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Week in Review–January 13th, 2013

Monday: Garmin Edge 810 In-Depth Review… Monday: Garmin Edge 510 In-Depth Review

The HLMRMEER Triathlon Race Report

Speaking of which, I was wearing the Garmin MARQ Athlete on my left wrist, and then the COROS VERTIX on my right wrist.

Interesting tidbits from a 50-mile bike commute

Heart-rate wise I averaged Z1 (130’s), though while not stopped I was mostly in a Z2 zone.

Heads up: Eurobike & Interbike (and more) soon!

For example, Garmin has historically split announcements between Eurobike and Interbike.

Apple Expands Running Track Mode to France, Spain, and Netherlands

In fact, one could then even leverage that algorithm-based data to instantiate a database of tracks (especially for companies like Garmin that upload all data onto the Garmin Connect platform).

The Smart Trainer Annual Recommendations Guide–2018 Edition

Compatible devices, such as a Garmin/Suunto/Polar/Wahoo unit can pick up these signals and record them.

Tour de France 2023: Which Smart Trainers Do They Use?

Interestingly, this is the first year we’ve seen a trainer in the technical zone that’s not from one of the big legacy trainer makers (Wahoo/Garmin-Tacx/Elite/Saris), so that was kinda fun to check out.

Apple’s Beddit 3.5 Sleep Tracker In-Depth Review

Even the cheapest $50 Fitbit or Garmin Vivofit will track your sleep.

Week in Review–April 18th, 2022

We’ve got a handful of new deals this week, a pile from Garmin in the cycling realm, and then a pile from DJI in the everything realm.

The Girl’s 2018 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

GPS Watch: Garmin Fenix 5S – This has been hands down my favorite watch to date.

Week in Review: December 10th, 2011

Monday: DC Hot Chocolate 15K 2011 Race Report (Alternate Title- How not to organize a race) Tuesday: At look at InsideTracker’s Nutrition Testing Service Wednesday: Tacx Bushido Trainer In-Depth Review Thursday: Garmin Forerunner 910XT delayed until after the holidays Friday: Friday- Olympics, Presidents and everything else 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) 2011 Ironman World Championships on TV today (Saturday) – at 4:30PM on NBC.

Week in Review: May 15th, 2011

10) Interesting little video talk with Garmin Engineers about the design of the Garmin FR610, some cool sketches in the background.

Interbike 2011: Creative ways to get your booth noticed

For example, Garmin had a slew of different Team Garmin riders, including Dave Zabriskie, Ryder Hesjedal and Danny Summerhill.

Investor Call Tech Tidbits: GoPro Q2 2017

But there are ones from GoPro, Fitbit, Garmin, and Apple.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 In-Depth Review: Half the price, half the accuracy?

Samsung has most of the core data fields you’d want, though not quite near as many as their endurance-sports-focused competitors from Garmin/COROS/Suunto/Polar/Wahoo.

Tour de France 2017–The Trainers, Power Meters and Gadgets of the Pro Peloton

However, the overwhelming trend was Garmin Edge units (a blend of Garmin sponsored teams and random purchases), along with SRM PC8 head units (mostly by SRM sponsored teams).

Friday Sports Tech Thoughts: Wahoo’s Financial Viability & Tonal Price Changes

Undoubtedly we’ll see overdue refreshes from Garmin & Hammerhead at some point in 2023 for their product lines that compete with Wahoo.

5 (Very) Random Things I Did This Weekend

It’s the first year of the show, but has an impressive number of booths, and a few technology players including Polar, Garmin, SRAM/Quarq, O-Synce, and CycleOps/PowerTap.

Tech Tidbits: Peloton Rolls out Netflix, Apple Satellite SOS Extended, RideWithGPS QuickNav

The core difference with an app like RideWithGPS is that it also has sensor support (even Garmin Varia radar integration), as well as uploads to all the various 3rd party platforms like a head unit (whereas Google Maps will most definitely not upload to Strava).

Separating product timeline fact from fantasy: Interbike Edition

Week in Review–June 23rd, 2012

7) Another cool video from Garmin, this time about triathletes: Though, I was half-expecting to see the guy and gal out on a date or something by the end of it.

Week in Review–August 28th, 2011

(via this thread on Slowtwitch) Triathlon Racing Venue Random Notes: REI has Garmin FR210 on sale down to $189 – including the HR strap.

Week in Review: March 12th, 2011

3) New Garmin Training Center Release Candidate Released: If you swing with GTC, then you’ll want to contemplate picking up this beta version with a slew of fixes for Garmin’s desktop app.

Scosche RHYTHM+ Dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart Optical HR Band In-Depth Review

This means that it can connect to any ANT+ device that supports heart rate data – like your Garmin watch.

K-Edge shows off new Wahoo ELEMNT mounts that are already shipping

Garmin VIRB X/XE action cam, PowerPod power meter, Cycliq Fly12 light/camera, etc…).