Believe it or not, I use zero gadgets except my phone and some tools. A nice gps unit would come very in handy, especially for competitions and KOM hunting but they are (as you said) quite expensive =/ when I'm travelling I rely on paper maps hhahaha
I'm a bit of a Strava geek though. I used to spend a lot of time hunting koms until i lost a bunch of them. It's still a great tool to analyze training and compare times with other ppl.
I'm using Strava as well, but I don't hunt KOM's. They are way to sharp here. And mostly in urban areas, so too dangerous to try.
Unfortunately they have put a lot of cool features in the paid version a while ago.
Those damn urban koms, that's how I broke my leg (still it wasn't my fault since the guy cut me off when I was in the main street). The worst thing about koms is losing them hahaha
Hmm, I use the paid version, it's pretty cool; would be better if I used all the sensors though.
Ouch, that is exactly what I mean.
I have a heatrate band and a cadence meter. I don't look too much at the cadence since I mostly keep that above 80 automatically. I do watch the heartrate. Especially in climbs.
Do you set the HR zones in your Garmin? It's cool to monitor your effort after uploading to Strava.
Yes, I even did a fitness test last year to determine my zones, so I know the value which I should stay under.
Niiiice, that's really cool. I'm always curious to know my ftp