Fri Apr 30 2010:
Are you 5'6" or shorter, or have an interest in one who is? Here is an assortment of small tri bikes, and where they fall along the geometric gradient of long, short, tall and narrow.
Tue Apr 27 2010:
In about a month, I'll have two bikes in my garage: a P3 and a Slice. The P3 was an output, that is, it was the result of a process. The Slice was an input: It commenced a process. Confused? ...
Mon Sep 28 2009:
Even if old ideas fade away, if they have value, they'll kick around and reappear. So it is with "empty space" between a bicycle's fork and its wheel.
Mon Sep 21 2009:
This, a companion to "What's in a tire," describes the difference between butyl and latex tubes, and also the calculus of tire pressure, and how to choose the right pressure for a race course.
Wed Sep 16 2009:
Chrissie Wellington rides hard. Very hard. And very fast. But does her position fall in line with what we teach and preach at Slowtwitch U, or is she an outlier bucking the trend?
Mon Aug 10 2009:
Let it never be said that Slowtwitch doesn't tell you where the rubber meets the road. We deconstruct the tire and explain what conspires to give you good flat protection and low rolling resistance.
Mon Mar 16 2009:
The question is more common among road riders than triathletes, but is probably more impactful on the latter group: what crank length should you ride? The answer is counterintuitive; probably the ...
Wed Dec 24 2008:
About a week a go Normann Stadler went to the Retul studio in Boulder, CO to get accurately fitted on his Scott Plasma 2. Bike fit is a crucial thing and even fast guys like Stadler may have space ...
Tue Jul 15 2008:
Last year I wrote a series of articles about the most underserved segment of the handlebar market. I described the state of the shorty bar, offered some opinions, and reported on the best current ...
Sat Jun 28 2008:
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 ...
Wed Aug 15 2007:
There are several companies that say they have rubber nobody else has. Let's take a look at those claims, and the rubber they're using, and see what we can glean about the state of materials in the ...
Mon Jan 01 2007:
The truth is, almost every wetsuit feature has a corresponding detriment, and certain features have only the detriment, and no corresponding asset. You must decide what features matter to you.
Wed Mar 07 2007:
After two decades of heated declarations and ill-informed pronouncements, there remains not one shred of evidence suggesting one of these wheel sizes is inherently superior to the other. And yet...
Mon Dec 10 2007:
The nice thing about the Internet -- or the maddening thing, if you like finality -- is that there rarely is any finality. Articles that we publish are not the last word on a subject, they're ...
Fri Nov 30 2007:
In barely a month USA Cycling joins the UCI in legislating the Randy Newman ethic: "Don't want no short people round here." Fortunately, there is a deceptively easy alternative for both of cycling's ...
Mon Nov 26 2007:
Floyd Landis, Fabian Cancellara, Dave Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer have all raced with the "hands in face" position. John Cobb pulls out of his wind tunnel archives an analysis of hand heights.
Tue Oct 23 2007:
Trek's engineers went public with their latest Equinox TTX wind tunnel test to counteract what it called spotty and erroneous assumptions about its recent data.