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The Wahoo KICKR Desk In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/12/wahoo-kickr-desk.html

It’s been over 5 years since Wahoo’s first product, the Wahoo Fisica ANT+ adapter for the iPhone.

Tech Tidbits: Supersapiens DQ for Pro Cyclist, Wahoo/Zwift Court Update, and COROS 1-on-1 Coaching

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/03/tidbits-supersapiens-coaching.html

In any event, as to this story, if rider Kristen Faulkner believed that if the device wasn’t actively transmitting data to her bike computer (presumably a Garmin or Wahoo device, since that’s what is supported natively), she’d be OK in terms of the rule.

Wahoo Fitness KICKR now (sorta) available for pre-order

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Today, Wahoo Fitness announced pre-orders for the Wahoo KICKR trainer will begin on January 29th at 12PM Eastern.

Wahoo Rolls Out ELEMNT/BOLT Live Tracking with Data & Routes

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/07/elemntbolt-tracking-routes.html

One of my biggest complaints about live tracking on Wahoo’s platform over the last year and a half is that it sucked.

Optical HR Armband Shootout: Polar OH1+, Scosche Rhythm24, Wahoo TICKR FIT

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/shootout-schosche24-polaroh1.html

While all straps are adjustable in size, only the Wahoo and Scosche straps have clips.

Wahoo introduces gym strength workout recognition to TICKR X, announces TICKR X API

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Wahoo Fitness has announced their first major addition to the TICKR X heart rate strap, which brings with it a gym workout functionality mode that automatically recognizes a slew of different strength workout routines.

A look at Wahoo KICKR support on Windows via ANT, and what the rest of the industry is doing

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/support-windows-industry.html

When the Wahoo KICKR was announced last August, it was touted as being open on both Bluetooth Smart as well as ANT+.

Wahoo Announces Big KICKR Price Changes

www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/09/wahoo-announces-big-kickr-price-changes.html

In conjunction with Zwift’s standalone Zwift Ride Frame announcement, Wahoo has also announced a reduction in pricing across the board.

Wahoo Acquires Speedplay: Hints At Power Meter Pedal Future

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/acquires-speedplay-future.html

Coming out of nowhere this morning, Wahoo Fitness has announced the acquisition of Speedplay – the makers of cycling pedals.

Wahoo Starts Shipping KICKR 2020 Direct Connect Cable: Hands-on Details

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/01/shipping-connect-details.html

Last summer when Wahoo announced the KICKR V5/2020, one of the new features was a new port on the side of the trainer that would allow you to plug it into your home (or office) network, as a means to bypass any wireless connectivity issues you might have.

Hands-on: Wahoo’s new KICKR CLIMB Incline Simulator

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/wahoos-incline-simulator.html

While this Eurobike is a bit quieter when it comes to major new trainers, we do have one item that’s definitely unique coming out of the Wahoo camp: An incline simulator.

Wahoo announces KICKR Studio platform for local bike shops/studios

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/announces-platform-shopsstudios.html

Today at Interbike, Wahoo is taking the next logical step in the indoor training realm: Offering a cycling studio package.

Wahoo Adds Cadence Support & Multichannel Bluetooth to KICKR/CORE Trainers via Firmware Update

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/multichannel-bluetooth-trainers.html

As of today, Wahoo is rolling out a firmware update to existing Wahoo KICKR18 & KICKR CORE trainers that will now calculate and broadcast your cadence over ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart.

Wahoo Announces Summit Freeride: First Ride Thoughts!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/announces-freeride-thoughts.html

Wahoo has announced their own free-riding version of their climbing metrics, akin to Garmin’s free-ride ClimbPro and Hammerhead’s free-ride CLIMBER.

Zwift Rolls Out Wahoo Direct Connect Ethernet Adapter Support

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/03/connect-ethernet-adapter.html

Then there was Wahoo with ‘finally’ adding some sort of climbing feature, and now we’ve got Zwift with ‘finally’ supporting Direct Connect.

How To Use Structured Workouts On The Wahoo RIVAL

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/05/structured-workouts-wahoo.html

While the big news from yesterday was Wahoo’s new BOLT V2 bike computer, they also announced structured workout support on the Wahoo RIVAL GPS watch, enabling you to sync in workouts from TrainingPeaks, as of today.

Wahoo’s new GPS bike computer–ELEMNT: Hands-on first look

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Heads up April 2016 - Update! My Wahoo ELEMNT In-Depth review post is now available and published over here.

Hands-on: Wahoo’s New KICKR 2017 Edition

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/hands-wahoo-edition.html

Wahoo’s been busy this summer between the new KICKR SNAP announced last month, as well as the new Wahoo ELEMNT MINI announced earlier this month.

Wahoo ELEMNT Series Firmware Update Speeds Things Up

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/12/elemnt-series-firmware.html

While lazily scrolling through my YouTube subscriptions this morning I caught GPLAMA’s latest (and quick) video, which in turn caught a Wahoo firmware update that came out this week, claiming: “Performance Improvements and Optimizations”.

Stages, Wahoo sponsor Team Sky, CycleOps sponsors Trek Pro team, and Team Lampre on ROTOR Power, Movistar on Power2Max

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Wahoo’s announcement this morning that they’re sponsoring Team Sky, makes Sky the epicenter of connected sports technology sponsorships: Stages power meters, Wahoo KICKR’s, and Training Peaks to round it up.

Quick Hands-On: Wahoo Adds Music Controls to Rival Watch, Plans for TrainingPeaks Workout Support

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/05/controls-trainingpeaks-workout.html

Over the last week Wahoo has quietly rolled out a firmware update that adds music controls to their Wahoo Rival multisport GPS watch, enabling it to changes songs on your iOS device.

Wahoo Further Clarifies Canyon/Trek/Giant KICKR Incompatibilities with New Adapter

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/01/further-clarifies-incompatibilities.html

Last month when Wahoo and Canyon casually dropped a support update out saying that the Canyon Ultimate CF frames (specifically the rim brake variants) weren’t compatible with Wahoo KICKR17, KICKR18, KICKR CORE, or KICKR V5/2020.

Elite & Wahoo Reduce List Prices on Trainers

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/09/reduce-prices-trainers.html

Over the past 7 days, both Elite and Wahoo have reduced prices on a few models of their trainers that directly or indirectly compete with the direct drive based Zwift Hub smart trainer.

Turn by Turn Navigation Rolls out to Wahoo ELEMNT

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/06/navigation-rolls-elemnt.html

When the Wahoo ELEMNT was first announced last fall, it included the claim of being able to do ‘Turn by Turn’ navigation.