Articles by Dan Empfield

Slowtwitch.com announced today the incorporation of Findatriathlon into its suite of triathlon-specific user helps and utilities.

It’s the new Nice, the new Mallorca, the new Boulder. Agoura Hills, America’s other endurance sport capital. Who knew?

Private Equity firm Falconhead Capital adds American cycling’s biggest title, and Triathlete Magazine’s biggest competitor, to its stable of acquisitions

The equinox marks the halfway point between the Summer and Winter solstice. Trek’s Equinox, aptly named, sits midway between two established geometric standards.

Are numerical sizing schemes more accurate than T-shirt sizes? Yes, but only marginally.

Thinking about getting a Scott Plasma? How about a Specialized Transition S Works? What size bike is your best fit? Would it surprise you to know that one in size M fits precisely the same size as the other in size L?

The Slice is not your father’s Cannondale. Nor even your older brother’s. It’s all new and (gasp!) it’s all carbon.

Scott hit the ground running with tri bikes made for serious riders. Scott staked out its own territory with views on how its bikes should fit — views that differed from Cervelo, Felt, QR and the pack. Here’s what it all means for you in ’08.

Falconhead Capital announced the acquisition of three San Diego-based companies, confirming the story which appeared on Slowtwitch.com’s front page on the 19th of December. Slowtwitch engaged in a Q&A with David Moross, Falconhead chairman and CEO, earlier today.

When Scott Tinley was 30, metal was hip. Twenty years later, his hip is metal. We strategized that hip surgery, anesthesia, and the morphine drip would slow him down enough for a conversation.

How power propels a bike: This is the second of two introductory articles preparing for a year-long series on training with power.

A deal’s danger of “blowing up” increases exponentially as the parties prepare to sign. Nevertheless, we handicap and analyze.