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Wahoo RIVAL Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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And to begin, despite what clickbait headlines you might read today – no, it’s not a Garmin killer. … Meaning, the RIVAL itself can’t yet pair to Di2/eTap/Varia Radar/Moxy, but it can via the ROAM.

Hammerhead Karoo 3 In-Depth Review: Worth the Upgrade?

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Of course, that’s not much different than Garmin not justifying why the Edge 830 isn’t getting new software features the Edge 840 got. … The Hammerhead Karoo supports both ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart sensors, including things like power meters, heart rate sensors, speed/cadence sensors, cycling radar, cycling lights, and more.

Week in Review–August 7th, 2011

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Here’s what made the main stage: Sunday: Week in Review–July 31st, 2011 Monday: The Seattle Century 2011 Ride Report Tuesday: Fun with a Garmin GPS while running on cruise ships at sea Wednesday Morning: New Garmin Connect Updates (including courses and workouts!) Wednesday Evening: DC Rainmaker on the cover of Bicycling Magazine Thursday: A Brief Shark Week (Link Bait) Post of My Shark Adventures Friday: Timex Global Trainer gets Mythbusters, footpod & lots of other data fields Men’s Health/Gatorade/Urbanathlon Blog posts this past week: In addition to all my writings here, I also cover a bunch of topics over on the Men’s Health Urbanathlon blog. … 3) More about aerodynamics than you can think of: Bike Radar put together a great in depth post that you should browse on over to if you’ve ever thought about anything to do with cycling aerodynamics (which is all of us) 4) FitBit Google Spreadsheet Goodness: This was from back last month, but just noticed it now.

Bontrager Flare RT & Ion 200 RT Connected Bike Lights In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/07/bontrager-flare-rt-ion-200-rt-connected-bike-lights-in-depth-review.html

Bontrager is hardly new to the connected lights game; in fact, they were actually the first company to introduce such connected lights using the ANT+ device profile (Garmin then followed a bit later), back in April of 2015. … And lastly, Garmin also makes a combo – theirs being the combination radar and bike light, the RT510.

4iiii’s Viiiiva ANT+ to Bluetooth Smart Bridge & Heart Rate Strap In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/viiiiva-bluetooth-bridge.html

Looking at market place up until this point, ANT+ heart rate straps have been ubiquitous with devices like Garmin, Timex, CycleOps and many others. … I chatted with 4iiii’s around what they had on the radar for the future.

Week in Review–November 15th, 2020

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We’re seeing some super strong Amazon deals this weekend on last generation Garmin gear, plus Garmin’s own $150 sale on the Fenix 6 series. … Garmin Edge 530/830/1030/1030 Plus BETA Firmware Update: Removed new radar all-clear tone, other bug fixes

Fitbit Ionic GPS Smartwatch In-Depth Review

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While it was previously difficult to say they competed head to head against the Apple Watch and mid-range Garmin units, it’s now clear that’s the market here. … The platform is super easy to use, and deploying to a watch is virtually instant – allowing quick testing (though unfortunately there isn’t an emulator available yet, albeit it sounds like that’s on the radar).

Suunto Ambit2 R In-Depth Review

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In this case, to the right of it is the Timex Run Trainer 2.0, then the TomTom Runner, followed by the Garmin FR620 and then FR220. … I still do have a beef with the lack of proper export file formats for sport-related data from Movescount, but hopefully in time that’ll be resolved (at least, it sounds like that’s on the radar).

Timex Ironman GPS Global Trainer In Depth Review

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For most everyone else out there, you’ll probably be using any ANT+ compliant sensor, and most likely just using the Garmin GSC-10 speed/cadence sensor (sorta the mainstay of cyclists everywhere). … Personally, if they don’t have this on the radar to support, this a deal-killer for me and treadmill running.

Kona Bike Count 2018 Power Meter Analysis

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- There’s clearly some miscounted pedal-based power meters in here – especially Garmin ones. … And this year is no different – they sat at 78 units, which is solid given how often they seem to slide off of people's radar.

My sports technology ‘predictions’ for 2010

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Both are based on ANT+, which is key to being able to leverage existing ANT+ heat units out there (from Garmin, Saris, and Bontrager). … It seems as over the last year a ton of new sites have popped up (or finally popped onto the radar) for tracking your daily workouts.

Hammerhead Karoo Cycling GPS In-Depth Review

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The mount is stock Garmin compatible, so any mounts good for a Garmin device work here too. … Those too appear to be on the futures radar, as seen on their futures page (more on that later).

Week in Review–Oct 27th, 2019

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I see a bit more as we get into the wearables segment, though rarely from legacy players like Garmin/Suunto/Polar, but more some of the newer companies. … - Hammerhead Karoo gets ANT+/Varia Radar Connectivity!

TomTom Runner & Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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Interestingly, only a handful of watches today would even be capable of enabling that scenario, they include the Garmin Fenix, Motorola Motoactv (discontinued), the Leikr GPS (not yet available). … It’s on their radar, but there isn’t a timeline yet.

The Pioneer Power Meter System In-Depth Review

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The functionality here is very similar to Garmin’s Cycling Dynamics piece, within the power phase component. … Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like dual transmission is on the radar.

Week in Review–May 17th, 2020

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These are typical deals that Garmin does *every* single year, usually starting about a month out from Father’s Day. … Wednesday: Garmin Varia RTL515 and RVR315 Cycling Radar In-Depth Review

Soleus GPS 1.0 $90 Running Watch In-Depth Review

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This is in comparison to most Garmin/Timex units being well under 30 seconds with Hotfix technology. … Also on the radar is a new model coming in February (the 3.0 unit) that will include both GPS and HRM capabilities.

Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM V2 (2022) Bike Computer In-Depth Review

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Beyond the hardware, it also includes promises of new software features down the road, including (finally) a competitor to Garmin’s ClimbPro, which will show the distance and details of climbs as you ride them. … - Cycling Radar Sensors (ANT+)

Apple Watch Ultra In-Depth Review: It’s a Start!

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Whereas Garmin, Whoop, and Oura all properly nailed my actual waking time at 10:27AM. … You can then see these waypoints in a list from the main compass menu, or on the little mini-radar-like-map instead (within the compass).

Week in Review–June 14th, 2020

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These are typical deals that Garmin does *every* single year, usually starting about a month out from Father’s Day. … While the scripted video touches on it, the employees up there tend to focus on sensor aspects of products such as the optical HR sensor, Varia radar, Vector pedals, RD pods, HR straps, etc… Which makes sense, the long-term knowledge from what started as mostly former ANT+ employees converting to ‘normal Garmin’ employees sways heavily that way.

Week in Review–May 24th, 2020

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These are typical deals that Garmin does *every* single year, usually starting about a month out from Father’s Day. … 4) SportTracks shows support for Garmin Varia Radar Traffic Data: Sweet! After I wrote about the Varia radar mapping a week or two ago, SportTracks explained how to use their built-in CIQ data support to do all the overlays and data plotting in a super clean format.

Week in Review–December 13th, 2015

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Just a quick note to let folks know that Garmin, Withings, and Fitbit all ‘re-launched’ many of the Black Friday sales starting today. … Garmin Varia Radar Update: You can now control various tones (when used with an Edge) as well as other on head unit Varia features.

Decoding Shimano’s New Power Meter Pedaling Metrics

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/decoding-shimanos-new-power-meter-pedaling-metrics.html

As first reported by Cycling Tips, Shimano has released their advanced pedaling metrics, called Force Vector (no relation to Garmin Vector, also a power meter that first displayed force vectors). … In the same way I pointed out last week that Garmin’s RCT715 Varia Camera Radar wasn’t good enough.

Bryton Rider S500 Bike GPS First Ride Thoughts

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It also notes increased brightness and battery, on a now brighter color touchscreen display, which is a smidge smaller than Garmin’s Edge 530/830, but a smidge bigger than the Wahoo BOLT V2. … It supports both ANT+ & Bluetooth sensors, including radar and smart trainers.

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