This edition of the mailbag covers three topics – muscle fiber recruitment, speedsuit effectiveness, and whether or not triathletes should include road bike training into their routine.
by Greg Kopecky, July 1, 2013
This is part two of our 650c project bike story. We detail the rest of the components and discuss our final thoughts on the bike. Does 650 trump 700? Is our 6’1″ Tech Editor a convert?
After a little break we again pick up our What We Have Noticed feature with new aero wheels from Easton, a WTS campaign, fabric race numbers from Champion Systems, the Soleus Draft GPS cycling head unit and more.
Our second edition of the Slowtwitch Mailbag features two questions. First, how does one go about prioritizing their triathlon investments? Second, Joe Friel weighs in on power and pacing
We give the full details of our coolest bike review in a long while – our custom Serotta with 650c wheels. Why 650? Why custom? For all of the specifics, read on.
We look closer at the Giant TCR Advanced SL race bike of Team Rabobank – Liv/Giant Pro Megan Guarnier, the 2012 US Pro road champion.
This is our third and final article in our educational Power Meter series. We look at a few final graphs and attempt to distill all of the nonsense into a few succinct messages.
In our first edition of the revived Slowtwitch Mailbag, we answer several reader questions. We cover chipped paint on carbon frames, front disc wheels, and the debate over saddle bag contents.
Everyone should ride 700c wheels. No, everyone should ride 650c. Is there a happy middle ground? What about mountain bikes? We tackle these questions, and propose a solution.
5’1″ Kaitlin Antonneau races on the road for the Exergy / TWENTY16 squad and we took a closer look at her 45cm Felt ZW C race bike.
We continue our series on power meters; this time hitting sophomore level 201. We do some detailed file analysis, and see if different head units affect your data.
British Pro Rich Allen resides in Statesville, NC with his family and we checked out his Shimano Di2 equipped Boardman AiR TT 9.8 race bike.