Sports Technology News and Reviews

New DC Rainmaker Cycling & Running Gear Available!

The most astute of followers have noticed over the course of the year I’ve been trialing some new DC Rainmaker branded cycling and running gear. It’s been a number of years since the last cycling kit was available, and plenty … Read More Here

Wattbike Proton Smart Bike In-Depth Review

Wattbike has just announced what they’re billing as the beginnings of a refresh cycle for their entire indoor bike lineup, covering both ends of their indoor bike range – including both electronically controlled bikes, and wind resistance bikes. However, as … Read More Here

Apple Watch Series 10: Everything You Need To Know

 Today Apple announced Apple Watch Series 10, with a substantial hardware change and upgrade. In fact, so big it’s now got a bigger screen than the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (which didn’t see a new hardware version this year, … Read More Here

Zwift Ride Frame Now Available Standalone, New Zwift Cog 2.0 Available, and More

This past week Zwift announced a number of updates for their hardware. While I got slightly behind this week (more on why in the next few weeks, fear not, it’s all good!), I wanted to touch on this. If for … Read More Here

Wahoo Announces Big KICKR Price Changes

This will be a relatively quick post, as it’s really not all that complex. In conjunction with Zwift’s standalone Zwift Ride Frame announcement, Wahoo has also announced a reduction in pricing across the board. This includes all of their smart … Read More Here

FIT File: Garmin Fenix 8 and Enduro 3: Let’s Chat

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, we chat about the the new … Read More Here

The Garmin Fenix 8 Complete Beginners Guide

 Just a quick heads up that I’ve just published on YouTube a super-detailed hour-long complete user guide for the new Garmin Fenix 8 series (covering both AMOLED and Solar versions). And honestly, anyone with an Enduro 3 can basically … Read More Here

Garmin Enduro 3 In-Depth Review: The Cheaper/Better Fenix 8?

 The Enduro 3 is here, and seemingly has one mission, and one mission only: Go big on battery. Nearly triple their competitors, upwards of 320 hours in a regular GPS configuration. At least in theory, anyway. But fear not, … Read More Here

Garmin Fenix 8 In-Depth Review: Worth the Upgrade?

 The Fenix 8 is here, bringing with it not just new hardware features, but also the end of the Garmin Epix lineup. Or, at least the end of it for now. Fear not though, that ending is merely in … Read More Here

The Google Bike: An In-Depth Review

 I was recently out at Google to preview new stuff, including the new Pixel Watch 3, as well as other behind-the-scenes testing and lab pieces. In doing so, I had a packed day on their sprawling campus, and the … Read More Here

Team Car Ride: Tour de France Femmes Behind the Scenes (and Smart Trainers)

As part of the time trial stage, I was checking out all the sports tech goodness the women had on tap. If you remember from my previous post, I dove into the cycling power meters and other pieces. However, for … Read More Here

Tour de France Femmes: Behind the Scenes & Power Meters!

 The women’s Tour de France is in full swing this week, and most notably, in my country of residence: The Netherlands. That’s made it super easy to check things out this year, on a few different stages – both … Read More Here

Google Pixel Watch 3 Hands-on: A (Big) Running Focus

 Most headlines today will tout the new Pixel Watch 3 finally being available in a secondary larger 45mm size. And indeed, that’s a big deal. It’s no longer the tiny little watch the first two generations of Pixel watch … Read More Here

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

 While the new Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and new Samsung Galaxy Ring got all the attention during Samsung’s trio of fitness products launch, the reality is that most people are going to end up buying the more affordable Samsung … Read More Here

GoPro Camera Control Now Available on Garmin Watches

 Garmin has launched an expanded Connect IQ App Store option that allows companies to monetize apps for various fees, and with it, Garmin has launched a new GoPro camera control app on the Garmin Connect IQ App Store, which … Read More Here

SRAM RED XPLR Gravel Groupset & Power Meter In-Depth Review (2024)

 SRAM has just released its latest version of its top-end gravel groupset, SRAM RED XPLR. This group is unquestionably the biggest shift in the SRAM gravel realm since its inception, in that it moves from what has effectively been … Read More Here

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra In-Depth Review: Finally Accurate?

 In the year of our Lord 2024, it appears Samsung has finally delivered a mostly accurate smartwatch. Sure, it took a decade, but the eagle has probably landed. Mostly. The catch on ‘mostly’ is of course where I’ll spend … Read More Here

Technical Tidbits: Zwift User Breakouts, and Peloton Virtual Running Track Mode

As I wrap up my Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review, and a few other review things in the hopper for this week, here’s two quick technical tidbits I thought were interesting. Some geekery here, but, such is this site. Stats … Read More Here

FIT File: Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra – Apple Watch Ultra Copycat?

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, we chat about the new Galaxy … Read More Here

Quick Tips: Tiny Garmin Watch $8 Keyring USB Charger

There comes a time in every watch user’s life where you get to the hotel in a far-flung city, only to realize your watch battery shows 7%. Of course, the problem isn’t that it shows 7%, the problem is that … Read More Here

Testing Out Samsung’s New 4-Minute Cycling FTP Magician

 Last week Samsung touted a pretty bold claim in the middle of their keynote for their newest smartwatch: They could determine your cycling FTP (functional threshold power, the max power you can maintain for roughly an hour). To do … Read More Here

Huge Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sports Tech Deals Tracker!

It’s back again – Amazon Prime Day…err…Days. That means that most (all?) Amazon country/regional properties are doing pretty substantial deals across the board on all sorts of products for today and tomorrow (July 16th and July 17th). Update July 17th! … Read More Here

Apple’s New Training Load & Vitals App: After 30 Days of Usage

 A bit over a month ago at Apple’s WWDC event, the company announced their newest versions of WatchOS, the software platform that the Apple Watch uses. It also announced new versions of iOS and various other operating systems. All … Read More Here

Eurobike Sports Tech Roundup…and COROS Dura Delay

 For those not subscribed to the FIT File (it’s free!) via your regular podcast app or on YouTube, here’s a quick post with the highlights from the most recent episode. In this episode, Ray and Des talk about the … Read More Here

COROS Sorta Delays Dura Cycling GPS Till September

 COROS has announced they’re delaying new shipments of the previously announced COROS Dura cycling GPS. The unit was set to start shipments next week, on July 15th, but due to a potential mounting tab breakage issue, customers can choose … Read More Here