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How to: Installing Free Maps on your Garmin Fenix 5 Plus,...

DC Rainmaker
07. August, 15:33 Uhr

Some six years ago I did a post on how to add free maps to your Garmin Edge series device. Back then, Garmin didn’t include any meaningfully detailed maps for any Edge devices, you had to buy those separately – often costing $50-$100 per map/region. These days, things have changed a bit. Garmin now includes maps for the region you bought it in (such as North America if bought in the US, or...
Equipment und Politik
116 20 3 2881

Week in Review–August 11th, 2019

DC Rainmaker
11. August, 18:17 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Equipment und Profiszene
4 7 3 1079

No, Zwift Racing Wasn’t Hacked. Yet. Sorta. Let Me Explain.

DC Rainmaker
14. August, 10:35 Uhr

In the computer security world there are a pile of conferences where security folks get together and present various sessions. I use ‘security folks’ as a loose term that can broadly cover everybody from IT professionals working for a non-profit like Red Cross, to government security peoples, to folks with less altruistic goals. These conferences have been around a while, and are generally...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Velohome

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

DC Rainmaker
05. August, 10:31 Uhr

While the wind was blowing strong this past weekend here in the Netherlands, that didn’t keep us from putting our best bike foot forward. Here’s this weekend’s super bike-themed roundup of what we were up to. 1) More beer bottle returns I started out the weekend returning beer bottles. Well, The Girl and I did. These are from the DCR Open House last month, and is only a fraction of them. It’s...
Politik und Equipment
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Amazon Music Launches on Garmin Watches: Everything you n...

DC Rainmaker
21. August, 11:00 Uhr

When Garmin first got into the music wearable industry some 18 months ago, I don’t think anyone would have sat back and said: ‘Garmin will become the most widely supported music streaming services wearable on the market’. But oddly enough, as of today, that’s actually what’s happened. No wearable on the market today supports as many music services as Garmin does for offline use (no, not even...
Equipment und Politik
220 36 3 1898

Week in Review–August 4th, 2019

DC Rainmaker
04. August, 19:17 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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How to: Install Free Maps on your Garmin Edge

DC Rainmaker
13. August, 04:00 Uhr

Last week I published a piece on how to install free maps on your Garmin wearable, which was a tweaked update of my six-year-old post on how to install maps on your Garmin Edge devices. But as promised, I’d be refreshing that old Edges-specific post too – which is what this new post is all about. It’s almost identical to last week’s post and the one six years ago, except specific to the Garmin...
Equipment
158 35 3 3838

InsideRide E-Motion SmartPower Rollers with Floating Fork...

DC Rainmaker
20. August, 17:42 Uhr

In the indoor training world there are roller people, and there are trainer people. It’s sorta like politics or religion. Fighting with one camp over the benefits is mostly futile. The only people who benefit from such discussions are the social media platforms themselves and ad sales. But every once in a while there’s a tweak to technology on one side of the DMZ or the other, and a few people...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Polar Ignite GPS In-Depth Review

DC Rainmaker
09. August, 17:29 Uhr

Back in June Polar announced their Ignite GPS watch. This new watch undercut the higher end Vantage M on price, but yet at the same time also added a slew of features that the Vantage series doesn’t yet have (most of them are coming in November to the Vantage M/V). While the Vantage series was aimed at more hardcore athletes, the Ignite watch aimed to straddle the soft squishy middle. No, not...
MTB, Equipment und Politik
84 23 3 10257

Week in Review–February 4th, 2018

DC Rainmaker
05. Februar, 03:52 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Spire: These activity tracking sensors attach to your und...

DC Rainmaker
10. Januar, 16:31 Uhr

With thousands of companies exhibiting at CES, you see all sorts of things across a wide array of viability levels.  Some stuff you see you’ll know will be a hit.  While others it’s just a matter of time before not just the product, but the company folds. But then there’s the stuff in between – the stuff that might have a future, but the pathway isn’t crystal clear.  A perfect example of that...
Equipment und Politik
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Polar Vantage V Multisport GPS In-Depth Review

DC Rainmaker
19. Dezember, 12:22 Uhr

It’s been four months since Polar announced their new Vantage series of multisport watches. This series is currently comprised of two watches, the Vantage V and Vantage M. The V is the higher end multisport watch, meant to be a direct replacement of the nearly 5-year old V800.  While the Vantage M focuses on the mid-range, and carves out a bit of a new segment for Polar, it is meant to compete...
Equipment
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A Closer Look at The Specialized Power Meter Spotted at T...

DC Rainmaker
16. Januar, 03:56 Uhr

At the 2018 Tour Down Under, there honestly isn’t a ton of new bike tech.  At least, bike tech within the realm that I care about. Undoubtedly there are new frames, wheels, and probably the odd brake pad.  But in terms of things with electronics in them, most of that will have to wait till later this spring.  January has never been a popular time for bike electronics, and that’s certainly...
Equipment
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Tour Down Under Tidbits: BMC Chilling Vests, Race Convoy ...

DC Rainmaker
18. Januar, 09:29 Uhr

Each day I’m here down in Adelaide at the Tour Down Under I’m roughly spending half my day at or getting to/from the race site, and then half my day writing posts and editing videos. Mixed in there is also general testing of devices totally unrelated to the Tour Down Under, as well as attempting to clear out a few more CES related posts about things you mostly haven’t seen much detail on. ...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Hands-on: New $299 AeroPod Aerodynamic Sensor

DC Rainmaker
19. April, 01:00 Uhr

A few minutes ago AeroPod launched for purchase on Kickstarter, though, the company is hardly new to the aero field.  In fact, one could argue that nobody as has much experience (manufacturing or practical) with aerodynamic sensors in the industry than Velocomp.  After all, they’ve been making aerodynamic driven cycling products for a decade, most recently with their PowerPod. The $299...
Rennrad, Equipment und Politik
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Behind the Scenes: Riding in the FDJ Team Car

DC Rainmaker
22. Januar, 04:49 Uhr

I’m going to start the post by saying that if there’s any video of mine you watch this year, I’d definitely go with this one.  It’s largely unedited chunks of what it’s actually like in a pro tour team car, complete with how troubleshooting actually works with a mechanic hanging out the side of the car as the car and cyclist fly down the road doing an awkward dance together. Meanwhile, this...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Hands-on: Kinetic inRide V2 and Smart Trainers now suppor...

DC Rainmaker
26. Juni, 13:00 Uhr

It’s been just shy of 6 years since the original Kinetic inRide sensor was announced (Fall 2012), and today they’ve updated it with the guts it always wanted.  The inRide sensor allowed you to take virtually any existing Kinetic fluid trainer (which is pretty much all of them) and get proper power broadcasting from it, so that apps could consume that data. But far more importantly, it allowed...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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First Look: The Suunto 3 Fitness: Lightweight Non-GPS Spo...

DC Rainmaker
09. Januar, 14:54 Uhr

Today, on the eve of CES opening its doors, Suunto cracked the lid on their latest watch, the Suunto 3 Fitness.  These small and incredibly lightweight watches are somewhat aimed to compete with the likes of Polar’s M430 watches, as well as Garmin’s Vivomove HR series, and Fitbit’s Blaze. The main difference though to past Suunto watches? The Suunto 3 Fitness doesn’t have GPS, but does have a...
Equipment
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Today’s Plan Adds Triathlon Support (Cycling/Running), an...

DC Rainmaker
25. April, 16:24 Uhr

Every once in a while I wander into the software/platform/apps realm for a post.  I usually do so sparingly because this category of sports tech changes so quickly that any post I write quickly becomes out of date.  That’s less so the case with new features (i.e. a new course on Zwift) as it is with training log platforms (such as Today’s Plan).  A new course in Zwift is likely to more or less...
Equipment und Politik
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Hands-on: SRM’s new EXAKT Power Meter Pedals

DC Rainmaker
29. Mai, 09:57 Uhr

This week SRM announced their latest power meter, EXAKT. But unlike every previous bike-mountable power meter they’ve made, this one isn’t crankset based.  Instead, it ventures into new ground for them: The pedal.  The company has partnered with LOOK to create a pedal-based power meter that does away with the pods of previous LOOK power meter designs, all while broadcasting on both ANT+ &...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Sports Tech Round-up: Stryd Live, BSX officially ends BSX...

DC Rainmaker
13. Februar, 05:58 Uhr

Every once in a while there’s a run of a few days where a handful of sports tech items are worthy of discussion in more detail than a passing ‘Week in Review’ mention, but less detail than a full standalone post.  Today is one of those times. Usually of course, this is just my excuse to chat/spout about a few things I thought notable.  And often so in response to a small avalanche of...
Equipment
29 15 1988

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend (Final Australia Edition)

DC Rainmaker
27. März, 16:44 Uhr

And just like that, it was time to say goodbye to Australia.  After being here a bit under three months, we were ready to begin our trek home.  How time has flown by! I can’t believe it’s been that long, and we’ve loved every minute of it! Here’s a handful of the many things I did this weekend. It was crazy busy, albeit not in a touristy way. More in a ‘holy crap we have an entire house to pack...
Equipment und Politik
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Week in Review–Nov 4th, 2018

DC Rainmaker
04. November, 20:51 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Equipment und Profiszene
2 9 926

Week in Review–March 3rd, 2018

DC Rainmaker
03. März, 16:30 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Rennrad, Equipment und Politik
2 8 1321

Quick Tip: Quickly creating routes on your phone for your...

DC Rainmaker
31. Januar, 07:14 Uhr

Longtime readers know that one of the biggest annoyances I have with Garmin’s entire mobile platform is that for a company whose sole existence was for location purposes, you actually can’t create a darn course/route in Garmin Connect Mobile.  Nor can you in Wahoo’s app for their navigation devices either. The closest you can get in Garmin’s case is that you can now create automatic routes,...
Equipment
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Hands-on: The AIRhub Pro Resistance Wheel

DC Rainmaker
06. Februar, 11:26 Uhr

Last year about this time I tried out the original AIRhub while down at the Tour Down Under.  That product is essentially a front wheel that provides resistance that you can control from your smartphone via Bluetooth Smart.  It has a bunch of different modes, including some that pair to your power meter and heart rate sensors via ANT+.  In effect, the wheel can apply enough wattage resistance...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Elite Fuoripista 14,000EUR Indoor Smart Bike: First Ride ...

DC Rainmaker
08. Juli, 06:00 Uhr

I anticipate the cheapest sports technology gadget I’ll release a review or early look on here at Eurobike 2018 will cost about $60. But perhaps I’ll end up finding something that fits into my realm for cheaper.  What I don’t expect though is to find anything more expensive than Elite’s stunningly beautiful Fuoripista indoor smart bike/trainer.  This Italian stallion comes in at a mouth-drying...
Equipment und Politik
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Tour Down Under 2018: Sports Tech Gear Of the Pro Men

DC Rainmaker
16. Januar, 02:52 Uhr

The Tour Down Under represents the first race of the UCI WorldTour season, and as such, establishes what we’ll see in terms of equipment as the baseline for most tech on the teams this year. The men kicked off their festivities down here on Sunday with the People’s Choice criterium, but the actual Tour Down Under Stage 1 didn’t begin till today (Tuesday).  The ladies meanwhile actually finished...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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A Look At Velon’s Live Race Tracking System

DC Rainmaker
18. Januar, 12:22 Uhr

Since a change in leadership at the UCI in 2013, we’ve seen an increase in the number of data tracking platforms that are following the pro peloton.  For example, last year at the Tour Down Under I highlighted one solution by Satalyst, and then this past summer at the Tour de France with Dimension Data. Here we are a year later, and the Tour Down Under has another solution – this one far more...
Equipment, Politik und Profiszene
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Week in Review–Sept 29th, 2018

DC Rainmaker
29. September, 08:52 Uhr

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times...
Equipment und Politik
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