After he returned to racing full time in 2012, Leon Griffin had six runner-up finishes at half Ironman and 70.3 races through Wildflower this May. After a gluteus tear set him back for months, Griffin won Rev3 Maine.

After a heavy downpour yesterday evening most folks were glad that the 2013 Eurobike show headed inside today, and there was plenty to see.

At the 2013 Eurobike show we spied this very sweet and crazy light Open O-1.0 with a funky prototype leaf blade suspension fork, and at 6.7kg just under the UCI road bike weight limit.

A first look at the brand new fi’zi:k Tritone triathlon saddle, a product that is a steep departure from the tradition of this Italian brand, but it is also very much fi’zi:k and Italian.

This edition of our Mailbag covers some practical questions on tire pressure and sport selection. Take a look and even submit your own question for a future article.

Make way for Shimano, arguably the largest revenue seller worldwide of bicycle specific stuff. It’s entering the world of bike fit in a big way. It’s protcol? Well see. But that crank on its fit bike!

The Demo Day of the 2013 Eurobike trade show is now in the books and we spent time in Ratzenried today to see what is new and what was going on.

At the recent 70.3 European Champs Lisa Hütthaler apologized to Tamsin Lewis and several other pros for transgressions of the past. Lisa also talked to slowtwitch about her regrets and how she is a changed person.

Rev3 Maine at Old Orchard Beach offered the flavor and beauty of the New England coast with hot competition between some of the planet’s top pro triathletes. Photo gallery by Eric Wynn.

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.