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Thule RoundTrip Transition

We have spent time with the Thule RoundTrip Transition hard shell bike travel case and you can learn here how we felt about this impressive looking box.

Xiao Wang – One Shot At Kona

Last summer Xiao Wang started a One Shot At Kona thread in our forum and he was mocked and encouraged, and at the recent Ironman Texas he used that single bullet.

The Merida of Sam Douglas

Young Aussie Sam Douglas is spending a few months in the USA and when he raced the 70.3 Raleigh we looked closer at his Merida Time Warp race bike.

Images from Alcatraz 2014

Andy Potts and Sarah Haskins escaped from Alcatraz with the titles and the bragging rights, but it surely wasn’t easy. Here are images from the dreary day.

It was a bittersweet victory

Canadian Pro Sara Gross finally captured her first Ironman title in Brazil, but what should have been a happy memory turned out to be bittersweet indeed.

Weekend Box June 1 2014

In addition to our featured race coverage, the Weekend Box brings you tales of races in Hawaii, Switzerland, Spain, Texas, North Carolina, Portugal …

Potts, Haskins win Escape

Andy Potts won his sixth Escape From Alcatraz title by 38 seconds over Bevan Docherty of New Zealand and Sarah Haskins won her first Escape by a 23 seconds margin over Mirinda Carfrae of Australia

Mario Mola prevails in London

Mario Mola edged Richard Murray and Joao Pereira at the WTS London sprint; the Brownlee brothers took 4th and 5th while Javier Gomez’ 3-race win streak ended with a 6th place.

Callum Millward’s QR PR6

Kiwi Pro Callum Millward will race the Ironman 70.3 Raleigh on the new Quintana Roo PR6 super bike and we managed to take a closer look before it went into battle.

2014 REV3 Rush Virginia

Last weekends folks competed at the draft legal REV3 Rush super sprint race and we have images from this inaugural event on the Richmond International Raceway.

A day with Josh Wise

NASCAR racer #98 Josh Wise is also a fast and talented triathlete and we spent a day with this man who won the NASCAR Sprint Fan Vote.

Back from the brink

Kevin McDowell’s roller coaster life includes bronze at 2010 ITU Junior Worlds, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a long recovery, then silver at the Chengdu World Cup.

Running man Matt Hanson

Matt Hanson finished 6th at Ironman Texas despite 2 flat tires during the bike segment. But a 2:41:38 run helped this former wrestler and relatively new Pro.

Gourmet Goggles

Most of the time we’re spending $20 or less on TYR, Speedo, Aqua Sphere and blueseventy goggles because they work. But here’s 2 goggles you should know about, from Barracuda and Zoggs.

Weekend Box May 25 2014

This weekend of big motor races at Monaco and Indy, we bring you triathlons long, middle and short, off and on road, from Spain and Ukraine, Mauritius and Texas, Austria and Dunkirk, and thrills from Brazil.

Up close with Clint Kimmins

Aussie age grouper Clint Kimmins is well known for his surfing prowess, but he is all about triathlon now and stamped his ticket to Kona at Ironman Melbourne.

Race with Timothy O’Donnell

2 individuals have the opportunity to be in a relay with Timothy O’Donnell at Challenge Atlantic City, and all proceeds from the auction go to Team RWB.

Maddy Tormoen Zofingen star

Maddy Tormoen won $50,000 one day at Zofingen and won eight straight Powerman women’s races leading to that triumph; the price of her love of sport was dozens of operations and a scary case of ventricular tachycardia.

Are your wheels ready to race?

What length valve stem are you using? Removable cores? What kind of sealant? What kind of extender is on your wheels? And your spares? This and more in this installment of Things That Roll.

We Noticed: Shimano …

This week we noticed the Shimano CM-1000 camera, the hi-tech Skylock, the artistic Recycler, the custom Freddy Van Lierde bike, the Silca EOLO III and more.

Racing and helping in Europe

There is a unique opportunity to enter certain sold out European Ironman events and help people who suffer from PAH or pulmonary arterial hypertension