Rudy wins in Kona! No surprise there. How does this comport with the real world use of helmets by triathletes, or at least by Slowtwitchers?

Every year we collect images and data of the top 15 Pros and we start today with the best overall placed women during the run, with gear and stats.

Syracuse, NY resident Eric Hinman raced M30-34 in Kona and had a 9:38:59 finish. A few days before the race we checked out his custom blue Dimond race bike.

South African Kyle Buckingham was the fastest age grouper in Kona in 2013 and returned this year as a Pro – here now is a power data comparison of those 2 events.

Diamondback came to Kona to introduce the world to Serios, their new TT bike. The Serios makes a very fine first impression and here is a look at the range.

We noticed this bike during the bike check-in in Chattanooga and decided to snap a few images. As it turns out – he was the fastest age grouper in that race.

Around 2,700 starters participated in the inaugural Little Debbie Ironman Chattanooga and here is a bike count of the bikes that entered transition.

French age grouper Julien Timmerman recently finished this custom painted Pearson Z1 with passion, help from friends and carefully selected components.

Manufacturer Joshua Colp is an American based out of Taiwan and he provided us with his aero road bike, Croz Blade, to log some training and racing miles.

With Kona coming closer we got a first look at the new Diamondback TT bike, plus the Lupine Rotlicht, a flying dog and a forward thinking mayor.

American Tim Johnson will be in action in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend aboard his SRAM and Zipp equipped Cannondale SuperX race bike.

Many eyes are on Grenchen, Switzerland today and we thus thought to show the 2015 BMC GranFondo GF02 from the Grenchen based brand.