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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.
Mens TT (Time Trial)
Swimming
Badminton
Mostly swimming and cycling. Waiting for triathlon !
Cycling (road, track and TT), gymnastics, swimming… So much to watch and so little time!
Need a Kickr for the upcoming NE winter!
Have enjoyed the swimming most, but watched the mens road race, womens road race, some rowing too and soccer.
Athletics
Swimming
I’ve been watching everything cycling related. Go team GB!
everything, cycling, swimming, running, polo, rowing, volleyball, and gymnastics. i love the Olympics.
Traveling abroad, I jumped on the Internet to read about the men’s and women’s road races.
Swimming. Go Team USA!
Track cycling!
Got to be the team pursuit on the track
Team Gymnastics, Women’s rowing and GB Track cycling mostly..go Wiggo!
Whatever my 5-year-old wants to watch. As it turns out, I’m seeing quite a lot of the gymnastics this year. That’s new for me.
Anything that’s on the TV mainly cycling
Gimme gimme
Female Soccer & Tennis
Germany / Kerber
Everything that is on TV
Team pursuit:-)
Judo!!
Team pursuit
Swimming and track cycling.
Mens 10k.
I want to see the 10k….today the female was awesome!!!
Ladies beach volley ball
Swimming, rowing, gymnastics, beach volleyball, sevens rugby
Cycling
Soccer, swimming, gymnastics
Basketball! Up the boomers!
Swimming and gymnastics
Swimming, biking, track and field, beachvolley, rugby, soccer, triathlon, tennis, rowing
The fun thing about the Olympics is that you watch games you normally won’t see.
Never knew that archery could be so thrilling for example.
But the best still was cycling. Women road race with the disaster for Annemiek van Vleuten and the Gold Medal for Anna van der Breggen. And the (for him) disappointing Silver medal for Tom Dumoulin at the Men’s time trial.
The Olympics are great!
Cycling and swimming
Swimming every night, white water if time permits. And from today on there is track&field! So excited!
Swimming, all day every day!
Cycling, rowing, swimming, tennis.
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming
Swimming obviously!
49er
Phelps and judo
team pursuit/sprint.
bit of rowing!
Looks like I’m in.
Rowing
Last two days I’ve had my iPad setup as a 4th monitor so I can watch the track events. Love watching track cycling, but we don’t get jack for TV coverage here in the US.
Honestly, none at all because i prefer to go out an do something and television is boring to me.
Tennis, Hamdball, Fencing
Cycling and swimming
Track cycling, Road cycling,
Swimming and Cycling
Gymnastics, swimming, cycling, track & field
Loving the track cycling, but then in British, so of course I am…
Swimming!
Water polo
All of them – but especially the swimming.
Way too much swimming, not nearly enough track cycling.!
Track cycling and gymnastic.
Been watching the rowing, the two Irish Brothers are hilarious.
I’m spending my holidays watching the olympics on tv, like every 4 years haha. The best show for me so far has been judo. Rugby 7s was a cool sport to discover too !! Cycling was sadly broadcasted, with too few on-screen information, so I wonder how triathlon is going to be.. Right now tennis is on, 1/4 finals men. Of course I am watching.
Watching a lot of swimming – waiting for Track and field
Soccer and gymnastics!
BMX & Track Cycling & MTB
Water polo and currently watching Track cycling at 5am before heading out on the bike
Looks so awesome.
Having taken the step to a trainer I feel like I am grinding through tyres faster than anything else.
Rowing, cycling, track & field.
Table tennis mostly. Can’t wait for the track and field events this weekend!
Road cycling, velodrome, sailing
Mostly cycling. And little of the case of yuri.
Women’s 10,000m! WORLD RECORD!
Table Tennis!!!! Saw a guy wipe his brow…HA! Never knew you could work up a sweat playing ping pong ;)
Rowing!
Soccer. Swimming. Rugby 7s
Track and sailing
Cycling! Women’s races have rocked. And gymnastics! Again, women rule!
As much as possible but so far track cycling, diving and gymnastics mostly.
Swimming gymnastics tennis and waiting for track
Watching the GB team demolish the NZ team pursuit right now. Too classy.
Canoeing and cycling :)
Swimming and cycling
Swimming, Road Cycling, and Rugby 7’s
Looking forward to the Triathlons and track cycling! Thanks Ray.
swimming and running
Fencing, swimming and volleyball!
Swimming…Nathan Adrian is a beast!
Cycling, Swimming, athletics, volleyball, rowing, surfing…. etc!
I’ve watched more Table Tennis and Handball than I ever imagined I would!
Track cycling and swimming
Cycling road ‘n track
Swimming. Specifically Greg Paltrinieri.
All of the sports! Mostly swimming or whatever I can stream at work…
Both marathons, for sure!
Women’s 10000 meter final – WR!
Loving the swimming and volleyball. Biking was tough to see the leaders get beat in the last meters.
Chicken fights
Dressage for the win!
Track cycling rules! ;-)
Swimming and Soccer