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Hope to see a Spartan Ultra review in the week ahead ;)
$10 will get you one carbon tire lever (the hooked one) on kickstarter. Most people would want a set of levers which is $20 on kickstarter or $25 retail.
Re: 4) A hoodie with a smartwatch hole:
A week ago I saw something like that in Decathlon in Lisbon. I think, that window could be very useful for someone with Optical HR watches.
Also, Decathlon has an interesting “KALENJI MEN’S KIPRUN HRM RUNNING T-SHIRT – BLACK” with HRM contacts, so you don’t need to wear HRM strap during the run; just attach your existing HRM on two buttons to this T-shirt. Moreover, Decathlon claims to be compatible with all sensors from the brands Géonaute, Kalenji, Polar and Garmin that have press-buttons.
How does the Tacx treadmill generate resistance? I only ask because, IIRC, the rolling resistance on a good pair of road tires is something in the neighborhood of 25-30watts at 25mph. Does the belt introduce significant hysteresis and therefore resistance into the system? Is the treadmill dependent on incline for resistance?
They seem to have two options. See the bar at the front? Looks like you could pedal against it so the belt can provide some resistance. (but may just be safety) The front legs make it seem like it could easily gain incline for resistance too
Hi Ray, interesting article on how running times have slowed down for most “neighborhood class” runners. Almost seems like with all the data now available at our fingertips from cadence/ vertical whatever, cadence, VO2 Max, accurate GPS, etc we are slower. Almost seems counter- intuitive. Times I ran in the 80’s and finishing 4-5 th in my age group now win some local races. Kind of sad. Maybe it is a case of too much information.
Keep,up the great work.I continue to,appreciate you.
Hi! I did the Update on my Garmin Edge 520 but now the device does not start any more! It freezes during the startup when the display shows the Garmin Logo. Anyone else having the same problem or an idea for a solution?
The FormMount now has GoPro capability! See updated posts
link to kickstarter.com
I really think you should do a full post on dwMap, it’s a total game changer for me…