Custom24
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- Oxfordshire
Hi there
I am trying to use a HRM that I have, which has a watch and a chest strap. It is an unbranded one, I think, from Aldi or similar.
It's fine at first, but when I start cycling, it reads all over the place, jumping to approx 220 bpm after a couple of minutes. If I stop cycling, it reads OK again after a while. And I am sure it is not my actual HR that is jumping to 220!
I am not sure if it is the other stuff on the bike interfering with it (e.g. my Boardman wireless cycling computer with speed and cadence), or if it is static from the clothes I am wearing. I am wetting the chest strap before I put it on.
Any others finding this problem, and suggestions for fixing it? I don't know if buying a better HRM would help - I don't really want to spend loads because this is just to see how hard I need to work to get my HR into the zone I want, so I probably won't wear it all the time.
Are optical based ones better or worse?
Thanks
Mark
I am trying to use a HRM that I have, which has a watch and a chest strap. It is an unbranded one, I think, from Aldi or similar.
It's fine at first, but when I start cycling, it reads all over the place, jumping to approx 220 bpm after a couple of minutes. If I stop cycling, it reads OK again after a while. And I am sure it is not my actual HR that is jumping to 220!
I am not sure if it is the other stuff on the bike interfering with it (e.g. my Boardman wireless cycling computer with speed and cadence), or if it is static from the clothes I am wearing. I am wetting the chest strap before I put it on.
Any others finding this problem, and suggestions for fixing it? I don't know if buying a better HRM would help - I don't really want to spend loads because this is just to see how hard I need to work to get my HR into the zone I want, so I probably won't wear it all the time.
Are optical based ones better or worse?
Thanks
Mark