Bahram Akradi pioneered a revolution in big prize money triathlon which rewarded Olympic distance triathletes with big league dough. Now he, Toyota and partners fight a down economy to keep the series self sustaining success
by Dan Empfield, September 14, 2010
The industry has chosen pitched battle at a price range between $3300 and $3700. The Slice 3 sits right in the middle, and it holds its own admirably. Plasmas, Transitions, Speed Concepts, this is your worthy competitor.
The Plasma 2 frame was unobtainable during 2010 for a price below $5000. For 2011, this high quality frameset can be had in a bike selling complete, with a very nice gruppo, for $3300. Today we take a look at that bike.
Trek has finally come out to play in the sport of triathlon. They engage in every price range with a bike that’s imaginative and well conceived. The Speed Concept 7.5 is a strong entry in the mid-$3000 category.
The Rev3Tri season finale, a full ultra distance race, was won by South African James Cunnama and America’s Amy Marsh. The season series championships were taken by David Thompson and Sam Warriner
in the mid 1990s, Bill Logue’s product shot to the top of the charts. He sold his company at its zenith. I got a call last month from Wendy Ingraham: “Bill Logue is back.” Can Logue bottle magic a second time?
Tri Bike Transport, the company known for transporting bikes to races in trucks, is introducing a new twist: It’ll fly your bike fully assembled to Kona for the Ironman.
Jason Goldberg, former bike retail employee turned team manager and pro athlete agent, has been arrested in New York.
It used to be that a brochure was enough. Not any more. A superbike without a white paper just doesn’t seem that super. Here’s the authoritative guide on the 2011 DA.
It’s been just 3.5 years since Felt remade its tri line-up, top to bottom. But you can’t stand pat these days. Here’s Felt’s new mold, the DA for 2011. Felt’s stab at a superbike hits its mark.
This triathlon cycling shoe has the best breathability of all shoes I’ve so far tested. The large amount of mesh used in the upper of the shoe makes this like riding with the air conditioning on full volume.
We’re talking running footwear against the backdrop of an article in today’s NYT that either misunderstands, or faithfully represents a misunderstanding, of how feet are best mated to running shoes.
