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Comment on CycleOps Joule GPS In-Depth Review by Velo Steve

Velo Steve — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:47:49 +0000

What about readability? The displayed numbers look tiny. If the display can’t be reduced to just a few larger numbers, my wife (I’m thinking about getting this for her) will have to bring her reading glasses along on a ride! For that matter, I occasionally glance down at my Garmin while standing on a hill. I don’t thing I could read the tiny numbers on this device from that angle.

Both of us tend to look at just a few values when riding, and do the deeper analysis at home on a computer.

A note about using this (and any device with a display) with polarized sunglasses would be nice too.

Comment on Umpteen ways to measure your heart rate by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:53:22 +0000

I haven’t dug much further into it. I have been liking using the Basis watch though as an easy way to track resting heart rate. Though definitely a bit overkill too.

Comment on A look at the Trek/Bontrager frame integrated DuoTrap ANT+ Speed/Cadence Sensor by Rainmaker

Rainmaker — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:46 +0000

I haven’t heard anything there, though eventually I’d expect to see something.

Comment on A look at the Trek/Bontrager frame integrated DuoTrap ANT+ Speed/Cadence Sensor by elio

elio — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:51:15 +0000

I am wondering of Bontrager has any near future plan to make a duotrap Bluetooth 4 compatible. Any info anybody?

Comment on Garmin Fenix In-Depth Review by Calum Mackay

Calum Mackay — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:25:10 +0000

I haven’t tried this, but I suspect it only takes one GPS reading a minute, rather than only writing it to the track once per minute.

Comment on Motorola MOTOACTV In Depth Review by Pat

Pat — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:23 +0000

WearIT looks pretty slick, almost like everything we hoped the MotoActv could be.

I’d love to see Garmin or someone like that who already has a solid application in place, and deep experience on the hardware side go after a MotoActv-type unit. I can’t imagine we’re the only ones that loved the promise of an integrated MP3 player, running watch, cycling computer, and general fitness tracker.

DCR dashed my hopes that the Pebble might fill this gap, so I guess I’ll pin my hopes on WearIT for the time being.