The Didn’t Get What You Wanted $500 Gadget Giveaway

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I’m sure many of you received various sports gadgets over the last few weeks as part of the holidays.  But for those unlucky elves who received only a half-eaten gel packet in their Christmas stocking from their not-so-significant others, I’ve got a festivus of a present for you: This giveaway.

The winner will get a $500 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell (or get points instead).  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero5 Black to a Garmin Vivoactive HR to a random pair of socks to the PowerTap C1 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer.  Whatever floats your boat (note: they don’t sell boats).

How to enter:

Simply leave a short description of what product you’d get and why (but don’t worry, you can change your mind later if you win).

The reason you need a short description of ‘why’ is that if you just put a simple product name (i.e. F3), you’ll likely get caught up in my SPAM filters.  And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of SPAM.  Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Thursday, December 29th, 2016 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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5,994 Comments

  1. Ulric

    There are so many things to choose from. Maybe a new Fenix.

  2. jeff oden

    I’d get a fancy shmancy bike trainer

  3. Patrick Chevallard

    I’d get a trainer so I can ride my bike during the Canadian winter!

  4. Craig Hoskin

    Definetly a GoPro Hero 5 would be in the Clever Training cart!

  5. Gadi Halperin

    I would like wahoo trainer desk because I do not want to build one myself and I can not bring myself to pay more then 200 $ for a small table

  6. I’d go for an optical heart rate monitor with digital readout.

  7. Milt MacFarlane

    Ah a Fenix 3 to upgrade from my 2 thanks Ray

  8. Shawn Faucher

    I’d get a 520, because looking at my wrist while riding has nearly ended in disaster a few times now.

  9. Derick

    The torture device known as the Kickr

  10. Josh maisey

    Would be really keen on a quarq, need a power meter to finish of my canyon :)

  11. Efraim Shaw

    kickr cause why not

  12. faarn

    Powermeter as have wanted one for a while.

  13. Gila Robinson

    I’d get a Garmin 920 XT or a Fenix, because I’d like to upgrade my Forerunner.

  14. Laurent

    If I had to choose right now that would be a Garmin edge 1000. Or maybe a power meter … most certainly both in fact !

  15. Clint L

    Tacx Flux! Need to get that indoor training stepped up a notch for IM training.

  16. Vincent Needham

    My tri bike would really benefit from a full set of shifters/brake levers on the base bars.

  17. Andrew Crow

    New garmin 520 so I can use routes!

  18. Alexey

    Spartan Ultra or Fenix3HR

  19. Bryan Alsdorf

    Probably the Fenix 3

  20. Blake Gentner

    Edge 1000 because my Edge 500 was donated to the outdoors on my last mountain bike ride.

  21. Jason Pinheiro

    I’d get one of the newest Garmin watches for my new years resolution of running more often.

  22. Caroline

    I would like a Garmin watch, such as the Fenix3 HR, Forerunner 735XT or 920XT. It would be nice to be able to track my activities outside of cycling in a manner easier than lugging my cell phone (and draining its batteries). The other part of me is also thinking of a power meter for my bike, as I am appreciating those numbers from my Wahoo KICKR.

  23. Andrea

    I would get a tacx flux. 500$ credit is the kind of motivation I need to buy a nice one.

  24. Brian

    Garmin Fenix 3 to track my next ski trip.

  25. Richard

    I’ve been contemplating the Fenix HR or the Apple watch series 2!

  26. Steve Barr

    I was hoping for some training videos.

  27. Mike brown

    Felix 3

  28. Shane

    I would buy the Garmin Fenix 3 to replace my Garmin Fenix 2.

  29. Gouke

    A fenix 3 hr to track my snowboard runs using the barometric altimeter and optical hart rate sensor.

  30. Harald

    thinking about a VARIA

  31. Adam Abrams

    I would buy Tacx Neo because I love to ride in the mountains but not when they’re covered in snow.

  32. Fenix 3 HR, or GoPro Hero, or DJI Magic Pro

  33. Marc Simkin

    I’m debating about getting a PowerTap Disc Hub and a new wheel or just a new bike that would give me more options for a power meter.

  34. Runningbezz

    Have to be a Fenix, I think.

    Ho Ho Ho

  35. Anne

    I’d probably go for a set of Powertap pedals

  36. David

    I’d totally get a FR235 but that’d leave money left over so I’d also get a bunch of random socks ;)

  37. Edward Gould

    I would have to go for a smart trainer. Changing gears to match the efforts in Sufferfest is just so tiring.

  38. Cormac Power

    Shoes for my feet as I have feets.

  39. Danothy

    I think I’d have to go for a PowerPod, because my 910xt is still going too strong to justify replacing, and I have three bikes and no power meters.

  40. Josu

    I’d get a couple of sensors for my Garmins, including the HRM swim/tri, a footpod and maybe the Garmin tempe (thermometer on the Fenix is a disaster)

  41. Tatiana Hill

    I would love to get the Garmin Edge 1000. My older Edge has finally crapped out and would love to upgrade.

  42. Justin Lewis

    I want a Garmin watch to start tracking my runs. Maybe next year?

  43. LarsZoe

    Garmin Virb Ultra
    Or
    Garmin Edge 820
    Why
    To record and create videos

  44. CarlosS

    P1 Left only pedals

  45. Ashwin Balachandran

    A quarq dzero for me.
    I asked Santa for it. But Santa was too busy training in the mountains.
    So santa said – check with ray , he has something up his sleeve cause tis the season :)

  46. Lorenzo Balmeo

    I’ve been dreaming to own my first garmin watch. I’ll take the fenix 3 :)

  47. Shelly L

    The most comprehensive running watch from Garmin.

  48. Ean

    Vivoactive HR

    Need a smart watch to supplement my edge 1000 and track everything off the bike as well as keep me up to date with my business when I’m skyving off.

  49. Michael D

    It is time to start training with power, leaning towards the peddle option due to the flexibility.

  50. Damien

    68/5000
    A garmin Fenix 3 HR to replace my Fenix 2 which disappoints me a little

  51. Gökhan Gökalan

    I would buy gopro5 to record my races.

  52. Owen

    A new GPS running watch

  53. Anouk

    I would like a Fenix 3 HR as my Suunto Ambit2S is playing up and would lie to try a Garmin now!

  54. Henrik Teinvall

    Probably a pair of Powertap P1 pedals

  55. Jason

    I’ve got some bike touring coming up in Southeast Asia and I’d love to get one of the Garmins Edge Explores.

  56. Colin

    Either a Wahoo Elemnt or a Garmin 520; I haven’t finished scoping out the merits of each.

  57. Kai

    Probably a GoPro hero for snorkeling

  58. TuomasO

    I would take PowerPod and then maybe an action cam to go with it :)

  59. Derek Paton

    Ohhhh….I would love a Power Tap!

  60. Jay

    New Garmin watch would be awesome!

  61. Toyette

    I’d probably go for a GoPro Hero since I just purchased the Garmin watch I’d been eyeing.

  62. Ryan Elliott

    power meter :)

  63. BarbaraP

    Wahoo Kickr to start training with power!

  64. Leeka

    Something to replace my Ambit 1. Fenix HR or Spartan maybe.

  65. TG

    A new Kickr so we’d have His and Hers, instead of just His. Merry Christmas!

  66. Liviu V.

    Probably the Fenix 3 or other GPS watch for running.

  67. Jan Fromm

    I’d get the lovely Fenix3. Don’t care which one, i just need some tool to get me trough the first year of ultra marathon training. Also i need some navigation after getting lost in the woods :).

  68. So many gadgets to choose from… Does Di2 count? ;-)

  69. simbie

    spartan ultra……don’t ask…;

  70. Tim Horsburgh

    A Fenix 3. Myfenix 2 is a bit dodgy on GPS in the bush strangely enough which it is designed for. Time for a new watch.

  71. Joe Brannan

    i would most likely choose the Garmin 735xt. I need a light weight watch for half marathon training.

  72. Andy Rhine

    I’m simple. A nice watch for running. I’m using an old but trusty Garmin 220 right now. The rest I always need shoes!

  73. Gee

    Use it towards P1 pedals

  74. hsantaella

    I would use the credit towards a Garmin Edge 520 or a Power Meter to help achieve my goals in 2017.

    Thanks DCR and Clever Training

    Happy Holidays

  75. staffan

    I’d get a Garmin 735XT. My old faithful 310XT is on its last breath and so is my normal watch. The 735 would be perfect in that it would cover all of my needs for a training device – and it looks good too!

  76. Thomas

    I’d get a bike trainer which I need to keep fit during winter season.

  77. Jason

    Probably a Garmin 735 or 820. New electronics would a motivator for the new year.

  78. Lars

    Would be the Fr630 The only tinymodell that feature wifi…An easy choise…

    /lars

  79. Harm

    Trainer, don’t have one.

  80. Richard de Oude

    Any power meter. Well except limits.

  81. Joe

    GoPro Hero5 Black. To capture video and photos from team and life events.

  82. Ingo

    A new Garmin Fenix 5 will do it when it is available soon ;-)

  83. Pete

    735XT – my Garmin Swim has just died. :-(

  84. Todd V

    Fenix 3

  85. Tom O

    I would go for a bike trainer. I’m a fair weather rider and the weather is always fair in my house.

  86. Anton Peterson

    I would get either the PowerTap C1 power meter or a dual broadcasting gps computer. My phone just isn’t cutting it anymore.

  87. Dave Bales

    I would love to get a Wahoo Kickr. I had a snap but I prefer a wheel off trainer.

  88. Gabriel B

    I would get a new Garmin Fenix 3 HR

  89. D Pindell

    I’d get a Fenix 3 HR because I can’t read the screen on my old Fenix 2.

  90. I would get a Garmin Forerunner 235. I love their running watches! I’d like to not have to wear the chest strap for heart rate.

  91. Jeff miller

    A new Garmin Felix HR!

  92. Gerard

    Probably a Garmin 235.

  93. Xavi

    I will wait fo Fenix 5, surely it will the best for outdoors sports for my opinion

  94. Lukas

    Probably a powermeter of some kind, cos I do not have one

  95. Jamie

    Santa forgot my less noisy bike trainer. :) Happy holidays and thanks for the chance!

  96. Rpjwhite

    I would look at another power meter I reckon maybe the rotor 1? I killed 2 C1s so not them again.
    Don’t know. Please ray I have been really good his year let it be me.

  97. Darrell

    Wahoo kickr snap

  98. Paul Young

    To update my Garmin 410 Forerunner and or Garmin 800

  99. caffeetrinker

    GoPro Hero5 to start with video…

  100. Ben the Bearded

    I’d grab a new Fenix hr