Wahoo Fitness

This is my third set of stainless steel Speedplay Zero pedals. After 1100 miles on this set, it's still too early for me to report on longevity of the new sealed bearings. I had 30,000 miles and 25,000 miles on my first and second sets. They required periodic lubrication with a grease gun and were often messy since the grease oozed from the inside of the pedal housing. The bearings were fine over their respective lifetimes, but the pedal design did not have the stainless steel completely around the body like the new version. Hence, the hard plastic wore down over time. The new version seems to take more effort to clip in and out of the pedal than the older style. It requires me to be more focused on this maneuver, but it does provide more assurance of staying clipped in under hard efforts. Since I clip in and out a lot during rides, I appreciate the two-sided entry. I can quickly clip in and get up to speed from stopping at red lights or stop signs.

More safety with motorists is a real good thing! I almost bought the Garmin version a while back since many of my riding buddies liked theirs, but when I heard Wahoo was coming out with this radar unit I decided to wait and match it to my new Wahoo head unit. Setup was very quick and easy. Battery life is excellent and the radar is very accurate. Of course I still use my sunglasses mirror for busy SoCal streets, but when you are flying downhill it's nice to know you can take the entire lane with no cars behind you. Yes, it's a bit pricey, but your safety is always worth it!

I've had this for about a month now and ridden with it at least 20 times. While I wasn't sure I really needed it when I bought it, it has become almost a necessity now that I have used it. I am a senior rider (78 years), and it is wonderful having the few seconds of extra notification of a car approaching from behind. It gives one sound when a car is approaching, a slightly different sound when a string of cars is approaching, and a different sound if the approaching car turns off at another street before passing you. It also has a graphic display on the Element Bike Computer which changes color from green to orange to red as the car approaches. We have a lot of younger (almost everyone is younger than me now days) riders who are very capable (fast) including a fair number of pros (Boulder, Colorado), and the Trackr also alerts me when someone on our many bike trail is approaching on a bike. While I always double check with a mirror, this is a necessity at my age and probably useful for younger riders. The only issue I've found is riding a bikeway that parallels a highway (such as the one along US 36 from Boulder to Denver). The unit kind of goes crazy (constant beeping) in that situation and I have had to turn it off.