Polar CS100 Cycle Computer

Polar CS100 Cycle Computer

The Polar CS100 Cycle Computer is for fun and for victory.

For recreational riders and for those who want an affordable computer for their cycling training, the CS100 is the perfect solution. The CS100 not only helps you understand how your body responds to the different levels of extertion you put it under, but it also provides you with information about how to improve your performance.

Setting up the Polar CS100 couldn't be easier, once out of the box the Easy Start Setting Wizard will guide you through all of the necessary settings.

The Polar CS100 can:

• Measure your current, average and maximum speed
• Estimate your time of arrival based on your cycling speed - Set the distance you are going to ride and the CS100 will calculate your estimated time of arrival based on your cycling speed.
• Display how many calories you’ve burned
• Measure the work your heart does as % and as the number of beats per minute (BPM)

The Polar CS100 connects to your computer allowing you to edit wrist unit settings with the Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product, you can also transfer logos from the Polar website to the wrist unit using Uplink.

Basic Features

• Automatic/Manual target zone (%/bpm/HRR%)
• Backlight
• Dome button with touch response and sound
• Double antenna for longer range and less disturbance
• HeartTouch technology allows button-free operation of the wrist unit
• Over-sized display
• Volume level setting
• User configurable displays
• Visual and audible alarm in target zones - informs you every time your heart rate and/or speed/pace exceeds the upper limit or falls below the lower limit of your target zone during a training session
• Date and weekday indicator
• Low battery indicator
• Time of day (12/24 h) with alarm/without alarm
• User replaceable battery
• 10 m water resistance

Cycling Features

• Automatic display scroll - Improves riding safety and comfort. Enables you to collect essential information on limited amount of displays and alternate between displays automatically without removing your hands from the handlebars
• Autostart/stop
• Bike mount
• Cadence Sensor
• Calorie consumption rate/hour and rate/km
• Distance
• Estimated time of arrival
• Graphical comparison of two values
• Multifunctional handle bar/stem installation
• Odometer (1/2 and total)
• Speed (current, average and max)
• Speed sensor - wireless
• Speed sensor installation for different fork shapes
• SpeedPointer - shows the difference between average speed/pace and actual speed/pace
• Trip
• Wheel size settings for two bicycles

Exercise Features

• Automatic lap recording
• Average heart rate of total exercise - A figure expressed in beats per minute (bpm) representing the average heart rate measured over a specific period of time
• Average heart rate of each lap
• Exercise Date
• Exercise Set (extended exercise profiles) - Create training sessions with individual settings for duration and heart rate limits, allows you to select exercise programmes for interval training including heart rate target zones and recovery calculations.
• HR-based target zones with audible alarm
• HR-based target zones with visual alarm
• Interval timers - The freely programmable Interval Trainer automatically guides you through the interval training session with the help of the preset training phases: warm-up with a target heart rate zone and a countdown timer, up to 30 intervals with a target heart rate zone (after each interval you have a recovery calculation option), cool-down with a target heart rate zone and a countdown timer.
• Maximum heart rate of each lap
• Maximum heart rate of total exercise
• Number of laps - 50
• Polar OwnCal - Counts and displays calorie expenditure, shows your energy expenditure during one training session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several training sessions. You can set daily and weekly training goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature, because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one training session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time e.g. one week, it helps in achieving both short term and long term goals.
• Wireless ECG accurate heart rate
• ZonePointer - A visible and moving symbol on the display of your Polar product indicating that you are inside the pre-set target zone

Recording Features

• Average heart rate - A figure expressed in beats per minute (bpm) representing the average heart rate measured over a specific period of time
• Calorie expenditure (Exercise/Weekly/Total/Fat%)
• Distance (total)
• Exercise Time (total) - The time you have trained with the stopwatch running, the Total Exercise Time feature keeps track of your cumulative training time since last resetting the counter, giving you yet another way to set daily or weekly training goals for yourself
• Exercise file info page with date and time
• Number of exercise files (with summaries)
• Short diary
• Target zone limits
• Time in target zone - calculates the amount of total training time spent in your personal target zone; you can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your training programme