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/X and BlueSky, 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 are all the latest posts on the site:
Monday: COROS Confirms Substantial Watch Security Vulnerablity: Says Fixes Are Coming
Tuesday: Magene’s New Trainer & Power Meter, But Pulls Back From Europe & US Markets
Friday: Quick Look at FliteDeck’s Handelbar Cockpit: Is It Real?
I’ve still got a small pile of Eurobike stuff to get through, mostly things that nobody else has covered, or more specifically with details nobody else has mentioned.
YouTube Videos This 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!
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) DC Rainmaker: The Tech Reviewer on What’s Coming in 2025 and the Secret to Tech Success: Here’s an interview I did with Slowtwitch a week ago that takes a look at the origins of the site here, as well as what’s changed over the years, and what might be coming.
2) Peloton says new hardware is coming: Albeit, in an ‘eventually’ kind of way – focused on “telling the story” in the fall. But for those that watch Peloton, this is actually a notable distinction, as the company in recent years under various rotating door CEO’s, has tried to go the opposite way (hardware didn’t matter). As anyone who has a Peloton Bike will tell you (correctly), Peloton hardware very much matters, and is fundamental to how Peloton got successful. Trying to turn their back on future Peloton hardware, was a mistake, that seems like they’re looking to rectify.
3) Measuring Tour de France handlebars with a twig: No really, an actual stick off a tree in order to measure against the upcoming and more restrictive handlebar limitations.
4) Library of Garmin research studies/papers: Huh, I didn’t know this existed. I had seen a post about some women’s focused study initiatives, but in that post was a long to a massive library of research papers done with Garmin wearables. Obviously, I assume these are ones that ended positively for Garmin, but nonetheless, worth a mention. Additionally, there’s also an entire page about clinical trials and using Garmin devices and requesting support/etc… I remember the days (not too long ago), where academics requesting Garmin assistance required knowing a friend of a friend, and even then, was hyper-limited.
5) SRAM Acquires Ochain mountain bike spider company: Yet another relatively clever and sorta-niche acquisition. I don’t really believe for a second they’ll keep manufacturing in Italy long-term. If history has proven true, in a few years they’ll consolidate manufacturing into their existing facilities. After all, that’s how they scale up.
6) Descending with Tom Pidcock & RedBull: Look, I’m just here for the crazy camera rigs they briefly show in this video while descending.
7) Strava & Runna Release New Bundles: Essentially these save you a bunch of money off the original separate prices. But equally, it’s not them integrating this into Strava as a single cohesive Strava Premium/Subscirber benefit, as one might have thought from the acquisition announcement. It comes in at $149/year for both. That’s cheaper than the previous $119/year for Runna + $79/year for Strava (e.g. $198 total). But in the grand scheme of things, it’s 25% off the two combined, which seems more like ‘normal sale deals’ than huge driver of growth. But of course, I can see them perhaps waiting till the features are actually in the Strava app, before doing something deeper price-wise.
8) DJI Mavic 4 to top of Mount Everest: Setting aside DJI’s slow removal of itself from the US market, this is a legit cool video, especially the timing to have someone solo at the top when it got there.
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