If you’re out bike riding, trail running, or rock climbing, and you’re carrying a smartphone, you want to protect it. In those situations, it’s a matter of when – not if – the phone will take a tumble! That’s why when a case was being hyped up
Continue reading →What do you do if you want to enjoy some tunes while you’re out riding, but you don’t want to interfere with your hearing by using earbuds? Mount a Bluetooth speaker on your handlebar! Lots of these portable Bluetooth speakers are out there already (with more popping
Continue reading →If you’ve ever had your bike stolen, you know that gut-wrenching feeling you get when your bike isn’t where you left it. You also know the lengths to which you’ll go to track it down (not only to get the bike back but to exact revenge on
Continue reading →Before smartphones became so prevalent in our daily lives, there was only one reason to carry a phone along on your adventures. For emergency phone calls, obviously. Today, people are carrying their phones to help them navigate, to record their rides and runs on Strava, and to
Continue reading →Carrying a smartphone while riding is not something I usually recommend, especially if you have an expensive phone that’s going to cost you a lot of money out-of-pocket to replace. But there are times it makes sense to carry a smartphone with you. Perhaps you need navigation
Continue reading →The question is no longer, “should I get a GPS device?” The question is, which one? When it comes down to it, the debate is between purchasing a Garmin Edge 500 for $200 or using your smartphone and a GPS app. If you already have a smartphone
Continue reading →Last time I bought a cell phone, there weren’t many good choices – the too-trendy iPhone, some weird new things they called “droids,” and a cool new BlackBerry. Obviously I got the BlackBerry, and it has served me well, but it’s apparent that BlackBerries have now been
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