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Women’s WorldTour Pro Teams: The Trainers, Power Meters, and Other Tidbits

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Overwhelmingly Garmin head units, with a few SRM’s and a what appeared to be one team on Wahoo BOLT’s (WNT-ROTOR Pro Cycling Team). … Each of these teams basically get a care package of Edge 130/520 Plus/1030 units, plus Varia Radar.

Stages adds ANT+ Bike Lights Support, Suunto 7 Firmware Update, and Zwift Large Event Update

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But for now, we’ve got some notable news in the ANT+ cycling realm with Stages being the first company to add ANT+ light support to a bike computer outside of Garmin. … Previously Stages had added Varia Radar support, but nobody else aside from Garmin actually has supported the ANT+ lighting profile on bike computers or watches – that despite being numerous ANT+ bike lights such as those from Bontrager, See.Sense, Cycliq, and of course Garmin themselves.

A brief teaser of the Joule with CycleOps, plus their power meter seminar session

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And because it’s internally located unlike the Garmin Edge 705 or the new 800, you don’t have to worry about water breaking the unit. … In the case of the Joule, GPS is definitely on the radar…soon.

Week in Review–July 2nd, 2018

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Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin firmware updates. … Garmin Varia Radar System Firmware Updates: Doesn’t really specify much, but all the Varia radar devices got firmware updates.

Week in Review – May 27th, 2018

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6) Garmin now the 2nd largest smartwatch manufacturer after Apple: They shipped over 1 million ‘smartwatches’ last quarter. … Super cool stuff that’s flying under the radar mostly.

Week in Review–January 18th, 2015

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4) GoPro plans firmware update to add time lapse with video function: Announced during CES, I’m surprised they haven’t done this earlier (to match what Garmin did with the VIRB).

Week in Review–November 21st, 2010

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And here’s the topics I covered this week are: 1) How to integrate a Road ID into your Garmin Forerunner 305 2) LeMond Revolution Trainer and ANT+ Distance Tracking 3) Timex Global Trainer and Cadence-Only Sensor You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here. … Somehow this slipped by my radar the last few days until I caught this thread on Slowtwitch.

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

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So, diving right into it is the new C606 GPS bike computer, which is roughly the same size as something like a Garmin Edge 540/840, maybe a touch bit heftier (I didn’t have a 540/840 with me to compare). … Eurobike kicked off today with plenty of new products, and Magene was at the show announcing a number of new sports tech items, including a new bike computer, new smart lights, and an entire ‘connected bike’ light system that can even vibrate their optical heart rate arm band when their bike radar detects an approaching car.

Hammerhead Announces Plans to Announce Karoo 2 Bike GPS

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And when it came to the routing and navigational aspects of the Karoo 1, it blew away Garmin from a screen beauty and responsiveness standpoint. … Be it structured workouts, Varia radar support, or smart trainer support.

Week in Review–March 8th, 2020

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Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin and a few other firmware updates. … Garmin Edge 520 Plus, 820, and 820 Explorer BETA Firmware Update: Two bug fixes, one for maps, one for radar.

Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT V2/2021 with Color Screen & Maps: A Review In Progress

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But then again – that’s sorta the point – to conserve battery, and in the case of Wahoo, it’s always been about a more minimal look than the more colorful screens from Garmin, or even Hammerhead. … It’s got full ANT+ & Bluetooth Sensor support, GPS/Galileo/GLONASS connectivity, structured workout support, turn by turn navigation, live tracking, the ability to make Star Wars icons for approaching cars with Varia radar, and phone/text integration.

Week in Review–February 14th, 2016

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Garmin VIRB Edit Software: Handful of fixes. … Garmin Varia Display/Radar: Performance improvements and bug fixes

Week in Review–February 7th, 2016

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For example, Garmin released an update this weekend to address it. … Garmin Edge 510 & 810 Firmware Update: Adds Varia Radar support (and a few minor fixes).

Polar A360 In-Depth Review

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I asked Polar about this, given most competitive units in this price-point do such continual monitoring (Garmin Vivosmart HR, Apple Watch, Microsoft Band, Fitbit Charge HR, Basis Peak, etc…), and they noted that it’s on their roadmap, but they don’t have any specific timeframe for it. … Polar says it’s (Bluetooth Smart rebroadcasting) on its radar, but they’ve also made a number of promises over the past year they’ve had trouble keeping.

Week in Review–August 19th, 2018

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Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin and a few other firmware updates. … I’ve got them on my radar to touch base again with.

Week in Review–October 19th, 2015

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Thursday: Because it’s October: Garmin Edge 520 Giveaway Winner Selected!… Thursday: Garmin Varia Bike Radar System In-Depth Review

Talking with Timex about the future of the Timex Global Trainer

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While Timex is still keeping that stance – he did seem to allude to the notion that some of the recent Garmin/MetriGear announcements might drive a bit of change there depending on customer demand for such configuration/calibration options. … I asked whether or not a power meter was in their future, or if partnering with a company such as Brim Brothers was on the radar.

First Look: Stages introduces Dash bike GPS, training platform suite

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They’re also looking at potentially supporting down the road the ANT+ Lighting & Radar device profiles (for connected lights from Garmin and Bontrager).

Week in Review – May 6th, 2018

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Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin firmware updates. … Garmin Edge 1030 Firmware Update: New Connect IQ support, new radar support, and an absolute crapton of bug fixes (seriously, that list is massively impressive).

GoPro Hero4 Silver & Hero4 Black In-Depth Review

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But, the GoPro is also roughly the size of a Twinkie compared to that of a kiwi fruit (not the bird, nor the New Zealander’s) with the Garmin VIRB. … In my case, I didn’t have any dives on my radar for this time period, so it was just limited to snorkeling and pool time.

Week in Review–July 14th, 2014

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10) The world’s tallest water slide: What’s perhaps more interesting about this video is that while the team/company is sponsored by Garmin and the VIRB (and it was filmed on a VIRB), there are GoPro’s in the frame for a TV show – likely because GoPro offers more post-production capabilities than Garmin offers today. … 5) Giving Cyclists Eyes In the Backs of Their Heads: Bike-mounted radar unit warns cyclists of approaching cars.

Tech Tidbits: Xert Adds NPE CABLE Support, TrainerRoad Adaptive Training Leaves Beta

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Additionally, some types of sensors - notably the Varia Radar, aren't publically available on Bluetooth Smart (only via special request to Garmin, which hasn't always approved those requests - as there is no official BT profile for cycling radar). … As a result, this sidesteps that by simply ingesting the public ANT+ Radar profile and making it available over Bluetooth Smart.

ROTOR introduces new ROTOR Power LT power meter

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Each of those arms then transmits power data using ANT+, which is then combined on a single crank arm and then transmitted to a head unit such as a Garmin Edge or other ANT+ capable device. … And ironically, it’s also a pretty interesting show of confidence by ROTOR to use Power2Max (a competitor) as a known good, as the president of ROTOR told Bike Radar’s Ben Delaney that it (Power2Max) was “100 percent accurate”.

Week in Review–March 24th, 2019

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