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Contact points

Welcome to a new series: Why you're not comfortable. If you're not comfortable speaking in front of crowds, sorry, we're not addressing that here. But if you're not comfortable on your bike, read on. That's our topic. We're starting with "contact points."

by Slowman, June 28, 2008
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Preferred Build: Cervelo P3C

 Today begins a new set of articles on Slowtwitch, a series in which we feature a bike in a fashion we call our "Preferred Build." We'll highlight a bike, built as we might if it were left up to the Slowtwitch editors. We start with a Cervelo P3C, built to my choosing.
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Your race budget

 Our series on race directing continues with a nod to the budget. What will your race cost? Here is a list of things you'll not want to forget.
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Torque wrenches (and one in particular)

 In the old old days of cycling (when I was 25 or so), everything was made of steel and forged aluminum. Back then we needed torque wrenches. In today's age of carbon, you really need a torque wrench.
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Attracting media to your race

 Race directors: getting media to cover your race is not as hard as you think. But, it takes forethought. And, you have to decide what that media means to you; how it can help you. It's all explained here.
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3T’s Ventus bar: The road test

 The Dutch Masters (the bike makers, not the cigar makers) have struck again. The Ventus is a tri bar to be taken seriously: not just as eye candy atop the P3Cs ridden by Cancellara and the CSC team.
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Getting sponsors

 I know what you're thinking: "This has to be the hardest task facing a race promoter." Yes, you're right. But it doesn't have to be. Just invest in a little creative thinking, and you'll find that getting lucrative sponsors is not that hard.