Originally Posted by
Pugsly
Isn't that like saying that your car odometer doesn't work unless you start the engine? My polar heart rate monitor has the same problem, it doesn't work unless I turn it on.

No it's not.
As I mentioned the other cyclo-computers that I have used in the past have a true odometer reading where you do not have to (key word coming up)
TIME your ride to add that mileage to the total. Please note that we are talking about an Odometer and not a Trip Odometer, total miles period, not just timed miles.