Dave Rome

Well, what a year it has been. Things started off as usual, and then nothing was normal. The lack of travel proved a blessing in disguise as I took to my local trails and roads with greater frequency than what I’d managed in recent years, and similarly I found myself spinning spanners more often, too. And it’s that time at home that’s helped me confirm many of my most loved products of 2020.

by Dave Rome Like CyclingTips? Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive content, deals & events. Tech Round-Ups provide a look at some of the gear that comes across our desks here at CyclingTips. Sometimes it’s products we’re doing long-term tests on, other times it’s stuff we found interesting but don’t have time to fully review. And, sometimes it’s just an intriguing innovation someone sent us unsolicited.

Like CyclingTips? Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive content, deals & events. First it giveth. Then it taketh away. It was almost 13 months ago that Strava removed the ability to use external Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors within its phone app. Today Strava has announced that Bluetooth support for external heart rate measurement is back, and best of all it’s open to both paid subscribers and free users, too.