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Sous Vide Awesomeness

If you think about a typical cooking process, you’re trying to cook a steak to say – 130*F (medium rare), but you’re using heat at 500*F, so your window of ‘perfection’ is super small before it gets overcooked.

Week in Review–October 23rd, 2010

And here’s the topics I covered this week are: 1) CompuTrainer and Tires 2) ANT+ Gym Equipment 3) ‘Main 1 & 2’ Data Pages on Garmin units You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

The purpose of my swim was to test the new beta GPS firmware for Garmin’s new lineup of watches, which aims to fix the issue I and others have encountered where it stops tracking distance after a very short time period (like 20-50 meters).

The Trifecta

I was also testing out skiing with the Garmin GPS in anticipation of this weekends annual ski trek.

Cold Wanderings: A weekend of workouts and exploring in DC

Well, I succeeded in running 13+ miles somewhere…god only knows where (well, god and Garmin Connect).

Wahoo Announces Big KICKR Price Changes

Meanwhile, I see the KICKR Move price drop as a solid “your move” to Garmin and the insanely priced Tacx NEO 3M ($1,999 + $129 for the WiFI module).

My photo shoot day at Men’s Health Magazine

(Quick side note: If you saw yesterday’s post regarding wireless downloading from the FR310XT straight to the web via an iPhone without a computer, I’ve updated it with new comments from Garmin.

Week in Review–June 4th, 2023

Wednesday: Garmin Epix Pro In-Depth Review: Now In Three Sizes!… Wednesday: Garmin Fenix 7 Pro In-Depth Review: Flashlight and Multiband for Everyone!

Wahoo announces GoPro connectivity, Smart Lights integration, and Music Control

These can be from Garmin, Trek, Bontrager, See.Sense, Cycliq, Cannondale, and many others over the years.

New Zealand Part II: Glaciers, peaks, long hikes…and a lot more sheep.

For fun, we took along a few Garmin Rhino’s that we’d been lent, and had loaded up some of the GPS tracks of the hike on them, though, with the path as well marked as it was – getting lost wasn’t really going to happen.

Wahoo KICKR V5 (2020) Smart Trainer In-Depth Review

– Axle Compatibility: 130 & 135mm quick release, 142x12mm & 148x12mm thru-axle…

A Weekend of Trail Running and Mountain Riding

I downloaded the route and had loaded it into my Garmin FR910XT unit, but upon trying to start the course while in the parking lot, it would crash my unit.

The Podcast (now with GPLAMA) is Back! Available on lots of platforms!

Oh – and if you’ve got a wearable that supports loading music/podcast onto – go forth (and shoot us your best pic of it via Twitter)! Here’s the DCR Podcast on a Garmin watch via Spotify.

Tacx NEO Bike Smart: $700 off, Scratch & Dent Sale

Shipping them from Wassenaar (near Amsterdam), across the ocean, to Garmin’s distribution center in Olathe (Kansas), and then shipping them all back again to Wassenaar, and then back yet again to Olathe would be a deal killer (and an environmental waste).

Jingle All the Way & Massive Cupcakes

Because I’m super-swamped in getting the final touches on the Garmin 500 review out (currently standing at 38 pages…), I’m gonna keep this weekend recap post nice and short with lots of pictures.

Technogym Ride Smart Indoor Bike In-Depth Review

That also allows me to get my rides automatically synced to Strava/TrainingPeaks, and inversely, my Garmin data syncs into the Technogym platform too.

Week in Review–August 26th, 2012

And while there’s a gazillion Lance stories, I actually thought the Vaughters (head of Garmin Cycling Team) story posted last week was more interesting – specifically the Bicycling Magazine follow-up to the New York Times story.

Week in Review–December 13th, 2020

Sound good? Oh – and if you want to get a head start on things, this page is a great resource for watching Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, and a few other firmware updates.

Tour Down Under 2020: Power Meters Of the WorldTour Men’s Teams

The reasoning is super simple: There’s only four pedal-based brands on the market these days (PowerTap P1/P2 now owned by Quarq in turn owned by SRAM, Garmin Vector, Favero Assioma, SRM EXACT), and none of them really want to spend the cash to put pedals on pro teams bikes.

Strava news of note: Fitbit integration & Local Routes

The majority of the ride I kept my heart rate about 130-150BPM.

Whoop 4.0 Announced: Here’s What’s New and Changed

Most of the new data metrics seen above have been on some combination of Apple/Garmin/Fitbit/Samsung devices for years.

Quick Video: Using the Edge 840 Touchscreen With Rain & Gloves

LIMITS Power Meter Accuracy Data

Garmin Vector), you will need a torque wrench to properly install.

Fenix3 Feature Difference Validation

Please note: This is a draft version of the Fenix3 feature comparison table, which will be included in the Garmin Fenix3 In-Depth Review, currently slated to be released on or by March 5th.

Photography: The Cameras and Equipment I Use

Instead, I tend to switch between the Garmin VIRB Elite, and the GoPro Hero4 Silver & Black.