Opinion
A statement on the recent Slowtwitch outage
On Jan. 18, Slowtwitch experienced a server outage of several hours. This was the result of damage to the fiber optic lines connecting our servers - and others - to the rest of the Internet. The ...
Slowtwitch Explodes
No, you weren't banned. No we weren't protesting PIPA and SOPA. An explosion blew up the fiber optic cables carrying our signal to you. Slowtwitch was down from 2pm Pacific to midnight.
What We Have Noticed: Cervelo Magura
With the Cervelo P5 launch only a few days away we noticed a strange new sponsor on the Garmin Barracuda team kit. Will that mean that the new P5 will feature a hydraulic brake from Magura?
Best of What We Have Noticed 2011
After perusing all of this year's What We have Noticed features, our editor selected his favorite ten items of 2011. It was not an easy decision to make, but someone had to do it.
SB910 is in the finish chute
Cyclists, CEOs, and professional bike racers, not only in California but across the country, are watching as Governor Jerry Brown readies pen for a signature. A former CHP officer, still a bike ...
CycleOps Power Kona Contest
The CycleOps Kona Challenge is the best of the season's pick-the-winners contests. It's got an intriguing contest format and rule set, and what's up for grabs for the winner and runner-up isn't ...
Sniffing jocks inhibits good spelling
If you create a Venn diagram, the circles of which circumscribe ESPN's columnists, and the list of Rhodes scholars, any intersection is highly unlikely, as has again been demonstrated.
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.
IM 70.3 Worlds – the contenders
Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men's race is wide open.
Why Hy-Vee really matters
In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship
The Preeminence of Kona
Jordan Rapp does not have the gift of literary timdity. Thank goodness. If one can be both teachable while fearlessly opinionated, that's Rappstar. Here he opines on the Hawaiian Ironman.
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 ...
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
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 ...
London Calling
The London World Championship Series Triathlon this weekend is an Olympic preview event. It's the first race where U.S. triathletes can qualify for the 2012 Olympics – if they can crack the top 9.
A Newsman with a View
I read Cyclingnews.com with vigor. I do so every morning. A cup of coffee, a muffin, and that site starts things off right for me. It was during one of my forays over to Cyclingnews, reading Tour ...
When Harry Met Javi
ITU racing is compelling, the athletes are superb, it's good, hard, clinical, scrubbed, white bread, racing. Until this past weekend, when it finally, happily, developed an edge.
Messick to WTC - analysis
AS AEG's Andrew Messick moves across to WTC, what is Providence Equity Partners' strategy, and what does this mean for Ben Fertic? Here's what Slowtwitch thinks of the recent hire.
Unauthorized Assistance
This week we again look at rules we've tried to parse before: What's unauthorized assistance exactly; and what happens when an official's commands collide with our own best sense?
AG drug testing wrap-up
Let's wrap up the past week's look at age-group drug testing. Maybe we can see a way forward and, perhaps, prevail upon those charged with keeping our sport clean to consider some ideas not ...
Wildflower Contenders to Watch
With Michael Raelert not on the start list, the men’s contest is wide open; and with defending women’s champ Julie Dibens not starting either, keep your eyes on a talented and hungry women's field.
A hard look within
After a disappointing 70.3 California Mac Brown put up a very hard note to himself on his blog. It was not meant to garner attention or sympathy, but he was kind enough to let us share it.
Pro men to watch in Oceanside
The 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California has one of the best early season fields in the sport. Michael Raelert isn’t defending so the men’s race is wide open for top talent.
Women to watch at Oceanside 70.3
Mirinda Carfrae is the prohibitive favorite to execute a three-peat at the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California women’s race this Saturday. But Kelly Williamson, Linsey Corbin, Kate Major and Magali ...
Abu Dhabi Men’s Odds 2011
Rasmus Henning, Dirk Bockel, Eneko Llanos, Chris McCormack, Jordan Rapp, Craig Alexander, Marino Vanhoenacker, Timo Bracht and Faris Al-Sultan are Timothy Carlson's favorites for the Abu Dhabi Tri.
