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Peloton’s Interesting Indoor Cycling Bike Platform

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/pelotons-interesting-platform.html

Anyway, my friend was asking me how to compare that against something like an electronic trainer from Tacx or Wahoo.

Week in Review – Jan 8th, 2024

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7) Wiggle owes a lot of companies a lot of money, including Haribo: Here’s the complete list of all of the debts owed by Wiggle, including Garmin, Wahoo, and yes, even Haribo.

Fitbit Charge 4 with GPS In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/fitbit-charge-band-depth-review.html

Garmin Edge 530, Edge 520 Plus, Wahoo BOLT, Timex R300, and a Garmin Fenix 6.

Week in Review–April 5th, 2015

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/04/week-reviewapril-2015.html

2) April Fools Sports Tech Round-up: Plus, a pretty solid one from Wahoo Fitness.

Polar Starts to License Their Sports & Fitness Algorithms

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/license-fitness-algorithms.html

Polar has a solid slate of algorithms that do compete very well in the marketplace, and would be super appealing to companies like SRAM/Hammerhead or Wahoo, which lack any physiological features at all.

An early quick look at the Tacx iPad trainer app

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/an-early-quick-look-at-tacx-ipad.html

The app aims to control the Tacx trainer via the use of an ANT+ adapter/key (similar to the Wahoo Fitness ANT+ iPhone/iPad adapter/dongle).

Week in Review–October 23rd, 2010

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Turns out, it’s just $15! For that price you get the ANT+ dongle that allows you to use Digifit with ANT+ accessories (similar to the Wahoo iPhone Dongle).

A Look at MyWhoosh Indoor Cycling App: A First Ride Explainer

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/07/mywhoosh-cycling-explainer.html

And if you look above, it also seems to imply there is Wahoo Direct Connect support too (the icon next to Bluetooth).

Zwift Bans Two Pro Racers For Altering Data: An Explainer of Sorts

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/11/racers-altering-explainer.html

A) During the race, riders must also record a secondary power source to another device (a Garmin/Wahoo/etc…), in addition to the trainer.

Amazon Prime Day – July 15/16th: Sports Tech Deal Tracker

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/07/amazon-prime-sports-tracker.html

Wahoo Fitness sensors – 20% off: This includes the dual ANT+/BLE TICKR HR strap, RPM cadence sensor, speed sensor, and BlueSC dual speed/cadence sensor.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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In fact, for this ride I was getting a few final data points on the Wahoo KICKR CORE for a review you’ll see sometime today (airplane WiFi willing).

Zwift Details Challenges With Building Their Own Hardware

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B) Wahoo Direct Connect Wired Connectivity: We’re now 10 months since this was released, with still no sign of integration from Zwift – despite almost all competitor platforms supporting it.

Quick How-To: Garmin Wearable Heart Rate Broadcasting to Apps

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/garmin-wearable-broadcasting.html

This can also be used to pair to bike computers like a Garmin Edge, Wahoo ELEMNT series, or basically anything.

Week in Review–Dec 22nd, 2018

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Wahoo ELEMNT & ELEMNT BOLT Firmware Update: Single bug fix.

Week in Review–July 6th, 2020

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Wahoo ELEMNT/BOLT/ROAM Firmware Update: ‘Stability Improvements’…

Annual Public Service Announcement: How to fix heart rate strap dropouts/spikes

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/annual-public-service-announcement-how-to-fix-heart-rate-strap-dropoutsspikes.html

On the Bluetooth Smart side, the Wahoo Blue HR strap is really solid and I don’t think I’ve ever seen any spikes/dropouts with it.

First Look at Magene’s New C606 GPS Bike Computer, L308 Intelligent Bike Lights

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/06/magenes-computer-intelligent.html

One of the things to keep in mind is that even at a $250 price point, it’ll still actually have to compete with more full-featured units from Garmin/Wahoo/Hammerhead that might be older/previous generation.

Week in Review–June 13th, 2021

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/week-review-june.html

Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, and a few other firmware updates.

Speaking at ANT+ Symposium Next Week

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The list of companies spans a wide range of industries from the sports companies you know and love (Timex, Garmin, CycleOps, FINIS, Wahoo and a gazillion others) – to many you’ve never heard of, primarily because either they are in different fields (i.e.

Week in Review–January 13th, 2014

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Tuesday: Hands on with Wahoo Fitness TICKR, TICKR RUN, and TICKR X…

Eurobike Sports Technology Things That Didn’t Fit: Part I

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/eurobike-sports-technology-things-that.html

They will be adopting the Bluetooth Smart power meter profile, once fully finalized, which is the same one that Wahoo sports is using for their new KICKR trainer, and what Kinetic is using for their new inRIDE power meter accessory.

An In-Depth Visit Behind the Scenes at Garmin Headquarters

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/scenes-garmin-headquarters.html

One area I touched on was with the new ANT+ Resistance Control profile, which allows ANT+ devices to control trainers such as the Wahoo KICKR, and the Cycleops PowerBeam Pro.

Into Thin Air: Bkool’s New 2017-2018 Trainer Lineup

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/bkools-trainer-lineup.html

Unlike trainers from Wahoo and CycleOps (or Tacx or Elite), this comes with a full year of their premium training platform, so if you aren’t into other 3rd party apps – then this is a great way to get going without having to shell out for extra software.

Week in Review: December 18th, 2022

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There was Garmin, Polar, Adidas, Wahoo, Saris, Quarq, Suunto, and probably a few others.