Heads up! The big Garmin annual spring sale has started, with $200 off the Fenix 8 (first sale to date!), $100 off the Edge 1050, Forerunner 965 at $499, the Forerunner 265, the new Instinct 3, and countless other Garmin products including inReach Mini 2. Plus the Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium is on sale, and some Suunto & Wahoo product deals too. Full list & thoughts here!
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Here’s how to save!
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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 2024 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.
My husband would love to have this :)
yes please
I will use this to do entensive testing on the power saved by shaving your chest hair.
gimme!
Hope I win!
Very nice
Cool!
really cool object.
another try ;)
Pick me!
Was looking at these anyway. PLEASE pick me!
Yes please
Jippie!
Need them! :p
P1 made the site unaccesible for a while?
The winner right here!
Yes please!
Thanks for the giveaway. I will take one please. Or 2 ?
Hello, I am an Nigerian Prince. If you send me one pair of Powertap Pedals i will gladly send you $100,000,000 that is stuck in my American bank account.
Good day and compliments
Pick me please!
Great pedals
This would be nice on my road bike! :)
Need!!
Power it up!
Would be nice
This is the one I really want!
Dual sided power? I think this is something I want!
Yes please?! It’s amazing, just like Christmas – only warm(ish)
Great site!
More power to me!
I want
Upgrade for the bike!
Power to the pedal!!
Give me the power
I’ve always wanted a pair of those!
Love the Power !
Would love to win this
Yes
Power Power Power !!!
Thanks for the chance. Good luck to everyone.
Iza.
Powers -> Pedals. Equal number of letters, same distribution of vocals. It’s not a coincidence
Please pick me!
yes please
When mounted we can finally see the amount of power i have in me!
I’m in it to win it Ray!
Pick me!!!
Hi
Im feeling lucky!
this…this would be helpful.
I need these.
For my retirement road bike!!
Gimme!
What are the odds? Hopefully good!
yes!
Gimme!!
Awesome!
Power Pedals Please :-)
Yes please. Let this be my lucky day
For the win!
I would like to have one to improve my training.
Yes please:-)
Stop posting people. This one is for me !
Extravagant!
I need this one
I’m in
Power to the people!
Very good!!
Please?
Cool pedals, count me in!
Yes I’m in as well for this one ;-) That would certainly be cool to have these ones.
More ENERGY!
DC RAINMAKER IS AWESOME!!!
Tap in, tap out
Boy this would be nice!
Missed the ambit one. But wouldn’t mind one of these.
Powermeters are the way to go.
Power!!!
I need more power! :)
More power with these
Geil!
like like like
PM me
I’d find a bike these would fit
Thanks a lot for this extravaganza!
These would be sweet on my new Salsa Colossal!
I could totally use this!!
with great power comes great responsibility.
Winner winner chicken dinner ….. come to me lovely pedals.
Only tried the hub power meters, would love to try the pedals!
POWER!
PLEASE!
Pick me :)
Would be nice
Thanks for another giveaway!
OMG I need this :D
Yes
Pedal to the metal ?
Cool
Power to the max!
More Data !