Zwift Now Does Outdoor Ride Tracking, Zwift Ride Gets More Crank Lengths

 Zwift’s first-ever, and hopefully annual, Zwift Community Live (ZCL) began yesterday in Mallorca. This event aims to bring together the Zwift community with a paid four-day event packed full of outside riding. At first glance, that might seem weird … Read More Here

FIT File: Garmin Connect+ FALLOUT // Did Garmin Get Cancelled?

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, we chat about the Komoot acquisition … Read More Here

Garmin Vivoactive 6 Hands-On: Everything You Need to Know!

Garmin has just announced the new Vivoacitve 6, which brings it even closer to their mainstream consumer watch, the Venu 3. This new version adds in some 50 sport profile modes and a ton of running features, including running dynamics, … Read More Here

DJI Flip The Gauntlet: ActiveTrack Sports Follow-Me Testing

 The DJI Flip is the second DJI product (after the DJI Neo) to incorporate its fully built-in autonomous tracking capability. Up till these products, you had to have some form of controller involved in order to actively track/follow you … Read More Here

Garmin Connect+ Paid Subscription: Hands-on Thoughts & Analysis

 Garmin has announced that it is dipping its toe into the AI-powered paid insights subscription service business. While this is hardly the first subscription service that Garmin offers (more on that later), this is the first time they’ve charged … Read More Here

GoPro Anamorphic Lens Mod In-Depth Review

 Last September, when GoPro announced their new GoPro Hero 13 Black, they also announced new ‘HB Series’ lens mods. Essentially, these were more advanced lenses than GoPro has made in the past, and included a little bit of ‘smarts’ … Read More Here

FIT File: Watch Overload?! What We’re Testing and What We’re Wearing

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, we chat about fresh new watches … Read More Here

Komoot Acquired: History Says This Won’t End Well

And now things start to make a bit more sense. Earlier this week I posted on the news that Komoot was changing to require a Premium subscription for users to sync routes to 3rd party devices like Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, … Read More Here

Komoot’s Expanded Paywalls: Trying to make sense of it

Over the last few weeks, Komoot has pretty significantly expanded the moat around their platform, specifically when it comes to doing (executing) the very routes you create on Komoot. Going forward (from Feb 27th, 2025), all new users of the … Read More Here

Polar’s TrainingPeaks Structured Workout Integration Goes Live: Here’s How it Works

After announcing their planned TrainingPeaks planned workout integration last fall, Polar has turned it on in public beta this morning, allowing you to receive your planned structured workouts automatically on your watch. These workouts will sync from your TrainingPeaks calendar, … Read More Here

Strava Bans User for Running in North Korea

On the list of quirky things, I didn’t have “Strava bans user for running in North Korea” on my bingo card today. But here we are. I’ve just spent the last hour going down the rabbit hole that is the … Read More Here

Hammerhead Karoo Adds App Store: A Few Thoughts

Hammerhead has announced an on-device App Store, except…well…just don’t call it the App Store. Instead, it’s officially called the “Native Extension Library”, or, in some places, also called the “Native App Library”. Either way, it allows you to tap and … Read More Here

Strava Backtracks, Now Allows External Links Again

On Monday, Strava re-enabled the ability for you to post links within various Strava areas, such as completed activities, event descriptions, and more. As you might remember, back this past fall, Strava restricted that ability, instantly removing any links you … Read More Here

HoverAir X1 Pro vs The Gauntlet: Sports Tracking Test!

 The HoverAir X1 Pro/Pro-Max drones have been some of the most hotly anticipated drones over the last year. The pair was announced concurrently, and are near identical save a slightly better camera in the Pro-Max (capable of 8K). However, … Read More Here

TrainingPeaks Announces Price Increase For Annual Subscribers

Almost exactly two years since the last time TrainingPeaks increased prices, they’ve announced today an increase for annual Premium subscribers (only) by 8%, going from $124.99/year to $134.99/year. This change will only take effect once your subscription renews, as well … Read More Here

Rouvy Announces FulGaz Platform Will Remain

If there’s anything I like around these parts, it’s short easy-to-write posts with good news. And this one pretty cleanly falls into that category. Though, admittedly, it doesn’t have all the answers. I’ll give a quick background up front, and … Read More Here

FIT File: All The Indoor Training Updates!

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, we chat all things indoor training … Read More Here

Decathlon Van Rysel D100 €249 Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

 The Decathlon D100 smart trainer is easily the best budget smart trainer on the market today. With a normal price of 249EUR, and occasional sale price down to 199EUR, it’s impossible to beat no matter how or what you … Read More Here

Garmin Backtracks: Expands ECG Functionality to EU Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro Users

Last month, Garmin announced access to its ECG feature within the European Union (and Australia) for Fenix 8, Venu 3, and Venu 2 Plus users. However, Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro users were left in the literal January cold. … Read More Here

Beats PowerBeats 2 Pro Fitness & Heart Rate Review: Does it Actually Work?

 The new PowerBeats 2 Pro earbuds have a slate of new features for audio-related purposes. However, for sports-specific usage, they have one big new feature: Built-in heart rate sensing. This would not only be the first time Apple has … Read More Here

Polar’s New Journal Publication is Surprisingly Good/Geeky/Scientific

This past September, it appears Polar started the “Polar Journal”, a monthly publication about all things sports/fitness/etc. Given it launched in September, it easily got drowned in the gazillions of other sports tech news stories that occupy that historically slammed … Read More Here

Rouvy Adds Zwift Cog/Click/Ride Virtual Shifting: Battle Royale Begins?

 Rouvy has just done what everyone has been asking for: Added virtual shifting to Rouvy, using Zwift hardware*. This allows you to use virtual shifting in Rouvy, just the same as Zwift, using the Zwift Click or Zwift Ride … Read More Here

Garmin Instinct 3: Complete Beginners Guide (AMOLED & SOLAR)

 Here’s your complete Garmin Instinct 3 (SOLAR & AMOLED) Beginners Guide, which covers everything you need to know about how to use the watch day to day. This is a bit different than my review videos (or the Garmin … Read More Here

TrainerRoad & Zwift Integration Finally Arrives: Full Details

The much-awaited Zwift+TrainerRoad integration has finally arrived, allowing you to execute TrainerRoad structured workouts directly within Zwift. And while this isn’t the first Zwift integration we’ve seen over the last 9 months, it’s the first one to include a new … Read More Here

Elite Avanti Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

 The Elite Avanti was introduced last summer as Elite’s new mid-range option for direct drive trainers. Unlike some of their competitors, Elite went all-in on specs on this one. They didn’t hold back: Adding WiFi, Zwift high-speed Race Mode, … Read More Here