Re: heart monitor - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

08-07-2003, 08:14 PM

In article <4mEYa.2328$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
John Koutsoupis <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>I just started riding --- plan on doing a century--- can anyone recommend a
>good heart monitor -- is Polar all there is?

I own one of the Polar 510 HRMs. I think it was a waste of money.
I wish I had bought a $40 on-sale basic unit instead of a fancy
one. I find the Polar user interface is not up to the task of
managing that many features, and the difference between holding
a button and pressing a button (which have different meanings) is
too slight so I often get unexpected results. The basic Polar
HRMs I would still consider.

--Paul