Articles by Dan Empfield

Those coming over to the Slowtwitch Forum will find it a bit different. It’s friendlier to various viewports (i.e., mobile) and search is (or soon will be) easier.

One of the giants of early triathlon race production, Bill Fulton of the L.A. Triathlon Series at Bonelli Park, has passed away at the age of 93.

I spoke to ex-Felt product manager Dave Koesel and ex-Cervelo president Gerard Vroomen on what both are cooking up now that they’re together at 3T

This tour started as a musing on the Reader Forum last July. Slowtwitch On Tour begins this weekend, in Raleigh, NC, Atlanta, GA, and Milwaukee, WI.

While it may not be as cheap as the home hacks invented by Forum members Wahoo’s first-ever dumb metal thing smartens up the Pain Cave.

A web-based training software platform from Australia is giving Training Peaks a run for its money. It leans toward cyclists, but has triathletes’ attention.

While Garmin is preeminent in the bike computer industry, Wahoo is ready to shake up the market, which will only benefit consumers.

A superbike complete bike solver can be built in half a day. Here’s the first one I built, and how I built it. Why don’t all superbike makers have one?

Last October, Cervélo announced that in 140.6 days it would launch its new premium triathlon bike, setting an industry benchmark, and making its riders faster.

Felt is offering it’s popular IA 10 as a frameset: frame, fork, stem and seat post. The price is $2,499 for the combo, and it comes in 5 sizes.

Has the Vanquish 2 vanquished the Bondi? Yes. No. I don’t know. I’m conflicted. I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak.

HED’s new patent claims both a product (rim) and a math problem: a relationship between rim and tire. The patent, announced today, has market implications.