This was the big sell of the original Wahoo and I feel like it is still a big part of the identity of the brand.
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Once you get your Wahoo Roam setup, then synced to your phone and home wifi, the system works seamlessly and you don’t ever have to plug it in to update or download rides/routes (unless you want to manually load a route). This is probably the best part of Wahoo’s computers, which can also be the most frustrating when it isn’t working.
Let’s go through some of the features on the Roam, some new and some legacy to their other computers: After having spent a lot of time with both the Wahoo Element and Bolt computer, I was quite excited about what Wahoo had cooked up for the newest Roam release. Those issues have been fixed and gotten much less buggy since then. There were still snags, in early generations you couldn’t drag and drop routes via USB on MacOS and the app was sometimes glitchy when trying to connect to wifi, not a huge deal for one but when you have 13 computers to sync it could be very frustrating. I can’t imagine not having the Wahoos on a tour anymore. As I was able to adjust routes trip to trip with changing conditions and have alternates already set up, the Wahoo computer gave me a whole new sense of control in a job filled with chaos. Now I was able to give guests a brief outline of the day and let them go off to play Pacman with the routed chevrons.
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At first, with no knowledge of RWGPS, I was handicapped and not able to adjust routes, but as I learned to make my own routes and how to edit the trip’s routes the tool became even more powerful and equally indispensable to our guides and guests. As an absolute Luddite, I was slow to accept the computer and relied on my more competent roadie coworkers already familiar with such devices. At the time I had barely used any form of GPS at all, having mainly used ACA printed cycling maps and other printed resources. The guiding outfit I worked for was an early adopter of Wahoo’s Element computers, we switched from printed RWGPS routes/cat eye wired cyclo computers to full-on GPS navigation in one swoop. I also dabble in route creation, Im no Sarah Swallow, but I’ve been dipping my toes in the water and having a Wahoo has made that a more fruitful experience.įirst off, let’s delve into my history with Wahoos. You’re probably asking, what the hell do you ride and why are you talking to me about this? Well, I like to do short mountain bike rides and longer touring routes, both of which are super rad to have a GPS device for. To start, my Review of the Wahoo Roam is definitely going to be a bit narrow in scope, I don’t often ride road bikes, have a bunch of random sensors all over my body and bike, or keep meticulous logs of all my riding, so about 50% of the cool shit this device can do goes untouched by me.
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