Heart rate monitor

[3narf]

Do I need to buy one to train for a big climb?

Thx

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

No

 

[ianrauk]

and again... No

 

[fossyant]

No (again).

 

[jefmcg]

I'd get one if I was you. But that's because I hate climbing, so would use not having one to procrastinate.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

No.

 

[screenman]

Yes, yes, yes.








No!

 

[S-Express]

Do I need to buy one to train for a big climb?

It depends.

 

[vickster]

Do you want to?

 

[HLaB]

It may help you pace yourself if your the sort of person who sprints off up a hill only to die at the first bend but you don't need it and it may actually be a distraction/dis benifit When I've done best on long climbs I've had one fitted but ignored it when I've paid attention to it I've been more stable but nothing exciting.

 

[ColinJ]

Without even looking at your heart rate figures, I can tell you that you need to ride more miles! I have ridden about 4.5 times what you have this year (over very hilly terrain) and I wouldn't say that I am ready for a 'big climb' yet ...

As a matter of interest, where is the big climb? If it is in the UK then it can't be that big! The hardest would be something like Great Dun Fell or Bealach na Ba. If it is something like Mount Teide on Tenerife, then yes, that would take a lot of training to prepare for (unless you used very low gears and took all day to climb it).

 

[vickster]

He posted in the Ventoux thread below this one, so maybe there?

 

[ColinJ]

He posted in the Ventoux thread below this one, so maybe there?

Ah, yes, some decent training before tackling that would be a good idea! (Or do it as an all-day climb in a tiny gear.)

'NO' to the HRM though ...

 

[mustang1]

You need power.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I've never needed a heart rate monitor until tonight after seeing my wife try on her new winter roubaix bib tights without a top. Winter tops hide many sins, and there are some things that can't be unseen.