Prior to this year, the major bike brands, in particular those selling more than $150 million a year, were asea in the tri market, because of ambivalence and indecisiveness. Now, they’re focused. But can they compete?
by Dan Empfield, June 8, 2010
The Speed Concept is Trek’s new triathlon superbike. How does it measure up, literally, in terms of geometry? Is this bike long and low, narrow and tall, and is it sufficiently adjustable?
This popular tutorial on descending was first written in 2000 and has been reworked and updated for today.
Triathlon’s first generation remember one of their own. Dave Scott, Scott Tinley, Paul Huddle, and many others tell their stories of their generation’s biggest personality.
Ask longtime top triathletes, 8 of 10 will tell you the low hanging improvement fruit is to be plucked in the swim. This Saturday, SoCal-based Slowtwitchers have a chance to improve their open water skills.
Irrepressible, talented and universally liked, Marc Surprenant passes at the age of 49. A light that burned bright and hot, he is remembered by the original stars of triathlon, of which he was one.
As many Slowtwitchers know, I and the Slice I rode in the Tour of California time trial did not deliver each other safely to the finish line. Nevertheless, I did promise readers a recap of that Slice.
As the late senator Moynihan put it, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own math.” Okay, he said facts, not math, but the idea is the same. But now on to that Cannondale Slice.
The Amgen Tour of California will feature cyclists versus triathletes on its stage-7 time trial. Downtown L.A. will host three (and a half) triathletes alongside the world’s best TTers.
I’m an agnostic about goggles, like a guy who goes to an Anglican church one week and a Presbyterian the next. I have no firm conviction, or, I had no firm conviction. I do now.
In my role as race director I get to design the dust jacket and ink the first paragraphs, but I’ll never consummate the stories. Each year a new chapter is written as the plotlines develop depth and color.
The Rev3Tri series got underway in Knoxville, TN, with an Olympic Distance event. Matt Reed used a superb run to take the win, and Julie Dibens continued her stellar season.
At about 51cm or 52cm you enter a size range where just about everybody’s bikes are built with 700c wheels. Here, there’s a convergence of geometry, but a divergence in handling.
