oldgreyandslow
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Any recommendations? Prefer chest belt/strap and bike mount kit included and "limited" budget 
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Budget HRM?
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beancounter
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A little while ago I got one from Lloyds Pharmacy, online, less than a tenner. Don't know if they still do it.
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Landslide
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- Called to the bar
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
How about a free one? 
I think I still have an old one in my junk box somewhere that you could have. It probably needs new batteries and it has a wristwatch style display, not a bar mount.
NB There is one problem with it if you have a very low resting heart rate - the minimum it will display is 40 bpm! (When I was fit, I wondered why my RHR was always shown as 40 bpm. When I bought a new HRM, I discovered that my RHR was actually 33-35 bpm but the old HRM wouldn't go that low!)
I think I still have an old one in my junk box somewhere that you could have. It probably needs new batteries and it has a wristwatch style display, not a bar mount.
NB There is one problem with it if you have a very low resting heart rate - the minimum it will display is 40 bpm! (When I was fit, I wondered why my RHR was always shown as 40 bpm. When I bought a new HRM, I discovered that my RHR was actually 33-35 bpm but the old HRM wouldn't go that low!)
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oldgreyandslow
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- Farnborough
Colin
Thanks, just sent you a PM
My RHR is well over 40 bpm!
So no probs there
Thanks, just sent you a PM
My RHR is well over 40 bpm!
So no probs there
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Replied to PM and now I'm off out on my bike!oldgreyandslow said:
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
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- Auld Reekie
beancounter said:
I had one of those and hated it...
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Aldi are selling a cycle computer with heart rate monitor(Chest strap) at the moment. I tried mine last night seems ok about £13
Sysagent
"The Most Annoying Man In The World."
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- Great Harwood, Lancashire
Heh
I was just going to recommend the Aldi one!
Not so sure though as I can't seem to get a reliable reading from mine at the moment, it could be due to my manly hairy chest though...
I was just going to recommend the Aldi one!
Not so sure though as I can't seem to get a reliable reading from mine at the moment, it could be due to my manly hairy chest though...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I've just posted oldgreyandslow my old one so he shouldn't be needing one now! (sorry for the delay - it was peeing it down at the weekend when I was going to post it and I don't have a car so I waited for a dry spell!)Sysagent said:
As for dodgy HRM readings and hairy chests... I had the same problem.
Make sure you have the strap tight enough. It's a compromise between uncomfortably tight and the thing slipping down - you should be able to find a tightness which you can put up with and where the HRM sensor still stays in place.
About an inch below the nipples (for males!) seems to be the best position.
I dampened the electrodes on the back of the sensor before use to make sure there was a good electrical contact. After 30 minutes or so of riding, your sweat should do the job!
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oldgreyandslow
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- Farnborough
ColinJ said:
Thanks Colin, I'm looking forward to seeing how unfit I really am.
Shouldn't have too much trouble with the hair issue, Moobs on the other hand!
