Gear

You already own a Forerunner. It tracks your runs, your sleep and your HRV, and it buzzes at you when you’ve been sitting too long. Then Garmin launched a band with no screen and half your running group started wearing one to bed. Now you’re wondering if you’re missing something, or if two Garmin devices

Buying for a triathlete is like buying for three people at once. There’s a swimmer, a cyclist and a runner in there, and each one has strong opinions about gear. Most of them already own the basics, which makes guessing risky. The good news is that December is off-season for many triathletes, so training gear

The Forerunner 265 is still a good watch. It now has a successor with a nicer screen, a speaker for phone calls and a higher price tag. If you own a 265, you’ve probably wondered whether your wrist is falling behind. If you’re shopping, you’re looking at two watches that look almost identical. Here’s the

Every group ride has the same argument. One rider swears tubeless changed their life. Another is on flat number three of the season and can’t decide whether to switch or just buy better tubes. Both have a point, and the right answer depends on how you ride and race. Here’s how tubeless vs tubes actually

Picking a first bike computer sounds easy until you open two spec sheets. Both brands promise great navigation, long battery life and easy ride tracking. Neither tells you what happens six months later, when a ride refuses to upload or the screen washes out in the sun. In our house, I ride with a Wahoo

Shopping for a runner is harder than it looks. You can’t guess her shoe size, her watch is already sorted, and a random tech shirt is a coin flip. I’ve bought running gifts for my wife and my sister over the years, and a few have earned a permanent spot in their running bags. Here

Buying gear for a new cyclist is a minefield. Bike shops love to upsell, Amazon reviews are half fake, and everyone with a road bike has an opinion on what a beginner “needs” on day one. I’ve been riding long enough to know what actually gets used and what ends up sitting in a drawer

You are two minutes into a run, the watch says 178, and you are fairly confident you are not dying. So you spend the next half hour quietly negotiating with a number on your wrist. I wanted to stop guessing, so I ran a track session wearing a Forerunner 265 on one arm and an

For years the screenless tracker category was basically one product with a subscription attached. That changed fast. Google launched the Fitbit Air in May 2026 at CA$129.99, and Garmin announced the CIRQA Smart Band on 21 July 2026 at CA$279.99, both of them subscription-optional. Whoop now has two direct competitors aimed squarely at the same

You buy a new saddle. Then a different saddle. Then better bibs, then chamois cream. Nothing quite kills the ache in your lower back or the hands that go numb after an hour. That was me for a while. I kept treating the symptoms and never looked at the thing causing them, which was how