wearables
A while ago, I wrote about the FORM goggles, mainly focussed on pool swimming. Since moving to within cycling distance of a very nice lake, I've had the opportunity to use the FORM goggles in OWS mode, which I'll focus on here. A Tale of Two
bikes
Bicycle trainers can be divided into two broad categories: those that support the bike, and those that don't. An example of the former would be the Tacx Neo 2T, or a Wahoo Kickr: both replace the rear wheel of the bike, holding it upright. The latter category is
sports-tech
Why bother tracking your core and skin temperature?
suunto
I have a Suunto bike POD, which is - I believe - the same as the Wahoo combination sensor, and is a finnicky device. Here are my steps for troubleshooting its flakey performance and turning it into something useful: 1. Spoke magnet: this will always come loose. I apply blue
wearables
As someone who likes data, and swimming, it should come as no surprise that I have a pair of the FORM goggles. They're terrific, and unlike a lot of sports tech, which servers no purpose beyond enhanced navel gazing, I've been able to use the live
dji
I'll start with defining honest: I've flown 6 DJI aircraft over the years, and paid for them myself. The Air2S is their latest aircraft, offering the small size of the Air2, with a (the?) 1" sensor from the incredible Mavic 2 Pro. Lose the variable
sports-tech
TL;DR, I love Suunto: whilst a Garmin device has n+1 levels of functionality, I find that Suunto devices have an allure that almost makes up for what a Garmin promises (and sometimes delivers). In 2021-06, Suunto released firmware 2.16.26 for the 9 series of watches (9,
wearables
Over the years I have amassed a collection of failed wearable technology (sadly absent is Google Glass). What do I mean by failed? Failed here doesn't mean the product didn't work, but instead that the manufacturer/vendor stopped supporting the product's back-end services, effectively
running
I think it's safe to say that the EVAD-1 is the most expensive pair of sunglasses I've bought, or possibly will buy. After a long and tedious conversation with US customs, hell-bent on enforcing FDA regulations I got my paws on them. A recap * Sunglasses: excellent.
bikes
Back in 2016 (or was it 2015?) when the Slate was announced, it was if not the first, a very early bike in a new breed: Cannondale called it an 'all-road' bike, a category that has become gravel bikes. The Slate features unusually small 650b wheels, and even
bikes
I love bikes, but for me to want to own a bike, and spend hours riding it, it needs to be different to the rest: Cannondale's Lefty forks (I love my Hooligan), Evil's Hagar with its DH-inspired geometry on a gravel frame, or Canyon's
bash
This is a problem I've been typing into search engines for a while: how to sync data from Nokia Health/Withings to Garmin? It seems simple: take data from cloud a, shove it into cloud be, to save me from typing data I see with my eye balls