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Triathlon technology continues apace with a whole swathe of products claiming to have you training smarter and racing faster. Some of those claims will be supported by science and athlete input; some will be more spurious and based more on marketing than the empirical. But how do you know when something has the potential to take your performance to the next level rather than falling into a moneypit?
There's no hard-and-fast rule but our major one is the hyperbolic study that suggests using this wonder product saves you X% or more in energy or time. You look for the study and either can't find it or it's clearly lacking independence.
Apply introspection, too, when researching for your purchase. If you're the sort of athlete whose power meter's gathering dust in the garage, do you really need that