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Here’s how to save!
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You can use the above link for any Amazon country and it (should) automatically redirect to your local Amazon site.
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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
Congratulations to you and the girl Ray, looking forward to reading new gear reviews and “triparenting” lifestyle tips (having a 7 and 5 yo myself)!
Congrats Dude!!!!
Congratulations, Ray!
I’ve been following your blog for about 2 years now and this is the first time writing in for anything other than one of the two giveaways I’ve tried to win. I just wanted to wish you and yours the best and congratulations.
My wife and I have a 2.5 month old. It’s crazy, but we’re loving every minute of it. Looking forward to some product reviews for newborn, infant, toddler tech gear.
Does Garmin have a baby monitor you can recommend…
Congratulations to you both, Ray! Enjoy the adventure!
Wonderful News Ray !! Congratulations to both !! Was wondering when this would be coming. Wishing many many Wonderful, joyous moments ahead !!
Congratulations Ray!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations Ray :)
Felicidades
Congrats to you and The Girl!
Congrats! Enjoy the little fellow!
Absolutely fantastic. Congrats, there’s nothing more fulfilling than having a child bless your home.
Congratulation!
Congratulations Ray!
And a great post announcing it!
“….we’re brining onboard some new testing talent ”
Oh no, I hope you won’t be ‘brining’ your new testing talent just upon his/her arrival! ;)
Typos apart, I wish you and The Girl all the best from the bottom of my heart!!!
Huh? I er, I was just going out for a ride. No no, I mean just a quick one……… Erm, well yes of course I was joking and no of course I wouldn’t dream of leaving you here on your own with the baby and the nappies and the washing up and the bottles and the mess. Er, yeah sure, I’ll grab the uh, right, bottle brush, erm thanks… (aaaaand repeat).
Wonderful news Ray. I can see some potential in the new talent for testing the limits on that decibel meter you got for turbo trainer sound comparisons. The Lemond Revolution might finally get some competition.
Congrat Ray!
There’s few month that will keep you out of your usual thing…. But they will came back later… :-)
Steph
Superfantastic! Congratulations the the two of you!
Congrats!
Congrats !!!
Many many congratulations to The Girl and You !!
Congratulations enjoy it.
Congratz, welcome to the most challenging and most rewarding part of life, being a parent.
Babies + fitness tech + endurance training… I know this life well! Congrats! It’s tons of work and it’s intense — but ultimately my babies crack me up almost non-stop (we have a 15-month old boy and a 3-year old girl). Enjoy it!
Cheers,
Sam from Team SportTracks
Congrats to you both! Wish you all the best!
Congrats!
Looking forward to your review of the balance bike power meter 3 to 4 years for now.
Congratulations
Congrats!
Whilst I’m not at that stage in life just yet, when I get there, you’ll have a decent cache of reviews for me to read. Excellent!
Congratulations!
Congrats To Both of you!
Exciting news!!
Congrats!
an huge coongratulation to you and the Girl.
Now you have to increase your training to be ready to this new adventure.
Congratulations to you both. Can’t wait to see the reviews on stroller aerodynamics
Congratulations to you and the Girl. I hope its a great long run with lots of beautiful sights along the way. My wife says now we’ll info on how waterproof each item is. Prayers for your family as you move forward.
Congrats to you both.
Congratulations to you and the Girl!
Gratz Ray.
Welcome to the next chapter of your life.
Great news! All the best to you both.
STP
Congrats!
A new blog testing out baby products could be your next big thing.
There is a lot of loose opinion out there, the rigorous approach you could bring to the area would be valuable.
Congrats! I guess you will be expanding your reviews to include baby tech like nappy sensors or wearables or jogging prams (with power meter perhaps?).. Anyway all the best with the pregnancy!
Congratulations !
Ray, it’s a BIG project! Congratulations to you and the Girl!!
Nice! GOOD FOR YOU! I have two and I can’t imagine my daily activity without Chariot CX (now it is Thule CX). You should try it.
Huge congratulations to your entire family!
Looking forward to expanding your blog in this direction!
Awesome !
congrats to all of you !
that’s gonna be fun !
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Wonderful news!!
Congrats! When you have The Kid will The Girl now become The Mom on your blog?
Best of luck.
Congratulations…!!!!!
Congratulations to you and The Girl. My wife and I would like to give our unsolicited support of co-sleeping, co-bathing, cloth diapers and not knowing the sex of the baby before birth. Nah, Just do everything the way you want to.
Peace
Certainly suprising way to expand ;) Congratulations to upcoming parents!
To both you and the Girl: It could feel weird congratulating two people you’ve never me on something so personal. Yet, I can genuinely say that you two give off some goods vibes, and I’m sincerely happy for you. Toutes mes felications!
*never met
Enjoy, don’t make it a race. You get more out of it the more time you spend. So be prepared to enjoy that time .. I really recommend that.
That’s time you can never get back!
My big girl had her first triathlon for kids and really enjoyed that – man I was proud. The small one is more into flowers and princesses.. I am still proud.
Congrats!
Congrats Ray! I’ve been a reader for over a year now and I’ve recently started listening to the podcast. I was wondering about using your link to Amazon. I am always buying stuff on there and would love for you to get credit. I buy through the app on my phone though. Is there some type of code I can type in at checkout so you get credit? Or is there a way to know that the link you post is working? I’ve used it but don’t see anything at checkout to say you’re getting your cut. Thanks and good luck with the little one.
Congratulations to both of you!
Congratulations to you and your wife!
I just read an email that informed me that my marathon I was ready to run tomorrow morning has been postponed due to the -20 forecast. I won’t be able to run it on the new date. Bummer. Then I click on over to DC Rainmaker and read this awesome news!!! Suddenly a canceled marathon seems less important. Congrats!!!
Congratulations! waiting for the new column :-)
Congratulations to you and The Girl. Things will never be the same again. Enjoy the journey!
Congrats to both of you! Enjoy
Better late than ever. Congrats Ray to both of you!
Congrats!!!
Congratulations.
With a 19 month old I can recommend getting a jogging stroller that the car seat snaps into. While they will be too big for the car seat for runs pretty quickly it made the transition really easy.
Belated but heartfelt congratulations!
Congratulations! your lives will sooooo change! things will never be the same from now on.
We are expecting beginning July too!
Trying to convince my wife that I will stay at home and watch the tour, I mean look after our baby during July ;-)
Congratulations! I like your take on cross-training
Congratulations to you both!
Fantastic! Congrats, another Rainmaker on the way!
A lot of congrats to both of you!!!
Congratulations to you both! I hope everything goes great and you both deliver a perfect healthy little one
about time. congrats. will make you an even better human being
Congratulations! A tremendous change but so very worth it.
Hi All!
Just wanted to say a huge thanks for all the well-wishes! The Girl and I are blown away by the response!
I can promise you that however a product review may shape up on the little unit, there will not be an unboxing section. ;)
Thanks again!
The Girl & Me (and Lucy)
Congrats!!! May I recommend b.o.b. strollers…they’re awesome!
Mazel Tov!!!
Congratulations ! :-):-):-)
I was wondering which camera you have in mind to take pictures and videos from the baby.
Will it be the GoPro?
My wife and I are also expecting our first in June.
Looking forward to you experiences and recommendations, especially ask sportive active parents.
Congrats! You in for at world of wonderfull moments…
Well done! Congratulations!!