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Week in Review–March 29th, 2015

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10) Zwift sends out beta invites for Elite/CompuTrainer/CycleOps trainer owners: Also, sounds like they’re on the way towards shifting towards an open-beta program soon (instead of invite only).

Week in Review–February 13th, 2011

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1) Garmin FR305 not charging/syncing without rubber band 2) Garmin/Timex/Polar Product Release Cycles 3) Accounting for slope on treadmill with running watches 4) Determining your FTP using a CompuTrainer You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here.

Week in Review–March 31st, 2012

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Sound good? CTANT+ releases updated version, adds more ANT+ support options to CompuTrainer Inside Tracker adds testosterone testing to their nutrition/sports testing service Kinomap adds HD videos to their trainer product, slew of other smaller features TrainerRoad adds Peak Performance metrics to their site for post-ride analysis Washington DC note of the week: I wanted to focus a bit of attention on the Run for Shelter 10K taking place in front of my house later in April.

The Elusive Non-Gadget Weekly Mailbag–July Edition

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I don’t see it in their online store at the moment, but perhaps my favorite part of it is that it has a quick hard plastic locking system that allows you to snap in your bike in about 10 seconds – compared to most trainers requiring lots of twisting (looking at you, CompuTrainer).

Week in Review–February 20th, 2011

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1) How to deal with CompuTrainer HR Monitor Dropouts 2) Best books to train by HR? 3) Using the FR310XT for all three legs of a triathlon You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here.

BKOOL demonstrates KICKR compatibility, new user-video route upload function, Android app

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This is the device profile that will ultimately end up on every trainer company I’ve talked to, using a single standard for how trainers are controlled (singular exception: Racermate’s CompuTrainer).

Weekly Mailbag–June 26th, 2010

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One thing I have for my CompuTrainer is a small sideways mount that quickly and easily unscrews.

Week in Review–August 7th, 2011

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Here’s what got updated: CompuTrainer FINIS AquaPulse FINIS Swimsense Garmin Forerunner FR60 Garmin Forerunner 110 Garmin Forerunner 210 Garmin Forerunner 305 Garmin Forerunner 310XT Garmin Forerunner 405 Garmin Forerunner 410 Garmin Forerunner 610 Garmin Edge 500 Garmin Edge 705 Garmin Edge 800 Nike+ GPS Sportwatch Polar RCX5 PowerTap and Joule Timex Global Trainer Withings WiFi Scale Yeah, it’s a lot.

An In-Depth Visit Behind the Scenes at Garmin Headquarters

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And even for legacy trainers such as the CompuTrainer (where the company refuses to innovate), 3rd party programs like TrainerRoad and PerfPro could actually emulate an ANT+ resistance control unit if they wanted to – enabling users to use their bike computers to control the trainer.

StageONE $699 ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart crank-based power meter announced

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/stageone-699-ant-bluetooth-smart-crank.html

Once I have a unit, I’ll be able to provide concurrent power data accuracy tests from this, a PowerTap, and a CompuTrainer (three total streams).

Me vs the Hurricane

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Z2 on a Computrainer is much harder than Z2 outside, because you don’t get any breaks for downhill segments.

A Very Strange CES Vegas 140.6

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A quick CompuTrainer mounting exercise and then he was off for the remainder of his 112 mile bike ride.

Swimming, crazy man, Tunebugs and Crabs

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CompuTrainer Garmin Forerunner FR60 Garmin Forerunner 110 Garmin Forerunner 210 Garmin Forerunner 305 Garmin Forerunner 310XT Garmin Forerunner 405 Garmin…

Weekly Mailbag–July 17th, 2010

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Anyway, it’s my belief that in general folks overspend on standard trainers (I know, weird coming from the guy that has a CompuTrainer), but just my two cents.

Paris Blog: House Hunters International–Part II

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/08/paris-blog-house-hunters-2.html

Of course, some of the trainers are ones I’ve bought (CompuTrainer’s, Bushido, Kurt Kinetic), and others have longer lead times (PowerBeam pending final software suite).

Weekly Mailbag–August 17, 2010

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One such feature of GC is the ability to create what is in effect the monitoring portion of a CompuTrainer…except for $30 instead $1500.

Zwift Confirms New Hardware Division: Posts Job Positions To Build Indoor Smart Bikes

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For example, we still don’t know who the heck ever bought the CompuTrainer portion of RacerMate.

Week in Review–August 31st, 2013

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TrainerRoad: If you’ve got a CompuTrainer, Wahoo KICKR or Kinetic inRide, I’d definitely recommend this update, which addresses a few issues.

A Morning At Velo Boutique–A Full KICKR Group Cycling Studio

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/morning-boutiquea-cycling.html

Of course, similar concepts aren't new - there's been CompuTrainer studios around the world for some time for example, but an all-out KICKR studio is pretty rare as far as I know.

A White Christmas (Tree) and a run in the snow

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One funny part though (aside from it falling), is that the tree protrudes out into the view of my monitor I use every other day for the CompuTrainer (bike).

PowerTap’s new hubs, Bluetooth Smart Trainers, iPad apps, and more

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/powertaps-bluetooth-trainers.html

If they can sort that out, it’d actually make for the first iPad app on the market to actually control the KICKR while riding a full GPX/GPS file (CycleOps/PowerTap, Tacx, CompuTrainer and others have had that for a while).

Spring meets DC, and I meet the 1980’s.

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/03/spring-meets-dc-and-i-meet-1980s.html

In some cases one might do a double-take on power meter calibration, but I’m lucky in that I can get a quick double-check from the CompuTrainer and they both are in the same ballpark +/- a few watts (as usual).

First look at the Kinetic by Kurt $200 Bluetooth Smart inRIDE power meter trainer accessory

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Once TrainerRoad opened up, the pairing process was essentially no different than other sensors that TrainerRoad supports (such as ANT+ and Bluetooth Low Energy, as well as the CompuTrainer).