We cover the installation of a modern threaded, outboard bearing bottom bracket. Even if you never intend to replace one yourself, you may find this inside look to be enlightening.

In the greatest duel in Olympic triathlon, gold and silver was settled over 2 hours – and the difference was just 2 inches; but the journey for Nicola Spirig and her coach Brett Sutton started 6 years earlier.

We speak with Mark Hickey, founder of American frame manufacturer, Habanero Cycles. Always thoughtful, pragmatic, and funny, we think you’ll enjoy what he has to say.

Viktor Zyemtsev and Carrie Lester earned the titles at the 2012 Revolution 3 Cedar Point Triathlon in Sandusky, Ohio and here is a gallery from the race.

Pro triathletes, like Greg Welch and Siri Lindley, as well as neophytes can suffer from panic during a triathlon swim. There are practical steps to comfort and in control during the triathlon swim.

Pacific Grove is one of the prettiest corners of the planet, and luckily for our sport they have hosted a triathlon weekend in September for 18 years. Always, the kelp crawl, elite and age group race s. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Kendra Lee joined Drew Scott as amateurs who posted faster times than the pros at major Ironman events. Lee, a 32-year-old age grouper from Denver, was 1:09 faster than top pro Gillian Clayton at Ironman Canada.

Drew Scott may be the son of Dave Scott, but Drew isn’t resting on his father’s laurels. Drew as an amateur had the fastest overall time at Buffalo Springs 70.3 and next year he’ll be racing as a pro while finishing his last year at Colorado University.

Sebastian Kienle took charge of the 2012 Ironman 70.3 World Championships on the bike and stormed to the win in course record time of 3:54:35. Leanda Cave took the women’s title with a similar plan of action in 4:28:05.

Victor Zyemtsev added another title to his resume with a win at the 2012 Rev3 Cedar Point triathlon. Carrie Lester pulled away from Malaika Homo and then had to hold off Jessica Meyers to take the women’s title.

Ben Hoffman dominated the field at the 2012 Ironman Wisconsin in a course record time of 8:32:51. Elizabeth Lyles grabbed the women’s title, but her margin over runner-up Beth Walsh was much tighter.

Nico Lebrun and Helena Erbenova grabbed the wins at the 2012 XTERRA Switzerland Championships. Lebrun took charge of the race during the run and Erbenova moved to the front of the race with a race best bike split.

This year there were two female Norseman champions and Julia Nikolopoulos won the Saturday edition of this stunning event. She even broke the course record in 13:00:40, but that only lasted about 24 hours.

With the Cervelo R3 105 edition you can indeed have your cake and eat it, or maybe better said, the MSRP of $2,600 brings it within reach of quite a few folks.

We have an in-depth chat with nutrition expert, Dr. Allen Lim. Topics include long-course racing, real food, and how a nutrition label may not be telling you the entire story of a food’s value.

Swiss Pro Nicola Spirig captured the Olympic Gold medal in a photo finish over Lisa Norden, and today we look closer at her BH G5 race bike.

The 2013 Trinity Composite 2 helps Giant to establish itself in the sub $2,500 market with a very legitimate entry, and here are a few details.

We look at more new 2013 goodies from the Orbea and Shimano product launch at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Denver, Colorado.

A stunning black and white gallery of the 2012 Hy-Vee 5i50 Championship from photographer Eric Wynn.

Brian Duffy Jr. has been knocking at the door of an amateur national championship for several years. He finally took the crown this year on his fifth attempt. Sal Farrugga had a few words with him.

Lisa Norden follows Olympic silver with her second straight $151,500-plus Hy-Vee gold as the Swedish champion tops runner-up Sarah Haskins by 51 seconds in the richest race in the sport.

Like his fellow Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden in the women’s race, Javier Gomez took control of the Hy-Vee Elite Cup men’s race with a run that brought him a 38 seconds margin over runner-up Hunter Kemper.

Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium won his third Powerman Zofingen title, one more than his late brother Benny: Eva Nyström of Sweden narrowly missed Karin Thürig’s 2002 course record at the ITU long course du Worlds

Andreas Raelert topped fellow German Timo Bracht by 4:02 and Gina Crawford of New Zealand edged Mary Beth Ellis of the United States by 1:04 to win the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl half distance.