Before I rode bikes I was a runner and back then my regular trundle was around 10km… I think. Because back then there were no GPS watches: you could measure it with the Refedex (well that’s what I did…) or by running with others who knew the loops and distances by some mad form of witchcraft. Your key metric was how fast you felt or how much the legs burned. Fast forward to cycling and my first bit of wearable tech was a Polar HRM watch. At that time there was no downloading capability, no GPS and no power; it just displayed your heart rate as you did the activity.
So fast forward 20 years, tech is a driving force within cycling. But with all that’s on the market, what’s useful and what’s not?
HEART RATE
The OG of training: heart rate training. Whether it’s a pink Polar watch circa 2009 or any of today’s offerings, heart
