DJI Air 3 Complete Beginners Guide

Just a quick heads up for those looking to pickup the DJI Air 3 (or, recently got it), I finally completed my DJI Air 3 Beginners Guide. This one is even more detailed than my previous DJI Mini 3 Pro … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Venu 3 In-Depth Review: More Sleep Analytics, Power Meters, and More!

 Garmin has just launched the new Venu 3 series, which goes back to having two separate sizes, while adding in a slate of features – some of which are the first time we’ve seen them on a Garmin wearable. … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Strava Adds More Photo-Based Tools to Route Planning

Strava has added a new feature for Subscribers that lets you see photos while route planning on desktop now, and more specifically, lets you see the exact location of said photos. This is a major upgrade over the Strava route-photo … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Apple Adds Cycling Power Meter Recording to Fitness+ Workouts

Apple has quietly added power meter and cadence data to your completed workout data in Apple’s Fitness+ cycling workouts, which is their coached platform where trainers iterate through structured workouts. This addition is supported in the latest public betas of … Read More Here … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Tech Tidbits: LIMITS Power Meter Company Liquidates, COROS Firmware Update, Skydio Leaves Consumer Drones

Here’s a few tech tidbits from today, the last few days, and the last week or so (in the case of Skydio) that are worthy of note. We’re back at the point where companies are warming up for what I … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

MyWhoosh Selected for UCI Cycling Esports World Championship for 2024-2026: A Few Thoughts

The UCI & MyWhoosh announced yesterday that the MyWhoosh virtual cycling platform has been selected for the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships in 2024/2025/2026. Up till now Zwift has been the platform utilized for the online cycling World Championship event, … Read More Her … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic In-Depth Review: Is it Finally Accurate?

Like clockwork each summer, Samsung has released their latest wearables, this time the Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic. This release offers two different form factors, including notably bringing back the physical rotating bezel on the Watch6 Classic edition. Samsung has … Read M … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

4iiii Adds Apple Find My Feature to Power Meters: Hands-On

4iiii has become the first power meter company to add Apple’s Find My support to their devices. This capability is called ‘Find My’, but is essentially the 3rd party program Apple has that allows companies to make a variant of … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

DJI Action 4 In-Depth Review Video

For those not subscribed on YouTube, I’ve posted my complete DJI Action 4 In-Depth review video up there, including tons of comparison footage to the GoPro Hero 11 Black. The Action 4 is mostly a minor upgrade compared to the … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

DJI Air 3 Active Track: Ultimate Test & Tips Video

For those into seeing how autonomous sports tracking in drones continues to progress, I’ve just hit publish on my latest video covering the DJI Air 3. I dig into a ton of different scenarios from over the past month into … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Women’s Tour de France: Time Trial Behind The Scenes & Smart Trainers

The last stage of the 2023 Women’s Tour de France wrapped up with plenty of sports tech and other tidbits to check out. In the above video I walk through all the team bus/technical areas to see what’s floating around, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Women’s Tour de France: Bike Computers and Power Meters

As was the case with last year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (the women’s Tour de France), I swung down to check out all the sports tech. This first post will cover all the bike computers and power meters, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

COROS Heart Rate Monitor (Optical Band) In-Depth Review

The COROS Heart Rate Monitor is a very simple product, which should make for a very simple review. After all, it doesn’t even have an on button. Instead, it has exactly one purpose in life: Transmitting your current heart rate … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

DJI Air 3 In-Depth Review (with Sports Tracking!)

DJI has announced and released the DJI Air 3, the successor to the Air 2S, and the ‘middle-child’ of the core DJI 3-series lineup. This drone is meant to slot in below the Mavic 3 Pro price/feature-wise while being higher-end … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

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

In this video I dive into all the behind the scenes bits on time-trial day, including which smart trainers they use. However, realistically, it’s actually quite a bit more than that in this video. I look at an interesting new … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Fenix 7 & Epix Get 50 New Features in Beta Update

Garmin is seemingly on a roll the past 7-10 days, with having released the much anticipated firmware bringing all the new Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro features to the non-Pro editions, via a new public beta firmware update. This … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Apple Watch Power Meter Support: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

Last month at Apple’s annual developer conference the company outlined the future of Apple Watch, at least in terms of software, for the next year. One item that seemed to surprise many was the announcement that Apple would be adding … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Week in Review–July 16th, 2023

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Adds Training Readiness & Morning Report to Instinct 2 in New Beta!

See, Garmin does listen when enough people get upset about something. Back a few months ago Garmin released the Instinct 2X, which is essentially a bigger Instinct 2 device with a flashlight and multiband GNSS. But on the software side, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Apple WatchOS 10 Topographic Maps: Hands-on with the Public Beta

Last month Apple announced WatchOS 10, and with it a slate of new features focused on the fitness/sports realm. This included cycling power meter support, a new structured workouts API for all sport types – allowing 3rd party apps like … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Forerunner 255/266/955/965 Get Slate of New Features in Beta

Last night Garmin dropped a new beta firmware for the Forerunner 955 and 955 Solar adding a slate of new features coming from the recently released Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro series. That feature set includes Hill Score, Endurance … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Huge Amazon Prime Day 2023 Sports Tech Deals Tracker!

It’s back again – Amazon Prime Day…err…Days. That means that most (all?) Amazon country properties are doing pretty substantial deals across the board on all sorts of products for today and tomorrow (July 11th and 12th). This event is held … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Week in Review–July 9th, 2023

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Tour de France Tidbits: When A Sticker is Better Than Sports Tech

I spend most of my time at the Tour de France looking at riders' handlebars. It’s sorta my thing. Back many years ago we started seeing teams add stickers on rider handlebars with details of the upcoming stage, notably the … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Epix Pro: The Complete Beginners Guide

 Just a quick heads up for those that aren’t subscribed on YouTube, that I’ve just hit publish on my incredibly detailed hour-long user guide for the Garmin Epix Pro, from beginning to end. As usual I walk through all … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Power Meter Pedals In The Pro Peloton?

One of the most common questions I got after my ‘Power Meters and Bike Computers of the Tour de France 2023’ post is whether or not any teams were using power meter pedals, and if not – why not? To … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Tour de France 2023: Bike Computers and Power Meters

The Tour de France kicked off again today, this time in Bilbao, Spain with 176 riders and 22 teams. And thus begins the annual tradition to ferret out not just the sports tech gear these teams are sponsored to use, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Rolla: Finally a Viable Zwift Competitor?

I think I’m getting old. I’ve been around the block enough times to remember writing about not just numerous viable Zwift competitors, but rather a decade ago when Zwift themselves was announced as a company to replace now relics of … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Notable Watch Updates: Polar’s Skin Temperature Sensing, Pixel Watch Updates, Garmin’s Connect IQ Update

Over the last week there’s been a few notable updates that are worth mentioning, even if briefly. Thus, this will be the post for it. It’s like the ‘Tidbits’ posts I usually do, except being all watches. Less random, and … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Amazfit Cheetah Pro GPS Watch Quick Review: Thoughts After Using It For A Week

Amazfit has just announced their new Cheetah Pro GPS watch, which is aimed to compete in the lightweight but still packed with features category of endurance sports watches. Coming in at just 43g and just $299, it slots in well … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

First Look at Magene’s New C606 GPS Bike Computer, L308 Intelligent Bike Lights

Eurobike kicked off today with plenty of new products, and Magene was at the show announcing a number of new sports tech items, including a new bike computer, new smart lights, and an entire ‘connected bike’ light system that can … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

ROTOR Announces New 2INPOWER SL Power Meter (Dual-Sided)

ROTOR has just announced their new 2INPOWER SL dual-sided power meter, an upgrade from the previous 2INPOWER edition. This new unit focuses on three core improvements: Lighter weight, less expensive price, and more accurate power readings. Effectively unlocking the threesome … Re … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

SRAM Apex AXS & Power Meter In-Depth Review

SRAM has just rolled out their AXS wireless shifting to their least expensive drivetrain option, Apex. Alongside that, SRAM Apex also brings 12-speed to the groupset while concurrently gaining a power meter option. I’ve been riding the SRAM Apex AXS … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Wahoo Cuts KICKR CORE Smart Trainer Price In Half: Incredible Deal at $449

REI has launched an incredible deal – the Wahoo KICKR CORE for a mere $449. That’s basically half the price of the normal $899 for the KICKR CORE, and clearly a test sale to see how it sells compared to … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Zwift Play Controller Review: Surprisingly Useful!

Zwift has just released their Zwift Play controller, which lets you do everything from steering in-game, to quickly accessing settings while riding, all while also hurling burritos at other racers. It’s Zwift’s second piece of cycling hardware they’ve announced in … Read More Her … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro & Epix Pro Battery Charging Times: Interestingly Different Results

Over a year ago, when the original Fenix 7 & Epix came out, I went down a stupid rabbit hole of seeing exactly how long it took to charge each of the models. Except, I overdid all of this. Building … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Apple WatchOS 10 Topographic Maps: Hands-on First Look

With Monday’s announcement of the addition of topographic maps as part of a wider range of new WatchOS 10 features, I figured I’d take a look at how it works on the new WatchOS 10 developer beta (the one that … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Apple Watch Gets Massive Software Update: Here’s Everything new!

Apple has just announced a slate of new features and products at their annual WWDC event(World Wide Developer Conference). This event is where the company announces new updates to their software platforms (and some new hardware). Generally speaking, they only | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Week in Review–June 4th, 2023

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Hammerhead Revamps Karoo User Interface: Internet Revolts

Hammerhead has carved out their name in the cycling GPS world by continually updating their products with new features, and an evolving user interface. For the most part, it’s focused on new features. But every once in a while Hammerhead … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

The Complete List of All Epix/Fenix Pro Features Going to FR955/965/Fenix 7/Epix

This will be an reasonably efficient post. Yesterday, Garmin announced the new Epix Pro and Fenix 7 Pro watches. The Fenix 7 Pro series now includes the flashlight in all three watch sizes. While the AMOLED-equipped Epix Pro series is … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro In-Depth Review: Flashlight and Multiband for Everyone!

If you wanted a Fenix 7 series device with the flashlight of the Fenix 7X series, you’ve finally got your wish. With the new Fenix 7 Pro series, all three size Fenix 7 Pro units include a flashlight. And atop … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Epix Pro In-Depth Review: Now In Three Sizes!

The new Epix Pro series is here, finally bringing the Epix AMOLED display-enabled watch to the same three sizes as the Fenix lineup (42mm, 47mm, and 51mm). But that’s not the only change. All three editions now gain a flashlight … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Ironman Aix-en-Provence 70.3 Race Report (2023)

Many of you have observed that my training has ramped up significantly over the last 6 months. And indeed, it has – albeit, I didn’t entirely set out to race this particular race. Instead, my wife had upped her training … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Strava Announces Huge Slate of Upcoming New Features at ‘Camp Strava’

Yesterday, Strava held ‘Camp Strava’, a physical real-world event where a bunch of people gathered together to talk about Strava. This seems to be vaguely developer focused, and vaguely regular athlete focused. The schedule had a host of non-technical things … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Strava’s New Automatic Gear Tracking: Quick How-To Guide

Strava’s got a new update that allows you to automatically assign gear based on sport type. Meaning, now your mountain bike rides will automatically assign your mountain bike, your gravel rides your gravel bike, and your trail runs your trail … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Wahoo Fitness Founder Buys Company Back from Banks

Remember back in the old days when the Facebook relationship profile status prominently displayed “It’s Complicated”? That’s basically been Wahoo Fitness the last year or two. Like many things involving private equity, the initial investment sounded great, but over the … Read Mor … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Edge 540/840/1040 Now Supports Sending New Courses Mid-Ride

Consider this a public service announcement. For some of you, this will matter a ton. Others, not at all. And others yet still will note this has been there since the Edge 1040 launched last summer. However, what has become … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago