After 20 years of ambivalence toward tri bikes and the tri market, Specialized has finally made a world class timed race bike. The Transition is, with some exceptions, a bike worthy of its headbadge.
by Slowman, April 19, 2010
Laurel Wassner is currently getting ready for the 2010 St. Anthony’s Triathlon and is hoping to be in the mix despite what appears to be a very tough field. But after battling Hodgkin’s Disease, other challenges seem less daunting.
Despite very hot conditions, Andy Potts led from start to finish as he won the 2010 Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans in a time of 3:43:44. Sam Warriner captured the women’s title in a time of 4:16:44.
Portugal’s Joao Silva grabbed the 2010 ITU Monterrey World Cup in Monterrey, Mexico. Paula Findlay of Canada won the women’s race with a dominating performance and thus earned her first Word Cup title.
Chris Stehula, age 26, a professional triathlete racing for Cal Poly SLO, and Nicole Kelleher, 28, a medical student in emergency medicine at the University of Virginia, were the upset winners at the shivering cold Collegiate Nationals in Lubbock
CU Boulder dominated the USAT Collegiate Nationals team competition with wins in the men’s and coed teams category and placed a close second to the West Point women’s team
With the Sea Otter Classic in full flight we have noticed the Mission Skincare Anti Sting sunscreen, the Bontrager R4 Aero tire, the Rocket Science 20BPM suit, the Ernest Lube and the TwinSix Cat 6 t-shirt.
Stuart Hayes grabbed the runner-up spot at the 2010 ITU Mooloolaba Triathlon and is currently focused on gaining a spot on the British team for the 2012 Olympic Games. He had a few words with us.
Thinkers and Tinkers heads to Tucson, AZ (by way of Des Moines, IA) for a visit with TJ Tollakson, the founder of Ruster Sports. An engineer by training, TJ wasn’t content to turn off his brain when he made the commitment to leaving job with ALCOA behind to focus on instead on winning races as a professional triathlete.
Timothy Carlson’s thoughts about the USAT Collegiate Nationals – CU’s Jessica Broderick over West Point’s Ashley Morgan and CU’s Cedric Wane over UC Berkeley’s Kenneth Rakestraw at Lubbock, Texas.
Over the past decade Cervelo simplified cable routing, added a chain stay adjustment screw, then came the move to carbon. Since then it’s been pretty clear sailing.
The Felt B12 is a worthy competitor to C’dale’s Slice 4 and Cervelo’s category killing P2, as well as the entry level Equinox TTX and Specialized Transition. But the closest rivel to the B12 isn’t Cervelo, it’s Felt’s own B14.
Cervelo’s juggernaut P2 moved out of the $2500 neighborhood, selling this year for $280. Felt’s B14 nicely slotted into the P2’s hand-me-down $2500 category; it’s a great value for the money.
The Commerzbank Triathlon Team just wrapped up their camp in Mallorca and Swiss Pro Mathias Hecht chatted with slowtwitch about this annual gathering for training, team building and public relation items.
After some recent heated discussions about what appeared to be a new coach in Matty Reed’s life, the Boulder, CO resident cleared the air about that topic. He also talked about other current activities.
Light and stable at a weight of 9.7 oz., the big feature is this shoe’s rubber Wave plate. This Mizuno is a lightweight trainer, good for neutral runners, maybe slight pronaters.
Chile’s Barbara Riveros-Diaz scores huge upset over Andrea Hewitt and World Champion Emma Moffat at the 2010 Dextro Energy WCS Sydney season opener with a superb run.
New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty ran away from Russia’s Alexandr Brukhankov and France’s David Hauss to take round 1 of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.
Images from the semi-annual camp in La Jolla, Mitch Thrower calls Triathlon Sanctuary. Photos by Timothy Carlson
The swim portion of the Freshwater Trust Portland Triathlon takes place adjacent to a Superfund site. Yet, Triathlete magazine dubbed this the “Greenest Race in the World.” Read how.
Keith Meyer has been working with Timex for several years now and has logged a ton of miles and even met his wife Brooke in the process. Meyer sat down with slowtwitch to share a few details about Timex and himself.
Is this still a shoe? Or is it a running sock with a midsole glued on it? Whatever it is, smart money says it’s fast. And fast it is, but it’s just there for the most efficient lightweight runners.
At the opening ITU World Cup in Mooloolaba James Seear held the lead until very late into the run before eventually finishing third. The young Aussie with a passion for speed and classic cars is certainly someone to watch moving forward.
The Konesic is a pure stability trainers like those built ten and fifteen years ago. K-Swiss might have found a niche market for the heavier runners who loved the motion control shoes no longer widely available.
This $2 billion industrial juggernaut is the world’s most effective sport fishing advocate. But does this advocacy threaten to hit a snag if its aggressive style offends the sensibilities of cyclists?
