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Those of you who read Velodramatic regularly know I have a dark addiction to high-end cycling kit. I go one or two weeks without feeding the habit and my pedal stroke breaks down (more ankling [...]

MotionBased Connect Rant II

My friend Brian Palmer who publishes the excellent and entertaining WashingMachinePost is well into a very thorough review of the new Garmin 705 hardware you should be reading. This morning he emailed me asking what all the MotionBased fuss was about… worried perhaps that I was headed towards the book repository with a sniper rifle. [...]

I received this today from Garmin.

Your MotionBased account status has been updated to MotionBased Lite. You may still login to MotionBased using your current username and password to access the features MotionBased Lite provides. Even though you’re limited to your 10 most recent activities with MotionBased Lite, your data will still be stored at MotionBased [...]

Cycling Needs Intelligence Testing

There is light at the end of the tunnel and hopefully today it’s shining brightly into the eyes of Riccardo Riccò in a police station somewhere in France. Fool.

I’m starting to believe it’s time for race organizers to add intelligence testing to the doping controls administered during races. And after yesterday morning’s commute there’s at [...]

I didn’t want it to come to this. The honeymoon with my Edge 305 and the MotionBased subscription service ended months ago. These days we’re both just going through the motions and the lies and recriminations are starting to pile up. She’s always been temperamental. Lord knows I’ve tried to provide a receptive environment, one [...]

4,000 Road Miles and Counting on my Favorite Specialized Cycling Shoes
I’ll admit I liked the look of the Specialized Trail 120 shoes the minute I first saw them. True to their brand name, they’ve really turned out to be something special.

The rare 3/4 height offers great ankle support throughout the entire pedal stroke and [...]