10 November 2024
The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter/X and Facebook, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times these different streams don’t overlap, so be on the lookout at all these places for good stuff!
So with that, let’s get into the action!
DCR Posts In The Past Week:
Ebb and flow, quiet week this week in preparation for a busier week next week.
Monday: Week in Review – November 4th, 2024
Thursday: DJI Neo Sports Tracking Update Tested: Huge Speed Boost
YouTube Videos This Week:
Here’s what hit the tubes over on the You of Tube; definitely don’t forget to subscribe there to get notified of videos the second they hit!
Sports Tech Deals:
Companies are starting to announce their Black Friday deals, which will basically stay the same through the holiday period. I’ve been working to add them in as they get announced. In general, for most companies, if they announce sales now, won’t introduce lower prices on Black Friday for those same exact models/products, as it annoys the @#$@# out of retailers, who have to deal with price credits or returns. Stuff like the Amazon-driven sales of the Garmin Epix though, are wildcards, because that’s not really Garmin’s sale, but Amazon controlling that particular product as it’s not under Garmin’s MAP policy anymore (minimum advertised price).
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Fitbit Ace LTE Kids Activity Smartwatch – 22% off | $179 | Amazon | This was just announced this summer, and is their first full smartwatch focused on kids activity tracking and gamification. | |
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Fitbit Charge 6 – 38% off! $159 |
$99 | Amazon | This is the go-to sale price for the Fitbit Charge 6. It happens often, but it still doesn’t take away from the fast that it’s argueably the best bang for your buck fitness tracker out there. | |
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Fitbit Inspire 3 – $30 off | $69 | Amazon | ||
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Fitbit Sense 2 – $70 off | $179 | Amazon | ||
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Fitbit Versa 4 – $40 off | $119 | Amazon | ||
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Garmin Epix Sapphire/Titanium (Gen 2) – $400+ off! | $449 | Amazon | ⚡⚡⚡ This is a crazy super strong deal. Note the Epix received all of the software updates of the Epix Pro. While we saw a slightly better deal at $399 for a day back in October for the black edition, the $449 is the lowest price we’ve seen for the white titanium unit. | |
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Tacx Flux 2 Smart Trainer – $200ish off $899 |
$499 | N/A | REI | I mean, I guess. Really, I don’t see why anyone would buy this trainer at any price above $299. With the JetBlack Victory at $399 being more accurate, quiter, including WiFi, including Zwift Cog support (or mechanical cassette), including dual-Bluetooth, including Race Mode, and…one could go on and on. |
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Tacx NEO 2T Smart Trainer – $200-$300 off $1,399 |
$899 | Amazon | This is the go-to sales price for the NEO 2T, though has become more frequent over the past year. It’s still an incredible trainer, and is the top-end non-moving trainer from Garmin/Tacx. | |
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Wahoo KICKR CORE Zwift One (COG V2) + Play Controllers $499 |
$499 | Amazon | Zwift.com | This package includes the KICKR CORE with the Zwift V2 Cog, but notably now also includes the Zwift Play controllers. Basically, this saves you about $100 or so, and is the first time we’ve seen them bundle it. |
Stuff I Found Interesting Around The Interwebs:
Here’s a not-so-small smattering of all the random things that I stumbled on while doing my civic duty to find the end of the Internet:
1) Zwift Announces Mallorca April 2025 In-Person Community Event: Called ‘Zwift Community Live’, this event is being held in Mallorca and will bring in various Zwift employees, including CEO Eric Min, as well as other high-profile guests from within Zwift, and outside of Zwift. It sounds like Zwift eventually wants to grow this new annual event quite large. Obviously, that portion of the island has amazing riding, and the event is focused on outdoor riding.
2) Peloton Members get 20% off Google Fitness Devices: Of course, I’d fully suspect the Google Pixel Watch 3 will get a 20% off discount during Black Friday anyway, and the Fitbit Charge 6 got a far greater discount the last few days (see above).
3) Sony Discontinues Airpeak S1 drone: In a move that surprises exactly nobody, Sony has discontinued their drone attempt. While the drone was super interesting (theoretically) for Sony camera owners, it ultimately lagged so far behind the competitors in features, that it just wasn’t worth the effort or cost. In many ways, it was kinda like when GoPro tried to compete with DJI all those years ago (or even Skydio’s consumer drones, setting aside tracking).
4) The Pros Closet Rises Again: After auctioning off everything (that auction was crazy-pants cool full of goodness if you wanted bike stuffs), some existing employees bought out the remaining digital assets and plan to bring it back to its full glory. Disclosure: TPC sponsored various videos and FIT File podcast episodes, though, I haven’t heard from them since the closure…and frankly, they still have outstanding bills. Nonetheless, I think there’s clearly still a market for used bikes that have been professionally vetted.
5) Apple adds ability to share AirTag location with airline (or anyone): This could be super interesting, assuming airlines care to find bike boxes. As one who has an AirTag always in my bike case, and a bike case that seems to need it’s AirTag friend more often than not, this might be handy…again, if airlines make an effort to leverage it.
6) Breakdown of power meters from Kona 2024: Looks like this data was captured after all. Though, would love to see the exact unit numbers (quantities) to see how many users in the field had power. The shift from Garmin pedals to Favero pedals makes sense, as the market clearly shows that a solid product at roughly half the price is simply logical. Though, I’m far more surprised at the Quarq side of things 2x-3x’ing. Obviously, Quarq makes great power meters, but that’s a massive YoY jump in the field.
7) Zwift says they’ll probably have different crank length sizes on Zwift Ride Bike: They had previously mentioned this back this past summer, but good to see them reiterate it publicly (30:25). Plus a bunch of other interesting tidbits. Also, Zwift says they’re testing CORE sensor integration too (18:40).
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With that – thanks for reading!