I can’t even blame an alcoholic stupor for inadvertently booking onto a cycling expedition across the Pyrenees. I just simply forgot that I don’t like going up hills that much and got starry-eyed and blinded by the thought of being the first person to cycle from the Atlantic to the Med across the Pyrenees. OK.…
Retail Pricing Both the Polar Vantage M and Polar Vantage V are available NOW for pre-order with delivery in late October. Vantage M : $/€279.00 Vantage V: $/€499.90 Vantage V (H10 Bundle): $/€549.90 Vantage M does not need H10 MORE INFO: You can find all related posts listed in this tag as I add them…
This post is a HVMN Ketone Review covering a claimed new fuel source for enhancing the performance of endurance athletes. Tour de France (2018) has just finished and apparently several of the riders were using HVMN Ketone. I’ve just been experimenting with some too. I will point you to some of the science but will…
Biblical in its depth and coverage this Garmin Fenix 5S Review takes a detailed look at the most featured smart sports watch adding numerous insights for the interested reader
Continually Updated – A comprehensive look at ** ALL** the best running watches with music across the entire running watch market. this Best Running Watch Music guide looks at ALL the contenders
Back in Spring when the days were getting warmer, longer and hotter, any thoughts you had on Sunglasses were probably more focussed on keeping the sunlight out of your eyes. Now that winter is coming, sporting eyewear for cyclists fills the more pressing need of keeping rain and road grit out of your eyes. Especially…
Spotify has just announced it will now support Google WearOS 2.0 devices. That means the Polar M600 amongst others (I updated to WearOS 2 yesterday by coincidence) Details and download here: link to Google Play Store In November all new Fossil Gen 4 devices will come with Spotify pre-installed. This follows Garmin’s recent announcement for…
Huawei Watch GT The sport and classic models look cool and look set to arrive very soon at Eu230 Specification Highlights Bezel/body is ceramic and steel AMOLED screen is 1.39″, and a good 454x454px resolution Weight 46g – super light Just over 1cm thick GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU / GALILEO oHR Array The oHR…
The PowerTap P2 is now listed at powertap.com but as of 16October there is nothing there except a name and placeholder. Josh from PowerMeterCity has given me the specs he has from the PowerTap rep, listed below. Even though there is a dearth of information out there; fear not, you can pre-order these babies right…
OK OK, I exaggerated. This new sports watch is not £935, one variant is actually £1045 (gulp) and, admittedly, there is a ‘cheaper’ version coming in at £845. Decisions…decisions. This is a new series of smart/fitness watches from Montblanc. You know them? The power meter people? Oh, no, I was getting confused with pens. Good…
The RunScribe app for WatchOS is just about ready to hit iTunes. We should see it released on 1 November according to RunScribe founder Tim. And what’s the price of that app…err. Nothing, of course. You just need a pair of the RunScribe Plus pods. RunScribe is a pretty accurate running pod for pace and…
The Huawei Watch GT will be announced ‘soon’. Yesterday brought some interesting changes to the Huawei Health app on Android. These changes show new Firstbeat features that don’t seem to be able to work with any existing Huawei device. Hmmm. Strange. What could that possibly mean 😉 The Huawei Health app shows that…
It looks like Suunto is up for sale. More specifically ANTA Sportswear Products & FountainVest, both of China, have expressed an interest to buy at least part of the parent company AMER SPORTS. Source: NADAQ Helsinki. An offer of Eur40/share seems to be on the table. That is a notable premium above the current…
Here are the new and detailed Garmin Instinct Specifications and a Garmin Fenix 5 vs. Garmin Instinct Comparison. I probably won’t do a Garmin Instinct Review as things currently stand, let’s see how much interest there is. What Is the Garmin Instinct? The Garmin Instinct was announced on 11 October and is targeting the outdoors market…
V2.045 – 15 October 2018 This post is regularly updated before being replaced, periodically, with a new one that contains a refreshed introduction & commentary. This post is intended to give you an idea of which GPS Bike and Run devices are available. My personal interest is speculating about new models and replacement models. Obviously…
One way to figure out if you might like the Hammerhead Karoo is to ask yourself “Do I like good looking bike tech with an awesome touchscreen”. The other way would be to consider, “Do you often load a route at the start of your next bike journey?”. If you answered YES to either, then keep reading.
Here is the roadmap for future updates on the Polar Vantage series More info on existing functionality: here (link to: the5krunner.com) Current v1.03 V & M As of 8th October 2018 the version is v1.03, which already contains GPS improvements, (10 Oct v1.04) Version 1.X Sales Release Oct 2018: Applies to V&M To be implemented…
Let’s have a look at how a possible foray by Garmin into the pretty world of WearOS might work. First up…I do not know if Garmin are going to do this. Market Size There are more Android smartphones than Apple smartphones. Yet there are probably more WatchOS (Apple) watches than there are watches running WearOS…
Those are pictures from one of the first parkruns and one of the most recent parkruns at Bushy Park where parkrun started in 2004 (2 October). Today was parkrun’s 14th Birthday. Before: Here is a link to the first ever, ever, ever parkrun results http://www.parkrun.org.uk/bushy/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=1 with the mens ‘event’ won by Chris Owens (Ranelagh…
Here is the latest change with a whopping jump from v10.10 to v11.0 with nothing really added. Strange that. Even though 10.55beta had GPS swim fixes in the GPS FW, these seem not to be mentioned in v11.0 Changes made from version 10.10 to 11.00: Fixed an issue where Heart Rate broadcast would stop…
The nice people at Coros are giving away one of their super triathlon Coros Pace watches This competition is NOT run by me but please do enter on their Instagram page Link to competition (here) on Instagram.com. More info about the watch is below in my review Coros Pace Review
Spotify have produced a CIQ app for selected Garmin devices. It’s available now. Link to: garmin.com Spotify is a big music streaming service, especially in the EU. I have to say I am pleasantly surprised that Garmin have this all agreed with Spotify in 2018. I understood that there were licensing and other competitive issues…
Suunto have announced new variants on the Suunto 9, which is the replacement for the Spartan Ultra. There are actually 2 distinct Suunto 9 models as well as various colour/case options so now is as good a time as any to clarify the different hardware competencies. There’s also new firmware 2.4.14 as of 2Oct2018, which…
The Garmin leak is further down in the post, I will just quickly put this in context first. I speculated a while back that Garmin were due to release ANT+/BLE-enabled sensors. My speculation was that there would be a HRM and a new footpod. It wouldn’t then be too much of a leap to expect…
