $20 off coupie on any $50 purchase of accesories or rags. Seems a good deal...
I'll go with the simple - budget stuff . Same same as with my head; since my head is only a $50 head, I figure my Heart is really only a $75 heart - Tops!