Polar 725 Ascent Percentages

962817 said:

Is there a way to display the actual percentages of an ascent using the Polar 725? I thought there was a way, but have been unable to have it display using the Polar provided software. It would be nice to have a graph display 5% or 3% for the various grades.

It will do it for you for a specfic lap (i.e. the lap is the climb only) but I do not know how to do what you are looking for. I would be interested to know if it is possible as well.

962817 said:

Is there a way to display the actual percentages of an ascent using the Polar 725? I thought there was a way, but have been unable to have it display using the Polar provided software. It would be nice to have a graph display 5% or 3% for the various grades.

I have not found a way to do it, but if you do please keep us updated.

Rideastrong said:

I have not found a way to do it, but if you do please keep us updated.

The software will calculate and display % grade for:

1) The entire ride
2) Lap
3) Selected sections

To select a section, first "remove all selections", then using your mouse, select the desired range of the ride by clicking at the start of the range just below the y-axis, holding the left mouse button and dragging to the end of the range. Now select "info" and the grade is calculated/displayed.

tourdelivermore said:

The software will calculate and display % grade for:

1) The entire ride
2) Lap
3) Selected sections

To select a section, first "remove all selections", then using your mouse, select the desired range of the ride by clicking at the start of the range just below the y-axis, holding the left mouse button and dragging to the end of the range. Now select "info" and the grade is calculated/displayed.

That does the trick, but I was really looking for something like the training log that is referenced here:
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962817 said:

Is there a way to display the actual percentages of an ascent using the Polar 725? I thought there was a way, but have been unable to have it display using the Polar provided software. It would be nice to have a graph display 5% or 3% for the various grades.

Hello,
if you (add) Insert Lap/timer markers on interesting interval and right-click on graph, under Lap/Timer markers option, open tab Altitude and you will see 🙄 :
[FONT=Courier New]Lap Time Lap Time Altitude Avg of Lap Ascent Grade %
1. 1:52:05.6 1:52:05.6 1024 559 894 1.9
2. 5:36:04.0 3:43:58.4 1080 1464 1657 0.1
3. 6:11:52.0 0:35:48.0 1368 1225 288 4.2
4. 8:06:01.9 1:54:09.9 190 1082 435 -2.3
5. 8:06:04.6 0:00:02.7 190 189 0 0.0 [/FONT]

Ciao Matteo 🙂

matteobma said:

Hello,
if you (add) Insert Lap/timer markers on interesting interval and right-click on graph, under Lap/Timer markers option, open tab Altitude and you will see 🙄 :
[font=Courier New]Lap Time Lap Time Altitude Avg of Lap Ascent Grade %
1. 1:52:05.6 1:52:05.6 1024 559 894 1.9
2. 5:36:04.0 3:43:58.4 1080 1464 1657 0.1
3. 6:11:52.0 0:35:48.0 1368 1225 288 4.2
4. 8:06:01.9 1:54:09.9 190 1082 435 -2.3
5. 8:06:04.6 0:00:02.7 190 189 0 0.0 [/font]

Ciao Matteo 🙂

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thankyou so very much!

tourdelivermore said:

To select a section, first "remove all selections", then using your mouse, select the desired range of the ride by clicking at the start of the range just below the y-axis, holding the left mouse button and dragging to the end of the range. Now select "info" and the grade is calculated/displayed.

I got this to work last night, perfect and thanks for the hint. But for sure ignorance is bliss, I looked at a climb I thought for sure was over 15% grade only to find out it is barely 10% :o