Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips & Skill Building for Cyclists is not new, first published in 2004, but it’s a classic and here is a newbie’s impression.
by Dan Empfield, May 23, 2016
With Rev3 Knoxville, the first of six series races, under its belt, how is the un-rebranded, ex-Challenge, Iron alternative, 2016 race series with a heart doing?
After grand announcements fizzled (North America, Triple Crown) we asked Zibi Szlufcik easy and tough questions about THECHAMPIONSHIP.
Riding a wave of popular acclaim, Slowtwitch doubles down with more Shop Dogs. Why these dogs chose the bike biz is God’s mystery, but thankfully they did.
“I cannot understand why all bike fits aren’t more like this.” – Comment from a subject after a Complete Bike Solution exercise at a Slowtwitch Road Show.
“IRONMAN is full of greed,” wrote an RD to me when I surveyed this group views on triathlon’s dominant brand. “I would love for it to disappear.”
Will testing for bike motors be limited to high-level pro races? Based on a discussion with the UCI’s technical manager, this technology may well come to a race near you.
Two customers to a local RD: “We used to do 6 or 7 [of your local] events a year, but the last few years we focus on IM events. We are lucky to fit 1 or 2 in.”
Retail bike industry numbers are down, but there are early hints of a possible upswing in the U.S. in triathlon. Is Ironman an actor in either the downturn or in the upswing?
Updated: Today Ironman announced a partnership with the UCI on testing for illegal motors hidden in bikes. Violators Ironman catches will receive suspensions from Ironman races of an indeterminate, but probably lengthy, term. (UCI’s Mark Barfield answers question about the technology.)
The very first thing many early Hawaiian Ironman finishers did was produce a race back home. We were apostles. Is this Ironman spirit still alive today?
Small shop, small town, big heart. If you want to know what community and solidarity looks like, travel to this Slowtwitch Road Show when it takes place next year.