A new company at Eurobike, S Rower, is aiming to turn your existing smart trainer into a smart rower, with its bolt-on attachment that works with pretty much any direct drive smart trainer. The company unveiled itself (and its product) here at Eurobike 2025, with a hardware accessory that takes advantage of the relatively universal standards of smart trainers, including both hardware attachment points as well as software control.

I had a chance to briefly look at the two pre-production units they had brought to Eurobike, which were mounted to both an Elite Suito smart trainer, as well as a Tacx NEO 2 smart trainer. What’s notable is that neither of those smart trainers are new or high-end by today’s standards, with the Suito being 7-8 years old, and the Tacx NEO 2 being about the same.

Ok, so starting off with the hardware first. The unit is an aluminum beam, currently as one giant piece. It sounds like for production they’ll likely aim to break it apart into two pieces with some sort of attachment coupling mechanism in the middle, mainly to simplify shipping, but storage as well. In any event, today you’ve got the main beam, and then it attaches to the head-unit component at the top.

Of course you’ve got your seat that rolls along the beam, along with a spot for pedals to be installed.

So, moving upwards towards the smart trainer, we’ve got the S Rower ‘head unit’, or main module. This attaches to your smart trainer via its cassette. It uses a standard bicycle thru-axle to attach to the trainer just like your bike would, except that instead of a chain, it locks onto the cassette’s outer most gear:

Then, inside the S Rower module (the case looking part), there’s a belt drive that connects to a wheel, which in turn connects to the rower handle. Note that it is indeed a belt drive, not a chain drive. Thus, it’s totally silent.

Atop that you see a small display, that’s just a simple tablet placed up there in a groove. You can attach any tablet you want, though I suspect the exact specifics of that little grove will change slightly by the time it ships.

Meanwhile, the tablet is running whatever smart trainer software you want. That’s because the S Rower doesn’t actually care what software you have, since that’s between your app and the smart trainer. Sure, they have a demo application here, in which case it’s using Bluetooth FTMS to control the trainer’s resistance level, but it could be any application.

For example, in chatting with the icTrainer app folks shortly after this, a few booths over, they already support structured workouts for rowing, and they already support every smart trainer on the market (and it costs a mere $29/year). Seems like a pretty obvious future pairing.

But again, that’s the cool part of standards – it doesn’t matter. The S Rower is leveraging cycling axle & cassette standards that work on every direct drive smart trainer ever made. And in turn, whatever app the user ultimately uses for the rowing portion is also leveraging with ANT+ FE-C or Bluetooth FTMS standards that have also been on every smart trainer made in the last 12-15 years. Again, standards are fun.

In any case, on to the most important: pricing and availability. Right now the company is aiming to start delivering products in Q2 2026 (so next spring), and the units will be produced in Italy. The units will be priced at $695USD, though you can pre-order today and there’s a discount down to $520USD.

To me, that seems ($520) incredibly reasonable compared to full blown rowers (normally $1,000 for non-smart integrated ones, such as the Concept 2). If you added the cost of a budget smart trainer ($400), or a secondhand one ($200-$300), you’re still talking substantially less than most smart rower setups (many of which don’t fold away very easily). Assuming the company can manage to deliver on the availability, and most critically, what rowers think of the rowing feel/inertia, I suspect they could be a runaway success.

But as always, time will tell. I suppose we’ll have to see next Eurobike, in late June 2026, whether or not they’ve hit their goals.

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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men’s golf team has announced its 2025-26 season schedule on Wednesday, per head coach Pat Stephens.
 
The slate of competition will feature 10 regular-season competitions with five in the fall and five in the spring ahead of the ASUN Conference Championship (April 22-24) and the NCAA Regionals (May 12-14).
 
“I am very pleased and excited about our 2025-26 tournament schedule,” said Stephens. “We added several new events to the schedule this season.  The team will be tested against great competition and even better venues. Finishing the fall season in Hawaii and beginning the spring season in Puerto Rico will create a lot of excitement for the team and a motivating factor to make these trips.”
 
The Colonels will begin the season at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 8-9) at the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, West Virginia.
 
EKU will then host its lone home tournament of the season in the Colonel Classic (Sept. 20-21) at the University Club at Arlington, looking to defend its title from last season.
 
September action concludes in the Keystone State at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 29-30) hosted by West Virginia at the Pete Dye – Mystic Rock Golf Course.
 
They will return to action in the Bluegrass at the Cullan Brown Collegiate (Oct. 6-7) hosted by Kentucky at the Lexington Country Club, the Colonels’ lone tournament in October.
 
The fall slate wraps up with a return to the Kapolei Invitational (Nov. 4-6) hosted by Hawaii at the Kapolei Golf Course.
 
After two months off, the Colonels start the spring in Puerto Rico for the Palmas Del Mar Collegiate (Feb. 8-10) hosted by UNC Greensboro.
 
March will feature three tournaments beginning with the Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate (March 9-11) hosted by George Mason, Seminole Intercollegiate (March 15-17) hosted by Florida State at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, and finally the Memphis Intercollegiate (March 30-31) at the Colonial Country Club.
 
The regular season ends with the Bluegrass Collegiate (April 13-14) at the University Club of Kentucky – Big Blue.
 
EKU then prepares for the ASUN Championship in Valdosta, Ga. at Kinderlou Forest Golf Course beginning on April 22.

Summer is officially here so it’s not surprising to see a slightly quieter month ahead for Netflix releases.

But that certainly doesn’t mean that there’s nothing exciting coming out in July.

Nearly 30 years after the original, the highly-anticipated Happy Gilmore 2 will finally be released on July 25.

You don’t have to be a sports fan to be looking forward to the iconic golf movie’s sequel, but sports fans might just be excited about season three of Quarterback coming out on July 8.

If you’re looking for non-sports, non-fiction content, there are quite a few documentaries coming our way and that includes continued weekly episodes from the streaming services Trainwreck series.

There are several new series debuting in July, but the only notable returning show is The Sandman, as season two will be released in two parts at the start and end of the month.

Apart from Happy Gilmore 2, there are also a handful of other Netflix original films dropping in July that might pique your interest.

Here’s a full list of content coming to Netflix Canada in July 2025:

July 1

• Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers — Netflix Documentary
• Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel — Netflix Documentary
• Cobweb
• Heat
• Legends of the Fall
• Moms’ Night Out
• The Random Hearts
• The Roommate
• Tom at the Farm

July 2

• The Old Guard 2 — Netflix Film
• Jaws
• Tour de France: Unchained: Season 3 — Netflix Documentary

July 3

• Countdown: Taylor vs. Serrano — Netflix Sports Series
• Get Rich or Die Tryin’
• The Mummy
• The Sandman: Season 2 Volume 1 — Netflix Series

July 4

• All the Sharks — Netflix Documentary
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

July 5

• Forrest Gump
• The Summer Hikaru Died — Netflix Anime

July 7

• Suicide Squad
• War Dogs

July 8

• Better Late Than Single — Netflix Series
• Nate Jackson: Super Funny — Netflix Comedy Special
• Quarterback: Season 2 — Netflix Sports Series
• Trainwreck: The Real Project X — Netflix Documentary
• What Men Want

July 9

• 1923: Season 1
• Building The Band — Netflix Series
• The Gringo Hunters — Netflix Series
• IF
• Under a Dark Sun — Netflix Series
• Ziam — Netflix Film

July 10

• 7 Bears — Netflix Family
• Brick — Netflix Film
• Leviathan — Netflix Anime
• Off Road — Netflix Series
• Sneaky Pete: Seasons 1-3
• Too Much — Netflix Series

July 11

• Aap Jaisa Koi — Netflix Film
• Almost Cops — Netflix Film
• Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 — Netflix Live Event
• Sideways
• Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Destination Wedding — Netflix Film

July 13

• WWE Evolution: 2025 — Netflix Live Event

July 14

• Apocalypse in the Tropics — Netflix Documentary
• Sakamoto Days: Season 1, Part 2 — Netflix Anime

July 15

• Black Hawk Down
• Trainwreck Balloon Boy — Netflix Documentary

July 16

• Amy Bradley Is Missing — Netflix Documentary

July 17

• Catalog Community Squad: Season 2
• Dawn of the Dead
• The Firm
• Untamed — Netflix Series
• Thanksgiving

July 18

• Almost Family — Netflix Film
• Delirium — Netflix Series
• I’m Still a Superstar — Netflix Documentary
• Superstar — Netflix Series
• Unbroken
• Vir Das: Fool Volume — Netflix Comedy Special
• Wall to Wall — Netflix Film

July 19

• Justice League

July 22

• Trainwreck: P.I. Moms — Netflix Documentary

July 23

• Critical: Between Life and Death — Netflix Documentary
• Letters From The Past — Netflix Series

July 24

• A Normal Woman
• Hitmakers — Netflix Series
• My Melody & Kuromi — Netflix Anime
• The Sandman: Season 2 Volume 2 — Netflix Series

July 25

• Happy Gilmore 2 — Netflix Film
• Trigger — Netflix Series
• The Winning Try — Netflix Series
• Yesterday

July 29

• Dusty Slay: Wet Heat — Netflix Comedy
• Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 — Netflix Documentary
• WWE: Unreal — Netflix Sports Series

July 30

• Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes — Netflix Documentary
• Unspeakable Sins — Netflix Series

July 31

• An Honest Life — Netflix Film
• Glass Heart — Netflix Series
• Leanne — Netflix Series
• Marked — Netflix Series
• The Sandman Season 2: Special Episode — Netflix

Here’s everything leaving Netflix Canada in July 2025:

• Grown Ups 2 (July 1)
• Loudermilk: Seasons 1-3 (July 1)
• New Amsterdam: Seasons 1-5 (July 1)
• She’s All That (July 1)
• Step Brothers (July 1)
• Call My Agent!: Seasons 1-4 (July 22)

The Albuquerque Police Department released bodycam footage from the scene of a February accident that they allege UFC star Jon Jones fled and then threatened a public safety aide over the phone.

The footage, obtained by the Albuquerque Journal, is related to the criminal complaint accusing Jones of leaving the scene of the crash involving an unnamed woman, which was filed last Tuesday in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court.

An Albuquerque police officer responded to a traffic incident and discovered a woman in the front passenger seat of one of the cars “exhibiting signs of significant intoxication and lacking clothing from the waist down,” the complaint stated, per the Albuquerque Journal.

The woman told the officer that Jones “was the one driving” her car and handed him the phone to speak with Jones.

Police said Jones, “the fighter,” threatened a safety aide over the phone, according to the outlet.

Jones wouldn’t answer questions about his identity from the officer, and it’s unclear exactly what was said.

The officer was heard saying Jones was “making threats” over the phone.

He “appeared to be heavily intoxicated and made statements implying his capacity to employ lethal force through third parties” to the public safety aide, the court record stated.

“My car is wrecked,” the woman added.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, Jones said during an interview with police days after the incident that the woman had left his house earlier in the day intoxicated and called him after getting in the crash.

Jones added that the person the woman handed the phone to “immediately opened the conversations with unprofessional language, which led him to doubt the legitimacy of the individual’s claim.”

The star fighter, who confirmed his retirement Saturday at the age of 37, has been charged with misdemeanor fleeing the scene of an accident, and his bond arraignment hearing is set for July 24.

Jones’ attorney denied his client was driving the car, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

It’s unclear if the situation is linked to Jones’ retirement.

UFC president Dana White did not mention the legal matter when he revealed Jones’ retirement during a press conference Saturday, saying that Tom Aspinall is the new heavyweight champion.