Specialized unveiled the highly anticipated Shiv Tri bike in Kona, Hawaii yesterday. This new bike sits alongside the Shiv TT and will make a lot of sense for most triathletes.
by Herbert Krabel, October 4, 2011
Quite a few fast Pros gathered this morning in Dallas to race the Toyota US Open race and here are some of Pro bikes from the event.
We are now just about a week away from the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championships and here is a look at the Pro start list. But like every year we won’t really find out who will show up until race day.
Usually we feature a variety of items in our What We Have Noticed column, but this week we are only looking at the Sheex performance sheets. What is good for Mirinda Carfrae has at least caught our attention.
Jeff Symonds certainly had shown signs of athletic prowess but the Canadian flew somewhat under the radar until he finished 3rd at the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas.
Viktor Zyemtsev ran past Maxim Kriat to take the ESi Ironman 70.3 Augusta and Aussie Tim Berkel prevented a Ukrainian podium sweep. Brit Emma-Kate Lidbury snagged the women’s title.
Cameron Dye and Lisa Norden grabbed the 2011 Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon titles. Dye finally beat Bennett and Norden earned win #3 in LA.
Hunter Kemper recorded his 7th USAT Elite National title today with a win at the 2011 Buffalo ITU Pan American Cup in Buffalo, NY. For defending women’s champion Laura Bennett it was the third title.
Lance Armstrong is racing the XTERRA US National Championships in Ogden, Utah tomorrow and here is a closer look at his weapon of choice – courtesy of XTERRA.
This week we noticed the Trix Gear race bike cover, Crank Brothers Pica tool, Honey Stinger Strawberry Waffle, The Jersey Project book and a small robot named Evolta.
European 70.3 Champion Andreas Böcherer took the win in Cancun with a hard charge on the bike and a nice closing run. Aussie Christie Sym had taken 70.3 Racine 2 months ago and now ruled again in Cancun.
Bart Aernouts from Belgium took the win at Ironman 70.3 Syracuse in a very speedy 3:57:30. In the women’s race Nikki Butterfield held off Caroline Steffen with a race best bike and fast run.
The second day at the 2011 Interbike show is behind us and we perused the aisles all day to find a few goodies, meet interesting folks and be social.