If rumors and preliminary impressions are true, there is a new biking pc about to disrupt the market with an astonishing battery life.
Biking Weekly is on the bottom on the world’s premier gravel occasion, Unbound Gravel, which is more and more changing into a launching pad and testing floor for the newest gravel tech. We already wrote concerning the unreleased 13-speed SRAM Crimson XPLR AXS groupset we noticed on a number of professional bikes, however this new head unit could come as a much bigger shock.
The pinnacle unit is known as Dura and is made by a GPS sportwatch model referred to as COROS. Based in 2016, the corporate could also be comparatively new within the sports activities know-how trade, but the model has shortly gained a popularity for its high-performance options, coaching packages, and spectacular battery life, attracting a devoted following amongst endurance athletes.
Given the obvious partnerships with long-distance cyclists current right here at Unbound, it will actually appear that COROS is aiming to deliver these strengths to its first biking pc as effectively.
“We’ve got usually been requested once we would create a motorbike pc. Whereas we have now all the time been keen about biking, we did not wish to develop a brand new head unit with out creating one thing completely different,” the model states.
With the Dura, COROS goals to produce athletes with “the last word biking journey and coaching companion.”
Fairly smooth package deal for a feature-rich pc with large battery life
(Picture credit score: Anne-Marije Rook)
The unit will launch later in June, however at Unbound, a number of professionals are already counting on the pc to get them by the 200-mile problem within the notorious Flint Hills.
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“The battery life is large,” Life Time Grand Prix athlete Haley Smith informed Biking Weekly, revealing she has but to cost the unit since receiving it on the Sea Otter Traditional in April – 90 hours of driving time and counting.
“No extra coming to Unbound questioning in the event you ought to have a second pc in your pocket in case it dies,” Smith commented. “And the interface is actually good, too.”
Smith would not reveal a lot however did share that the companion app is stocked with all of the options cyclists have come to anticipate and wish out of an app, together with route creation and navigation, information monitoring and coaching instruments.
Haley Smith is counting on the Coros Dura to see her by the 200 miles of Unbound
(Picture credit score: Anne-Marije Rook)
Might this be the Garmin and Wahoo competitor long-distance cyclists have been ready for?
From the primary glimpses we have seen, the pc is surprisingly smooth, given its supposed battery life and capabilities. It is about as huge as a Hammerhead Karoo however considerably thinner. The Dura sports activities a big, colourful show, and a photo voltaic panel that’s a lot bigger than what we have been seeing on Garmin’s Photo voltaic merchandise. The rolling knob on the aspect of the unit is a nod to the model’s watch heritage. In wristwatches, the knob is known as a crown and historically had the necessary operate of setting the time and winding the watch. The ‘crown’ on the GPS biking pc permits you to navigate the unit’s settings and pages.
Keep tuned for extra information concerning the COROS Dura in addition to a evaluation to come back mid to late June.
