This review was almost a year in the making, but for a shoe of this price I thought it prudent to make sure it would stand up to everything I could throw at it.

24-year old Austrian Pro Matthias Brändle scorched the Swiss Aigle track with a record breaking 1-hour performance aboard a Scott Plasma with a 51.852 km distance.

Eric Limkemann’s season was perfected with the birth of a baby daughter, but the man also has to race hard now to provide. Here is his Specialized Shiv.

Austin, Texas based Pro Patrick Evoe has a very fine main sponsor with Little Caesars and he races on a Hed and Shimano equipped Blue Triad SL.

Kelly Williamson won the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas this summer and we had a chance to look closer at her Felt IA FRD race bike in Kona recently.

Very nice upper, even more impressive midsole. Many things right with this shoe, but, one fit issue disqualifies some customers for whom this shoe is otherwise ideal.

Dan Stubleski was the overall age group champion at the 2014 GoPro Ironman World Championships and we looked closer at his Specialized S-Works Shiv.

Doc Amanda Stevens was first out of the water in Kona in 54:25 and then charged up the road with Jodie Swallow. Here is a look at her Boardman Air TT 9.4

The Captain America themed Trek Speed Concept of Timothy O’Donnell is an attention getter and we looked closer at this Campy equipped custom bike.

Ben Hoffman had a spectacular race in Kona and finished second overall with a final time of 8:19:32, and we looked closer at his Specialized Shiv race bike.

Aussie Tim Van Berkel finished 7th in Kona and made folks around him aware that he needs to be watched. We grabbed his bike during check-in to get details.

Sebastian Kienle won the 2014 GoPro Ironman World Championships with a race best 4:20:46 bike split and a solid performance all day. And here is his Plasma 5.