Originally Posted by berny
And I'm presently enjoying immensely riding/racing without a computer. I just haven't swapped mine of my old bike yet but I have to say that it's been a real pleasure, to not be continually checking to see if I'm working as hard as the computer would suggest is best and simply trusting in my intuition. I think the computer on my shoulders is probably a little more sophisticated than a tiny black plastic box with a few little man made processors worth about $80 bucks. But then that's just me.
As I see it, the heart is a variable frequency and variable stroke pump. The combination of these two variables yields a particular blood flow.
This intensity of this flow can be recognised by a feeling of "Perceived Effort".
Heart monitors can detect the heart frequency rate OK
Can anyone tell me whether they either know or care a tinker's cuss about the VARIABLE stroke volume?
If they don't then I would consider them of limited value only.
Just a thought, as I don't have one, and wouldn't bother until this question is answered satisfactorily..