Ray’s Weekly Sports Electronics Mailbag

This week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics with Ray Maker of DCRainmaker.com covers a question about whether to wait for the MetriGear Vector powermeter after their acquisition by Garmin and various other items.

Ray’s Weekly Sports Electronics Mailbag

The third installment of our new weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics with Ray Maker of DCRainmaker.com covers a question about whether to buy a CompuTrainer or powermeter and various other items.

Drinking heavy metals

Concerned consumers have been returning certain protein drinks, while affected manufacturers have been working overtime to refute the Consumer Reports study. Let's separate truth from confusion.

On Innovation

Innovation is the fun part of producing triathlon. In the beginning, a race director learns the basics: what equipment is needed, how to recruit volunteers, how early to stop publishing your phone number before race weekend.

Felt’s Devox aerobar

Felt's Devox aerobar is an ambitious effort, especially for a company that specialized in making bikes, not parts. How does it stand up as an aftermarket bar?

Extensions overhaul

We need to overhaul extension shapes. After much experimentation, what have we learned? The spatial relationship between armrests and extensions is important, and, no more horizontal grips.

The final Slice

As many Slowtwitchers know, I and the Slice I rode in the Tour of California time trial did not deliver each other safely to the finish line. Nevertheless, I did promise readers a recap of that Slice.

The Slice is built (sort of)

As the late senator Moynihan put it, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own math." Okay, he said facts, not math, but the idea is the same. But now on to that Cannondale Slice.