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Motorola MOTOACTV: Thoughts and analysis

Everything from ANT+ heart rate straps (which is what your Garmin/Timex watch uses) to ANT+ power meters (Cinqo, PowerTap, SRM, Vector, Brim Brothers Zone, O-Synce, etc…, and of a myriad course speed/cadence sensors and even scales.

First Look: Absolute Cycling One GPS Bike Computer

- GPS claimed accuracy within 2 meters… Though, it was paired to a power meter (4iiii Precision) and heart rate strap (Wahoo TICKR) via Bluetooth Smart.

Garmin inReach Mini Satellite Communicator In-Depth Review

I could see this being useful in cases where you had an inReach on a backpack or something and during a fall it got separated from you physically, but still within range of ANT+ (which can easily be tens of meters or longer if line of sight). … On the left side are up and down buttons, and atop the unit is a power button.

First Look: The Suunto 3 Fitness: Lightweight Non-GPS Sports Watch

It’s a safe bet it won’t connect to power meters though.

Our wanderings through the French countryside

This also allowed me to get some solid comparative data between the different power meters I had on (Power2Max, PowerCal, PowerTap).

The April $500 DCR Gadget Giveaway Winner!

From GPS watches to trainers to power meters, and even gel packets. … But the industry has shifted towards even $100 wearables having barometric altimeters these days, so I think Garmin will have to think hard about how to differentiate successors to this watch in the future.

Wahoo Fitness debuts Wahoo RPM, shows off Android KICKR control

The 7-gram Wahoo RPM uses an internal accelerometer to determine cadence, similar to how many power meters coming onto the market today are using the internal accelerometer to measure cadence.

Week in Review–August 13th, 2011

3) O-Synce Plans to release new ANT+ GPS bike computer: A brief look at this bike computer from the German firm also behind some pedal based power meters. … 1) Whether to buy wired PowerTap at $699 or wireless PT at $799 2) PowerTap and Cadence Information 3) Which non-GPS watch for trail running? You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here.

New Timex Run Trainer vs. Garmin FR210: Fight!

The details on that watch are unclear, though current indications are for a higher end watch than the Timex Run Trainer and FR210 given that the new Garmin watch has been confirmed by Garmin to be supporting cycling power meters – a feature I wouldn’t expect on a lower end watch. … Now, in most cases most of us use distance (either kilometers or miles) to truncate workout portions if we’re doing it automatically (and for the most part, I don’t actually use Auto Lap except on long runs) – but this does show a case of Timex just edging out Garmin a bit.

5 (Very) Random Things I Did This Weekend

Additionally, the guys from O-Synce showed me their CoachSmart product, which can actually display the status of Magura shocks for mountain bikers, along with being kinda like a Cateye Strada Smart in that it can connect to ANT+ or Bluetooth Smart sensors and even bridge that ANT+ into Bluetooth Smart (including power meters). … It’s the first year of the show, but has an impressive number of booths, and a few technology players including Polar, Garmin, SRAM/Quarq, O-Synce, and CycleOps/PowerTap.

A Stockholm (Sweden) Runaround

I use it because it’s waterproof to a few meters deep (plenty for swimming), mostly drop-proof and I can take it with me from swim to bike to run. … Given I was up rather late Sunday night getting the Stages Power review out the door, I elected to operate on slightly more sleep (though only slightly) and go with a Tuesday run instead.

Garmin Vivosmart HR In-Depth Review

It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.

Whoop 3.0 Band & Platform In-Depth Review

It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … The scales of these are based on different time parameters.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

I was testing power meters along the way on this ride – comparing the SRM Exakt to the Stages LR and PowerTap G3.

Wahoo TICKR FIT Optical HR Sensor In-Depth Review

It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … Wahoo declined to say what additional hardware may be inside the TICKR FIT, but it’d be odd to me if it didn’t at least match the hardware of the TICKR series (which has accelerometers and storage in it).

Hands on with the new Garmin Vivofit & Vivoki Activity Monitors

As they are the only ANT to WiFi repeater on the market today and they only work with companies doing OEM/rebranding work (for those curious, it’s the same device I use to test numerous concurrent power meters with). … Total distance (in miles or kilometers):

Aero Sensor Companies Start Own Common Aero Device Profile: Got Tired of Waiting for Standard

There are TWG’s for power meters, trainers (FTMS), and other things.

The Elusive Wahoo Fitness iPhone ANT+ Bike Case Giveaway

But, more importantly – it includes an ANT+ sensor directly in the device, allowing you to integrate straight with everything from ANT+ Power Meters to ANT+ Cadence/Speed Sensors, and heart rate straps.

A split-brain week (and weekend)

Here’s a look at what it looked like as we were finishing up: Though with the 400’s set for a given split (1:21), I had to go a bit harder to make them work in the 2nd lane given it was 8 extra meters. … Still tons of good stuff – starting with tomorrow and the "Everything you ever wanted to know about the Polar/Look Keo power meter” post.

Garmin announces Vector2 (and 2S), also upgrade kit for original Vector owners

The new DC Rainmaker Cave…and new Bertie’s Cake Studio in Paris!

power meters with differing bottom bracket configurations). … Below it I’ve got huge and powerful USB charging strips to allow me to charge up tons of stuff at once.

Week in Review–February 15th, 2014

10) Power meters and social media analysis: You can geek out on graphs and charts in this post. … 4) How Paris would handle the 2024 Summer Olympics: It’s really cool to see that virtually everything on this list is within the city boundaries (or, just a couple kilometers outside of it).

Handy Tools & Apps Page

This is useful if you want to compare different power meters, different heart rate straps, GPS tracks, and so on.

Product Comparison Calculator

- Power meters (for cycling)…

Photography: The Cameras and Equipment I Use

It’s waterproof down to 4 meters, which is basically all I need for everyday use (or beach use). … In the case of the GoPro I can tune the video quality easier in post-production, whereas in the case of the VIRB I can get sensor data like speed/power/cadence (and the battery life is far better).