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Week in Review–July 30th, 2017

Also of note is that the Wahoo ELEMNT rebate ends tomorrow, as does the $100 off the Edge 1000.

Week in Review–December 18th, 2016

Wahoo also did a one-day sale, as well as a longer sale for smaller items.

Gymrail Momentum X1 Smart Trainer Movement System In-Depth Review

In my case, I went with a Wahoo KICKR CORE, simply because it was the closest trainer to me at the time.

Garmin Edge 1000 In-Depth Review

For example, the Wahoo KICKR and the CycleOps PowerBeam Pro can both send power and speed data to the Edge 1000.

Week in Review–August 19th, 2018

Wahoo ELEMNT/BOLT Firmware Update: Minor bug fixes.

Tour Down Under 2018: Sports Tech Gear Of the Pro Men

Head Units: Wahoo ELEMNT… Head Units: Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT

COROS APEX 2 and APEX 2 Pro In-Depth Review

This obviously sucks for smaller companies like COROS, Polar, Suunto, Wahoo, and others.

Tech Tidbits: Garmin GPS Offsets Again and PowerTap Units Discontinued

The problem ended up being a bad satellite cache file from Sony, which was then propagated down to GPS watches from Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Wahoo, and others.

Hands-on: Specialized ANGi Helmet Crash Sensor

While great for recreational riders, many more experienced riders are going to ride with dedicated bike computers (Garmin/Wahoo/Lezyne/etc…).

How to Load Zwift or TrainerRoad on a Peloton Bike: A Geek’s Guide

Most support data, but if you’re unsure and have a Garmin/Wahoo/etc lying around, plug it into your computer and ensure that you can see the Garmin/Wahoo/whatever in your computer.

Updates on Garmin Vector and new Garmin GPS watch

ANT+ Wireless Downloads for Edge series: You may remember back a couple months ago when I showed off how you can use the Wahoo Fitness iPhone/iPad/iPod dongle to wirelessly download your workout from the Garmin FR310XT/FR610/FR405/FR410 watches straight to the internet (Garmin Connect, Training Peaks, e-mail, etc…) - all without a computer involved.

Week in Review–June 5th, 2016

5) Validity of Wahoo KICKR power accuracy: Interesting study done on KICKR power accuracy.

Week in Review–November 6th, 2011

Most times these different streams don’t overlap, so be on the lookout at all these places for good stuff! So with that, let’s get into the action! DCRainmaker.com posts this past week: While there was plenty of interest in the Timex Run Trainer post – I think I found the guest post by Lindsey most entertaining! Saturday: Week in Review–October 29th, 2011 Monday: A weekend in the snow in NYC…and planes, trains and automobiles Tuesday: Timex Run Trainer GPS In-Depth Review Wednesday #1: Wahoo Fitness gives sneak peak of new BlueHR–Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap Wednesday #2: Garmin decides not to add Left/Right power or TSS/NP/IF to Forerunner 310XT Thursday: Guest Post- Sleeping My Way to the Top Friday: Tip of the day- How not to lose your ANT+ stick Men’s Health/Gatorade/Urbanathlon Blog posts this past week: In addition to all my writings here, I also cover a bunch of topics over on the Men’s Health Urbanathlon blog.

Week in Review: October 18th, 2020

Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, and a few other firmware updates.

Week in Review–September 12th, 2021

Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, and a few other firmware updates.

BKOOL: Their new trainer, new training platform, and a few other updates

Note that the BKOOL app does work today already with the Wahoo KICKR trainer, as part of a collaboration they did with Wahoo Fitness.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

CES 2012 Garmin updates for Vector, FR910XT and more

Edge ANT+ Workout Synchronization: I was curious to see if any progress might have been made towards adding ANT+ workout synchronization to the Edge 500/800, allowing you to wirelessly download your activities (completed workouts) via phone and/or computer, similar to what you can do today with the much of the Forerunner series and the Wahoo Fitness dongle.

KOM Cycling RPV2 Full Motion Rocker Platform: In-Depth Review

In my case, I used the platform almost entirely with a Wahoo KICKR.

Fitbit Ionic GPS Smartwatch In-Depth Review

Typically I’d wear a chest strap (usually the HRM-TRI or Wahoo TICKR X), as well as another optical HR sensor watch on the other wrist (many models during this testing period).

Week in Review–May 30th, 2016

Wahoo ELEMNT: This was technically the ELEMNT iOS app, but some bug fixes there to resolve ELEMNT issues.

Polar Vantage V3 In-Depth Review: The Comeback Kid?

Wahoo KICKR).

Tacx shows off new suite of trainers, new accessories, updates on software apps

Further, I think the lower-priced Vortex Smart is also at a very appealing price point, significantly differentiated from the ~$1,000-$1,100 level that I feel the Bushido gets grouped into with the CycleOps PowerBeam Pro and Wahoo KICKR, both of which are a bit more beefy trainers.

StageONE $699 ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart crank-based power meter announced

The Stages Cycling team worked with Wahoo Fitness on the Bluetooth Smart components, to ensure that they appear identically to that these components report and display power in the same way as the Wahoo Fitness KICKR trainer, as well as the Kurt Kinetic inRIDE trainer accessory.

A quick update on Polar’s planned software updates

Polar has gone back and started working with each company individually on it (for example, Wahoo on the Wahoo KICKR).