Articles by Herbert Krabel

Trent Chapman raced all over the world in the late 90s with folks like Crowie and Greg Bennett. Chapman now works in marketing for Jim Beam and has fun with triathlon.

We noticed lots of carbon bling from Fabric and Enve, new shades from Smith and a lightweight jacket from Sugoi at the 2014 Summer Press Camp.

We were super thrilled to see Marino Vanhoenacker back on top of the podium and here are lots of images from the Ergo Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg.

Marino Vanhoenacker won Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg with an effort that reminded us of the form he had prior to his injury. Lisa Hütthaler took the women’s title.

Basque brand Orbea introduced a new Orca road race bike at the Press Camp in Deer Valley, Utah and here are the first images of this distinctive machine.

Zipp introduced a new wheel set in Utah – Firestrike 404. It features a new dimple pattern, a textured brake track, a wider rim shape and more.

The New Balance 890v4 was introduced at the end of 2013, but thanks to a new partnership with Team Garmin-Sharp now comes this very cool limited team edition.

Belgian brand Ridley will offer a disc version of their popular Fenix road bike for 2015 and they showed it to media at the 2014 Press Camp in Deer Valley, Utah.

The Grade is a new adventure bike from GT and it is a very sharp looking ride, but please – do not call it a gravel racer. Enjoy these first images from rainy Utah.

Photos from the 2014 Challenge Kraichgau – a race won by Sebastian Kienle and Julia Gajer. But moving forward this will be an Ironman 70.3 event.

Sebastian Kienle smashed the bike segment on the way to a very comfortable win at Challenge Kraichgau. For Julia Gajer it was a much narrower decision over Gina Grawford.

The Scott Plasma of 70.3 World Champion Sebastian Kienle had hidden brakes front and back, and a few other interesting details including a nifty paint scheme.