There's a newer model of this product. It's been replaced by the Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT V2, you may want to check out that review instead.
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Bolt baby!!!
Perfect for the wife!
Ready to win this bad boy
I like it!
would love to win
I’m in :)
Sign me up!
Nice
And not Usain Bolt?
Yes please.
please please!
Entry filled out!
My husband needs this (so he says….)
Yeah buddy
Wahooooooooo!
I want this!
If I don’t win, I guess I need to buy one.
Please save me from using my iPhone as a computer ?
I just want to Bolt-ly go where no Wahoo has gone before
ooooo, want!
Fantastic lightning bolt
CAN HAZ PLZ :D
Im Keen.
Bolt
Wahoo!
I will disappointed if I don’t get a hardware bolt
I need one of this
Sweet! I’ve been saving for one of these. Pick me please! Thanks.
I want this!!
Yes please.
I’m in.
Yes please!
Yahoo!….err, I mean Wahoo!
ouch! just missed the pedals!!
Love the Wahoo
Yes Please. Thanks a lot.
Hopefully to help cycle as fast as a lightening … bolt
Yes please!
Whoopie!!
Love it
Yeeah!!!
It is perfect!
Like a BOLT from the BLUE!!! this would be marvellous! :))))))
If I win this I’m gifting it to someone who needs the live tracking more than I do.
Wahoo!
This is at the top of my wish list ?
Nice one.
finally
Nice and thanks!
no hardware store bolts please
Perfect for the hubs!
Close the stable door or the horse might BOLT
That would be so coooool!
This Bolt is the nuts
Here
If I just want to win one, this would be it
Wahoo!
Yes please!
I would like two 3mm bolts to replace the ones holding my down tube bottle cage.
that would be nice!
But…. will it play Tetris ??? ;-)
Oh Bolt!
Usain who ?
Definitely want this one!
Yes please!
If I got the bolt I would laugh, as long as the Bolt was on the way.
Yes please!
Nice toy to have
Probably another case of if I won, I’d need something better to bolt it to
May the odds be ever in my favor.
Please let me win
One for the girls bike would be nice.
Me please
Cool gadget
That would be funny…if you did that to someone else… :)
missed the last one again!!
Curious if a Wahoo is very different from a Garmin :)
Bolt me up!
I want a bolt!
It is impossible. Each time better and better!
Thank you!
Yes, please.
Wahooooooooooooo
Yes please
yes please
I hope!
Awsome! Perfect for my new Canyon MTB!
Would be a good replacement for my RFLKT+
i need a new computer
A nice present for my nephew :)
Wahoo
For me ?
That’ll do me nicely
Upgrade time, thanks
Nice work! Thanks Ray!!
I _really_ need a replacement for my Garmin Edge 705! :D
Wahoooooo, a bolt! Yes please!
Order 520 win bolt. That would be just my luck!
Well, some bolts are also welcome for Bob the Builder