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Valentine’s Day Double-Gadget Giveaway Winners!

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That’s everything from the new Garmin Fenix3 to the Mio Fuse to the 4iiii’s Precision Power Meter.

Week in Review–October 12th, 2020

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On one hand, providing training plans and such for running power-focused workouts makes sense, as a gap exists there. … Though, as you’ll find, staying exactly within that short 7 meter draft zone for long periods of time is harder than you think.

Back to running and riding in the rain and cold

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As is always the case, lots of power meter comparisons still going on.

Week in Review–September 10th, 2011

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I cover power meter technology, new head units, and the proliferation of apps.

Sports Tech Week in Review: March 10th, 2024

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Tuesday: Look’s New Road KEO Blade & SPD Power Meter Pedals: Hands-on!…

Week in Review–March 28th, 2021

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Wednesday: Garmin Rally Power Meter In-Depth Review (SPD/SPD-SL/LOOK KEO)…

First look at new Wahoo Fitness RFLKT Bluetooth Smart bike computer

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heart rate strap, power meter, etc…) on behalf of the RFLKT. … Today, there are two apps available – the Wahoo Fitness app (free) and the CycleMeter app ($5).

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

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Now the only downside to this is that if you wanted to record a legit cycling activity (including connecting to a power meter or cycling sensors), you can’t do that in the Virtual Run mode.

Week in Review – November 1st, 2014

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Friday: My analysis of the 2014 Kona bike count power meter numbers…

Suunto rolls out direct integration with Strava, a brief overview

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The service will transfer to Suunto heart rate data as well as cadence data (I haven’t yet tried a power meter enabled file), and with the recent update for the Ambit 2/2S that includes cadence data from the wrist as well as a footpod (like the Ambit 2R introduced a couple months ago).

Week in Review–August 19th, 2018

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6) Arion Running Efficiency and Power Meter Insoles Lets You Invest In Them: Unlike a Kickstarter, you don’t get a product – but instead shares in the company. … Garmin Forerunner 645/645 Firmware Update: Added manual altimeter calibration, Android text replies, and a bunch of fixes.

Week in Review–April 11th

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6) Another power meter on the market on Kickstarter: This sorta looks like LIMITS and WatTeam had a baby. … Thursday: Garmin slashes Vector pricing & adds Shimano pedals, Edge 25/810/Varia Radar & PowerPod on Sale

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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Power-meter wise I was using the Stages LR, alongside Vector 3 via BLE to the Karoo, and a TICKR X.

Microsoft Band 2 In-Depth Fitness & Sport Focused Review

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It doesn’t connect to any cycling sensors (such as Bluetooth Smart cadence, speed, or power meters). … Further, it adds in components like a barometric altimeter and UV sensor.

Week in Review–May 13th, 2012

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6) Brim Brothers Cleat Power Meter Update: Here’s the latest in updates from the folks at Brim Brothers.

Hammerhead and Suunto Partner: Heatmaps on Hammerhead, Workout Sync to Suunto

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Suunto will even calculate those for non-power meter or heart rate sensor users. … Meaning, Suunto will do the math just like it would on normal watch activities using more basic parameters to estimate it.

Paris Super Sprint Triathlon 2014 Race Report

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So while I’m sure it would have displayed power, there wasn’t a chance I was going to dork with it and have to re-do mileage. … I walked a few hundred meters over to a nearby metro line, and then caught one train about 10-12 minutes worth, and then made a quick connection two more stops for a couple minutes.

Interbike Exhibition Day 1 Overview

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Here’s the recap of folks I spent considerable time with: 1) Quarq 2) Polar/Look 3) Saris (CycleOps, maker of PowerTap/Joule) 4) Cateye 5) Barry Redmond from Brim Brothers 6) iBike 7) Power Meter seminar featuring: ANT+, Garmin, SRM, Training Peaks, Saris and a few others And that doesn’t even include all the sidebars I had with folks like HED, PedalBrain, and many more.

Week in Review–August 11th, 2019

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- InPeak Power Meter - Handling feedback to make a better product…

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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(Sometimes I put extra watches on the frame when I need to collect power meter or other non-GPS data, as…… As you may remember from last week, we left off with me pushing a cargo bike a few kilometers with another cargo bike splayed atop it (in the middle of the night), to get some repairs.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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Data on this particular file was a Stages LR (dual) power meter, a TICKR-X HR strap, and on an Edge 1030. … Of course, there were two Edge 520’s for Vector 3 & PowerTap G3 comparative data.

Ballgames, Bags and Boxes

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Hopefully this weekend I’ll have a chance to get through all of the DCR related boxes…I know there’s some cool new stuff from Wahoo in a rather large box, then there’s the gigantic VASA swim trainer/power meter to unbox.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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Friday’s shipment included the interesting Arofly “power meter” I’ve hinted at lately. … With that – thanks for reading! And check back later today for the WatTeam PowerBeat Gen2 In-Depth Review, it’s already scheduled to publish at 3PM CET/9AM US ET.

Week in Review–March 16th, 2013

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6) New Cervelo bike adds power meter magnet: I thought this was kinda interesting. … CycleOps looking for beta testers of firmware update for PowerBeam: If you bought a PowerBeam trainer AFTER roughly Fall 2012, and want ANT+ connectivity added back in (broadcasting of ANT+ data), hit them up.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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However, it sounds like they’re getting closer to releasing their first iteration of advanced pedaling metrics for the PowerTap P1 power meter pedals. … On Sunday I met up with one of the lead engineers from PowerTap that was in town following working with pro cycling teams elsewhere in Europe the last few weeks.