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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
congrats to your mom.. she looks like she really enjoyed herself!
I was suprised to see that it looks like you are riding with a compact crank.
I just ordered one for my bike and would be interested in hearing what made you go that direction vs. a standard crank.
Hey Al-
I’ve been riding with a Compact for a bit now, mostly because the Ironman Canada course has some fairly hilly sections and I find I climb significantly faster at a lower HR with the compact. I wrote-up a bit about it back a few months ago here:
link to dcrainmaker.blogspot.com
In choosing the Compact Cinqo model, I figure I can get a fairly similiar gear ratio to a standard if I swap out the back cassette, in the event I need more top-end speed (say, for a flatter course). On Ironman Rhode Island 70.3 I actually swapped back to a standard because it was a fair bit flatter, but most of my courses tend to be somewhat hilly, so this gives me a bit of an advantage.
I’m so glad you posted pictures of your mom from her triathlon – she looks great!!
Dude – your mom is badass! That is freaking awesome.
Congrats to Mrs Rainmaker! Very cool.
Garmin’s not letting you keep the GPS?! You promote that company more than anyone I know. That seems pretty stingy.
Of course, I probably should have said Mom Rainmanker, not Mrs Rainmaker. Don’t want to give anyone the wrong idea.
Woo Hoo Mommy Rainmaker!! Congrats! :)
wow – you’re mum looks amazing – well done Mum Rainmaker!!
Congrats to Mom Maker!
Yay mom! That’s awesome! She looks great, and yes, very very happy. :)
Congratulations to your mom!
How cool that your mom is doing tris too. Congrats on bringing her over to the dark side ;-)
And I just realized that I can use my husband’s power tap (when he gets one and he’s not home) but I won’t be able to see any nbrs unless I have a head unit of some sort – DOH!
I`m kinda sorta getting caught up, but want to send a huge congratulations to your mom! How awesome that she is a triathlete. Best of luck this weekend. I`ll be out volunteering early Sunday. Hope you have a great race!