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Power Meter 101

We take a look at cycling power meters from a very basic approach. How do they work; what do they actually do? We slice and dice data transmission, power equations, and more.

Brent Bookwalter’s BMC TM01

Brent Bookwalter of Team BMC was one of the favorites for the US Pro TT Championships but in the end had to settle for the runner-up spot. Here is his BMC TM01.

HUUB SKN-1

Memorial Day is over, the weather is warming up, it is time to think about swimskins. This one is mid-priced, but not mid-performance. If a swimskin is in your future, read further.

Kemper, Kaye capture Cap Tex

U.S. stars Hunter Kemper and Alicia Kaye dominated the men’s and women’s pro fields in Austin to win the Cap Tex Triathlon pro titles, top points in the 2013 Life Time Pro Series and $6,000 checks.

O’Donnell, Stevens take Brazil

Timothy O’Donnell won his first Ironman by 18 minutes and super swimmer – excellent biker Amanda Stevens held off a late race charge by Sara Gross to take her first Ironman win at Florianopolis Brazil.

McCormack, Csomor top Rimini

McCormack won a finish line sprint to prevail by 3 seconds over Daniel Fontana of Italy while Erika Csomor of Hungary topped Diana Riesler of Germany by 2:02 to win the Challenge Rimini half on a windy day in Italy

Billington, Donner win NO 5i50

Gregory Billington of the United States won wire to wire and Kaitlin Donner of Australia topped Andrea Steyn of South Africa by 30 seconds to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at New Orleans 5i50

Aernouts, Hütthaler win St. Polten

Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Andi Böcherer of Germany and Lisa Hütthaler of Austria out biked Eva Nystrom of Sweden to win Ironman 70.3 St. Polten as low air and water temperatures canceled the swim.

2013 US Pro TT Champs

The 2013 US Pro Cycling TT Champs were held in Chattanooga, TN earlier today and Tom Zirbel and Carmen Small grabbed the titles.

Sampson Cassette Review

We review the steel cassette offerings from Colorado-based Sampson sports. They now offer a low-cost 11-speed option that is compatible with Dura Ace 9000.

View-Speed product review

We review two products from View-Speed – the S4 skewers and CyclOps glasses. This small company is based in California and owned by a Slowtwitch forum member.

Darren Smith on changes

Aussie coach Darren Smith had a few words with slowtwitch to discuss the current state of affairs, a new addition to the squad and a pending big move.

A Rotor 3D+ crank review

About a year ago we built up a Giant TCX Advanced SL cross bike with Rotor 3D+ cranks with 50/34 Rotor Q-Rings and it is now time to talk about the experience.

American Triple-T video

Enjoy our recap video of the American Triple-T triathlon stage race. This event features four races of varied distance over a three-day period. Our Tech Editor attended with a Go Pro camera.

Up close with James Hodge

Australia often has quite a bit of young talent in the sport of triathlon and among them these days is 21-year old James Hodge. He recently finished third at 70.3 Busselton but now he is back to studying and preparing for tests.

Mavic unveils Cosmic CXR60

This week Mavic unveiled the Cosmic CXR60 as the latest addition to the CXR Wheel-Tire System lineup that it first introduced a year ago with the Cosmic CXR80 wheels.

Gomez wins Barcelona

Olympic silver medalist Javier Gomez ran away from the field with a race-best 1:11:49 half marathon that gave him a 6:05 winning margin in his half Ironman distance debut at the Challenge Barcelona Half

Dye, Samuels take Columbia

Cameron Dye of the U.S. topped Bevan Docherty of New Zealand by 1:21 and Nicky Samuels of New Zealand outpaced Meredith Kessler of the U.S. by 2:25 to win the 30th anniversary Columbia Triathlon

Bozzone, Ellis win Florida 70.3

Terenzo Bozzone of New Zealand edged Kevin Collington of the U.S. by 1:21 and Mary Beth Ellis topped fellow U.S. competitor Mandy McLane by 5:07 to win the Ironman 70.3 Florida overall titles.