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All good training plans have one thing in common: a clear roadmap to success—whatever that means to you. Whether you’re getting in shape for a gravel event or logging miles on the road, measurable success comes from strategic, targeted training. Pros like Olympic triathlete Flora Duffy, gravel champion Paul Voss, and cyclist Maghalie Rochette don’t ride without a plan. Instead, they carefully plan their routes so that each ride leads to specific training goals. “Hammerhead has been a game changer in my training,” says Voss. “Detailed and accurate navigation and the insights from CLIMBER are critical to my success in gravel racing.”
Want to take your training to the next level? The Hammerhead Karoo can help you plan your routes and make the most of every minute in the saddle.
See the road ahead
You’ve probably ridden your favorite routes dozens of times. Why? Because you know exactly what to expect – distance, duration, elevation gain, and when to stop by your favorite bakery for a treat. Hammerhead’s industry-leading navigation tool brings the familiarity and effectiveness of your tried-and-tested routes to every ride. “Our teams are radically focused on removing the complexity of creating and editing bike-safe routes,” says Jess Braun, Category Director at Hammerhead. The Hammerhead Dashboard makes it easy to create routes based on your training plan. Choose your preferred surface, plan routes that target specific fitness goals, and add custom points of interest along the way. “When you’re ready to ride,” says Braun, “the Hammerhead user experience makes it effortless to sync your routes to the Karoo from the dashboard.”
Once you’re in the saddle, the precise GPS, easy-to-read maps and bike-specific navigation cues – including beeper alerts to warn you of turns and approaching traffic – help you stay on course while keeping your eyes on the road. If you do get off course, the Hammerhead Companion app can get you back on track. “The Hammerhead Companion app and Karoo connectivity are pretty insane,” Rochette says. “I travel a lot and don’t always know where I am during a ride. One incredible feature of the app is that I can search for a location on Google Maps on my phone. I click a button and my Karoo instantly shows me a bike-friendly route to get there, even without Wi-Fi connectivity.”
Connect and drive
With the ability to connect all your cycling tech – from SRAM AXS products to training apps to e-bikes, ANT+ lights and more – to a single controller, Karoo is the ultimate companion on every ride. “One of my favorite features is that I can connect the SRAM AXS shifters to my Hammerhead Karoo,” says Rochette. “This allows me to see how much time I spent in each gear during my ride and whether my gear selection was optimal for a particular route.”
Despite all of the advanced connectivity, Karoo focuses on simplicity so you can focus on your ride rather than your gear. The user-friendly interface is fully customizable, so view the stats you need and use the advanced features you want without unnecessary complexity. “I’ve created different profiles for training and racing,” says Rochette. “My race data is very basic – it just shows me speed, distance, time and power. When I’m training, I want to see a little more detail, so I add HR, cadence and other features to the display.” The Karoo interface is so user-friendly that Rochette says she even found herself switching between data windows on the fly while riding.
Driving in all conditions
“The Karoo is built to be tough, no matter what the ride throws at you,” says Braun. “Our design and development team studied the conditions cyclists face to ensure a cyclist never has to compromise functionality to adapt to the conditions.” The device features a smartphone-quality Corning Gorilla Glass touchscreen that responds to finger gestures and ignores rain and mud drops. “Even in pouring rain, you can simply swipe or click to switch between map and data pages,” she says. “Spending a full day in the saddle in changing light conditions? The Karoo automatically adjusts the display brightness so you don’t have to.”
A protective case protects all the tech from moisture, dust, salt, UV rays and extreme temperatures. It can also withstand shocks, vibrations and other environmental stresses over time. That means: If you can handle it, the Karoo can too. “I use my Karoo every day in all kinds of adverse conditions, from the relentless dust and vibrations of a weekly MTB stage race to the mud of a cyclocross race,” says Rochette. “And yet my Karoo still works like new and has never recorded a ride or race flawlessly.”
Hammerhead sharka subsidiary of SRAM, is a cycling technology company with a mission to inspire and empower everyone to reach their athletic potential through cycling.
