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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.
Cycling, basketball, swimming
Irish rowing dominance!
basketball! sometimes.. :)
Road cycling, gymnastics and Rugby 7’s
Beach volleyball
Of course the cycling has been exciting with the time trailing being a favourite but I want to hear more about the Mexican synchronised divers who were given permission to repeat their dive after stadium lights on a timer went on as they were half way through their routine then denied the repeat dive.
Swimming
Both the men and women’s road races were awesome
Woman beach volley ;)
Swimming
swimming all the way
Track cycling
Enjoying holidays in south of France. So not a lot of sport has been Deen. But i was lucky to have steen th belgian win in the cycling
Still Some time to spend now in south of France doing my own training and in preparation of my next competition
Just swimming.
swimming
I’ve been loving swimming and gymnastics. Can’t wait for running events to start!
Been enjoying all of it, particularly the road race and now the athletics
I’ve been watching swimming, gymnastics, judo, and of course cycling!
US women’s soccer
tons of swimming!
Swimming, gymnastics, beach volleyball, cycling, weightlifting, synchronized diving, soccer. So far, anyway!
I’ve been watching pretty much everything! Diving, swimming, cycling of all description, track and field today, rowing (go Team Ireland, first medal today!!!)
cycling events/swimming and soccer!!
Horsies and rowing
Haven’t had a chance yet
The hypnotic thighs of the track riders in the velodrome.
All swimming. Some cycling. A little gymnastics.
Liked the men’s 4 x 100 relay and woman’s 100 free.
Track Cycling, swimming and Gymnastics!
I know that olimpics are happening, and that there are at least a dozen channels showing something, but I’m not watching (I have my beef with the IOC). I’m watching Duck Tales!
Fencing all the way!
Road cycling, track cycling and swimming
Judo for Teddy Riner, the alien :)
Cycling and swimming
Cycling, Rowing & Athletics
Road race – the condensed bike race season!
Judo, hockey, rowing and everything else!
Swimming
Cycling
Cycling!
Road cycling. Track cycling.
need a new trainer for the summer!
Just about anything I can catch due to the time difference…
Cycling, kayaking, swimming
Swimming and Cycling!
Track cycling races — yeah!
Lots of swimming events since there are so many events and our Canadian women have been doing awesome!
Track cycling obviously! Plus a bit of table tennis and badminton
Cycling (road & track) rowing, hockey, rugby 7’s, badminton, tennis, fencing, boxing & track.
Only caught glimpses of swimming so far. I’m holding out for the marathon!
Track cycling. I missed most of the road cycling events because I had to work. :(
Swimming and Gymnastics!
Swimming gymnastics and rowing
Of course cycling (RR and ITT), handball, rowing, swimming and more!
Cycling, swimming, gymnastics mostly
I’ve been watching the road cycling, time trials, and indoor track cycling, but I biased, as its my favourite sport. I have also watched some gymnastics, diving and rowing in between the cycling. I’ll be watching the track and field events when they start.
800m, swimming and Rowing
Indoor and beach volleyball
Dressage!! Especially Freestyle!
Cycling
cycling of course
Swimming,Cycling,Track and Field
Cycling, swimming, gymnastics
Rugby 7
Athletics
Going for the gold!!
Cycling
Of course, as a Dutch, I watched the insanely tense women’s road race!
Fencing
swimming and basketball
The swimming but hoping I don’t miss the synchronised those smiles are to die for
Cycling, swimming
Swimming and Cycling! And anxiously waiting to watch Triathlon.
I have been watching track and road cycling!
Beach Volleyball
Road cycling, gymnastics, soccer.
Cycling so far looking forward to see how P. Sagan does in the MTB.
women’s 10K: as my daughter would say, “That was DOPE!”
I did not expected I would be so keen to follow swimming!
Handball!
Swimming
Track&Field and Waterpolo
Heptathlon.
Beach volleyball
All the cycling so far…
Swimming spectacular
Been watching all the swimming events. Gotta dream what could have been.
Never watched it before, but finding the fencing surprisingly interesting!
F 10.000 m record 3 hours ago
Swimming, of course! And a bit of rugby … although I still don’t “get” it.
All swimming!
Cycling and swimming
Mostly swimming and road cycling so far. Wahoooooo
Cycling and archery
Table Tennis
Swimming
Swimming!
Treadmill
Swimming, Judo, and looking forward to Women’s Marathon on Sunday…
Men’s cycling
Women’s gymnastics
Swimming
Cycling :o)
Women’s Football (soccer!)