Cervelo took several superbikes to the San Diego wind tunnel last month and tested them all exhaustively and comprehensively. Slowtwitch was there for the entire exercise. Here’s the first of several reports.
by Dan Empfield, March 4, 2011
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the benefits of Computrainer Ergo Mode, covers the best GPS for skiing, and offers a comparison of the Timex Global Trainer and Garmin 310XT.
Our look at bike lights for safety continues with the stunningly bright 900 lumen Cyclops Adventure Sport ADV. This single LED light is an attractive option at $140 for folks who need big output at a reasonable cost. A recreation-focused light, it still has a very functional flashing mode that certainly gets noticed.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses how to use your Garmin 310XT for all three legs of a triathlon, working with CompuTrainer’s occasionally erratic HR sensor, and selecting a book for HR-based training.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers a handful of questions on Garmin and their nearly ubiquitous training devices as well as how to do an FTP test using a Computrainer.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers questions on the limits of Garmin’s headunits, CompuTrainer software, and the new Nike watch designed and built in partnership with TomTom.
In the next edition of our series on bike lights for safety & visibility on the road, we look at the Joystick and Strada front lights, the RedEye rear light, and Flash/Flare front/rear combo from Exposure.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers questions on waterproof (or not-so-waterproof) devices and their role in training. And a satellite question on fitting the Garmin 800 on aerobars.
In the next edition of our series on bike lights for safety & Visibility on the road, we look at the Vis360 and Vis180 from Light & Motion. L & M lists these lights under the "Commuter" section of their website with the tagline, "Be safe. Be seen." I swear I did not plagiarize them, but I’m happy to take their good advice, and their visibility-focused and USB-rechargeable lights make it easy to do so.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers five questions on the favorite accessory of every gear geek stuck inside during the winter – the speed and distance footpod.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers questions on color options for Garmin’s Forerunner 210, high-end scales from Withings and Tanita, and the difficulties with getting raw heart rate data for analysis.
Our look at bike lights for safety & visibility continues. In the second article of this new series, we test the 550 lumen, German-made Lupine Piko 3 on a helmet and on a custom-made, but simple, aerobar mount.
Welcome to our new series on bike lights for safety & visibility. In the first article of this new series, we take a look at Orange County, CA’s Cygolite MityCross 400.
