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I almost died the first time my new HRM suddenly started reading 217 bpm while I was out on a club ride. (If the
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had been true I would have already died.)
Not necessarily. I have registered a genuine 230 during circuit training and lived to tell the tale.
Oh, well, I believe that a *fit* person can do that briefly and survive, but I was uncomfortably close to death on that climb where my HR went to 196 (genuine, no Cateye Cordlesses nearby) and would not want to experience 230. No sirree. -- Mark South: Citizen of the World, Denizen of the Net "I wonder why so many Finnish traditions are related with booze?" - Juha Sakkinen
I have a Mity 3 on another bike which many people like but I haven't been too impressed with. I think the design and positioning of the buttons is a little clumsy when trying to operate some of its features on the move.
Could be better in that regard but I don't find it too awkward to use. ...Except when it comes to resetting trip distance #2 - which is, er, interesting as you need to (almost) take both hands off the bars! It's also annoying that the clock isn't one of the main modes so requires a longer button push. Still, minor annoyances considering it's otherwise such a good product, IMO.
Cadence is a function I wouldn't be without. I have no hesitation in recommending the Cateye Astrale, which Gearshift currently have for under 20 quid. gearshift.co.ukgearshift.co.ukOpen ↗
Beware HRM users. I almost died the first time my new HRM suddenly started reading 217 bpm while I was out on a club ride. (If the reading had been true I would have already died.)
I've had a similar experience with my Cardiosport getting jammed by the signals from wretch Fleming's all-singing all-dancing cordless Polar, which does speed, cadence, heart rate and opposition demoralisation. It went titsup.com on the start line at Castle Combe last month and refused to work for the rest of the race, even though after the start he was rarely within half a mile.
Oddly enough, it behaved perfectly at Darley Moor last weekend in spite of his being in the same bunch as me for the whole race...
And some of the Sigma ones seem to work up to around 140mph, if the one on my motorbike is anything to go by. That max speed function has its uses.
Ah, so you too have discovered the trick of getting the magnet aligned with the sensor, and then wobbling the bike back and forwards? The max speeds really impress folk, don't they ?-) -- Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 650 3085 DoD #205 School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK. [dai.ed.ac.ukcamOpen ↗ ]
And some of the Sigma ones seem to work up to around 140mph, if the one on my motorbike is anything to go by. That max speed function has its uses.
Ah, so you too have discovered the trick of getting the magnet aligned with the sensor, and then wobbling the bike back and forwards? The max speeds really impress folk, don't they ?-)
Even more effective is short-circuiting the contacts on the back of the computer with a key or other metal object 🙂
And some of the Sigma ones seem to work up to around 140mph, if the one on my motorbike is anything to go by. That max speed function
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its uses.
Ah, so you too have discovered the trick of getting the magnet
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with the sensor, and then wobbling the bike back and forwards? The
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speeds really impress folk, don't they ?-)
I'd only be fooling myself if I did this - although I have found it amusing to do this to the one attached to my bicycle to get a look of awe from my wife.
The main reason for doing it was so I could see how fast I could get up to at the end of Park Straight at Cadwell Park on a trackday without evacuating my bowels in panic when I saw how much nearer the next corner had suddenly got after the merest glance at the speedo.
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Cadence is a function I wouldn't be without. I have no hesitation in recommending the Cateye Astrale, which Gearshift currently have for under 20 quid. gearshift.co.ukgearshift.co.ukOpen ↗
have now ordered the cateye astrale, thanks for the info
it arrived first thing this morning too ... i ordered from www.wiggle.co.uk as they had next day delivery, and actually works too which is always nice 😉
just the fun part of fitting it now and then i can relly see just how poor i am in real time!!!
And some of the Sigma ones seem to work up to around 140mph, if the one on my motorbike is anything to go by. That max speed function has its uses.
Ah, so you too have discovered the trick of getting the magnet aligned with the sensor, and then wobbling the bike back and forwards? The max speeds really impress folk, don't they ?-)
I believe that Sigma computers are commonly used by motorcyclists in Germany where, of course, it is in some places legal to ride a motorcycle at the speed of sound.
