I was looking at Polar's website and going through the different models they have. Mostly the S-series. Anyway, I was reading through the specs on them and do some of them calculate total biking distance?

"Full Functional Cycle Computer/HRM - with hard wired speed, distance, and auto start" -- specs from the S150

Also, how does it keep track of HR when it is mounted on your handlebars? Basically I am not aware of how these things work.

Thanks in advance.

I have the S-510. The handlebar mount is about the same distance from the chest transmitter as the monitor would be if it was on your wrist. It keeps a running tab of total distance [odometer] and trip distance, and works reasonably well as a speedo and saves your max. It is downloadable to your computer, where the software gives you graphs like the one below [black is HR, red is speed], but it drops a lot of information on long rides, averaging out "data points," so it takes the top end off of the graph. I had a max HR on the ride below of 162 and at least two sprints over 50 km/h, but that doesn't show up on the graph, since at three hours, it calculates averages for two-minute intervals.

Thanks for the information.

Hi!

Additionally, you can go to www.heartzones.com and click on the moniters tab, and it will take you to a website that has a ton of all the different brands of heart rate moniters. I believe they tend to be a little cheaper in price.

Just something for you to think about.

Koffee