In running shoes the Stability category (perhaps more appropriately termed “Structured Cushioning”) contains many popular models triathletes favor. Here are the Spring 09 offerings from Nike and New Balance.
by Dan Empfield, April 21, 2009It’s been almost 2 years since we polled Slowtwitchers on what bikes they admire, and to which they aspire. Here are the results of a recent set of polls, compared to what you all said in July of 2007
Not very many tri bikes exist in that $1900 to $2400 price range, even though many dealers will tell you this is the “new” entry level tri bike price category. Here’s a pair of such bikes, from Fuji and Giant.
A female lab mix named Charlee has attended each of 40 F.I.S.T. tri bike fit workshops held at the Slowtwitch compound. Somewhere along the way, she acquired the ability to distinguish good bike positions from bad
The question is more common among road riders than triathletes, but is probably more impactful on the latter group: what crank length should you ride? The answer is counterintuitive; probably the opposite of what you think.
We recently noticed custom triathlon shoes from D2, a light vest from DeSoto, compression technology from NormaTec, warmup oil from Sixtus and a quirky line of glasses from Donkey Products.
Here are Felt’s B16 and Orbea’s Aletta, each bikes inside of that $2000 to $2350 price range, a category that’s a step up from entry-level, but still affordable.
We stumbled upon items from Panache, Speedplay, and Sugoi, plus a couple fun things.
Bikes by Giant and Leader, here reviewed, complete our analysis of tri bikes at the entry level. Giant’s tri bikes are leaps ahead of what this company was making earlier this decade, and the Leader is a paradigm-breaker worth considering.
These are tri bikes that sell in the $1900 to $2400 range. We’re calling them 2nd step because they’re a step above entry level, but not yet to the mid-price range. Herein we look at some attractive values from Kuota and Quintana Roo.
There aren’t many complete tri bikes for sale under $1900 anymore. But there are six, three of which we’ve already reviewed, two more are reviewed here, the Trek Equinox 7 and the Fuji Aloha 2.0
It’s that important category between Neutral and Motion Control, where a lot of the best selling models sit. We’ll look at the best-selling Adrenalin, the red hot Kayano, and the eyebrow raising Avia.
Hey, big guy, here are your motion control running shoes for Spring 09. In this first edition are the models from Asics (Gel Foundation) and Brooks (Beast, Ariel and Addiction)
