Mio Pod It looks like one of the first optical HR companies is back with a bang…I mean band. This is Mio global who made the MIO Link (Velo, Fuse) and similar HR straps. They used a Phillips sensor and were GOOD at the time and I think I still l have them in a…
Garmin Fenix 6 – Firstbeat Insights You get all of this clever stuff thrown in – shown in the image from Firstbeat. And it is clever. I’ll talk about the more interesting features further below in more detail. Be mindful that optical HR from the wrist might cause issues with the accuracy of the…
You’ve got your STRAVA account and you’ve set up the HOME ZONE so no-one can find out where you live and steal your bike. Phew!! All’s good, right? Your data is private and safe? Well…emphatically …NO. Before STRAVA even gets your file from, let’s say, Garmin, you will probably have already given Garmin MUCH more…
Garmin Vivoactive 4 Specifications | VA4, VA4s, Venu | VA3M Comparison
Suunto have just announced the Suunto 9 Baro Titanium IRONMAN Limited Edition watch, there was an earlier Red Bull edition. That’s like the existing Suunto 9 Baro Titatnium with some new IM branding. #Sweet…if you like that sort of thing. I’ll update the details here if i remember or you can click through to this…
Puma SMARTWATCH We knew that Puma and Fossil were working on a sports watch in 2018 and finally it has now been formally announced. Sales will start in early November and the price will be €280/$300/£250. More details are likely to emerge over the next few days but here is what we have so…
Wahoo Elemnt Roam Review – This is a fine cycling computer with great functionality. It delivers advanced functionality and importantly it ‘just works’
There’s a great announcement today from FORM swim goggles. In a nutshell: FORM have paired up with Polar so that Polar’s OH1 beams live swimming heart rate directly into the heads-up-display in the Form Goggles. That’s pretty much it but, personally, I think it’s a great announcement for about a squillion reasons. Bear in mind…
V2.139 – 07 Sep 2019 This post is regularly updated before being periodically replaced with a refreshed introduction & commentary to give you an indication of which GPS Run, Bike and Triathlon sports devices are available NOW and likely to be superseded SOON – or which have been DISCONTINUED. You might want the latest model…
Cycling UK has just announced the Great North Trail in the UK. The end plan seems to be to link the North and South of the UK with a mostly continuous trail route. Which is a cool objective, right? Today’s announcement is for an 800-mile stretch which goes from the middle of England (Derbyshire) to…
Garmin Fenix 6 – First Runs, Impressions, etc The Garmin Fenix 6 is living up to expectations and a review is well on the way, although it might be in the offing for some time yet. If you were a Fenix 5 or Fenix 5 Plus owner then there’s nothing here to immediately surprise you…
The new Garmin Fenix 6 comes only 14 months after the significantly updated Fenix 5 PLUS range. The updates to the 5 PLUS were mostly software+hardware fixes and, this time round the updates we see in the Fenix 6 DO include some new smart & sport features but, most crucially, we are seeing the Fenix…
As SportTracks ST3.1 (desktop) reaches end-of-life I’m hoping that the plugins continue to work. If not I am stuffed. This impending, potential data catastrophe has made me take my head out fo the sand, look around a bit and then stick it back in a little bit deeper. Whilst my head was above the data…
Huami Amazfit GTS Specifications & Overview – Apple Watch lookalike The new Amazfit GTS smartwatch is a fitness watch after the hearts of Apple Watch lovers. It really is not difficult to see where the design inspiration comes from. Having said that, Fitbit has produced a similar-looking Versa and, after all, Apple does not have…
Wow! Garmin has got all the cylinders firing. Today’s announcement of support for Amazon Music places them WAY ahead of any other fitness provider, including Apple, for MUSIC. I’m running out of criticisms to make as Garmin are doing awesomely here, it seems a certainty to assume that compatibility for Google’s PLAY Music will follow…
Sources say that the new Fenix 6 range will be formally announced ‘at the end of the month’ (Thu August 29). Once again Amazon and some other retailers will probably request your pre-orders knowing they won’t get stock for a month (see the debacle over the 945 launch in some countries…not Garmin’s fault, blame the…
Casio has just announced a red and black version of the Pro Trek WSD-F21HR. The Big news for Casio fans is that this has an optical HR monitor for the first time However, it’s worth noting that this an updated WSD-F20 rather than an update of the 2018/19 model the WSD-F30. But either way, you…
Here we have the first leaked images of the Garmin Fenix 6X Pro which look very much like the Fenix5. They could be fake but this now corroborates with other information I have that a slew of Garmin products are queueing up for release to an, as yet, unsuspecting public. Source: Images click to…
The next generation of Garmin Fenix is in production Edit: Fenix 6 will be announced in August 2019 or September 2019 at latest. Edit: Listing removed from Amazon 9th August 2019 The models all sound plausible and are variants on Fēnix® 6, Vívoactive 4, Vivomove 3, MARQ Commander & Instinct Tactical Garmin Fēnix® 6 series:…
Zwift today adds Titans Grove which draws inspiration from the High Sierras, home to the Sequoia National Park. Sitting adjacent to the Fuego Flats in trhe Zwift game, the mammoth-sized boulders and giant sequoias cast a shadow for those arriving fresh from a trip through the desert. The new section of road snakes its…
