The current bike build project is the highly anticipated Scott Plasma 3 and the initial setup of this bike is done. Enjoy this Scott Plasma 3 gallery.

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers questions on Garmin footpod orientation, and suggestions for waterproof watches and HR monitors for women.

Triathlon Team Foxcatcher millionaire sponsor John du Pont, whose mental health deteriorated into murderous delusion, died in a Pennsylvania prison.

On January 28, 2002 the life of Marc Herremans changed drastically when he severed his spinal cord in a bike accident. Determined not to be beaten by this situation, he became the Ironman World Champion in 2006. Now the Belgian is inspiring folks again.

Austin Pro triathlete Patrick Evoe gets interesting words of encouragement when he is racing, and most of them have nothing to do with his name or place of residence. They are usually related to his sponsor Little Caesar’s.

The K-Swiss Kwicky Blade weighs a mere 9oz, exceptionally light for a training shoe. But if you are an efficient, and not too heavy, runner with a midfoot or forefoot strike, you might get it done in this shoe.

The CD0.1 has a unique narrative. Clever, really. An asymmetric down tube that moves air from the drive side of the bike to the left side, with a smartly-spec’d midrange kit at $3300 for a complete bike.

This week we noticed the Zipp Service Course components, the Stayfill cartridge, the Panache Dolce kit, the new Speedfil hydration system and the Injinji toesocks.

Courtney Ogden wins his second Ironman with a very fine performance at SunSmart Ironman Western Australia. Kate Bevilaqua grabbed her first Ironman title and pushed so hard that she collapsed across the finish line.

Timothy O’Donnell follows his 3rd at Clearwater with a win at the Asia-Pacific Ironman 70.3 Championship; Caroline Steffen backs up her 2nd at Kona with a win at Laguna Phuket 70.3.

The Race to the Toyota Cup has expanded from six events to seven for the 2011 season. Gone is NYC, added is Nautica Miami and CapTex in Austin, expanding the Toyota Cup Season by 2 months.

Amber Monforte led four women smashing Tina Bischoff’s Ultraman race record set in 1989; Aussie Mike LeRoux came from Croc country to take down Jonas Colting.

If a Cervelo P3 and a Kestrel Airfoil Pro mated and had a baby, it would be the 4000. It is, stylistically, a fair representation of the heritage of high style that has distinguished the Kestrel brand.

Amber Monforte smashed the women’s race record for Day Two by 42 minutes on the 171-mile ride from Volcanoes to Hawi on Day Two of the 2010 man World Championship.

The opening salvo of a record breaking 26th year of the Ultraman World Championships. Day One’s 10K swim and 90 mile ride swim. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Felt correctly understands a trend and a truth the rest of the bike industry is slower to grasp: The more the price of a complete tri bike exceeds $5000, the more Di2 elbows its way to the forefront of the discussion.

We recently noticed the Oval Aero Cap, the new Peloton cycling magazine, an interesting triathlon pedal prototype, a cool bike shop business card and a long distance relationship t-shirt.

Mike LeRoux of Australia takes the double marathon in 6:31:45, leapfrogs past an ailing Jonas Colting for the win; Amber Monforte leads three other women who all smashed Tina Bischoff’s 21-year-old Ultraman Hawaii race record.

Andy Potts grabbed another Ironman title with his course record breaking win time of 8:16:14 at the 2010 Ford Ironman Cozumel. Yvonne Van Vlerken managed to defend her title in a time of 9:07:25.

Two-time Ultraman champ Jonas Colting leads Ultra rookie Slater Fletcher by 22:46; Amber Monforte shatters the Day 2 bike mark, on pace to smash 21-year-old women’s race record, leads Hillary Biscay by 25:36 and Shanna Armstrong by 35:08

Two-time Ultraman champ Jonas Colting of Sweden leads Aussie Mike LeRoux on day 1 of Ultraman 2010; Hillary Biscay leads Amber Monforte by 4:35 and 6-time champ Shanna Armstrong by 15:23

Eight months ago a hit and run driver almost killed him. Somehow Jordan Rapp pieced his shattered body together and his 4th at Ironman Arizona might have been his greatest day in the sport

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers questions on the best computer software for Mac users, the new Garmin 210, and whether or not the Garmin 305 is going the way of the dodo.

Steve Blick experienced this summer how priorities can shift in an instant when he found out that his 4-year old son Tyler was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia. The Oakley marketing guy shared some of his thoughts about this journey.