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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.
Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming.
Swimming mostly
cycling road race
Swimming, tennis, cycling
Watching as much as I can.
Soccer!
All of the cycling and as much swimming as possible. As I’m in Sweden I also had to watch some golf (where they got silver)
Golf and water polo
Swimming, cycling, gymnastics and athletics
Swimming; cycling; gymnastics; volleyball; track
Cycling Track! A former teammate got Silver there!
Anything that breathes in the Velodrome is being watched. I can’t get enough of track cycling.
Men’s Omnium has been my favorite so far.
Track & Field / Triathlon while zwfiting :)
Gymnastics, Swimming and Cycling.
Olympics here I come. (as a spectator)
Howdy from New York!
Track and Field, 400M
Judo for me ;-)))
Synchronized swimming for sure!!
cycling, judo, kajak and handball
The Women’s Marathon was my favorite event thus far.
Marathon
Most of my Olympics viewing is via NBC Sports Recap, so I have caught a broad spectrum, including swimming, beach/indoor volleyball, men’s road/TT cycling, gymnastics, and track events.
Thanks for hooking us up with the periodic giveaways :-).
Basketball and road cycling
Soccer and Running. Btw this page has had the hardest time loading for me. Too much traffic?
Swimming and Track & Field
Swim, bike, run and anything else on
the Keirin!
Not much really. Would love to watch more tennis though.
Every event that I can watch….however Track’n’field is the gold standard.
I’d love to be all Wahoo’d up!
Swimming, volleyball, track — waiting for triathlon!
sail
Cycling, Swimming, Gymnastics, Track and Field, and looking forward to triathlon!
Lots of cycling, handball, and swimming
Men’s Steeplechase
Lots of cycling, including the Men’s & women’s road race, and the men’s time trials. I’m really excited to watch the Triathlons this week, too! I’ve also found myself watching more judu than I’d expected–I don’t entirely know what I’m looking at, but I find the movements & speed quite interesting.
And of course, watching Katie Ledecky should be in its own category…
Swimming, gymnastics, and sprints!
Track Cycling and Horse Dancing!
Cycling (that’s it)
A lot of sports, with the Olympics you see sports they normally don’t show on TV.
Cycling, Swimming, and Track
I’ve been watching a lot of beach volleyball, track, and swimming… can’t stop!
Would love this – thanks!
Road cycling time trials, and lots of other stuff that I never get to see other than at the Olympics.
Swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field!
Swimming and track!
Cycling and mountain bike
A smart trainer is all what i need for now. D really appreciate it if i m the lucky 1. Either way thanks a lot DCR.
Running!
Swimming, gymnastics and the Irish rowing team ;-)
Anything with a Canadian in it…
My family and I have been watching pretty much anything that involves swimming, biking or running.
Judo finals and swimming :)
I love watching the track events. I personally love watching it while I’m running on the treadmill. (It makes me check my form since all the Olympians are graceful gazelles and I am more like a drunk hippo.)
Womens marathon
Swimming. They make me want to swim more and run less.
ping pong :)
Women boxing just today. Great show :) looking forward to the marathon on sunday!
Swimming is what I found most exciting…
Gymnastics, ping pong, canoe
Swimming, handball, water polo, cycling.
Tennis.
cycling and athletics and swimming and dressage
Cycling
Cycling and maraton
All the events that I can watch !! =D
Track and Field!
I’ve been watching soccer and cycling.
Watching the omnium atm
Track and Field now!
Diving, Swimming, and Sprint
Cycling
All of them!
Women’s marathon. Amazing!!!
I have been watching cycling, swimming and track so far with the triathlons and mountain bike events on deck.
Phelps and Katie Ledecky.
Swimming and track. Suck amazing athletes.
synchronized swimming all the way!!!
Been watching all the cycling so far, being dutch there have been many extreme moments in all disciplines so far, with Gold + I’m awefully happy she’s not dead as the most extreme, though cycling without falling against the 90 degrees track-bording is up there as well… Swimming, Archery, Athletics and volleyball.
Mara Abbott’s performance in the women’s road race!
As many as possible.
I have been watching cycling, volleyball and soccer.
Cycling ofc!
Swimming. So much swimming. So much jealousy of their swimming speed.
I have to admit that I’ve been sucked into watching gymnastics. There are some crazy people in that sport.
Synchronized swimming. Only by default as it was on the TV at a restaurant.
All the cycling, whitewater canoe and of course looking forward to the triathlon.
It’s just what I want!
Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Usain Bolt and Fabian Cancellara
What great contest.
Track cycling ftw!
Cycling of course
Swimming and basketball
Beach Volleyball and following our first gold medal with Monica Puig in tennis! #PicaPower
We were digging the futbol until the USA ladies got knocked out by Sweden. Good for them, though – it was quite the game.
Cycling, Rugby and Judo!
Lots of swimming, some track, and the TT. Looking forward to the triathlons
I watched the man volley ball France vs Usa.