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

Week in Review–May 14th, 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

Peloton’s Seatpost Recall, Zwift’s Curious Steering Rebirth, and GoPro Price Drop

Things have been heating up this week in the sports tech space – albeit, not all of the heating has been of the new product variety. Still, here’s a few things I found worthy to dive into deeper.Peloton Seat Post … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Suunto Vertical: The Complete User Guide

Just a quick heads up for those that aren’t subscribed on YouTube, that I’ve just hit publish on my detailed 45-minute long user guide for the new Suunto Vertical watch. In this guide I dive into virtually every feature and … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Suunto Vertical GPS Watch In-Depth Review: Solar, Mapping, WiFi, and More!

 Suunto has finally delivered. With the new Suunto Vertical, the company appears to be heading down the right track towards having a more competitive hardware offering. The new Suunto Vertical GPS watch might appear from across the room as … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Strava Expands 3rd Party App Developer Program

Strava has announced an “updated developer program”, which is the program that some 85,000 developers and apps use to leverage platform via its API (application programming interface). Unquestionably, in the sports world – there’s no online platform that’s had as … Read More Here … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Sports Tech Tidbits: Whoop’s Adds Strength Training, Garmin eBike Varia eRTL615 Radar, Wahoo’s RGT Elite Sterzo Support

We’ve got three tidbits of sports tech coming in today, from three very different realms. First up is the oft-rumored and finally here addition of Strength Training to the Whoop platform. Then there’s Garmin launching a wired version of their … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Suunto Expands Coaching & Training Analytics With New Update

Suunto is joining the fray of companies releasing major software updates over the last two weeks, with a set of suite of updates on their smartphone app that are available for all Suunto App capable watches. The first part of … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Wahoo’s Injunction Request Against Zwift Hub Denied By Judge

A judge has denied Wahoo’s request to prevent Zwift from continuing to sell the Zwift Hub smart trainer. That smart trainer is the center of a legal dispute between the two companies, which Wahoo says infringes on their existing patents, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

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

Finally, I’m able to run on a track with an Apple Watch! Apple has turned on the previously launched running track mode for additional countries – notably France, Spain, and the Netherlands (my home). Apple’s running track mode automatically detects … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Massive COROS Spring 2023 Update: Navigation to Pace 2, WiFi Maps, Price Drop, and More

COROS appears to be coming out of their winter hibernation with a bang for existing customers. While COROS had gotten themselves into a loose monthly-ish firmware update cycle most of the last few years, things got pretty quite since December. … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Wahoo Announces Summit Freeride: First Ride Thoughts!

Here’s a quickie of a post, at least until I can properly test it. Wahoo has announced their own free-riding version of their climbing metrics, akin to Garmin’s free-ride ClimbPro and Hammerhead’s free-ride CLIMBER. This allows you to ride without … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Edge 540 Cycling GPS In-Depth Review

Garmin’s Edge 540 is part of a twofer of new cycling GPS units, alongside the touchscreen enabled Edge 840 that was concurrently launched. These two units are nearly identical in software features and functionality, while their core hardware difference is … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Week in Review–April 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

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

Here’s a super quick post, for a super quick video, to demonstrate something that’s been frequently requested: Using the Edge 840 touchscreen with rain/water on the screen, as well as how it works with gloves. I had meant to include … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Zwift Outlines Summer Features, Plus Zwift Hub Firmware Update

Yesterday Zwift announced their summer feature plans, which include a number of actually pretty useful features. And in this case, ‘summer’ really means anything vaguely warm, including May. Also, this is not Australian summer, but Austrian summer.Atop that, as of … Read More Her … | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Strava Launches Spotify Integration: Hands-On Quick Overview

Look, I’m a sucker for Spotify integration in anything. Be it watches, Ikea speakers because I’m too cheap to buy the fancy-proper SONOS ones, or as is the case today, Strava. Don’t worry, this post is a quickie, and more … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Instinct 2X In-Depth Review: Bigger and Flashlight-Equipped!

Garmin’s new Instinct 2X aims to complete the threesome size lineup of the Instinct 2 series, offering now a small, medium, and large edition. However, most notably, it becomes the next series of watches to include the flashlight, which Garmin … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Edge 840 Cycling GPS In-Depth Review

Garmin has just announced the new Edge 840, as well as Edge 540 units. And like last year, with the more expensive Edge 1040, both the 540 and 840 get Solar variants. However, the changes go far beyond just sunny-side-up … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

A Week of Sunshine Swim/Bike/Run/Hike in Mallorca

Last week was a busy one, packed with cycling, running, swimming, hiking, and all sorts of other things. I was down on the Spanish island of Mallorca, a short 2ish hour flight from home in Amsterdam, putting in the miles. … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Garmin Adds New Beta Features to Fenix 7/Epix Product Family

The next quarterly public beta program has begun for the Fenix 7/Epix family, with the initial list of new features and changes being released. These features include features recently launched on the Garmin Forerunner 965 and Forerunner 265, such as … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago

Previously Disqualified Zwift Cheater Tries MyWhoosh, Gets Promptly Disqualified

While cheating happens every day, all day, on Zwift and other virtual cycling platforms. Every few months there exists a story worth writing about. And today is one of those days. I’m out riding, running, and swimming a stupid number … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 year ago