OK folks, this is pure speculation but there are some strange goings-on with Fossil’s share price so let me quickly outline how I put 2 and 2 together to make 4 and a half. The first 2. Fossil’s earnings are tanking. November 2019 saw Y.O.Y earnings down 11%. You can find analyst reports like this…
We talked about some exciting new beta firmware for the Garmin Forerunner 945 last week. Some of which also made its way on to the Forerunner 245 betas too. Now it’s all live and you should be able to get the new stuff either via Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express. Here’s the summary of…
Garmin beef up their top-end Fenix 6 & Forerunner 945 models with some great new swim features.
Pioneer Announces Transfer of Cycle Sports Business Shimano is potentially back in the bike head unit market with the acquisition of what looks to be Pioneer’s entire bicycling components business (assets). As the press release says: Pioneer Announces Transfer of Cycle Sports Business Pioneer Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to…
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) last week appointed Alistair Brownlee and others as directors. Yesterday, 3rd Feb 2020, the PTO made an open offer to Wanda Group to enter into discussions to acquire the IRONMAN® business from the Wanda Sports Group Company, with the offer backed by funding from by North Point Advisors. Paraphrased, the…
10 New Garmins For 2020 | Some big surprises with an expected Forerunner 955 LTE as well as the heavily expected Garmin Air
Garmin 945 Specs, 945 vs 935, 945 vs MARQ Athlete
The Garmin Forerunner 945 triathlon watch has arrived and you’re in for a treat, I’ll save a full review for a few more months so let’s go now with a preview, or whatever you want to call it. Availability throughout May will be limited. Act now if you want one this month: PRE-ORDER EXPLAINED *HERE*…
The Garmin Edge 530 is a refinement of the non-touchscreen, Edge 520 Plus and is an unexpected addition to Garmin’s 2019 range of Edge bike computers. The Edge 530 could be described as Garmin’s “entry-level” bike performance computer, as it does just about everything a performance cyclist or navigator needs. Yet both the 830 and…
Lots of reasons why YOU will never make any money out of blogging about sports tech
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.
A new, cheaper PowerPod model is available – the PowerPod LITE model at$199 in the USA. PowerPods are often discounted in sale periods AND you get 10% off with the code the5krunner10 at PowerMeterCity, below. It will not have escaped your notice that you can now get a functional power meter for both cycling and…
The new Oura Ring marks a big step forwards for the Finnish activity-tech firm. The takeaway: Oura already make a ‘wearable tech ring’ that actually works! Indeed its sleep tracking is one of the best solutions available to consumers/athletes. This one should be good too….#BETTER I will follow up with a more detailed Oura Ring…
$299.99 seems to be the price point that many sporty smartwatch makers believe the market can bear and still deliver them large sales volume. Only time, and Father Christmas, will tell if that’s true. Opinion I’ve included the Samsung Gear Sport Specifications below for reference but there are no surprises. You can have a click…
After a recent post “Rant 2016: The Problem with sports watch reviews; freebies and bloggers”, I started to think a bit more about the issues of the INDEPENDENCE of bloggers in the sports gadget market. We all have our favourite blogs, I’m no exception. Some of my favourite blogs claim to be independent; others, to me, don’t…
Polar today announced the M600 sports watch. It’s positioned as a 247, top-end sports watch for generalist sporty people who perhaps; run, do gym and do classes. It’s priced initially at: UK£265, US$330. It’s an innovative move for the company by building Polar hardware around Google’s Android Wear platform – rather than developing their own on-board sports…
Garmin generally make great cycling computers. The Edge 820 looks to follow in that tradition. The 820 is a clichéd EVOLUTION not revolution. Having said that it brings together much of what is good about the Edge 810, the Edge 520 and the Edge 1000. It’s a consolidation. Having said that, I’m still not quite…
