Week in Review–July 16th, 2023

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times these different streams don’t overlap, so be on the lookout at all these places for good stuff!

So with that, let’s get into the action!

DCR Posts in the Past Week:

Here’s all the latest on the site:

Sunday: Week in Review–July 9th, 2023
Tuesday: Huge Amazon Prime Day 2023 Sports Tech Deals Tracker!
Wednesday: Garmin Forerunner 255/265/955/965 Get Slate of New Features in Beta
Wednesday: Apple WatchOS 10 Topographic Maps: Hands-on with the Public Beta
Thursday: Garmin Adds Training Readiness & Morning Report to Instinct 2 in New Beta!

By happenstance, I suspect posts this upcoming week might bear strong resemblance to post titles from last week.

YouTube Videos This Past Week:

Here’s what hit the tubes over on the You of Tube, definitely don’t forget to subscribe there to get notified of videos the second they hit!

Some Leftover Sports Tech Deals:

There’s a few things left over from the Amazon Prime Day sales that are worth considering, probably mostly that still very solid Edge 1030 Plus deal (it dropped down to $299 for Prime Days, but $319 is still insanely good).

	Product	Sale Price	Amazon	Other site	Sale Notes
	Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen with USB-C) - $90 off	$169	Amazon		⚡ Both myself and my wife have been using these since last fall, after years of using the Beats Studio Buds...man, these things rock. Sure, they're good for sports, but frankly, I use them on planes, editing, and such more than anything else. In fact, I've been listening to them now for 8 hours as I type away on my flight across the ocean. Only briefly putting them in the case to top-up.
	Apple Watch Series 10 - $70 off $399/$499 (cellular)	$359	Amazon
	Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium - $70 off	$729	Amazon
	FORM Swim 1 Goggles (with heads-up display) - $50 off	$129	Amazon
	Garmin Fenix 8 Series - $200 Off! $999-$1,199	$799	Amazon	REI	⚡The Fenix 8 is now down to $799 for the 42/47mm AMOLED editions, and from $899 for the Solar/MIP editions. This is the first big sale, outside of a short $70 discount back in January by Uncle Amazon.
	Garmin Forerunner 965 - $100 off $599	$499	Amazon	REI	This is the lowest price to date on this watch, bringing it down to a very strong $499. This unit includes maps and is more or less a plastic Fenix 7 Pro. The FR970 just came out this week, adding ECG functionality and a few other software features...but at $250 more!
	Garmin Instinct 3 AMOLED - $50 off! $399/$449/$499	$399	Amazon	REI	This is th first official sale on Garmin's Instinct 3, which came out earlier this year. The smaller edition is $399, and the larger one at $449.
	Garmin Instinct 3 SOLAR - $50 off	$349	Amazon	REI	This is the first official sale on Garmin's Instinct 3 Solar, starting at $349.
	GoPro Hero 13 Black Bundle (extra battery/SD card/floaty) - $100 off!	$379	Amazon		⚡ This is a very solid deal. It's a Hero 13 Black on discount, but then an extra battery tossed in, then an SD card, and then a floaty.
	HoverAir X1 Drone Combo - $100 off!	$299	Amazon		This has become one of my favorite drones, given it's tiny size (fits in my running shorts pockets) and ease of use. While there's the new Pro drones, those are nearly 2x the price (and more for Pro-Max), and honestly, the video quality isn't really achieving that price point. Also note the checkbox to get yet an extra free battery (thus 3 batteries in total, based on the way it's currently coded in Amazon).
	Wahoo BOLT V2 - $30 off $279	$249	Amazon

Stuff I Found Interesting around the Interwebs:

Here’s a not-so-small smattering of all the random things that I stumbled on while doing my civic duty to find the end of the Internet:

1) Did Posting to Strava Get Russian Sub Commander Killed? Well, it probably didn’t help. But again, OpSec. As has always been the case, if you have a reason (be it personal privacy or military operational security), don’t post things to social networks that give away your location (or operational details). This isn’t new. It’s not some new-fangled realization of 2023 or even 2015.

2) Cowboy creates app to hep VanMoof Bike Users: With VanMoof apparently a sinking ship, this app from their e-bike rival lets one create a virtual key to access your bike, in the event VanMoof goes entirely out of business. I’m still dumbfounded as to how VanMoof screwed this up. Hopefully they sort it out, if for no other reason than the dozen teenagers on my Amsterdam street that own one.

3) Stages M200/L200 get upcoming climb details: There isn’t a ton of information on the firmware updates page, but I’ll try and get a unit updated to give a whirl later this week.

4) The life of a Tour de France Mascot: If you gave me a hundred guesses, I never would have guessed the person actually stuck inside one of those mascots.

5) Quick Hands-On Look at new WatchOS 10 Features: Matt gives a nice cinematic look at what’s new in WatchOS 10.

6) RAD Bikes pulls out of Europe: Can’t say I’m surprised here. While we do have one friend that has one in France, I rarely see them on the roads of Amsterdam (despite RAD Bikes having their European HQ here).

7) I don’t have a #7. Usually I have no problems getting to 8 or more things, but outside of having 20 Tour de France things (of which, many are worthy), it was actually kinda a quiet week in sports tech-ish kind of news. Or, at least news I thought interesting. On the bright side, I’ll be back at the Tour de France this week for the time trial stage, plus more adventures in the mountains. Fun times!

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