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A weekend with dueling power meters, activity monitors and more!

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Meaning, they can’t look like a Garmin FR910XT on your wrist. … On the Edge 800, they use PowerBalance – also represented as Left/Right.

5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend

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Now, I can simply connect it up to a Garmin Edge unit (or any cycling computer that supports the ANT+ power meter profile).

5 Random Things From A Week in The Arctic Circle

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A great place to do it! Also been interesting looking at changes/shifts in various running metrics while on snow, like running power (Stryd), Running Dynamics (Garmin), and the metrics that RunScribe has. … Still, the guide was great and super-knowledgeable, but ultimately there’s only so much you can do if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Knog Scout with built-in Apple Find My (AirTag network) and Bike Alarm: Hands-On

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Sure, you can use the Garmin Edge alarm functionality for that, but this is a million times louder and more sensitive.

Watching a high-speed bike-sharing police chase, and other weekend updates

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For example, I used it to compare against a Garmin Edge 800 on my Sunday long-ride, collecting data side by side from the same power meter.

Running from the floodwaters

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Here’s a picture pre-run connected to my Garmin ANT+ heart rate strap using the MapMyFitness app (which also supports foot pods, speed/cadence sensors and power meters): This is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, and includes an ANT+ chip in it allowing it to connect to any ANT+ device. … The black edge you see in the first photo is the rail of the bike/run path that you often see in my photos.

Race Ranger Hands-On: To Be Used At Ironman Florida This Weekend

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It has similarities in execution from a user experience standpoint to Garmin’s Varia radar, except that you’d never really see the ‘all clear’ function, because it’s on the rear of the bike you just passed. … After all, there are numerous edge case scenarios where race organizers sometimes turn a blind eye to drafting, such as sections of steep climbing where the road might narrow, or other congested areas of a low-speed nature.

First look at Pioneer ANT+ left/right power meter and head unit

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a Garmin Edge 500, etc…). … The unit has made the rounds on the bike and technology convention circuits for a few years now – though to my knowledge it was never previously attached to a bike, nor showing the final configuration as it was today.

Giant Acorn (Nut) 2010 Race Report

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The Run: During races I use a simple Garmin FR60 on one wrist simply to track total race time (as well as a 310XT during the run portion, and an Edge 500 during the bike).

Hands on with the IOLITE GPS-enabled swim goggles

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Trust me, I’ve received prototype items with less waterproofing hardiness from the likes of Garmin and Polar in the past. … In doing so it was actually kinda interesting because the section of the river I was on had a slight bend in it, so even though I slowly crept away from the rivers edge, I was actually going straight (as you’ll see in the next section).

Tour de France Bike Computers & Team Zone Behind The Scenes!

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The majority of teams are on Garmin Edge units, followed closely by Wahoo.

In Transition…T1…T1…T1…

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Once off the bike, ditch the bike and helmet wherever the heck you want to, put on your shoes (and in my case, grab my gel flask, race belt and Garmin and sort out on the road) and off I go. … Now note the small little groove/notch on the strap (right edge of strap).

Versailles Triathlon 2016 Race Report

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(For those curious, here’s my Garmin Connect multi-sport file from the FR735XT. … You can see I had setup a GoPro Hero4 Black on the bike in a case, as well as an Edge 520.

A weekend full of power meter testing

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In total, the following products are in some stage of finalization for review in the next two weeks: CycleOps PowerCal ($99 power meter of sorts) CycleOps Joule GPS (like an Edge 500) Kurt Kinetic inRide & Kurt Kinetic Road Trainer (with a side of TrainerRoad review) FitBit Barfly Garmin Interchangeable Mount I may sneak in another product or two, but we’ll focus on those for now.

CES 2012 Health and Fitness Gadget Roundup: Part II

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But fear not, I’ve got more awesomeness from CES coming here over the next few days, including: - A detailed look at the Magellan Switch and Switch Up GPS multisport devices - A cool real-course style iPhone/iPad/Computer training system - A new ANT+ enabled spin bike that’s more reasonably priced - An update from Garmin on a slew of topics (including Vector release date, and Edge 500 TSS/NP/IF firmware) …and…whatever else I dig out of the bag of 1,000+ photos I took there.

Wahoo Fitness to Shut Down RGT Virtual Cycling App

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Not because of something Neal’s team did (or didn’t do), but rather, because Wahoo’s product offerings aren’t heavily tied to physiological metrics like we’d see from Garmin’s (via FirstBeat) or Polar. … There will be continued improvements to functionality and content to give you even better value, plus more immersive, integrated, structured workouts designed by world-class coaches using cutting-edge sports science to use indoors or outdoors - including cycling, yoga, strength & mobility, running, swimming, and mental training.

Me vs the Hurricane

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Oh, and earlier today (Monday) the Garmin Edge 705 arrived.

The Seoul Runaround

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For those curious about technology, I was running with the Alpha optical HR watch, which was transmitting the data via ANT+ to the Garmin Fenix. … As I wandered around, I ended up below the edge of the stadium (thus below where the photos above were taken).

CES 2013: A look at what’s coming to me next week

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Translation: There’s nothing stopping Garmin or CycleOps or whomever from supporting this on an Edge 810 or a Joule GPS.

Swim, Bike, Run, Rinse, Repeat

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Oh, and I brought the little Garmin Edge 705 with me just for fun.

Tour de France Behind The Scenes & Sports Tech!

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For example, at this year’s time trial stage, I saw even more teams using the tiny (and old) Garmin Edge…

How to export fitness data from the Samsung wearables (and Samsung Health app)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/export-samsung-galaxy.html

Both do basically the same thing: They get your data off of the phone and up to 3rd party sites like Garmin Connect, Strava, Dropbox, and countless others. … It’s the edge cases that kills them.

Hands-on: The COROS Omni Smart Helmet

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With more and more companies starting to adopt that (Cycliq, Bontrager, See.Sense, and of course Garmin), it would have sorta been the most brilliant thing to just have the lights connected to the bike computer and turn on automatically (without you having to press the button on the back). … - Microphone built into upper front edge for phone calls