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-t ...
This shoe snuck up on me. I didn't see it coming. It doesn’t only look good, it has a great fit and that's not the end of it. Tim DeBoom inspired this shoe, and the result is solid.
In timed racing, SRAM's Force has been the forgotten gruppo. Sandwiched between Shimano's Ultegra and SRAM's own well received Red group, Force is the homecoming queen that nobody thought to ask to ...
Is Di2, Shimano's electronic shift system, ready for prime time, ready for tri, ready for you and your bike? Answers: yes, yes, maybe and maybe. Here's what you need to know about Di2.
We can quibble over the 20-year wait, or we can celebrate the fact that iconic component maker Campagnolo has at long last introduced the necessary elements of its gruppo specific to timed racing.
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses how to user mile marker alerts without auto-lap, wearing HR straps during races, and ...
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses using Garmin's elevation correction feature, measuring heart rate and distance underwater, ...
During the development of the Firecrest 404 wheels, Zipp engineers decided to take a slightly different approach than has typically been used in thinking about and designing the rim shape. So, what's ...
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses using a Garmin Edge 500 with a PowerTap, using the Garmin FR310XT during the swim, and some ...
This week we noticed the Giro Selector TT helmet, a very cool Wouter Weylandt memorial t-shirt, the GU Roctane Chocolate Raspberry, the 2012 Norseman race(s) and an interesting way to protect your ...
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray compares the Garmin GTU to the Spot Tracker, discusses how to create CompuTrainer files from GPS files, ...
If you're thinking about electronic shifting, there are few bikes designed with forethought, and executed with precision, with Shimano Di2 in mind. The Speed Concept 9.9 is one such bike.
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers using multiple ANT+ devices at the same time, how to connect a magnet to a HED3 wheel and ...
We recently visited Rafael Hoffleit in Germany to look closer at his bikes and understand a bit more about this designer whose bikes are hand crafted in Germany.
Jordan Rapp built up his Specialized Shiv just before the 2011 Avia Wildlower Triathlon and we had a closer look at his setup. As a bonus, Jordan also did a video walk-through.
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray goes into detail on the sport by sport differences between the newly announced Garmin FR610 and the ...
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray looks at Bluetooth heart rate strap monitors, ANT+ cell phone clients and app options, and a review of ...
The season is now in full swing and nothing inspires more than new gear. So we have a look at the Giro Aeon helmet, the Avia Avi-Bolt III shoes, the Zipp track jacket and the TwinSix Crank t-shirt.
In this week's installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses taking your Garmin Forerunner to the pool, the best watch that measures altitude for trail ...