Operation Gadget

Category: Fitness Gadgets

  • How I Ruined a Perfectly Good Polar Wearlink Transmitter

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a fitness gadget maniac, I’m not supposed to admit this, but… I occasionally make mistakes when it comes to handling my gear. My latest mistake was damaging the battery cover on the Polar Wearlink Transmitter that I use with my Polar S-725 Heart Rate Monitor. This occurred for two reasons: I…

  • Nike and Apple Announce a Music-Centric Approach to Fitness Gadgets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNike and Apple team up to create a running computer that consists of a pair of shoes, a motion sensor, and an iPod nano. [ Photo: Apple Computer, Inc. ] On my son’s birthday, Nike and Apple announced a collaboration that will initially allow a pair of Nike running shoes to…

  • Xtracycle Free Radical Conversion Kit Makes Your Mountain Bike into a Work Horse

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOur friends at Cool Tools pointed out the Xtracycle FreeRadical rear wheel extender kit. This is a well-designed conversion for old, well built mountain bikes and hybrids that can help you haul lots of heavy and bulky gear with it. The FreeRadical is available in 26-inch and 700cc versions, depending on…

  • Successful Executives Building “Treadputers” to Work While They Exercise

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBrad Feld’s Treadputer: Venture capitalist Brad Feld added a 3.2-GHz IBM ThinkCentre to his Vision Fitness T9450HRT Treadmill. This lets him get his runs in while he’s on conference calls. [ Photo: Brad Feld ]. Brad Feld is a managing director at Mobius Venture Capital based in Boulder, Colorado. He challenges himself by running…

  • A Bike Storage Rack to Organize the Garage or Basement

    Reading Time: 2 minutesEver since I got my Trek 1500 at Christmas, I’ve been looking for a bike rack that supports more than two bikes and can handle a lot of biking-related gear as well. Until then, Kathleen and I were a two-bike family: I rode a rock-solid Marin Bear Valley SE that probably had…

  • How to Listen to Race Radio at the 2006 Tour de Georgia

    Reading Time: 2 minutesKevin Ward asked: Do you have any ideas on listening to the “Radio Tour” Channel, 450.8875 MHz at the Ford Tour de Georgia? I am going to try a NASCAR type scanner from Radio Shack. The scanner I have will also decode the CTCSS quiet code so that I can listen in…

  • Trek to Investigate Hincapie Crash in Paris-Robaix Cycling Race

    Reading Time: 2 minutesHincapie’s Trek in Pieces: The bike was built up from a Trek 5200, with carefully-selected components designed to make riding over cobblestones easier. [ Photo: AFP via VeloNews ] TDFblog.com has an excellent report on Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix Cycling Race. This race, often referred to by the nickname “Hell of the North”, was exactly that…

  • Garmin Edge 305HR+ Will Give Polar a Ride for Its Cycling Computer Money

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor years I’ve been a big Polar heart rate monitor fan. My Polar S-725x rides on the handlebars of my Trek 1500 everyday. But, recently, I’ve been looking at the Garmin Edge 305HR+ and I really think that it has a lot of potential as an alternative to pure cycling computers…

  • Polar Precision Performance Software Gets Another Update

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJanus Sandsgaard of Machine Culture emailed me on Friday to point out that Polar Precision Performance Software has been updated to add the following new features: Double-clicking on day row opens the Diary to Daily details page. Week count extended to max. 20 (Calendar Properties – General – Number of Weeks)…