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I’m DC RAINMAKER…
I swim, bike and run. Then, I come here and write about my adventures. It’s as simple as that. Most of the time. If you’re new around these parts, here’s the long version of my story.
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Smart Trainers Buyers Guide: Looking at a smart trainer this winter? I cover all the units to buy (and avoid) for indoor training. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
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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!
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.
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!
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.
I am pretty much convinced that you are somewhat part electronic and don’t need sleep!
Love the weird and random things you find on the internet though, keep up the good work!
Holy crap, those guys on the crane!!! No safety ropes, sure is stomach churning, those guys are crazy.
On the Android front, Carlo Pescio has quickly put out an update to the Uploader for Garmin app to get upload to Garmin Connect and Endomondo working again after both sites changed their upload process recently.
This is definitely an awesome app. With a $2 OTG adapter and the ANT+ stick everybody already owns, you can use smartphone to upload from Garmin devices! Great for upload right after a race when you don’t have access to a computer.
I made it three minutes in…But once those folks were on the crane, it was game over for me. I actually said aloud “I am safe and I cannot fall” several times, but still couldn’t make it all the way through. …
I was disappointed at the end, I thought they were going to base jump off the crane
I was waiting for the base jump too … Boooooo
You can’t expect them to back down the long way and at what point does construction work start?
Seems like you should be able to do the remote bike light project without cutting holes, but I guess, since we’re talking parked bike all day long in a public space, any visible attachment might get stolen within a day, exposed wires easily damaged by movement of other bikes in and out, scraping your bike, …
just for info: I had a runtastic Pro Update on my Windows Phone 8 yesterday, but no changelog
Hey DCR love the “Week in Review” posts but it would be much easier to navigate if each of your hyperlinks opened in a new tab (rather than redirecting the original link)!!!!
Hi Brett-
Yeah, it’s something I’ve toyed with every once in a while, but it’s honestly juts a lot more checkboxes for me when creating posts for each link – kinda significantly increasing the time to create the post. And for most, you just right click (or click and hold if on phone).
Cheers.
I am amazed that you can find such interesting stuff on the inter webs (no end yet I guess) – it saves me so much time. ;)
Sadly though, your link to turn-by-turn directions is not really accurate. It is just about importing GPX files to your iPhone or Android. To do turn-by-turn you need an app that will convert GPS coordinates to a street or path based route on your phone or an app that can convert GPS coordinates to a street direction file. That file is probably proprietary – but Apple can now transfer real turn-by-turn directions from the Map app on OS X Mavericks to your phone and Googles turn-byturn format might be documented somewhere. Turn by turn also need to be correlated to a specific map and map format. I am currently working on something for the Mac though. I’ll keep you updated.
Wow, I experienced significant clenching while watching that crane video.
This may have been posted before but it looks pretty cool:link to kickstarter.com