In this installment of our Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray gives his own thoughts on the new Suunto Ambit and whether it not it’s a good match for triathletes, the Garmin GTU-10 personal tracker, and choosing between the CycleOps PowerBeam Pro and the Tacx Bushido trainers.
by Ray Maker, April 5, 2012In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray gives his own thoughts on what to look forward to from this year’s Interbike show in Las Vegas.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray gives options for a GPS watch for inline skating and XC skiing, the Garmin history function, and how to use ANT+ sensors with multiple watches.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers whether to buy now or wait for the new PowerTap models, whether or not to invest in a dedicated cadence sensor for a PowerTap setup, and the best non-GPS watch for trail running.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the Bontrager Node 1 as a basic ANT+ computer, how to downgrade Garmin firmware, and the value of vibrating alerts on a watch.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray answers several questions posed by our publisher, Dan Empfield, as he struggles to make the leap to the 21st century.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses how to user mile marker alerts without auto-lap, wearing HR straps during races, and alternate Android ANT+ phones.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses using Garmin’s elevation correction feature, measuring heart rate and distance underwater, and setting up walk/run intervals.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses using a Garmin Edge 500 with a PowerTap, using the Garmin FR310XT during the swim, and some heart-rate training resources.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray compares the Garmin GTU to the Spot Tracker, discusses how to create CompuTrainer files from GPS files, and laments the lack of do-it-all HRM strap.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers using multiple ANT+ devices at the same time, how to connect a magnet to a HED3 wheel and Forerunner screen protectors.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray goes into detail on the sport by sport differences between the newly announced Garmin FR610 and the older FR310XT.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray looks at Bluetooth heart rate strap monitors, ANT+ cell phone clients and app options, and a review of smartphone clients.