COROS Compatibility
We're happy to announce that SportTracks now fully supports auto-sync with COROS watches! This feature supports the PACE, APEX and VERTIX models.To get started, install the COROS app on your phone and...
View ArticleUnderstanding Bike Trainer Tech
The basic concept behind bike trainers is easy to understand: it's a device that you attach to a bike so you can ride indoors in a stationary manner. They are deceptively simple from afar, but when you...
View ArticlePlan Your Year in SportTracks
Tracking and analyzing workout data is incredibly useful and can help you achieve faster times and new personal records while avoid injuries and burnout, but in order to get there you need to embrace...
View ArticleCalories and Exercise
The calorie count of the foods we eat and the benefits of burning them with exercise are something you hear about all the time — yet the actual nuts-and-bolts about how it's all supposed to work are...
View ArticlePerformance vs. Distance
A similar pattern often occurs when people get interested in endurance sports for the first time. They start out wondering if they have what it takes to complete a 5K, a sprint triathlon, a criterium,...
View ArticleHow to Use Training Load
We athletes live in great times where there are abundant devices available with which to measure and collect data about our exercise workouts. Just spend some time on the SportTracks blog and you will...
View ArticleBike Terms Defined
Bike Parts GlossaryCog: One of the rear sprockets that attaches to the hub on the rear wheel.Cassette:A group of stacked sprockets on the rear wheel of a bicycle with a rear derailleur.Chainring:A...
View ArticleFinding My Gear
The Gearing DilemmaLike many individuals riding dirt, I’m considering going to a single chainring from the current double. What we’re going to do is look at the current maximum and minimum gearing...
View ArticleBike Gearing 101
They say power is nothing without control.While I agree with that statement wholeheartedly, sometimes the trouble is effectively utilizing the power.This article is the first in a discussion on...
View ArticleBike Gearing Part 2
Quick Navigation:Picking up where we left offCrankset FundamentalsThis article is the second in a series on bicycle gearing. If you missed out on the first article, it’s highly recommended...
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