Hammerhead Team Journal
Joe Cruz | Ride for more.
Having traveled 6 continents on bike, bikepacker and philosophy professor Joe Cruz reflects on what it means to exist in a place and to be open to its story.
Karoo 2 - Ride for more
Our ability to transcend what seems possible - to push further, to dig deeper, to climb higher - is more powerful than gravity itself. By exploring new roads we expand our horizons. Because deep within ourselves, we know that there is more.
9x World Champion Flora Duffy and Cycling Tech Innovators, Hammerhead, Team Up to Support Kids in Sport
Hammerhead and Olympian Flora Duffy are teaming up to create a custom-designed Karoo 2 inspired by her home territory of Bermuda. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this design will go to The Flora Fund, a sport-funding program established in 2018 by Flora Duffy to support other young Bermudian athletes.
How Bike Odyssey Leverages the Karoo to Facilitate World-Class Bike Tours
We had a chance to chat with Sam Wood, Bike Odyssey's lead guide, and learn more about how he has been using the Karoo to guide clients on iconic cycling adventures around the world.
A Three-Day Journey to Colorado Citizenship
It might have taken a pandemic and lack of racing to show me the beauty of a true adventure ride, but I can tell you now…I am hooked.
Sean Gardner and His Karoo Set a New Everesting World Record
Just weeks after setting a U.S. National Everesting record, but missing out on the world no. 1, Sean Gardener is now the official world record holder.
In Search of Sanctuary
Sometimes you dream about waking up one morning and setting out for the big adventure, leaving the daily life behind. More rarely though, you take the freedom to actually do it – to dare to go on that voyage, discover unknown land and fresh air, and rediscover the beauty of an empty mind.
Sean Gardner Breaks US National Everesting Record with Karoo
With no domestic pro racing in 2020 due to ongoing pandemic concerns, CS Velo Racing climber, Sean Gardner, needed to find something to ride for. He planned an audacious attempt on the Everesting world record.
A Fresh Look for your Karoo
Software version 1.141.858.3 isn't just about looking great: we’ve redesigned your Karoo with usability and your in-ride experience in mind.
Arriving With Our Upcoming Design Updates: The Most Intuitive User Experience in Cycling
We believe that, above all, the Karoo must be the most reliable and easy to use cycling computer in order for its powerful features to enhance your rides effectively.
How We Adapted to Deliver a Transformative Cycling Experience During Covid-19
Building a revolutionary product during a global crisis, while also delivering powerful software updates, isn't easy. Here's how we've risen to the challenge.
Introducing Auto Wheel Circumference Setting
The Karoo launched with a global wheel circumference setting, designed for cyclists who wanted to use a speed sensor. Although a speed sensor is not required to use the Karoo—its on-board GPS handles in-ride speed—there are many use-cases where our users have found speed sensors useful.
Over the course of the past couple of years, we’ve added more flexibility to this option. Many changes to this feature have been part of more general enhancements that improve everybody’s rides. We’ve allowed you to prioritize whether you use GPS or speed sensor with an intuitive drag and drop system, which also worked great for managing multiple sensors more generally. And we’ve introduced bike profiles, which allowed users who used speed sensors on several bikes to set and save wheel circumference on a per-bike basis.
Our newest change is specifically for speed sensor users. Automatic GPS-based wheel circumference means you can push on and ride with no setup, while still getting accurate results from your speed sensor. This is now the default setting on your Karoo, so there’s nothing more you need to do. If you like the manual setting instead, it’s still there. Just head to the Settings menu and enable it.
Learn more: Setting the Wheel Circumference
What else is new?
- We’ve updated the data field font. This is one part of many incremental UI updates Karoo users will be getting… you might consider it a sneak peek! We’re delivering these changes in logical chunks that minimize disruption while bringing fine elements of the Karoo 2 experience to Karoo users first—rest assured that there’s a coherent, consistent, and well-designed plan behind these UI updates, and a beautiful whole that they’ll make up.
- Auto-pause has been moved from individual page profiles to a global setting. Changing the Auto Pause Settings.
- Fixed an issue that was causing an incomplete list of Strava Live Segments to sync. This was a pretty rare bug, but one that could be frustrating if it affected a segment you wanted to attack. All of your starred segments should now sync correctly on device boot.
- More changes to sensor screen settings, elevation, and the Dashboard.