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News May 17, 2022

Garmin Varia RCT715 – Camera + Radar – Leaks

First off. YES PLEASE! This is a no brainer, and I’m glad that Garmin has [allegedly] finally brought something to market. Specs are a bit thin on the ground (Reddit says $400 and 5 hours of battery life), but if those numbers are true and it’s 4K that’s not terrible; obviously more battery life would be preferred, but hey there’s only so much you can do with one built-in battery. Reddit…

News May 12, 2022

Zwift Pauses Their Ride

So remember how Zwift was working on their own hardware? Well, that’s not happening anymore. They’ve announced layoffs and a pause to the IRL Tron bike project. Bummer… Apparently the same slowdown that hit Wahoo is also impacting them. Probably bit of world returning to outside riding and general economic uncertainty. Zwift is calling this a “pause” rather than a halt, meaning however unlikely it seems, Zwift hasn’t ruled out one day…

News May 12, 2022

Garmin fēnix 6 – Firmware 21.00

Garmin changed the BETA process for 21.00, and I happily opted in. No major issues to report, but I have been having an ongoing problem with the Training Effect (TE) displayed on the initial activity report since 20.86. Where it shows the TE from the previous activity (or nothing if I rebooted b/w activities) on the first screen, but the correct one when digging into the details (see below). They are claiming…

News April 21, 2022

Cheap Wahoo Kickr Alert

PSA – this is the cheapest I’ve seen the big daddy V5 2020 Wahoo Kickr. Normally, I’d guess that they are clearing space for a 2022 model, since Wahoo is discounting too (but not at this level), but it’s a really strange time of year to launch a new trainer… Even if that is the case, $840 with free shipping for one of the best trainers available is still a slamming deal.…

News April 19, 2022

Garmin Rolls out 9.30 for EDGE 530/830 & 6.30 for 1030/1030 Plus

Not a huge list of changes, but nice to see the fixes and added support for Connect IQ 5. I’ve been running the BETAs leading up to it, and got the 9.30 update on Sunday, so I’m guessing most of you have it, or will get it very soon. All is good on my end. Changes made from 9.10 to 9.30: Added support for Connect IQ System 5. Changed gear battery data…

News April 5, 2022

Stop-as-Yield wins another state

Despite many drivers dislike for the “unfairness” of Stop-as-Yield (also known as the Idaho stop), it’s safer for cyclists. So it’s great to see that another state has joined (pending a signature) the fold on this concept. CO is a great place to ride a bike, so nice to see that it’s getting even better. Wish that IL would get with the program here… Bicyclists who roll through stop signs will no…

News March 26, 2022

What the F@$%^@#, Garmin?!?

I literally yelled those words, well swap out the special characters, at my TV yesterday while I was on the trainer catching up on some DCR YouTube… If you’ve already seen his video I imagine that you had a similar experience when Ray mentioned that the price is $300, for a couple bearings and some plastic. Because there is no universe where that is a reasonable price for what the Tacx Neo…

News March 17, 2022

Saris Launches MHS Hitch System

I have a Saris SuperClamp EX 4-Bike that I use all the time to carry bikes around. It’s even on the car right now :). As cool as it is, there are times when something like the new Saris MHS could be a step up in capability, if they do interesting things with the modularity of the system. In its current form, it still might be better because it looks like there’s…

News February 16, 2022

Zwift Update 1.22.1

There should be a rule about releasing updates on holidays, even kinda-fake ones like Valentine’s Day. This is mostly selfish, I would have worked way fewer New Years Eves over the years… Anyway, on to the good stuff. TBH, I wasn’t expecting much, but there’s actually something useful in the “Improvements” section: you can now adjust workouts by +/- 25% (instead of 10%). This is huge for me because I use that…

News February 14, 2022

Garmin fēnix 6 – Firmware 20.50

The release is mostly bug fixes, and the same as the 20.42 BETA that I’ve been running for a while. But it’s also a good sign that Garmin is still updating the fēnix 6. Fortunately, if you want it, you can get it now. No need to wait for the rolling release plan. 20.50 Full Release Change Log (Since v20.30): Updated the software update process to allow the user to defer the…

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