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Earn the Money

Earlier this summer we published on Slowtwitch an article called, "Where is the Money," about the recent pay practices of certain race organizations. The B-side to that story is here.

2011 Interbike preview

I write an Interbike preview every year for members of the bike industry, and this is it.  It's geared to retailers, and it's read by many exhibitors as well. But everybody gets to read it, because, well, this is Slowtwitch.

Rapp on the dais

In case you weren't in Penticton over the weekend, a race took place, two winners prevailed, and one of them provided us the text of the speech he gave at the award ceremony

Hillary Biscay, Digitally Remastered

When does the digital airbrushing of a pro athlete image go too far? Is it okay to delete the logo off an athlete's race uniform, and to remove down tube decals, and the stickers from helmets and wheels with a few keystrokes?

Chrabot outsprints Bennett in Chicago

Local boy Matt Chrabot outlegged Greg Bennett and Paul Matthews in a 3-up sprint. Sarah Haskins made it 3 wins in 3 years in ChiTown. The Toyota Cup points race tightens.

Backcountry.com acquires Competitive Cyclist

Slowtwitch analyzes the acquisition of one of cycling's premier online sites by one of the world's premier online retailers, and explains why this purchase might foretell a megatrend in the world of cycling.

Garmin Vector arriving in March

Garmin announced today the fruition of a project ardently anticipated by Slowtwitchers: the pedal-based power measuring system it bought when it acquired MetriGear last year.

ITU’s Secty General on Wiltshire

Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU's posture toward race comportment.

Affordable DA for 2012

This year's Felt superbike was superpriced. Next year's is super duper priced, if you want electronic shifting. But there's a Dura Acey version of it that's nicely priced, the DA4, showing up in September.

HITS has horsepower

There's a new sheriff in town, and he's riding a hunter-jumper. We interview Tom Struzzieri, the man behind America's most popular nationwide series of equestrian events, and the new, ambitious 13-city triathlon series.

Big Matty finally finds his form at Life Time

Matt Reed rediscovered his bike speed and outlasted a hard-charging Andy Potts. He wins the Life Time Fitness Tri in Minneapolis, and Sarah Haskins returns to the series to take her 3rd Toyota Cup win of the year.

Look Keo

Any circa-1984 cyclist who saw the original Look pedal, and who was a snow skier, recognized the genius, and the simplicity, of the design. Twenty-five years later, Look has not squandered its first-to-market advantage.