Having located and dusted off various bikes, accessories and components, I've noticed that my trusty Polar Heart Rate Monitor and speedo has given up the ghost. This has provided the excuse for open-mouthed pointless surfing of cycling websites and the like, but I'm no nearer getting my head around what I should purchase to aid training.
The choice and funtionality available to consumers now is somewhat wider than it was five or six years ago - a catalyst being the advent of the smartphone or convergent phone, camera, espresso maker that seems to dominant life today.
Garmin seem to have become an increasingly significant player in the recreational leisure market, have just announced this iPhone/ Android app which, with optional ANT+ adapter (for the iPhone) which enables you to record heart rate and cadence. The app is available for under a quid (£0.69) via the Android market/ iTunes Store.
I suspect that this kind of device won't be something that will figure tie-locked to many people's tri-bars but it will make for a pretty good distress flare for those "where the hell am I?" moments and for those, worse still "I would have to get a puncture today of all days and need to call Mrs D to get me home as I've forgotten my spare cotter pins..." moments.
Plus, everyone likes to ogle at maps, don't they?
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