Is this possible? 240bpm?
I received my purchase of a Garmin Edge 305 yesterday. I played around with the HR monitor at home and it showed my hr to be around 55-65bpm while preparing and eating dinner. After dinner, I went out to ride around the block. After coasting down a hill, I noticed the Edge was showing my hr to be around 200bpm. This was pretty much the way it was most of the short ride (on the relatively flat stuff). At one point before a steep climb, the hr wasn't getting picked up for a few seconds. When it came back, I was around 100bpm and it didn't go much higher as I climbed this hill (maybe 8% average). Really, at no point in this short ride did I feel like I was at my limit. Check out the hr data... 240bpm max? Any explanation? Is the Edge not working? Did I do something wrong in using it?
I have been playing with the hr monitor this morning and it seems to be working fine. It is constantly registering around 60bpm while I'm typing away.