Articles by Dan Empfield

Velofix is yet another data point in the changing bike industry. It’s got 50 franchisees up and running, the great majority within the past 2 years.

Better ergonomics, greater RD range, improved electrical components, better and faster wheels, borrowed tech from XTR, and a power meter!

Everybody’s talking about Pad X and Y, or Pad Stack and Reach, in regard to bike fit and selection. What is it? How do you measure it? How is it used?

There is comfort in numbers. Xtreme isn’t interested in numbers, or comfort. Only 238 took part, though almost 1000 hoped for a spot in the race.

You can depend on Andrew Starkyowicz for two things: to throw down hard on the bike and to throw down hard in an interview. Here’s Starky, throwing down hard.

Is this the Challenge race North Americans always should have been going to? Maybe so. You decide. It’s first edition will take place on October 23rd upcoming.

There is hope for Aliens, and by these I mean the freaks of nature who contort into pretzels to ride long and low positions. Aliens, here are your tri bikes.

We routinely see wind tunnel data through a “sweep,” that is, from a positive to negative yaw. But what yaws do we actually see in the real world of racing?

A Pad Y/X of 630mm/505mm is a typical position for somebody between 6’0″ and 6’3″ who rides pretty steep, with a fair bit of armrest elevation drop from the saddle.

Top tri brands make tri bikes that fit marvelously. Today’s tri bikes are very good, but they’re very uniform, and the lack of variant geometries leaves many riders out.

The first in a series, prescribing bikes to match the profiles of various kinds of riders. The rider here is 5’9″, rides pretty steep, pretty aggressive. What’s his bike?

Tim Berkel and Jodie Swallow won the Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns, the Asia-Pacific Ironman Championship. Here’s a gallery of photos from Eric Wynn.