Tech & Wearables

Omata's One is completely unlike other GPS units. And maybe that's why you want it.

Fi'zi:k waterproof shoes, Park Tool offering grants, a sub-1000 gram Ti frame, Canyon sponsors the Belgian Waffle ride and more in The Week in Tech.

Here's the Week in Tech — all the gear news, tips, and announcements you need and none of the marketing gibberish you don't.

Here’s the Week in Tech — all the gear news, tips, and announcements you need and none of the marketing gibberish you don’t.

A new groad bike, rain gear for cat and dog lovers, indoor shoes for when it's unpleasant out, and more in The Week in Tech.

Here’s the Week in Tech — all the gear news, tips, and announcements you need and none of the marketing gibberish you don’t.

This week's tech roundup is packed with new offerings from Showers Pass, GoPro, Time, FSA, and Muc-Off, plus a PeopleForBikes campaign.

New socks for beer lovers, a bike for Little Bellas, lifetime carbon fiber warranties, and Mavic tubeless wheels.

Renovo is making bikes out of recycled whiskey casks. Plus a new website for helmet safety, Ti bikes, and alloy wheels.

For the majority of cyclists, Lezyne's Super GPS is a great way to track rides, navigate, and save a little money.

This week's tech news roundup includes new products from Adidas, Wolf Tooth, Topeak, and 7Mesh.

Sunglasses giant Oakley steps into the bike helmet market place with a line of three Aro helmets.

Silca has a bluetooth pressure gauge on new mini-pump. Wahoo hooks up workouts for its GPS devices.

This week's roundup of tech news includes a five-year extension of Mavic's neutral support for the Tour de France.

This week's roundup of tech news includes a cool Instagram feature from Oakley, a new jersey, and more.

Focus unveils a roadie-friendly e-bike concept; 3T gets aero (again), Kraftwerk partners with Canyon, and new Lazer aero helmets.

Bianchi's new aero bike could be good for triathlon too. Niner has an updated 'cross rig, and Stan's beats the heat with new carbon wheels.

There is a technical solution to the head injury problem. It already exists and is both proven and commercially available.

The Kurt Kinetic Rock and Roll trainer has a much more dynamic feel, closer to that of an actual road than anything short of riding rollers.

Bkool's Smart Pro Trainer is an affordable way to spice up indoor rides with a virtual world, smooth resistance, and a stable platform

We found the Elite Rampa was a good, functional smart trainer, but it is not perfect.

If you can stomach the price and want the best experience riding indoors during snow season, it may be just what you need.

Skulpt’s Chisel scanner helps athletes identify their physiological strengths and weaknesses by scanning different muscle groups.

New GoPro feature displays your stats; Wahoo improves Elemnt GPS; Sufferfest partners with Apex Coaching, and data-friendly artwork.

Farley fat bikes recalled, new Rapha kit, Campagnolo EPS jives with Wahoo, and more Brooks saddle options.

Catch up on some of the tech news from this week, including new kits from POC that Cannondale – Drapac will wear next season.

Rapha remembers Peace Race, SRAM expands eTap gear range, an inventor creates a goo to stick GoPros to bikes, and Scapin wins.

Paul brings purple back, a super-light bike lock, BSX monitors your hydration, and Yakima lets you camp on top of your car.

Quarq and SRAM unveil new cranksets, Rocky Mounts has a new hitch rack, Cycliq improves its safety camera, and Northwave has a windproof jersey.

This week's tech news roundup includes new disc brake wheels from Zipp, fatter Yeti bikes, and more.

Pivot introduces a new 'cross bike that likes gravel too, Lazer unveils an aero road lid, Why bikes launches a line of ti frames, and Clement has a faster gravel tire.

This week's tech news roundup includes custom titanium bikes made by Utah-based Why Cycles.

In this edition of the VeloNews video review series, Tech in Motion, Dan Cavallari talks about new Garmin gear and Specialized's S-Works Prevail II helmet.

K-Edge has improved an already-stellar product, making this mount the most solid and versatile on the market.

The Edge 820 could be Garmin's best head unit to date with turn-by-turn navigation and the ability to find bike-friendly routes, as well as training functions.

Moots unveils new bike, Smith gets in the Olympic spirit, Polar ditches the chest strap, and Brooks has a new helmet.

The latest news in the tech world includes a Yeti SB6C giveaway, disc brake wheels by Campy, and much more.

Lennard Zinn explains how a finish-line camera really works after a viewer sees something weird in Tour de France TV coverage.

This week, Mavic unveils its new mountain bike rims, SRAM announces new eTap Clic shifters for aerobars, and much more.

Olympic hopefuls get smart glasses; Rapha has new shades too; you can ride the Giro with Bkool and improve your GPS devices — both Wahoo and Garmin.

We put three lights made by Niterider, Bontrager, and Knog to the test to see how their various functions performed.

Silca announces tubeless valves, Kask celebrates the Giro, Rapha offers free shoe covers, and Rudy Project has new Rx lenses.

Felt is one of the first companies to offer bikes with SRAM eTap, Rapha unveils updated Brevet kit, and 7mesh shows off spring apparel.

Rolf reveals carbon clinchers, Speedvagen shows off 2016 bikes, new Bonk Breaker, Gevenalle and Lindarets/WolfTooth gear.

Garmin's Edge 20 is a simple, affordable GPS option, but riders might want to spend a little more for ANT+ and Bluetooth connectivity.

Enve offers new 'cross tubulars, Niner upgrades all-road frames with thru-axles, Lezyne will give away GPS computers, and more.

Helmet companies offer HR sensors and aim for better brain protection; IceDot has a new texting feature, and Dero maps Fixit stations.

Salsa has a book for bikepackers, new sunglasses are debuted at the Tour, and Bulls is looking to make a splash in the U.S.

This training tool is great for amateurs and pros alike, as it gives a measurement of one's lactate threshold without pricking fingers

Our resident training expert, Trevor Connor, reviews the WattBike Pro indoor trainer

New app displays real-time-data on the athlete’s wrist when used with soon-to-be-released iPhone-friendly watch

Kitsbow does jeans, a hyper-accurate low pressure pump from Silca, Seven Cycles for charity, new 7Mesh jacket, and sponsor news

The latest tire size trend, SRAM teams with Velocio, Quarq offers power meter trade-in, and high-end kids' bikes, in time for Christmas

New clothing from Pavé; Strava adds heart rate to Fitness and Freshness tool; and Wheels Manufacturing's eccentric bottom bracket

Use Strava's Top Spots to find a coffee shop while munching pumpkin pie Clif bars on your new Diamondback with daytime running lights

Lennard Zinn explains how a helmet-mounted heart rate monitor is his favorite option

Yeti has a new 27.5 super bike, Enve's got a backpack for wheels, Enduro 30mm-24mm BB system is now ceramic, and Trek partners with Samsung

A guide to riding outside Nice, a dropper seatpost for your 27.2" seat tube, and a new jersey from Search and State

SRAM has begun shipping its hydraulic road discs, Mavic introduced a new enduro wheelset, and Wraith frames are available

Custom tires, cyclocross bikes and heaps of mechanical creativity abound at the Hell of the North, Paris-Roubaix

The helmet-mounted pod notifies loved ones of a crash using an app on your cell phone

Garmin’s long awaited pedal-based Vector power meter arrives on the heels of half a decade of development

Caley Fretz has a peek at Cav's new toy — hydraulic rim brakes from SRAM

The iPhone app, created by Orica-GreenEdge's Brett Lancaster and his physical therapist Cher Hetherington, is aimed at cyclists

Tricks and tips for setting up the new Garmin 810 cycling computer

The SoLite 250 is a lightweight, USB-rechargeable headlight good for dark, winter night riding. Just bring an air horn for scaring off coyotes

The new ICEdot Crash Sensor notifies contacts after a head impact, sending a text message with GPS coordinates

Grip Shift makes a return, Gerrans powers up and Specialized electrifies in Europe only

Quarq’s CinQo Saturn power meter: Knowledge is power, and vice versa.

Avoid these and you will be well on your way toward getting the most out of your device.

Coach Neal Henderson answers a reader who wonders if, in the age of wattage meters, training by heart rate still makes sense.

Home and travelling mechanics, trail guides and epic trail riders will all appreciate the Quick-True Tool's portable nature.

Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into an ANT+ power meter, or just a head unit.

GoPro now has an "entry-level" version of its hands-free HD HERO video camera —  the HD HERO 960.

The proliferation of helmet, or "wearable," cameras has never been greater, and there is one to fit just about every budget. Singletrack.com takes a look at the GoPro Hero, Epic Wide, the V.I.O. 1.5 and the ContourHD.

Over the years Jeff Louder (BMC) has been a pretty noticeable guy at The Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic – he’s been on too many stage podiums to count, and has finished in the top three overall five times, including third overall at the 2009 race, which concluded July 26. At this year’s race, he stood out in another way – he had an odd circular pink and black object stuck to the top of his helmet.

Getting a rider ready for the Tour de France, and the six- and seven-hour days in the saddle that come with it, requires a great deal of attention to detail. One detail that gets constant attention before and during the Tour involves the proper set up of new shoes and other equipment. These are often critical issues, because if a new shoe cleat is in even a slightly different position from where the old one was or a seat is a bit higher or lower or more forward or back from what the rider is used to, or the bar is positioned differently than before, it can be a big problem. Riding so hard

VeloNews technical writer Lennard Zinn is a frame builder, a formerU.S. national team rider and author of several books on bikes and bikemaintenance. Zinn's VeloNews.com column is devoted to addressing readers'technical questions about bikes, their care and feeding and how we as riderscan use them as comfortably and efficiently as possible. Readers can sendbrief technical questions directly toZinn. Zinn’s column appears regularly on VeloNews.com.Question:It would seem like the ultimate night riding light would be an L.E.D.light for light weight and efficiency. Has there been anyone working