At Last! Final Release of iSMARTtrain for Mac OS X

Finally got the new SRM cranks fitted to my Giant TCR at the weekend. It was a bit of a major task as I had to replace the existing Octalink bottom bracket with a HollowLink one to match the Dura-Ace based SRM crankset. Fitting the crank sensor in the correct location was a bit tricky,…

We got a new Polar S625x a couple of weeks ago, and I must say I’m very impressed with it. It’s my fifth Polar unit. For those of you not familar with it, it’s one of Polar’s latest Heart Rate Monitors. In addition to the usual heart rate data, it records both running and cycling…

One of the things we’re quite often asked is how to import a group of existing .hrm files into iSMARTtrain. These are often the user’s existing sessions from the Polar PPP windows software or another application, such as PC Coach, that creates files in this format. Using ‘Import’ from the ‘File’ menu only lets you…

V4.0 Beta 16 is released tonight. We’re getting pretty close to final release now, so please let me have any bugs you find or questions that you have.  Download from http://www.ismarttrain.com/beta/ Known Bugs in this release Garmin Forerunner 205, 301, 305 & Edge 205 & 205 downloads don’t work CycleOps Joule downloads may fail downloading multiple…

Beta 5 of V3.0.6 is out – download from http://www.ismarttrain.com/Beta/ This release introduces downloading from Polar RS400, RS800 RS800cx, CS400, CS600 & CS600x. Fixes in this release include: Improvements in Garmin downloading Support for new format SRM Files Totals now works correctly for multiple users support for importing iBike files Various other bug fixes As…

We’re making our annual pilgrimage to London to go to the TCR ’05 exhibition (http://swimcyclerun.co.uk) at Sandown Park this weekend. It gives me a chance to stock up on triathlon goodies for the coming season and to meet up with Joe (http://www.jbst.com) and some of our customers. Hopefully, I’ll also get time to visit the…