Archive for the ‘Reviews’

  • Video: Road Biking With Power HUD and ChaseCam
    A friend of mine, Jason Milliron, pointed me in the direction of this video late last week. Really shows the visual power of wattage recorders and video for training purposes and just general “hey…look what I did!”. From the owner of the video: I’ve been trying to do this on my own for weeks, but don’t know video or code. There are several...
    by 198 at January 26th, 2010 at 07:01 am
  • Review: Giro Atmos Road Biking Helmet
    Road biking helmets are a necessary evil. Ideally, we want something that provides adequate ventilation while not feeling like we have anything on our heads while we rip up the road in search of that last bit of speed. Giro comes to the table with several different helmets in their lineup for recreational to racing road bikers, and this one – The Atmos – is...
    by 198 at January 11th, 2010 at 09:01 am
  • Shimano Dura Ace Di2 – Electronic Road Bike Shifting Review
    Josh at Outspokin’ Bicycles in Woodstock, GA hit me up earlier this week with an invitation. This invite was for a Shimano Dura Ace Di2 launch party at their shop where I would get to try out the new ultra high end, electronic road bike shifting groupo from Shimano. The Shimano Dura Ace Di2 road bike groupo has been getting a lot of press lately for both its price...
    by 198 at May 29th, 2009 at 04:05 pm
  • Garmin Edge 705 – Google Maps to GPX
    Due to the enormous amount of rain we have been seeing in the southeast lately, my road bike has been seeing more use as all of the trails are soaking wet. With no end in sight, it looks like my legs are going to continue to get in some road spinning until mother nature decides to play nice. Weren’t we having something called a drought at some point in time? Anyways…the...
    by 198 at May 28th, 2009 at 04:05 pm