Suunto Spartan TRAINER – the GPS bump is back, plus optical HR in an AMBIT-shell :: FCC filing

Suunto have registered their optical HR version of the SPARTAN at the FCC. Is the bump…

BRIM Brothers – Spark ! Rise ! Fall :-( Aftermath :-(

“One of the most highly anticipated cycling products in recent memory was the intriguing Brim Brothers…

Apple raise prices in the UK to help the poor in America – errrr

The BBC today headlined Apple’s UK price rises on computer sales. “Apple suggests product prices internationally…

IDC Report: Garmin Wins, Apple Loses Big, Everyone Else loses, sigh

The title “IDC Report: Garmin Wins, Apple Loses Big, Everyone Else loses” sums up IDC’s take…

EMFIT QS – Dashboard Upgrade

  EMFIT QS is an under-mattress monitor of recovery and sleep quality. It certainly appears accurate to HRV…

Running Power – Some Updates From STRYD and Golden Cheetah

I get a ‘feeling’ that STRYD has successfully scaled the first peak of their adoption into…

GPS Getting 1m Accuracy – Forget GLONASS, What about Galileo and BeiDou / BDS?

Currently, many sports devices use GPS for positioning. There is a constellation of up to 31/32 GPS satellites…

Polar M200 – New Running Watch Announced

Polar have a new entry-level watch for runners. One of the great things is that now…

Garmin Fenix 5 – hardware specs leaked

  (Edit: Jan 2017 – 5x specs here) As half-expected <here> it seems that the FENIX…

Suunto Spartan – STRYD and ANT+ Bridging from 4iiii Viiiiva

STRYD (above) – It’s a running power meter based in a proprietary, multi-band HRM. Good integration with…

Valencell to demonstrate HRV in optical sensor

It looks like HRV level of accuracy is nearly commercially possible for optical wearables with an…

adidas quits GPS Watches: Leaving TomTom Runner 3/Spark 3 as one of a kind…for now

adidas just announced that it will not be following up the optical HR enabled miCoach SMART Run…

ROTOR rolls out cool stuff – aero crank and more…

https://rotorbike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foto01.png Gutted!! My 2INpower has now been superseded by an Aero version. Grrrr!! I don’t mind…

Bryton's New Cycling Head Units – Rider 530, 330, 310, 100 and more…

If, like me, you have scoured the online prices of various cycling computers and triathlon computers…

World's fastest Tri Bike – Diamondback Andean

Apparently this is the world’s fastest tri bike Diamondback Andean Price: You can’t afford it. No,…

Opinion: STAGES Dash – A Cycling computer to rival Garmin?

In late August 2016, STAGES announced a new Cycling Computer for release in early 2017. The…

TomTom Runner3 Spark3 – What's new under the hood?

We’ve already seen the announcements from the very busy TomTom R&D department with the new Runner3/SPARK3, The…

Suunto SPARTAN – September Features Confirmed and still using kinematix

I had a sneaky little multisport session tonight with the SPARTAN ULTRA and found that the…