xxmimixx
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Good point made then!
look at the thread on Winnats Pass in here, I think there are some good ideas about how to find your max HR out there!
Like Rob3rt I don't think heart rate zones are an exact science, they are good enough for us leisure cyclists I think but personally if I was a competitive cyclist I'd want a power meter of some sort. The calculator I use is this one, the zones are slightly different to the Garmin.
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/heart_rate/heart_rate_zone_calculator_abcc_bcf.html
I ignore the age box, I don't fill that in I just put my max heart rate in.
I just recently started reading up and getting "curious" about power meters and am completely sold on it, albeit I dont have the money for it now, but is something that I would definitely consider in the future. They are soooo expensive