New products : Top 5 Cycling Watches For 2012 Named By Heart Rate Watch Company

The top 5 cycling watches for 2012 have been named by the Heart Rate Watch Company testing staff. They include the Garmin Forerunner 910XT, Polar RCX5 G5 Tour de France, Garmin Forerunner 610, Garmin Forerunner 310XT and the Polar RS800CX G5. 

The Heart Rate Watch Company has named its top 5 cycling watches for 2012 after extensive on the road testing during the Spring of 2012.
"I've raced in international tours and multiple US National Championships with one podium during my career having ridden with riders like Greg Lemond and Louis Garneau, so for our company the evaluation of cycling watches is a very serious matter" says Rusty Squire, President of the Heart Rate Watch Company. He adds, "Many of these cycling watches rival the very best bike computers on the market."
Here is the list of the top 5 cycling watches for 2012:
#1 -Garmin Forerunner 910XT - This cycling watch does it all with the ability to receive ANT+ power, heart rate, speed, distance, pedal cadence, accurate altitude with a barometric altimeter and a large display screen. About 95% of all the bike computers on the market today can not match its prowess as a cycling device. It even provides highly detailed maps through Garmin Connect software that provide unmatched metric detail. This watch is completely waterproof.
#2 - Polar RCX5 G5 Tour de France - This watch is the official training computer for the 2012 Tour de France. It provides speed, distance, 5 heart rate zones and even features a dual frequency chest strap that can get heart rate while swimming. The new G5 GPS sensor is smaller than a cell phone battery and gets over 20 hours of GPS data plus the WIND speed sensor offers dead on speed and distance information.
#3 - Garmin Forerunner 610 - This little touch screen marvel gets every last piece of cycling data except for watts output but its compact size allows it to easily be used as an everyday watch. Use the optional cadence sensor to get cadence plus you'll see speed, distance, elevations, heart rate and it even features a cumulative training load that looks at training history. It has running and cycling modes allowing for easy transitions between sports but it is only IPX7 water resistant, so don't swim with it.
#4 - Garmin Forerunner 310XT - Even though it is nearly 3 years old it is hard to take the Garmin 310XT off this list because it set all the current standards for what a cycling watch should be. It gets watts data, speed, distance, cadence, elevations and more, although it lacks the swim features and barometric altimeter of the Forerunner 910XT. Still at about $150 less than the Garmin 910XT it is a great value in a cycling watch.
#5 - Polar RS800CX G5 - This is the same watch used by the brothers Frank and Andy Schleck that finished 2nd and 3rd in the 2011 Tour de France. The Polar RS800CX is hands down the most
sophisticated heart rate monitor on the market with recovery heart rate data and an enormous
ability to analyze heart rate. When you add the G5 to it it makes a pretty slick bike computer
plus it can connect to Polar cadence sensors as well.
Other honorable mentions to this list include the Suunto Ambit, Polar CS300, Timex Global Trainer and Suunto t6d cycling bundle. "These were all some very excellent watches for cycling
and it was hard to choose, but one thing is certain, the versatility of a cycling watch is that you can use it for other sports" states Squire.

Source : heart ratewatch company