We dissect the pros and cons of both electronic and mechanical shift systems. Which should you choose and why? Is one inherently faster than the other?

In early September of this year TriDubai founder Roy Nasr was killed by an admitted drunk driver and that 24-year old male has now been sentenced to a month in jail. This is unbelievably sad and makes this editor’s blood boil.

In the final week of September, we bring reports from around the globe including a World Cup in Spain, a French Grand Prix sprint final, an Ironman 70.3 from Georgia and the Los Angeles Triathlon.

This is our video recap of Rev3 Branson 2013 from the athlete’s point of view. Our Tech Editor attended with his bike and a few cameras.

Meredith Novack was looking for a personal challenge and found it with a quest to break a record for a round trip Lanai-Maui swim.

In addition to the big race in Kona there are also several must-do other events going on. New this year is a 2.4 mile open water swim on October 5th, but there is plenty more.

We share our key observations and commentary about Interbike 2013. Other than a venue change to Mandalay Bay, what were the key differences from years past?

Tony Martin won the men’s individual TT World Championship today and we have a nice selection of images from the start to allow us closer inspect the setups.

2013 Ironman Europe champion Camilla Pedersen of Denmark has been taken out of a medically induced coma 19 days after a bike crash during training in her home town of Esbjerg and is now breathing on her own.

We take a look at the new Felt DA of Minnesota-based David Thompson. It features SRAM Red, a Quarq power meter, Zipp wheels, and a custom computer mount.

It had been discussed in our forum about 2 weeks ago and today it became official that a second Ironman event will take place in Brazil, this one in Fortaleza, a beach community in Northeastern Brazil.

We take a look at a few new headlights and taillights at Interbike 2013. There is a mix of expensive, inexpensive, bright, fun, and even strange.

About a month ago Felt launched the new IA bike and they quickly made sure that Mirinda Carfrae had one in her hands. We now look at the bike fit of this new bike.

In this edition of What We Have Noticed we look at the K-Edge TT mount, the RIDEYe black box, the WD40 foaming bike wash, FlapJacked protein pancakes, Chamois Butt’r, the Oktoberfest and the NFL.

At the inaugural Rev3 Branson Ben Hoffman and Radka Vodickova came out as the champions. For Hoffman this was his first Rev3 start but his 3rd title in Branson.

On a fairly busy weekend, we have race reports from 70.3s in Provence and Cozumel, the inaugural Ironman Lake Tahoe, Rev3 Branson and Life Time Fitness Tempe.

Beautiful Ogden, Utah hosted the XTERRA USA event again and Leonardo Chacon and Lesley Paterson were quickest to the finish.

Costa Rican Olympian Leonardo Chacon, in only his third XTERRA event, outran Josiah Middaugh to win the XTERRA USA Championship; Lesley Paterson outdueled Barbara Riveros-Diaz to repeat in Ogden.

Under the bright lights of Las Vegas Elite men and women battled for a $30,000 purse in the Aussie inspired Super Sprint Tri Grand Prix.

We spent another day inside the Mandalay Bay for the 2013 Interbike trade show and we spotted several interesting items, the highlight though came at night.

Louis Garneau has dabbled in bikes before and now they are back in the game with designs of their own. We looked closer at the Gennix TR1 offering.

The 19th edition of Terry Davis’s slice of triathlon heaven – The Triathlon at Pacific Grove – was won by Radka Vodickova and Tommy Zaferes on a mostly sunny Saturday. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

The Super Sprint Tri GP will take place on Thursday, September 19th with qualifying heats during the day and the finals starting around 6pm.

The 2013 Interbike show moved indoors today and it is the first time at Mandelay Bay. Exhibitors and visitors alike seemed to embrace the new site and we found a few interesting items today.