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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2024 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field
All the cycling events.
Cycling
Triathlon, Cycling, Swimming and handball?
Swimming and now track and field
Cycling, swimming, volleyball, soccer and can’t wait for triathlon and the marathons!
Swimming and cycling!
Curling, rowing, handball, shooting, bow-shooting, gymnastics, swimming, sailing, judo, weight lifting, and some more…
All of the events but cycling has been King:D
100 , 200, 400 Meter sprints
Following the swimming events
Beach volleyball, swimming.
Swimming, women’s soccer, women’s beach volleyball
Rowing, swimming and cycling.
Running.
Handball!
Rowing, cycling, triathlon, rugby, athletics, swimming, gymnastics,
I’ll be watching some volleyball and the tri’s of course.
Swimming, rowing, cycling
Swimming and as much cycling as possible. Looking forward to next weeks triathlon events!
Swimming and gymnastics
Swimming and volleyball.
Swimming, Hockey
The cycling ITT.
And Phelps winning his gold medals in the swimming events.
I haven’t been watching the olympics a lot so far but I would on my new trainer!
Handball
Simply, leaving a comment ;)
I have watching all of them. Love the olympics.
Any and all events that don’t have judges!
Woo-hoo!
Cycling, swimming, beach volleyball. Not much the last couple of days though.
Cycling
The 4.000 meter Track Team Pursuit – where Denmark just got an awesome bronze medal ?
The road cycling events amd TTs! Would be great to get that course on Zwift to bike it on the Kickr ;)
triathlon, swimming, Athletics
Cycling the Loop in North Donegal this morning With Declan
Gymnastics and, if NBC will ever let me stream it, racewalking.
Cycling, swimming, athletics, hockey, triathlon, beach volleyball
Archery
Cycling Road Race and Diving
Swimming, rugby 7s
Cycling road race
Spade, basketball
Swimming and rowing!!
Gimnastica,concursul de spada si hambal
Beach VB for the Kicking outfits!
Cycling and canoeing
Men’s and women’s road races were great!
Womens 10 000m, swimming
Basketball, swimming
Road races, track cycling, volleyball
All of it. Rowing,cycling, judo, fensing, high jump, equestrian. If it was on tv if seen it. If been sick this past week and couldn’t train. So it was 24h olympic bench watching.
The track cycling, nail biting stuff, come on GB!
Cycling!
As many as I can . Cycling of course, swimming, diving, trampolining, gymnastics, even some hockey, Rugby 7’s and football (which isn’t usually my thing), kayaking was good too
Swimming
road and track cycling, and hope for a good TV triathlon coverage…
Roadrace TTrial surfing triatlon and 100-200 meter series running
Road Cycling, Rugby 7s, Beach Volleyball
Rowing!
The diving, track cycling, gymnastics and golf have been my favourites!
Track & Field, Cycling, Swimming, Judo, Gymnastics
Track cycling!
None, I’ve been too busy running and muscle training to avoid injury!
Any sport that is on TV!
all of them of course!
Swimming, cycling, weightlifting, beach volleyball, gymnastics, diving, kayaking.
Cycling and tennis.
Swimming!
Gymnastics and weight lifting!
Swimming mostly.
Rugby
Everything!
Road and track cycling, ping pong, weight lifting, swimming, shooting.
Rowing, swimming, womens beach volley :-), gonna watch the triathlon (go Norway!)
Team pursuit indoor cycling
Tennis
Judo, soccer and cycling of course
Been watching pretty much all that’s on TV. But the 4k TP last night was brilliant
Anything going on when I turn the telly on. Women road cycling was amazing tho!
All the cycling of course!
All of it! Working from home has its benefits.
Cycling and Tennis ?
Cycling, turning, ping-pong
Whatever I catch on TV. Basketball, soccer, cycling. :)
What? Did the olympics already start? Completely missed it, as I was outside enjoying the great outdoors.
So, track riding, road and time trial, rugby 7s. And a bit of everything else!
Road cycling and volleyball
Cycling, swimming, athletics…
Watching Team GB tear it up in the velodrome. Loved the Cycling Team Pursuit! Go Wiggo!
It’s a great chance to see sports you usually don’t. But cycling, and swimming so far
Swimming, cycling, athletes and looking forward to the triathlon.
Swimming, cycling and waiting for the triathlon. Go Lisa Jacobsson!
It all peaked with the road race last Saturday…..
I’ve been watching lots of beach volleyball, swimming & tennis.
I’ve been watching swimming, gymnastics, and a little golf.
running
watching swimming, football and cycling, so far. go canada!
Road cycling, swimming, track and field and basketball. Can’t wait for the mountain bike and triathlon
Team pursuit indoor cycling and swimming
i am boring – watched cycling