We examine several patents held by cycling and triathlon companies, and the competitive boxing match that ensues. Are the original products still the best, or is newer always better? Read on.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his Wildflower triathlon, Terry Davis erected a Stairway of Champions with plaques honoring all long course winners. On the 1983 men’s plaque, there was a surprise addition.

A highly anticipated race serving the Chesapeake triathlon community has been canceled effective today. Full refunds will be offered, and discounts to IM 70.3 events.

We posted a special Foundations edition of What We Have Noticed a few weeks back and today we bring you another segment featuring Alex’s Lemonade Stand, War on ALS, More Than Sport and Reach.

Qualification for Olympic triathlon slots is coming down to the wire and USA Triathlon high performance general manager Andy Schmitz lays out the complex criteria his athletes face at the San Diego WTS races.

We visited the US Service Center of Germany-based SRM in Colorado Springs, CO to see what is going on behind the doors of this popular power meter brand.

Some refer to it as a 2013 SRAM Red group while others call it a 2012 edition, but no matter what name you might want to call it, we are having a closer look at the newest high-end group from this brand.

We had the opportunity to sit down with Uli Schoberer, the entrepreneur and engineer who created SRM. He tells us about how they started, where they’re going, and some very interesting pieces of history.

We recently had a few words with British U23 Pro Tom Bishop and today we follow it up with a chat with his twin brother David. David also competes as a Pro triathlete and currently does some French Grand Prix events with Rouen.

Scott’s got a footwear division, making both running and cycling shoes. I’m impressed with the quality of its work. Overall these shoes are good, but certain design features need some upgrading.

In a recent Slowtwitch poll a total of 29 votes were spread amongst Dugast, Schwalbe, Vredestein, Hutchinson, and Veloflex. Those are some really great tires! For some of you, your best possible choices.

Czech Pro Filip Ospaly used a very fast 31:07 run to win the 2012 St. Anthony’s Triathlon nine seconds ahead of Ben Collins. American Sarah Haskins had a bit more time in hand when she won the women’s title of this 5i50 race.

Lionel Sanders of Canada and Gail Kattouf of Greenville, South Carolina won the USA Triathlon Age Group Duathlon Nationals overall titles while overall runner-up Patrick Parish won the U.S. Men’s Championship.

If you look closely, you’ll notice a new motif showing up in aerobar design. The armrest and extension are linked. Zipp has hit the manufacturing cycle about right with its new Vuka Alumina Clip.

What does a 2008 Olympic Trials swimmer do after the Olympics Trials have come and gone? If you’re Tommy Zaferes you pick-up an old bike and enter a triathlon on a whim. Sal Farruggia had a few words with this fast Pro.

Michael Rauschendorfer’s TRI, a collection of photographs of triathlon’s greatest performers in some of the sport’s most picturesque venues, captures the timeless beauty of triathlon

Ironman St. George will become Ironman 70.3 St. George in 2013, announced the World Triathlon Corporation today, but the upcoming 2012 event next week will remain a full distance event.

Light & Motion was founded in 1989 and has since been in Monterey, CA. We might best know them for their very fine cycling lights, but they got actually started in the diving world.

Tom Bishop was part of the British U23 podium sweep at the ITU Triathlon World Championships ln Beijing last year, and we are convinced that we will hear a lot more from this fast twin.

Andy Jacques-Maynes of the Kenda / 5-hour Energy Pro Cycling team is the current race leader at the Sea Otter Classic, and here is a look at his Cannondale Slice TT bike.

David Hauss of France topped Italy’s Davide Uccellare and Kathy Tremblay of Canada outran Ireland’s Aileen Morrison to score breakthrough World Cup wins at Ishigaki, Japan

Trevor Wurtele and Sarah Piampiano took breakthrough wins at the Ochsner Ironman 71.1 New Orleans that became a duathlon when the swim was canceled due to high winds

Six-time Ironman World Champion Natascha Badmann won her fourth Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa at age 45; Clemente Alonso-McKernan topped the men’s field at Nelson Mandela Bay.

The third day of the 2012 Volkswagen Sea Otter Classic was highlighted by Pro MTB cross country, the Pro road TT and the Pro dual slalom. But like always, there is more to life than racing.