Yearly Archives: 2011

A bit of a Canadian Rockies Weekend

We bumbled our way across the US (and Canada) most of the day Saturday, eventually arriving in Calgary later that evening.  Normally this would have made for a relatively calm 90 minute drive up into the mountains, but due to … Read More Here

An inside look at TrainerRoad, a way to make your regular trainer like a mock-CompuTrainer

Last week I had the chance to sit down (well, actually, stand around) and talk with the guys behind the up and coming TrainerRoad application.  Many of you are familiar with the CompuTrainer and the ability to gather real-time data … Read More Here

One Million Miles

Back in June I hit a minor milestone in the alternate reality that I live in with respect to travel – which I do primarily for work.  As of June 16th, I crossed over the threshold of flying 1,000,000 miles … Read More Here

Interbike After Dark

Last Thursday night I was working away fast and furious trying to get a bunch of posts put together for publishing.  I had just finished up with the Fox and ANT+ folks showing off the Fox Shocks system, and by … Read More Here

A look at the Fox Racing Shocks Smart Pump concept with a Garmin Edge 800

There was a lot of cool stuff shown at Interbike last week – but perhaps one of the coolest and least expected technology items demonstrated was a partnership between Fox (the bike company, not the TV corporation) and Garmin that … Read More Here

Interbike 2011: Creative ways to get your booth noticed

Like all trade shows and conferences, half the battle is getting someone to just stop in your booth.  Once you’ve succeeded on that front, you can begin to engage (read: sucker) that individual on what your product is. At Interbike … Read More Here

Speaking at ANT+ Symposium Next Week

For those that remember last year around this time I came almost straight from Interbike, did some more work travelling, and then turned back around again and then spoke at the ANT+ Symposium.  Last year though I had slotted it … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Aero + Power Seminar Uploaded

This past Wednesday morning some of the industries brightest power and aerodynamic minds came together at Interbike to present a free seminar.  The agenda included: Josh Poertner, Zipp Technical Director, and Jim Meyer, Quarq’s founder and Chief Engineer, delivering the … Read More Here

How to effectively pace and route your running race

It’s September.  Which means that all (ok, probably just many) of you are preparing to run some sort of race.  Perhaps you’ve already run a shorter race this season on the way to that goal.  For me, my main race … Read More Here

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Polar/Look Keo Power pedal-based power meter

(Above: The shipping/retail box for Keo Power) By most accounts, the Polar/Look Keo Power pedal based power meter system is the closest pedal based power meter to public availability.  In fact, some units are now available at a few shops … Read More Here

A split-brain week (and weekend)

Phew…Interbike.is.over. Last week was exhausting. Some days there were 2 hours of sleep, and some days…well…I collapsed into a lot more sleep. It was a see-saw of craziness.  Mixed in with all the walking (err…sprinting) across the show floor was … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Day 3 Overview (All sorts of fun stuff, non-sports tech)

Ray’s Note: Like the previous two days – The Girl has been including her take on the show floor by covering the non sports technology goods.  Here’s her post. For the last day of interbike I thought I would keep … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Day 3 Overview (Sports Technology)

Since this is a Friday and I know you’re all zapped on Interbike coverage, I’m going to keep it quick and efficient.  I’ve still got lots of really cool stuff to get out the door, of particular note are the … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Day 2 Overview (Sports Technology)

(First Note: This post is meant to compliment the non-sports technology Day 2 overview that The Girl posted a bit earlier here.) (Secondary Note: Yesterday I took all the questions everyone asked in the comments section of the Garmin Vector … Read More Here

A look at rear-facing cameras for bike safety (and a pair of camera sunglasses)–Cerevellum, Owl 360 & Pivothead

Many have previously heard about a company called Cerevellum that’s been putting together a rear-facing camera system that ties into a bike computer.  The goal of their system was to design a ‘black box’ type platform that records the video … Read More Here

An update on the CompuTrainer RacerMate One Suite

It was a year ago this week where we got one of the first public looks at the RacerMate One suite, during Interbike last year.  Since then it’s been a long road for the Seattle based company as they’ve sought … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Day 2 Overview (non-sports technology)

Ray’s note: The Girl put this post together, based on her wanderings around the massive show floor. Hope you enjoy! If you haven’t realized by now, Interbike is one very large conglomeration of organized chaos with a whole lot of … Read More Here

Hands-on with the Brim Brothers Zone cleat-based power meter

Last year when I was at Interbike I had the chance to sit down with Barry Redmond of Brim Brothers and talk about his work on their cleat-based power meter.  At the time the meeting was conducted in a closed … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Day 1 Overview

This first day at Interbike was (as usual) a complete blur.  I had a number of demo periods scheduled (called appointments here) that left me running around back to back.  Look for the results of all of those spread over … Read More Here

A hands-on look at the Sonic Walk Wearable Audio System

Ray’s note: The Girl put this post together, based on her time spent at the Outdoor Demo. Hope you enjoy! During the first few minutes of the outdoor demo on Tuesday I came upon a booth that immediately caught my … Read More Here

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Garmin Vector pedal based power meter

[Please Note: Garmin Vector has been released, you can see my first look at it here.  In the interest of keeping things clean, I’ve disabled new comments here, and all comments should head over to that post.  Thanks!] Without question the … Read More Here

Timex Announces Road Trainer GPS–New Cycling Computer

This morning Timex announced their latest ANT+ enabled GPS cycling device – the Road Trainer GPS/Road Trainer 3 (the exact name is being finalized). The RT3 is a full featured GPS based cycling computer that can track your ride track, … Read More Here

In Depth Review of the 4iiii Sport-iiiis ANT+ Heads Up Display System

It’s been almost a year to the day since we first heard about a small company called 4iiii, which aims to bring a heads up display system to a pair of sunglasses near you.  Over the past year they’ve been … Read More Here

Interbike 2011 Outdoor Demo Highlights

For the type of reviews that I focus on, the Outdoor demo is a bit more fun than really specific testing work.  Now there’s of course some testing that I was doing (which you’ll see in some later posts), but … Read More Here

And now…Live from Interbike!

Yesterday you probably noticed a flurry of reviews posted around these parts.  If there’s any sign that it’s Interbike season – it’s nonstop posting about really cool stuff for five days.  Well, ok, usually it spills over to more like … Read More Here