Maik Twelsiek has been one of the fastest cyclists at Ironman Hawaii the last few years. But while he loves to ride his bike hard, he wants to close out that big race and other ones like it equally fast.
by Herbert Krabel, December 27, 2010Today we present a few interesting cyclo-cross options above $2,500. Featured on slowtwitch are bikes from Felt, Scott, Stevens, Giant, Cannondale, Vanilla, Ridley and Seven.
The cyclo-cross season for 2010 is pretty much over, but it is not too late to ride one of these very versatile bikes. We looked at the Fisher Presidio, Blue Norcross EX, Specialized CruX Elite, Focus Mares AX1, Cannondale CAADX SRAM Rival and Ridley X-Ride.
The holidays are almost here and we have a few gift ideas for you. We noticed Justin’s Nut Butter, the Knog Hot Dog bag, the Rocky Stories book, the Betty Designs ISM Adamo saddle and the Mavic Tri Helium shoes.
The current bike build project is the highly anticipated Scott Plasma 3 and the initial setup of this bike is done. Enjoy this Scott Plasma 3 gallery.
On January 28, 2002 the life of Marc Herremans changed drastically when he severed his spinal cord in a bike accident. Determined not to be beaten by this situation, he became the Ironman World Champion in 2006. Now the Belgian is inspiring folks again.
Austin Pro triathlete Patrick Evoe gets interesting words of encouragement when he is racing, and most of them have nothing to do with his name or place of residence. They are usually related to his sponsor Little Caesar’s.
This week we noticed the Zipp Service Course components, the Stayfill cartridge, the Panache Dolce kit, the new Speedfil hydration system and the Injinji toesocks.
We recently noticed the Oval Aero Cap, the new Peloton cycling magazine, an interesting triathlon pedal prototype, a cool bike shop business card and a long distance relationship t-shirt.
Andy Potts grabbed another Ironman title with his course record breaking win time of 8:16:14 at the 2010 Ford Ironman Cozumel. Yvonne Van Vlerken managed to defend her title in a time of 9:07:25.
Steve Blick experienced this summer how priorities can shift in an instant when he found out that his 4-year old son Tyler was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia. The Oakley marketing guy shared some of his thoughts about this journey.
We noticed the German Tri-Aktlon calendar and this is a product that is NSFW. Akt is actually the German word fort artistic nudity and that is exactly what is featured in this German triathlon calendar. So beware.
Jeff Jewell was a massage therapist for Team USA from 2001-2009 and he recently passed away after a 2 year fight with cancer. Tim Hola remembers his friend Jeff and shares his thoughts on slowtwitch.
