Articles by Dan Empfield

The HOKA One One Bondi 5 is a really nice shoe. But it’s not the shoe I fell in love with, and that I wrote about so exuberantly 7 years ago today.

Memo to triathletes: Saucony makes more than the Kinvara. If HOKA is a great idea but a bridge too far for you, consider this shoe.

The width of a shoe’s outsole can become a primary metric determining speed, overwhelming the differences in the shoe weights.

It’s a mountain pedal. No, it’s a gravel pedal. No, it’s a tri pedal. It’s just a pretty good pedal.

Canyon’s hotly anticipated $2,499 tri bike gets the Slowtwitch treatment.

I am sort of computer dyslexic. If you’re like me what I write below might resonate and make your Zwifting a little easier to wrangle.

If you choose a PRthree or P2 it’s because spec and price won out. If you buy an IA16 it’s because of the unique qualities of the frame.

In 2008 Chrissie Wellington won the Hawaiian Ironman, with the second fastest bike split of the day. On a P2. ‘nuf said.

Let’s go through this bike, the frameset and then all the parts, and tally up all the “fails”.

Slowtwitch just announced its second weekly Zwift event. How about a smart trainer? After several months on the KICKR 2017, here’s our view.

If you build it they will Zwift. Slowtwitch weekly ride #2 will take place on Thursdays, and this is a little different than the Tuesday weekly event.

Triathlon doesn’t have to be expensive. Let’s talk about bikes aboard which a pro could win an Ironman, for under $3000.