I previously published a guide on the best discrete lightweight belt-driven e-bikes. That post was inspired by my review of the Vanpowers City Vanture, which is a 15.5kg belt-driven bike that looks almost identical to a normal hybrid bike you will see out and about. I have reviewed a lot of e-bikes, but the Vanpowers …
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Wahoo has expanded the integration with third-party apps for their range of ELEMNT devices. The first up is Trailforks which sounds like it will be a great addition for anyone that rides trails. The integration will allow users to sync routes from their Trailforks account directly to the Wahoo ELEMNT Bike computers and ELEMNT Companion …
In the past, I always turned my nose up at people wasting their money on the flagship Nike running shoes when it was obvious they were not competitive runners. Being the hypocrite I am, I ended up buying a pair of Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% during the sales. I think I paid £160 from …
The FlexiSpot Q8 was launched at the end of last year and is one of the top models FlexiSpot produces. It sits close to the top of their product range and is one of the most expensive standing desks on the market. It is a beautiful table packed with features, and I think it would …
Multiple sites have listed the Garmin Forerunner 965 with what appears to be the official marketing images and a full product description. Both retailers have the Garmin Forerunner 965 listed at $599.99. Garmin has also posted to Twitter confirming a new watch is coming soon and a caption of light up your run. It seems …
I reviewed the Xiaomi Watch S1 and S1 active this time last year, and I thought both watches were excellent. As a keen runner and cyclist, I am a bit more of a Garmin man myself, but if I wanted to go for a less fitness focussed smartwatch, I’d certainly be looking at Xiaomi as …
Wahoo X and the virtual cycling platform RGT may be a long way off the popularity of Zwift, but you have to give Wahoo some credit for rolling out regular updates and pushing the platform ahead at a much greater pace than Zwift. Today, Wahoo has introduced steering into RGT. Zwift may have had this …
Following on from the latest Garmin Forerunner 965 specification leak. The same retailer also listed the Garmin Forerunner 265. That product page has been taken down, but again, it is still cached with Google. There is also a grainy low res picture that appears to be a screenshot from a PDF. There is no guarantee …
Yesterday, I reported that the Garmin Forerunner 965 and FR265 could be launching soon. A retailer had listed both of the watches with a placement page, and this is a trend we have seen happen with Garmin launches before. Even Garmin can’t stick to their own embargos as they regularly put products live well before …
After a busy summer of launches, Garmin hasn’t had any big releases for a few months. The Garmin Bounce was launched in January, and the Garmin Instinct Crossover in November. The Garmin MARQ Gen2 launched in October, it’s based on the Garmin Epix, but due to the price, it is quite a niche product. It …
Changing the band on your Apple Watch is a simple process that can be done in just a few steps. Whether you want to change the band for a new look or to replace a worn band, the process is essentially the same. Apple sells multiple styles of bands. You have the default band that …
I am a big fan of all things to do with health technology. I used to be very unfit and unhealthy, and using technology has helped me understand my body better and how to improve both my health and fitness performance. I am also getting old, so monitoring various health aspects has become increasingly important. …
At CES 2023, Withings unveiled its most unusual piece of health tech to date, the Withings U-Scan. This is a breakthrough in-home biomarker analysis platform, and it goes inside your toilet. One of the company’s most technologically advanced devices to date, U-Scan is a miniaturized health lab that hygienically sits within any toilet bowl to …
I have covered quite a few blood pressure monitors over the years. I think it is an important health metric to monitor regardless of age or fitness. We live in a stressful world, and the majority of people in the UK and the US are overweight. Monitoring your blood pressure is a good way to …
I have covered air purifiers and indoor air quality quite a lot in the past couple of years. For the air purifiers, these have all just been based on HEPA filters. Even though air purifiers can get expensive, they are essentially just big fan shoving air through a filter, which does make you question why …
My first experience with indoor smart turbo trainers was the wheel-on Bkool Smart Pro 2. I later bought and reviewed the excellent Tacx Flux S, I think I paid £400 for it during Black Friday, and it turned out to be an amazing investment which later served me incredibly well during all the lockdowns keeping …