Articles by Herbert Krabel

A few days before the 2015 Tour de France Bontrager finally unveiled the Ballista aero road helmet. Prototypes of it have been around, but now it is official.

We look at the Shimano and Knight Composites equipped Cannondale Slice of 2015 Ironman Coeur D’Alene Champion Heather Jackson of Team Wattie Ink.

We have an up close look at the Shimano annd Pioneer equipped Argon 18 E-118 of Magali Tisseyre as she unpacked her bike after returning from a race.

Talented Canadian Lionel Sanders has learned valuable lessons during a string of impressive performances this year and we had a chat with the man in green.

Cyril Viennot ran down Martin Jensen to take the 2015 ITU Long Distance World Championships. Mary Beth Ellis dominated the women’s race in Sweden.

Scott Sports has a new Foil and it is lighter, more aerodynamic, stiffer and comfortable and we had a chance to look at it closer in Salzburg, Austria.

This week we noticed tiny GPS head units from Garmin, tubular tire tape, delicious chocolate, a very lite lock, and a trick gadget for riding a bike in a skirt.

Italian pro triathlete Giulio Molinari won the Cannes International Triathlon ahead of Jan Frodeno and Sebastian Kienle aboard a Vision equipped Frugeri Noara TT bike.

The 2015 Challenge Heilbronn is now behind us and here is a great selection of images from this loaded half-distance triathlon in Germany.

After the Ironman Latin American Championships in Brazil, folks noticed a picture of a competitor on the back of a motorbike. This competitor had finished third in her age group.

Andi Böcherer continued his hot streak with a win at the 2015 Challenge Heilbronn, and Laura Philipp ran down Anja Beranek to take the women’s title.

The field at the 2015 Challenge Heilbronn is loaded and here are some impressions of the bikes, athletes and happenings during the bike check-in.