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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 2023 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.
Triathlon of course.
Everything from bike crashes to diving into blue (and then green) pools to volleyball on the beach and then on the court. The Canadian feed is far better than NBC’s… plus, I like to see events live.
Watching lots of table tennis, swimming, and basketball
I’ve watched cycling, when I can.
Swimming and cycling so far.
Swimming, cycling and I will watch the triathlon races
A bit of everything, have yet to see long long though.
Track cycling, rugby and football!
Swimming
Windsurfing :)
Anything with Team GB!
Swimming and cycling when I gotten some spare time.
Handball
Track & Field!
Swimming. They make it look so darned easy!
Paulina Swoboda, Kszczot, and voleyball, handball
Regards
Everything!
Skeet shooting.
all of the cycling!
Vball, swimming, laser sailing so far
Cycling in the Velodrom
Cycling swimming running……waiting for the triathlons. But basically all of it. Turbo and live sport a perfect match
Cycling road race
Track cycling and diving.
Swimming, Track, cycling, rowing, whitewater, volleyball, and soccer
Track cycling, Wiggins rules!
Cycling, field hockey, volleyball, tennis, judo, boxing and rowing!
I’ve got one of the streams running constantly. The Olympics are jsut so great to watch even though there has been so much controversy this year
Anything and everything!
Swimming, running, and gymnastics. Phelps is the greatest, Mo is just unbelievable, Simone 2x are awesome, Yusra is inspiring, and the list goes on. Can’t wait for Gwen. She’s gonna rock it.
Swimming, soccer, tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, track…
Swimming and everything else!
Almost every event. Especially water-based.
Cycling and swimming ! Fan of Phelps !
Swimming!
¡Waiting for marathon!
gymnastics and athletics :)
Running, skeet
Trampolining, Dressage, Skeet! Water polo! Rowing, Cycling, Swimming! Lawn bowls! Just not golf.
Swimming, triathlon.
Whatever is on when I get up. Mens 10,000 today was a brilliant race
Volleyball… GO Poland
Cycling, boxing, gymnastics, table tennis, judo, volleyball, soccer, and swimming
Golf
I have been watching swimming & road , track cycling.
Its interesting.
Cycling Road Races
Swimming and track!
cycling :-)
Gymnastics, cycling, bit of tennis and all the athletics
The cycling… GB are awesome!
Everything , apart from Golf.
Not really watching the Olympics but following more or less everything it on the Internet.
Cycling, rowing and the dancey horsey thing.
Swimming & tennis so far. Waiting for triathon,
Trying to watch as much of the swimming as possible but its on at awkward times in the UK :(
Other than that, anything thats on while I’m in the house, been amazed at the kayaking, and got a little bit into the fencing! I didn’t see that coming!
Track cycling, golf, swimming
Rowing, cycling and sailing … the only ones NZ is doing OK in.
Swimming, definitely the swimming.
Road race, Time trial, swimming, Basketball and even archery :-)
Volleyball
Swimming, cycling and running
Cyclig
Swiiiiimmmmmmiiiiinnnng…:)
Swimming, and Soccer!
Swimming – Bad ass Phelps !
Swimming, gymnastics and track cycling
Swimming and Athletics.
Mens 100m.
Sailing, cycling
Men’s cycling time trial
I’ve been watching: Swimming, Cycling, and track and field. Go Canada!
Ping pong?
Seriously, the marathon. And the tennis final
I’ve been watching mainly the handball og cycling events.
Just some highlights. Due to time differences most things take place when I’m away from the computer.
track
I have been travelling until yesterday and therefore I have been not fully following anything yet, rather I get my info through random radio broadcasts, limited minutes on the web or friends calling me on the phone and giving updates alongside with other info they planned to share or discuss.
cycling, swimming
Fencing. Cant get enough
Road cycling, track & rowing (come on Ireland!)
Haptathlon – screaming at the TV every time Katarina Johnson-Thompson throws.
Road race and TT :)
Enjoying all the sports that are shown except for women’s gymnastics and synchronized swimmer. There are some sports that you need to drawn a line of enough is enough :)
Track racing, team pursuit, time trialling and road racing and a bit of athletics
Swimming, cycling, gymnastics, track/field,
Swimming, cycling and sorry table tennis
Anything and everything
I have seen basketball.
Swimming, fencing and gymnastics
Swimming
Swimming, athletics and road bike :)
Cycling, of course! :)
cycling – track and road
Swimming, Running and Cycling.
I’ve been watching the road bike events, that’s all.
Swimming, cycling and athletics
10,000 mens
Road Race and Keirin
It’s been raining a lot over here the last 4 wks, a trainer would surely come in handy! Thanks
Swimming
Cycling!!