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Hey everyone,

Hope your week’s been a good one! It’s time for another FulGaz Friday and with the indoor season creeping closer, the wheels are definitely turning behind the scenes. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been up to.

On the content side, we’re putting the final touches on the September ride drop. The Vineyards and Valleys mini tour is in full swing and available until the end of September. It features eight scenic rides and there’s still plenty of time to climb the leaderboard. Check it out here!

On the marketing front we’ll be kicking things off in mid September. Logistics for FulGaz kits are now finalised and August 31, 2025 is the final deadline to qualify for a free kit by submitting a video testimonial. Huge thanks to everyone who’s already sent one in, this is the last call! In September we’ll work with our distributor and shipping partner to launch the pre-order page. If you submitted a video testimonial you’ll receive a coupon code via email as our thank you for contributing.

On the product side, we’ve rolled out another round of backend updates to the FulGaz Members portal. They were mostly focused on admin and security improvements. One unintended side effect affected Strava activity uploads but that should now be resolved. In some cases you may need to reconnect manually. There was also a short glitch with new user registrations which was resolved within a few hours. If anything still seems off please let us know via feedback.fulgaz.com.

We’re continuing work on the indoor season app release and we’ve published a few minor fixes to our CDN, particularly around 4K video loading on the Members Portal. We’ve also seen a few reports of video freezing and we’re actively investigating that now. Expect more beta versions to roll out throughout September as we expand early testing. The Windows test build is still in beta and it’s already proven helpful as the extended use surfaced a bug we were able to catch before full release. Thanks again to everyone testing! If you’d like early access on any platform, drop us a note at support@fulgaz.com and we’ll add you to the list.

That’s it for this week, stay safe and keep going!

~Erik

P.S. Last edition’s cover was Temecula Wine Valley by Anita Martinez, a gentle climb followed with a fast descent to the finish line. Can you guess this week’s? It’s also from the Vineyards and Valleys mini tour!

Hey everyone,

It’s a bank holiday Friday in many countries today so if you were one of the lucky ones I hope you got some good time on the bike, indoors or out. Now let’s jump into what’s new in the world of FulGaz over the past two weeks.

We released the August ride drop a couple of weeks back followed by the Vineyards and Valleys mini tour earlier this week. Behind the scenes, production is already underway on the September ride collection. A few of you raised questions about IRONMAN content in the FulGaz Facebook group so just to reconfirm, those rides will be leaving FulGaz after September 30, 2025. Instead, we’ll continue doubling down on our core focus which are bike recorded 4K rides and you can check out what kind of content we’re looking for in FulGaz Friday #16. Also, the contributor program will officially launch with the start of the indoor season and yes, it’ll apply retroactively. So don’t worry, fresh content will keep rolling in. And for triathlon specific training ROUVY remains the go-to platform.

On the marketing side, not much has changed since last time. We’re on track to open FulGaz kit orders in September and to kick off our first paid campaigns using the video testimonials, images and quotes you’ve been sending in. A few free FulGaz kits are still available for those who will submit video testimonials so it’s not too late to send yours.

On the product side, we’ve been working through several backend fixes on the FulGaz Members portal, mostly admin and security related. We also resolved a small issue with family sharing and rolled out a hotfix for email verification for new members which should now be working as expected. We’ve also been testing Bluetooth bugs affecting some trainers and are making good progress, these should be addressed in the indoor season release. Meanwhile, we’re also working on some of the most requested features from feedback.fulgaz.com for that same release.

The biggest engineering milestone these past two weeks was completing the CDN migration for FulGaz video content. There was a small hiccup with downloads during the switch but that’s been resolved and things should now run smoothly. This was a big step in improving backend stability. Lastly, we’ve got a new Windows version in early testing that addresses map loading issues, if you’d like early access just email your Microsoft Store account address to support@fulgaz.com and we’ll add you to the tester list.

That’s it from me this week. Stay safe and keep riding!

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s cover was Großglockner Downhill by Julia Sörgel and as the name suggests, it’s a relaxing descent with jaw dropping views of Austria’s highest mountains. Can you guess this week’s? It’s from the Vineyards and Valleys mini tour that launched today.

Hey everyone,

How was your week? Thanks for all the feedback on FulGaz Friday and the love for these updates. The general consensus is that biweekly is ideal so I skipped last week and went straight to this format. Let’s dive into what’s new behind the scenes at FulGaz.

We’ve got the August ride drop ready so keep an eye out for next week’s FulGazette! Thanks to everyone who joined the French Tour which officially wrapped yesterday. The rides will stay open as event rides until the weekend for a bit of extra catch up time then they’ll revert to regular rides in the FulGaz collection. The French Tour collection will disappear from the app after that. Don’t worry though, we’ll give you a week to enjoy the new rides before rolling out the next mini tour. I’ll keep its name a surprise for now.

Pete also shared some great ride filming tips in this week’s FulGazette and we’re excited to see new footage from your summer rides. To make it even better, we’ll be launching our contributor rewards program with all the details at the start of the indoor season in early October. And yes, it will be applied retroactively!

On the marketing front we’re preparing the FulGaz website for upcoming paid campaigns. As you know we’ll be featuring the fantastic video testimonials, images and quotes you’ve been sending in over the past few months. There are still free FulGaz kits available for the first 100 video testimonials so there’s still time to send one in and grab a kit. Speaking of which, we’re finalising some small design tweaks and ironing out international shipping so we can open pre-orders ahead of the indoor season.

And last but not least, FulGaz product. We’ve hit a major milestone by completing the update of FulGaz Members portal backends and libraries. It was a big lift but it’s now live. A few minor issues came up with password resets and older ZWO files but those have been fixed as of yesterday. Next week we’ll migrate 93% of FulGaz videos to ROUVY’s Google Cloud CDN (the same one YouTube uses), with the remaining 7% to follow shortly after. Garmin integration is also progressing well. Finally, we’ve prepared a small Windows build to address minor bugs some of you reported. If you’d like early access, email your Microsoft Store account address to support@fulgaz.com and we’ll add you to the tester list (screenshot below shows where to find it).

That’s it from me this week. Stay safe and keep riding.

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s cover was Saint Tropez by David Linkous, a scenic ride through vineyards with climbs up the Col de Collebasse and into the hilltop town of Gassin. This week’s cover is from the July 2025 ride drop, can you guess which one?