Message #16510

[jbotti]

I do ride my bike with some serious computimg power but it all goes into what I consider necessary. I have an SRM power meter on my bike which gives me watts, cadence, MPH, distance, speed, calories burned, altitude and spits out a graph of my power, cadance, speed etc levels for the days ride. Some percentage of this I can live without, but I need a power meter. This is the only way to train on a bike with consitent feedback (HR varies depending on heat and how long you have been riding whereas watts never lie about your output). I guess this is a long way of saying that I find a good power meter necessary!! I can also say that I don't have the other bells and whistle devices that map your ride, give you your average grade on each climb and a whole host of ther stuff that you don't need (but are fun) because I will only use them once and they aren't necessary. I will download the Bike Tracks app (same co as ski tracks) for .99 and I may use it more than once or not! Again the price is right.

I can see that many are enjoying listening to me talk about being frugal. OK, point well taken.