After waiting almost 18 months for Fitbit to turn the SPO2 sensor in my Charge 3, seeing how useless the implementation is, and watching them kill off one of the feature requests I marginally cared about with a tone-deaf response which indicated that they didn’t understand the ask, I’m done. Three Fitbit trackers and five years on the platform, the magic is gone… It’s been building for a while, with many reasons,…
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One Cleat To Rule Them All
When I bought my first road bike, I briefly considered getting road shoes and pedals, but quite frankly I didn’t see the point. It’s nice to be able to walk in my shoes, not have to carry cleat covers, and now that I have a gravel bike it makes even more sense to have a single, unified, approach to shoes and pedals. Whatever bike I take, it’s the same cleat system, everything…
KOM Cycling Tubeless Sealant Injector
The KOM Cycling Tubeless Sealant Injector is the perfect mix of cost/benefit because it lets you add and check sealant levels in almost every tubeless setup. There are a couple of limitations though: one in KOM’s court, the other the valve OEM’s.…
Low weight, good price, and works well. What’s not to like? Actually not much, except that the lack of documentation makes use a bit more complicated than it should be.…
A Plant Biased Diet
About three months ago (early December) I began a “Plant Biased” diet experiment. It came as quite a shock to my family because I like meat, dairy, and eggs. There’s almost nothing I like more than butter braised steak, or an egg, ham, and cheese sandwich (what I used to eat for breakfast most days). But my cholesterol and blood pressure weren’t on great trends, so I thought it would be worth…
Prestacycle Prestaflator Pro Digital Inflator
Prestacycle makes some bold claims around the Prestaflator Pro’s performance. Unfortunately, it fails on almost all fronts. With initial inflation for tubeless tires the only redeeming aspect of the device.…
Turbo Rocks Realplate + DYI Kit Rocker Plate
Winter is here, which means more time on the trainer, or at least that is the plan. So I’ve been thinking about getting a rocker plate to to make my trainer as bum friendly as possible. There are not that many to choose from in market, and as I was not sure it would actually work. The idea of dropping over $1,000 on one was not a risk I was willing to…
First Look: Far Sports (WheelsFar) Carbon Tubeless 35mm x 28mm Wheelset
There are quite a few different Chinese wheel OEMs out there offering well spec’d wheelsets for very reasonable prices. Interestingly, there is also a dearth of information available about them. With very few reviews, especially from major sites. So when I decided to roll the dice on a set of 35mm carbon wheels from Far Sports (Farsports?), I thought it only fair to document as much about the process as I could:…
Kenda Klondike Skinny Cross K1014 Studded Tire
It’s snow and ice season here in Chicago, and what better way to free yourself from the limitations that are inherent to slippery conditions than by grabbing a set of studded gravel tires. The Klondike “Skinny” comes in two sizes this review is based on the 700C version.…
Giant Revolt 2 + SKS Chromoplastic Longboard 50 Fenders
Integrated fender (mudguard) mounts played a massive role in the selection of the Giant Revolt 2 as my all-purpose/gravel bike. Because of its tire clearance I opted for a set of fenders that will work with anything road-or-gravel sized. These SKS Chromoplastic Longboard 50 are perfect for the job, just require a bit of modification to get them mounted.…