It’s official: the top-5 bike companies in the world each have a fit system. Not since the advent of the mountain bike have so many bike brands delved into something so not in their wheelhouses.

With reports from Ironman Canada and Louisville, Ironman 70.3 Brazil, Rev3 Maine, the classic Chicago Triathlon, XTERRA Japan and more

Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee broke away at the end of the bike, then held off Javier Gomez and his brother Jonathan to win WTS Stockholm and take a slim lead in points going into the London Grand Final

Gwen Jorgensen of the United States blew away the field on the run to win her 3rd World Triathlon Series women’s race this year and take a narrow lead going into the WTA Grand Final in three weeks in London.

Portuguese Pro Pedro Gomes grabbed the win at Ironman Sweden and a few weeks earlier he won Challenge Vitoria Gasteiz. He currently sits on the bubble of the KPR chase both in terms of points and also financially.

It’s that time of the year again! Time for the annual WBR fundraiser that puts bikes into the hands of MANY well-deserving folks around the world.

Last weekend’s Ironman races at Mt. Tremblant and Sweden seem to have settled most of the slots left in the Kona pro field; but there is still racing in Canada, Louisville and Brazil.

We look at a few products from two manufacturers – CycleAware and FOOTbrake. If you’re having trouble finding a gift for your triathlete friends or spouse, look no further.

In his 10th year as a pro, Brandon Marsh took dead aim on qualifying for his first Ironman World Championship. He did it with a clutch runner-up finish against a quality field at Ironman Mt. Tremblant last weekend.

XTERRA veteran Will Kelsay was hit by a pickup truck with a trailer while cycling to a swim workout in Boulder, Colorado Wednesday; Kelsay was treated and released at a local hospital and his bike was destroyed.

According to a Bay Area-based ABC affiliate, Ironman champion Meredith Kessler was charged with felony hit and run after police in San Francisco trace the accident to a vehicle she was driving.

In her first year of elite competition, USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program’s Katie Hursey won two World Cup races – far sooner than U.S. stars Barb Lindquist and Sarah Haskins won their first.

For a relatively small brand, Felt stays busy. Three new major bike molds this year, and that’s almost an annual ritual with these folks. Among them, a new, sexy, high-end tri bike: the IA.

An electrifying 8:37:36 female win at Copenhagen, plus Ironman Sweden, 70.3 Timberman and Yeppoon and XTERRA Germany, and much more.

Luke Bell hung tough during an assault of leg cramps in the last hour and a half; Mary Beth Ellis remains 8-for8 in Ironman races outside Kona in a mad scramble for Kona qualifying points at Ironman Mt. Tremblant.

We call a few selected races bucket list events and the Inferno Triathlon is certainly worthy to be among them. Enjoy these impressions from the 2013 event.

German XTERRA Pro Felix Schumann took the win at the 5,500 meter (18,800 feet) climbing 2013 Inferno Triathlon in 8:42:47. Sonja Gerster from Switzerland took the women’s title and was the first woman to go sub 10 hours here.

We look at a pair of force and motion-measuring insoles that can be used for cycling, running, and injury rehabilitation. It’s called RPM2, and made in the USA.

We finally got our hands on a set of Enve SES 8.9 carbon clincher wheels and here is a first look at what arrived and out initial measurements.

Raleigh, NC resident Thys Wind was the fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Raleigh and is regionally a contender for overall titles. We bumped into him at the Lake Mayo Sprint triathlon – a race where he came away with a big W.

Spain’s Marcel Zamora Pérez had the fastest bike split on the ultra hard Embrunman course and that allowed him to take the win in 9:42:21. Jeanne Collonge from France crushed the women’s field in 10:56:43.

Quite a few cities in the Southeast were vying to get a new fall Ironman event into their community and when the hype and dust all finally settled today it was announced that there will be an Ironman Chattanooga.

Nestled in a fairy tale setting in the Laurentian Mountains outside Montreal, Ironman Mt. Tremblant pros with Kona qualifying dreams will be heading to their calculators after they finish this 4000-point race.

Aussie Joe Gambles has taken quite a few wins recently. This Boulder, CO resident just got his new Trek Speed Concept race bike and Mat Steinmetz dialed it in.