Humon today announced that they are closing their doors – I’ll cover the impact on HEX users in a minute. For those who want it, the full communique from Humon is shown further below. Background The Humon Hex is a muscle oxygen sensor, delivering athlete-metrics along a very similar vein to the existing Moxy product…
Wahoo have just added Specialized ANGi support to all 3 of their ELEMNT devices through today’s firmware updates Specialized ANGi is a helmet-mounted sensor that measures the forces transmitted to your helmet during a crash, as well as the harmful rotational forces that occur during crashes when your helmet doesn’t actually impact the ground.…
I’ve produced rankings of sports-related apps over the last few years and this is a report on the progress those apps made with their installed user base throughout 2019. The specific measures that I look at are the NUMBER of reviews and AVERAGE RATING on Google Play. I think these are a good proxy to…
Just over a year ago, Norwest Equity Partners invested an undisclosed sum into Wahoo Fitness. Clearly, this was always going to be more about a significant business expansion rather than building a slightly better HRM. I’m pretty sure that’s right as Wahoo released the ‘slightly better HRM’ a few months before the investment (Tickr FIT)…
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…
The Wahoo KICKR Bike is the mother of all indoor smart bikes and at $3499 it should be. There will be plenty of people who can still afford this and their problem will be getting their hands on one, as there is limited geographic availability in 2019 and maybe beyond. The headline is pretty much,…
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…
Coming soon: http://wko5.com/ TrainingPeaks have just, sort of, released a new version of their analytics package …called WKO5. Full details and links below ahead of tomorrow’s marketing drive. Of interest are their SMART SEGMENTS (smart LAPS) where you can analyse YOUR performances on segments/laps of YOUR custom routes over time compared to YOU. Dynamic Functional Reserve…
Wahoo Fitness have just announced their latest innovative product – the WAHOO ELEMNT cycling computer. The press release is shown at the end. Q: Is it an interesting super-tool like the WAHOO FITNESS RFLKT+ or a mainstream product? Q: It’s coming in at a similar price level to the Edge 520 but why is it…
The WAHOO Reflect Plus (RFLKT+) is an interesting ANT+ bridging device and smartphone ‘screen mirror’ for cycling. Bridging devices convert your ANT+ accessory signals to Bluetooth SMART (Bluetooth Low Energy, BTLE, BLE, V4). Whilst the two other notable devices on the market, the MIO Velo and the 4iiii Viiiiva V100, do this via the main…
The open water season is most definitely upon us. Hopefully you’ve already managed a few swims as it’s not too cold, I’ve done 4 and I’m a bit of a cold water wimp. It’s fine. However I’m looking at HR for my open-water swims. Obviously I’m not going to be looking at my HR as…
Interesting link up between the super awesome Wahoo Fitness and that other company…Apple and their watch ! I probably need to look into this more as Microsoft ABND went down the route of integration with STRAVA (and others). My interest lies mostly in whether real GPS (which the Apple Watch does not have INBUILT hence why…
There is a full review of the rather awesome Wahoo TICKR-X at https://the5krunner.com/review-2014-wahoo-fitness-tickr-x/ or you can access it via the menus above.
I’ll be having a look at the latest TICKR heart rate product soon. A very interesting product with smart bits inside. Similar, but probably better, than Garmin’s HRM-RUN. PRESS RELEASE INFO TICKR X records up to 16 hours of heart rate, calorie burn, and elapsed time, as well as capturing indoor cycling cadence (London –…
