Amazon Prime Day – July 15/16th: Sports Tech Deal Tracker
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/07/amazon-prime-sports-tracker.htmlWahoo Fitness sensors – 20% off: This includes the dual ANT+/BLE TICKR HR strap, RPM cadence sensor, speed sensor, and BlueSC dual speed/cadence sensor.
Quick How-To: Garmin Wearable Heart Rate Broadcasting to Apps
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/garmin-wearable-broadcasting.htmlThis can also be used to pair to bike computers like a Garmin Edge, Wahoo ELEMNT series, or basically anything.
Peloton’s Interesting Indoor Cycling Bike Platform
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/pelotons-interesting-platform.htmlAnyway, my friend was asking me how to compare that against something like an electronic trainer from Tacx or Wahoo.
Tacx Genius Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/genius-trainer-review.htmlAdditionally, the lack of openness in the platform today makes it less appealing long term and companies are shifting towards providing a more open platform (for example, the Wahoo KICKR, and resent statements from CycleOps around adopting the same control platform for their trainer).
Finally summer! A look at my brick-taper weekend.
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/finally-summer-weekend.htmlWhy is that a problem you ask? Well, because it was naturally controlling the Wahoo KICKR.
Big Sports Tech Sales Return: 20-30% off Power Meters, Trainers, Watches, and Plenty More!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/big-sports-tech-sales-return-20-off-power-meters-trainers-watches-and-plenty-more.htmlFor example, Garmin’s Rally power meter, or even Wahoo’s new Speedplay-based power meter that just came out.
Suunto Ambit 2 and 2S In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/suunto-ambit2-review.htmlFurther, it does NOT at this time support the ability to wirelessly transfer workout files (FIT files) to phones like some of the Garmin watches can do when combined with the Wahoo Fitness iPhone/iPod/iPad adapter.
Garmin Fenix In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/garmin-fenix-in-depth-review.htmlSo anyone could leverage it in the same way you can interact with other ANT+ devices, such as an app with a Wahoo iPhone adapter.
Shimano’s Dura-Ace & Ultegra Power Meter (2nd Gen): Technical Deep-Dive
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/09/shimano-ultegra-details.htmlAlso, that’ll probably give good reason for companies like Wahoo, Stages, and Hammerhead to fully support the cycling dynamics standard before Shimano users arrive later this year.
Coming Up Next Week: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/coming-consumer-electronics.htmlThe same goes for many companies from Wahoo to Microsoft to Apple.
Annual Public Service Announcement: How to fix heart rate strap dropouts/spikes
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/annual-public-service-announcement-how-to-fix-heart-rate-strap-dropoutsspikes.htmlOn the Bluetooth Smart side, the Wahoo Blue HR strap is really solid and I don’t think I’ve ever seen any spikes/dropouts with it.
COROS April 2024 Update Adds Slate of New Features
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/04/coros-update-features.htmlIn particular, I’m keen to see how they could expand on some of the screen mirroring features, especially around navigation, to allow quicker/easier phone-driven navigation routes pushed back to the watch on the fly (akin to what Wahoo does for their bike computers).
Garmin Fenix 7 vs Epix: A Very Detailed Comparison
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-detailed-comparison-review.htmlThis will properly display battery durations for devices from Garmin, Wahoo, Stages, and Hammerhead.
An In-Depth Visit Behind the Scenes at Garmin Headquarters
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/scenes-garmin-headquarters.htmlOne area I touched on was with the new ANT+ Resistance Control profile, which allows ANT+ devices to control trainers such as the Wahoo KICKR, and the Cycleops PowerBeam Pro.
Interbike Exhibition Day 2 Overview
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/09/interbike-exhibition-day-2-overview.htmlAfter I was done in the Health and Fitness area, I backtracked over to the Wahoo Fitness guys to checkout their iPhone bike case design.
GoPro Camera Control Now Available on Garmin Watches
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/garmin-watch-gopro-camera-control.htmlAnd thus, it’s Garmin that’s making the money here (whereas Wahoo gives their GoPro control functionality for free, albeit it’s more fiddly).
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend (Sea Otter Edition)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/random-things-weekend-edition.html- We talk about Wahoo’s new hardware announcement…
Into Thin Air: Bkool’s New 2017-2018 Trainer Lineup
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/bkools-trainer-lineup.htmlUnlike trainers from Wahoo and CycleOps (or Tacx or Elite), this comes with a full year of their premium training platform, so if you aren’t into other 3rd party apps – then this is a great way to get going without having to shell out for extra software.
How I evaluate Kickstarter and crowd-funded projects for rainbow-farting ponies
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/evaluate-kickstarter-projects.htmlAn example of this is Wahoo Fitness.
The Didn’t Get What You Wanted $500 Gadget Giveaway Results/Winner
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/wanted-giveaway-results.htmlFrom the sounds of it you’re looking to pick up some cycling goods, and $500 will actually get you a complete wheel-on trainer like a Wahoo KICKR SNAP.
Week in Review–September 13th, 2015
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/09/reviewseptember-13th-2015.htmlThough oddly, KICKR control is now yanked until Wahoo implements the ANT+ FE-C…
Suunto 9 Peak Pro First Look: A Turning Point?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/suunto-first-turning.htmlWith previous entrants Apple, COROS, and Polar, pretty much rounding out the most common GPS sports watches (save Wahoo, which does support the accessory power).
Moxy Launches Kickstarter for Training Portal Platform and Device
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/launches-kickstarter-training.htmlThat worked fine and was often used in demos from Garmin at developer conferences on how to leverage the tech (and ultimately was implemented natively on some Garmin devices as well as Wahoo devices).
Strava cuts off Relive: Here’s what actually happened
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/07/strava-platform-dispute.htmlnot Garmin or Wahoo) have to pay Strava a licensing fee for usage of the Strava Live Segments functionality in their devices.
Tacx Flow Budget Smart Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/budget-trainer-review.htmlThat’s simply because the Wahoo BOLT I was recording on ran out of juice.
