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Comment on How to download Garmin workouts to your tablet (Android, iPad, Windows Surface) by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:05:19 +0000

FYI: Just as a general update, I was able to get the TrainingPeaks guys talking with the Sport Tablet guys, and as a result, you’ll now see TrainingPeaks uploads available from the app starting Sunday. The Garmin Uploader app supports it as of last night.

link to sportablet.com

Comment on How to download Garmin workouts to your tablet (Android, iPad, Windows Surface) by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:03:33 +0000

Yes, in general you won’t have issues, especially for the FR910XT sticks (which have the newer sticks in them).

Comment on The Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review Update by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:02:29 +0000

Yes, that was specifically the spot I was talking about there. What’s sorta interesting is that there’s two tiny variations there on the BLE side. Again, this was on the firmware pre-BLE update, so it’s plausible that’s one of the areas addressed there.

What’s funny is just how close that section still came out – likely because it was constant power anyway.

I wanted to include it sooner just to give folks some context on it in the larger scheme of things.

Comment on The Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review Update by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:57:41 +0000

Good stuff, nice test. Another way to always quickly and easily test where power/cadence is coming from is just to unclip the left leg and right-leg peddle. The Stages will instantly drop power/cadence if no torque is applied to the left-leg (as demonstrated in the original review). It’s an easy way to validate things around connectivity.

As for pros and cons of GSC-10 over Stages, the main one I could think of based on what I’ve seen is actually just one-legged drills. I’m just not seeing it as an issue in normal cadence ranges (basically anything above 30RPM) with the Stages.

And in fact, on benefit of the Stages cadence over a GSC-10 is that if your GSC-10 gets bonked out of alignment, you’ll drop cadence, whereas the Stages can’t really get bonked out of alignment. This is somewhat rare, but it tends to happen about 2-3 times a year for me (getting bumped).

Comment on The Safer Swimmer In-Depth Review by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:25:48 +0000

Absolutely. In fact, it’s my red swim cap that helps make me more visible in some of the shots.

Comment on The Safer Swimmer In-Depth Review by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:24:34 +0000

I range between 170 and 175lbs.