Guilty on all charges... ππΌββοΈ
I am a tech lover. I like gadgets too although I don't have a lot of them.
I like stats and figures and measuring performance.
I have a Germin navigation with a heart rate and a cadence sensor. I don't have a power meter because it's too expensive.
I have a smartwatch measuring my steps, heart rate and sleep. I did deny all phone apps from sending notifications to the phone though.
Most of my tech really helps me.
My navigation skills are horrible. I can get lost in my own town.
The cadence sensor keeps me pedalling at the right rotation speed (although I think I can estimate that pretty well myself now after riding with a cadence meter for two years.
That I can see the distance covered and distance I got left is helping me mentally during long rides. Just like the Garmin Climbpro is helping me prepare for difficult climbs and gives me info on how to divide my energy.
And last but not least the notifications to eat and/or drink have requested this goldfish brain several times.
But the one thing I do agree about is the speed sensor. As many cyclists I look at speeds and averages too. I want to go fast, but don't always keep in mind that weather conditions and my own condition fluctuates. It would surely help if I didn't see them. As you mention you'd better watch your heart rate. For endurance 80% of your training hours need to be in zone 2.
But since my heart rate goes up really fast I'm scared I will fall over with the speed I need to go in that zone π€£
Maybe I should try to remove the speed from my profile or at least create a screen where speed and average speed is replaced by heart rate.
Thanks for this inspirational post. !
Oh-oh that sounds interesting. I live in mother flatland but do race in mountainous places sometimes. One more data source iihihihihi
Gotta try it out. I know many ppl who only uses heart rate or power on their main page to stay in zone 2 no matter what. I usually leave zone 2 when it's very windy because it hurts to ride at 18-20 km/h. Without that data it's much easier on the mind
The Netherlands has no mountains at all π
But I do go abroad every year to do some climbing with friends. This year we'll be in the Ardennen area in Belgium where there are some nice climbs. And in summer we'll be in the French Pyrenees where there are some monstrous climbs π
The Climbpro with stats about gradient, gradient left, altitude and altitude left is a great companion.
I'm actually adjusting it as we speak!
Did you see Tadej Pogacar's win on stage 2 of the Giro without any data whatsoever? He crashed and forgot to bring his gps into the new bike \o\ I wonder how long will it take until they have remote data analyses much like the F1 cars. It sounds cool, but would kinda ruin cycling imho
This is awesome! It shows how many climbs you have to go. I don't have this kind of data, so I need to memorize the course (which I always forget)
A goldfish brain, just like me π