Articles by Dan Empfield

We’ll hear from Leisha Woolwine below, who I recruited out of our Reader Forum because of her thoughtful responses there (It’s true!  Thoughtfulness exists there!).  Leisha participated in Kona last year and just recently Nice – both IRONMAN World Championships and both womens-only races. I was eager to hear how she felt about each and how they […]

Notable here is battery life and price.

Pro cyclists are riding wider tires and your bike brand is optimizing its new designs for wider tires. Here’s why.

It’s easy to know the right pressure for every use case, and to run the right pressure every time you ride.

A gravel-oriented groupset, for sure, but may not be limited to gravel.

Quintana Roo and Litespeed owner had a heart attack following a run.

Canyon’s first crack at road cycling shoes is shockingly good.

Newly available gearing and more ergonomic hoods have changed the road position

Maybe SRAM’s prosecution of 1x was due to its tepid performance in 2x. With new RED FD shifting is tepid no more.

Lighter, stronger and – notably – tire size agnostic by design.

Vastly improved FD shifting, lighter weight, wider gear range, shorter cranks.

America’s fastest triathlon cyclist may be America’s fastest cyclist, in a race against the clock.