Looking for a new bike, and find you’re in between sizes? Your LBS owner will tell you to choose the smaller size, and he’s been saying that since, well, forever. But it’s the wrong answer, at least nowadays, at least in tri.
by Slowman, January 18, 2010
Enjoy the second part of the interview with John Duke, the man who brought back Triathlete Magazine from the verge of bankruptcy. The outspoken Duke recently left Competitor Group when his role there was changed.
We recently learned that Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness has been selected to be the new coach of Linsey Corbin and we wanted to find out more about this decision and her process of selecting a coach.
Great Britain’s Fraser Cartmell edges James Cunnama, while South African Rhodes Scholar Mari Rabe breaks course record, tops Sandra Wallenhorst at Buffalo City.
Richard Ussher, former Olympic mogul skier, adventure racer and 2009 Quelle Challenge Roth podium finisher beats Justin Daerr and Gina Crawford outduels Rebekah Keat for third straight Challenge Wanaka win.
For our final cross-country, marathon, XTERRA bike segment we look at sub $2,000 bikes. We present the Scott Spark 50, Giant XTC 29er, Felt Nine Comp, Rocky Mountain Element 30 and Specialized Stumpjumper Comp.
John Duke, publisher of Triathlete Magazine since 1997, resigned last month after he was removed him from control of the Competitor Group magazines. Part 1 of a 2 part interview with the man who nicknamed himself The Devil.
These days we are confronted by all kinds of charges in our life, including having to pay for air at a gas station. But now it seems that some bike shops have stepped up to the plate to also charge for air.
From DC to LA, from Boulder to Kona, from Chicago to Clearwater, the Best Running Images of 2009 in a photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Triathletes in the USA will soon be able to choose from 3 different printed triathlon magazines. H3 Publications has hired Jay Prasuhn and John Segesta and will launch the new TRI magazine in late April
From Chrissie Wellington’s 4:40 at Roth to Chris Lieto’s 4:25 at Kona, the bike was an instrument of attack in the sport of triathlon. Timothy Carlson’s favorite images of the two-wheel maestros and maestras in 2009.
From the pools at Boulder and West Point, from the starts at Wildflower to Kona, Timothy Carlson’s Best of 2009 Photo Gallery Part 1 – The swim.
Michael Poole tops James Bowstead and Tim Berkel; Sam Warriner tops Caroline Steffen, Rebekah Keat and Jo Lawn at Port of Tauranga Half
Q&A with Andy Hersam
The former Runners World Media Group Publisher is taking the reins of the Competitor Group print titles – including Triathlete and Inside Triathlon – from long term publisher John Duke.
Despite not going very fast during a 5 hour ride on January 2nd, Chrissie Wellington crashed quite hard and fractured her arm, wrist, hand and a couple of fingers. She checked in with slowtwitch.
John Duke, the man who brought Triathlete magazine from the near-dead to a dominating position in the marketplace, is out after 14 years. Former Runners World exec Andy Hersam is now in charge of Competitor Group’s magazines, including IT and Triathlete.
Sal Ruibal has been with USA Today for over 22 years and as a sports reporter for that paper covers cycling, the Olympics and various other sports. He spent time with slowtwitch to share some of his experiences.
Today we noticed a few mid-priced cross-country, marathon, XTERRA bikes. Cannondale Flash Carbon 29er, Focus Raven Expert, Jamis Dakar XCR Race, Giant Anthem X2, Trek Fuel EX 9 and Lynskey Performance Ridgeline 29.
While the brevity is the soul of wit, Timothy Carlson found great one-liners and admirable sound bites from a variety of Pros, industry folks and even some age groupers. Enjoy Carlson’s favorite quotes of the year 2009.
Performance increases are not straight-line, rather, they’re like the stock market: lots of ups, a fair share of downs, but up over the long haul Well, maybe that’s a bad analogy considering the past decade.
This is the K-Swiss Ultra-Natural Run II Ironman, a very lightweight shoe considering it’s got “ultra” in it’s title. And no, it’s not the same as the K-Ona.
To close out the decade, fun loving triathletes and multisport masters gathered for the 4th annual Boulder Beer Mile. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
