– Added Komoot, BestBikeSplit, Strava Live Segment integrations – Added support for GPX, TCX, and FIT routes from USB (plus wirelessly) – Added ability to sync routes via Bluetooth (previously just WiFi) – Added Back to Start Routing, Reverse Routing I’ve gone through the firmware update notes for the last 12 months, and consolidated into what I think are the most notable non-bug related items (from hundreds of hundreds of changes): It’s these little nuanced details that might have driven folks crazy a year ago, are now gone. But in many was it’s the hundreds of smaller changes that are more important. Things like legit turn by turn directions, Strava Segment integration, and BestBikeSplit integration are all major items. The amount of changes that have occurred to the ELEMNT from launch until now is staggering. Assuming Pluto is still considered a planet. The difference is beyond night and day it’s like the Sun and Pluto. While it’s true that the Bolt’s software is the same as the original ELEMNT’s, it would be hugely mistaken to think it’s the same ELEMNT we saw a year ago. (Oh, and a side note before I get started because I don’t know where else to put it – the BOLT is shipping as of today, for $249.) What’s new and different: Mostly I just wanted an excuse to ride in the sun for a few days. Also, while I did attend Wahoo’s media event – I paid my own way for travel/hotel/etc costs. Like always, once done with the unit I’ll ship it back to them and go out and get my own. I’ve been using the BOLT for quite a while now – and thus have had plenty of time to put together an in-depth review and dive into all the nuances and details. So if you read my review a year ago, it’s a very different situation today. But as I’ll talk about in a moment – the BOLT also incorporates the last year’s worth of changes that Wahoo has made on the existing ELEMNT. The new ELEMNT BOLT packs in all the same software goodness as its larger brother, but just does so in a much smaller package nearly identical in size to Garmin’s Edge 520 and Edge 820 units. Some folks want a bigger display – and the existing ELEMNT is still there for ya. Now like their competitors, this unit isn’t designed as a successor, but rather simply another option with a different size for those who want a smaller unit. Just about one year after Wahoo started shipping the Wahoo ELEMNT, they’re back at it again with a new and smaller variant – the Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT.
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