My first run in this shoe was a 5k road race. I liked these shoes a lot right from the gun. But it wasn’t until about two miles into that race‚ on the descent‚ that I fell in love.
by Dan Empfield, March 21, 2011
If you want your legs to feel as fresh at 8, or 15, or 22 miles into your run as they feel during the first few miles, you need your shoe to reduce the accumulated damage done. This is that shoe.
Let’s break “barefoot” running down into its constituent parts. Is it a techology or a technique? Or both? Today, we’re looking at the question of shoe height.
Several of the newest superbikes were developed (have you noticed?) with bolt-on accessories contemplated during the frame design. Will this motif redefine tri bike design? Probably so.
Cervelo took several superbikes to the San Diego wind tunnel last month and tested them all exhaustively and comprehensively. Slowtwitch was there for the entire exercise. Here’s the first of several reports.
If you’ve noticed a conspicuous absence of Slowman over the past week or so, he’s been at the sport’s first annual trade conference, at the Estancia Resort in La Jolla, CA.
Almost all attention in bike fit is given to the fit coordinates while in the aero position. But, pursuit contact points relative to saddles, armrests, and the steering axis is probably the next area deserving investigation.
The 3020 bears a lot in common with the Kayano. But if its popular cousin doesn’t grant quite enough medial support for you the over-pronator, the 3020 very likely will, and with no weight penalty.
What constitutes good running form? Does good form lend itself to natural, or barefoot, or minimalist, running technology? What are the hallmarks of that technology?
USA Triathlon’s recent board meeting minutes relate extraordinary, and unprecedented in their aggegate sums, resolutions approved for Olympic development – line items that bespeak an evolving mission.
This is the sweet spot in the Specialized Transition line-up. Were I a dealer selling Specialized, I’ve had ordered pallet after pallet of this model. If a Transition is in your future, get it soon, while the getting’s good.
Here are selected results of a year’s worth of Slowtwitch polling of our readers, on lifestyle, equipment preferences, race distance preferences, athletic strengths and weaknesses, and more.
Bicycles are constructs of assemblies. Of course you know this already! But I’m talking strictly about how bikes fit. The notion that a frame alone determines fit is entirely wrong.
