Cruise Limit
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Cruise Limit
Does anyone know if there is a way to get a bike computer to remind me to ease off if I exceed a preset speed, heart rate, or other limit? I'm thinking about a bike-packing excursion, and I'm afraid I'll overdue it and be unable to ride every day. I really don't have any experience keeping a sustainable cruising pace, and when I try, I keep creeping up toward my usual pace.
I use a Garmin Edge 830 (and I also have a Garmin fenix 6), but would be willing to entertain other options.
I use a Garmin Edge 830 (and I also have a Garmin fenix 6), but would be willing to entertain other options.
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Edge 830 Owners Manual - Setting Range Alerts (garmin.com)
Heart rate and power alerts can be set. You can display average speed.
Heart rate and power alerts can be set. You can display average speed.
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I have a basic heart rate monitor, gives me a number and nothing else. If I am climbing a steep hill, I check it often but otherwise not really needed. No alarm, just shows beats per minute on the watch screen. When it gets uncomfortably high, I stop and get off the bike.
Do you really think you need an alarm?
Do you really think you need an alarm?
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When I try to ride at a significantly easier pace, I end up creeping back up to my usual effort. It's probably an A.D.D. thing.
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Do you have a power meter? That's what you really need. Speed can vary wildly with the same amount of effort (watts) you produce. X watts downhill will result in a much higher speed than X watts uphill. If you know what your comfortable level of watts is at your easier pace, you can set the alarm for power rather than speed.
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If you decide to go for a cheap non-alarm one, I got a Sigma ID.GO. I bought one from Europe and later a couple from Amazon, I install one on each bike I use so I wanted several. Now, Amazon says you need a health care license to buy one which shocks me, they did not require that when I bought in the past from them. Here is one from a European seller that I have bought from in the past. Shipping is slow from Europe.
https://www.tradeinn.com/bikeinn/en/...ch/136431995/p
This one uses an older type of chest strap, not an ANT+ type. I have some older chest straps from a company that went defunct several years ago that pre-date ANT+ that it also works with.
Good luck finding one with an alarm that meets your needs.
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