Heads up!!! Here’s your massive Cyber Monday sports tech deals list! This includes the Garmin Forerunner 965 for just $499, Garmin Epix for $429, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for just $619, the GoPro Hero 12 Black for $299, (or Hero 13 bundle for $339!) and plenty more! Go check out the full list of 100+ deals here!
I’m DC RAINMAKER…
Here’s how to save!
Wanna save some cash and support the site? These companies help support the site! With Backcountry.com or Competitive Cyclist with either the coupon code DCRAINMAKER for first time users saving 15% on applicable products.
You can also pick-up tons of gear at REI via these links, which is a long-time supporter as well:
Alternatively, for everything else on the planet, simply buy your goods from Amazon via the link below and I get a tiny bit back as an Amazon Associate. No cost to you, easy as pie!
You can use the above link for any Amazon country and it (should) automatically redirect to your local Amazon site.
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Check out my weekly podcast - with DesFit, which is packed with both gadget and non-gadget goodness!
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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
Congrats Yannick!!
I wanna grow up to become Yannick
Bravo Yannick! Enjoy!
Congrats Yannick! Enjoy!
Congratulations Yannick.
Thanks for yet another give away DC.
Hi there DC Rainmaker!
Hope you and your family is fine I use to read your blog with lots of good advices.
In these days though, I am a bit concerned that you dont seem to acknoledge there is
a COVID-19 outside your door?
Or have I just missed it?
Anders Lindström in Sweden
You missed it. Please read the title of this post.
Congratulations to Yannick. Once again I leave empty handed.
Yeah, as Robin said – literally the entire point of this giveaway was about social distancing.
I’m not sure there’s anything I can contribute on this site relative to COVID-19 in the broader sense. Still, there’s lots of sports-tech impacts that I do discuss where appropriate in a way that’s less COVID-19 and more ‘behind the scenes tidbits’. You’ll find many such bits on the podcast (link to dcrainmaker.com), or in the weekly newsletter where we talk about what we’re doing specifically as a family (link to dcrainmaker.com).
I think most people at this point want some small escape from day to day COVID-19 news, and so my focus is on sports tech. If there’s areas that overlap I’m going to cover it in a way that makes sense, but isn’t COVID-19 ‘in your face’, if that makes sense. My recent Trainer App guide was one such area. In any other year I’d never bother to release an indoor trainer app guide at the precise end of the indoor training season.
Anyway…
While I respect the gravity of the situation, I disagree, personally I enjoy this site right now because it does not have much to do with Covid 19, a couple minutes of peace, where I dont worry about my job (and likely lack there of soon) the suffering, the stress, ETC. There are lots of other sites for all things related to that.
Hello
Sunday 5 april 15:30 at Sporza.be and on Éen 13 Worldtour riders ride the virtual Ronde van Vlaanderen 2020 on the Bkool platform. Cool!
Krgds
Edwin
Hi Ray,
If i can have a home trainer – for free – or not I would be glad.
Impossible to find one on any regular website here (including the ones that you encourage us to use for you make those great tests). Any other recommandation ?
With your contacts at Wahoo, Garmin, do you have some ideas about if they stop the production, when they would start it. It would be a great article for me to know how the production is impacted (Asia) – while the demand (US-EU) is big. Especially if new trainers and production line have to be made for new hardware.
Congrats Yannick.
Please let all us losers know what you purchased. It will help ease the pain
Thank you Ray, for another great giveaway!
Did Indoortraining on an old unsmart trainer.