Week in Review–September 5th, 2011
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/09/week-in-reviewseptember-5th-2011.htmlHere’s what made the main stage: Sunday: Week in Review–August 28th, 2011 Monday: Running from Irene Tuesday: A look at Garmin Auto Lap by position for track and circuit loop use Wednesday: Almost end of summer Garmin Forerunner 610 Giveaway! Thursday: Tuesday nights at the track Friday: A look ahead to Interbike 2011 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.
Four Days of Swim/Bike/Run Amazingness in Mallorca
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/four-amazingness-mallorca.htmlSome of these have announced already - like the Samsung Galaxy Active GPS watch and Garmin MARQ Athlete watch.
Spot Tracker Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2008/10/spot-tracker-review.htmlThe key difference between this and something like the Garmin Forerunner 305 or 405 – is that this is real time live publishing of data points as you go along.
Week in Review–April 30th, 2011
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/week-in-reviewapril-30th-2011.htmlWhile the Nike+ review certainly took the cake on time, I really enjoyed the Boston Marathon GTU Tracking Guest Post the most – very cool stuff! Here’s all the stuff that landed on the front page: Sunday: Week in Review–April 23rd, 2011 Monday: An Eggtastic Training Weekend! Tuesday Early Edition: Garmin Forerunner 610 Giveaway Results! Tuesday: Guest Post- Tracking a runner in the Boston Marathon with the Garmin GTU 10 Wednesday: Nike+ Sportwatch GPS In Depth Review Friday: Tip of the day- Remembering to retire your running shoes Stuff that I found interesting around the interwebs: Somehow the Internet was full of interesting stuff this week.
Polar Releases Major New Features to Vantage M & V Series
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/releases-features-vantage.htmlThe $220 device was mainly targeted at non-endurance athletes though, competing for the same dollars as an Apple Watch, Fitbit Ionic, or Garmin Vivoactive series.
A look at the new Polar Beat Bluetooth Smart app with H7 Heart Rate Strap
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/a-look-at-new-polar-beat-bluetooth.htmlIn this case though (and in some previous cases like the Garmin FIT app) – I’m specifically looking how the app fits into their overall product offerings.
Week in Review–March 30th, 2013
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/03/reviewmarch-30th-2013.html4) A way to upload from Garmin Edge to phone? Perhaps, just perhaps.
Sea Otter 2017 Tech Tidbits: Barfly, K-Edge, Quarq Qollector, Lezyne, Flaér
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/04/tidbits-barfly-qollector.htmlThe out-front mount is configured by default in a Garmin setup, but within the box it includes Wahoo, Polar, Mio, Magellan, Cateye, Bryton, and Joule mount plates too.
COROS September 2024 New Features: A Quick Recap
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/09/coros-september-features.htmlPeople have been asking for proper shoe tracking (on-watch) from Garmin for more years than I can remember.
A weekend on and around the Rev3 Quassy Course
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/05/weekend-on-and-around-rev3-quassy.htmlSo in order to solve that problem I stashed one of two Garmin GTU 10’s on her before she went out.
Strava Reverses Course: Turns back on Apple Health Sync Functionality
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/03/strava-reverses-functionality.htmldata from Zwift, TrainerRoad, Garmin, etc.), after abruptly disabling the feature last week without notice.
Strava Cuts Off Ironman Virtual Club: An Explainer To Sports Tech Drama
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/ironman-virtual-explainer.htmlYou’d join the Ironman Virtual Club using a quick sign-up form, then link your device accounts to Strava, Garmin, Suunto, or Polar and then complete a weekly ‘race’.
GoPro Hero4 Silver & Hero4 Black In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/11/gopros-review-indepth.htmlBut, the GoPro is also roughly the size of a Twinkie compared to that of a kiwi fruit (not the bird, nor the New Zealander’s) with the Garmin VIRB.
Week in Review–February 2nd, 2013
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/week-in-reviewfebruary-2nd-2013.html7) A way to get your Withings WiFi data into Garmin Connect: I had seen this a bit back, but I don’t think I posted on it.
Tech Tidbits: Wahoo Adds Pan/Zoom, Moxy Kickstarter, and Polar Teasing
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/09/tidbits-kickstarter-teasing.htmlIn many ways, this works roughly like Garmin’s wearable-based pan/zoom buttons in that you iterate through either panning or zooming by pressing that left-side button, which then makes the side buttons become either pan or zoom (above you can see a magnifying glass, indicating to switch it from panning mode to zooming mode).
Paris-Nice 2014: Going to watch a stage of the famous race
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/03/paris-stage-famous.htmlIt’s beastly! Compare that to the ROTOR osymetric rings that are on one of the Team Garmin bikes to see what a normal q-ring looks like compared to this one.
Week in Review–August 25th, 2013
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/reviewaugust-25th-2013.htmlGarmin Fenix: They’ve added the Virtual Partner feature (cool!), as well as adding VIRB support (see VIRB post up above).
A few quick thoughts on the bePro Gen2…err…Favero Assioma
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/06/favero-assioma-bepro.htmlThat way you can hook them up to your Garmin Edge via ANT+ while concurrently transmitting to Zwift on an iPad.
Fitbit Versa 2 with Amazon Alexa: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/fitbit-amazon-everything.htmlIt’s a cool partnership, though honestly one that probably fits the Garmin outdoors market profile a bit better.
Hiking Across Madeira: A 3-Day Trek (MIUT Variant)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/04/hiking-madeira-variant.htmlHow would the battery do? How does it compare to the equally priced Garmin Epix (base) series, which shares the firmware with the Epix Pro, and how’d that all compare to the cheaper Suunto Race & COROS Vertix.
The Elusive Non-Gadget Weekly Mailbag–July Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/07/elusive-non-gadget-weekly-mailbagjuly.htmlQuestion #3: How my WiFi Scale Adds to America's Class Divide (...or not): From Henry: “Below is an article I came across on Bloomberg covering the unprecedented connectivity there is now for health statistics online via products like the Garmin FR610, Withings WiFi Scale etc.
Week in Review–January 21st, 2012
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/01/week-in-reviewjanuary-21st-2012.htmlMost 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: Here’s all the goodness that ended up on the main page of DCRainmaker.com this week: Sunday: Week in Review–January 15th, 2012 Sunday: Are you a rockstar WordPress template developer? Monday: New products, cold runs…and homemade cheese balls! Tuesday: CES 2012 Health and Fitness Gadget Roundup- Part II Wednesday: Hands on look at the Magellan Switch and Switch Up GPS Multisport watches Thursday: Sorry about the site outage, was not a day late on SOPA Friday: CES 2012 Garmin updates for Vector, FR910XT and more Stuff that I found interesting around the interwebs: Here’s a not-so-small smattering of all the random things that I stumbled on while doing my civic duty to find the end of the Internet: 1) Cool inside stuff from Team Sky Training Camp: The TrainingPeaks guys apparently found an excuse to go over and hang out with the Team Sky Pro Cycling team (lucky them!).
A Few Random Things I Did This Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/few-random-things-this-weekend.htmlThen I decided that I could also do a few more: Just go for a ride with the BOLT V2 for at least a couple of hours, and while I’m at it, test LTE power-saver burn rates on the Garmin FR945 LTE and with the Suunto 9 Peak too.
A brief teaser of the Joule with CycleOps, plus their power meter seminar session
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/09/brief-teaser-of-joule-with-cycleops.htmlAnd because it’s internally located unlike the Garmin Edge 705 or the new 800, you don’t have to worry about water breaking the unit.
Wahoo rolls out planned workout support, FE-C trainer support in ELEMNT/BOLT
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/planned-workout-elemntbolt.htmlThis addition continues what has been a pretty exciting summer for not just the Wahoo ELEMNT lineup, but consumers as Garmin and Wahoo battle almost weekly in the game of the best all-around bike computer.
