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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

After lightning forced cancellation of the swim, Jordan Jones of Golden, Colorado topped the men’s race and Lauren Goss of Clermont, Florida won the women’s crown at the Kansas 5i50 impromptu duathlon in Lawrence.

Artem Parienko of Russia came from behind on the run to beat Luciano Taccone of Argentina and Pamela Oliveira of Brazil held off a late charge by Lisa Perterer of Austria to win the ITU Huatulco World Cup.

Josiah Middaugh stopped Conrad Stoltz’s 6-race streak and Lesley Paterson beat Melanie McQuaid to capture the XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, Alabama.

Faris Al-Sultan of Germany won by 9:48 over Miquel Blanchart of Spain and Kristin Möller of Germany took control on the bike and finished with a sizzling 2:58:37 run to win Ironman Lanzarote.

Three-time ITU Duathlon World champion Paul Amey won his very first Ironman at the age of 39 and Rachel Joyce broke Mary Beth Ellis’s course record and dominated the women’s field to win Ironman Texas in 8:49:14.

This company built its own wind tunnel. Pretty cool. But it didn’t just build a tool to help in product design. It’s what the tunnel means. It’s another process play, like BG.

Julie Dibens will be racing the Tour of California invitational women’s time trial today in San Jose 18 months after her last triathlon and 14 months after a major operation to address foot and knee injuries.

We review two 2013 cycling shoes from Shimano – the SH-TR60 tri shoe, and the SH-R170 road shoe. We also look at new Shimano cleats, including a second option in float.

Boulder-based creative agency Moxie Sozo filed suit against Newton Running for unpaid invoices. According to a source at the agency the total owed is in the neighborhood of $300,000.

We review two 2013 helmets from Bell, the Gage and Javelin. The Gage is a vented road helmet, and the Javelin is the latest aero helmet (and now CPSC-certified).

About a year ago the Pebble watch was featured on kickstarter and this editor was an early backer. We now have that watch in our hands and here is a first look.

Last week I invited expert bike fitters to solve a theoretical conundrum facing many fitters and certain of their customers. I thought Slowtwitchers might like to see how some of the cleverer fitters operate.

German Pro triathlete Uwe Widmann is now approaching his 25th year in the sport and while he never had a major Championship title, he has been very consistent – placing in the top ten at Ironman Frankfurt in 9 out of 10 attempts.

On the eve of Wednesday’s 10th annual Ride of Silence dedicated to cyclists killed on the road, Sara McLarty recalls her father Brent McLarty, struck and killed by a van while cycling near his Deland, Florida home in 2011.

Eneko Llanos of Spain outran Bart Aernouts of Belgium by 18 seconds to win Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. In the women’s race Lisa Hütthaler of Austria passed fellow Austria resident Yvonne Van Vlerken late in the run to take the win.