Stephen Regenold has written an article about the products he has been using in his races, from desert to mountain to beach. It’s a list of specialized equipment for the ultrarunner with the following items:

Sun Runner Cap from Orgear.
Energy supplements from E-caps.
Surefire U2 Ultra from Surefire. See all Surefire products at Amazon.
Sun glasses from Smith.
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Topeak will make available two new products next February (February 2007):

A new Bikamper model, the Bikamper EXP. We talked about the current one in this post. The new Bikamper will be a bit smaller and lighter. Watch a video of the Bikamper at YouTube. If you can’t wait, get the current Bikamper at Amazon.

Two gadgets […]

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The Garmin Edge 305 is a GPS-enabled cycle computer that comes with a heart rate monitor, a cadence sensor, or both (see a comparison of the three models in GPSCity). Here you have some interesting links about it:

Review of the Edge 305 comparing it to the Polar 725. Read it here.
Last firmware update from Garmin […]

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Ethan, one of the folks at Synthesis Studios has managed to integrate the Pioneer AVIC-S1 with his bike. Here’s the result:

From his own post: "So does it work? Oooooh yeah It’s a hell of a lot of fun, too. The touchscreen is clear and easily visible in daylight, and the interface is forgiving enough […]

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As seen on Sigma’s web page there are two new wireless bike computers for next spring: the BC 1706 HR and the BC 2006 MHR. Based on the BC 1606L DTS bike computer, the BC 1706 HR also integrates heart rate monitoring. The BC 2006 MHR, in addition, measures altitude and temperature. Until you wait […]

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