When you get to the 58cm size, tri bikes diverge geometrically. Why? Because they can. The height of these bikes is similar, one to the next. But in reach, there’s more of a divergence.
by Slowman, May 1, 2010
At about 51cm or 52cm you enter a size range where just about everybody’s bikes are built with 700c wheels. Here, there’s a convergence of geometry, but a divergence in handling.
Austrian Michael Weiss rode away from the field and closed out his day with a sub 3 hour run to win the inaugural Ironman St. George. Heather Wurtele took the women’s race and has now two Ironman titles to her name.
Luke McKenzie added another feather to his cap by winning the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman with a very strong performance. Lisa Marangon was dominant in the women’s race and held off Kate Bevilaqua by 5 minutes.
Are you 5’6″ or shorter, or have an interest in one who is? Here is an assortment of small tri bikes, and where they fall along the geometric gradient of long, short, tall and narrow.
Timothy Carlson sez: Michael Raelert slight edge over Eneko Llanos, Rasmus Henning; Julie Dibens over Virginia Berasategui, Samantha McGlone, Lesley Paterson at Wildflower long course.
What is important? What ought to matter? The answers depend on who you are and what are you’re trying to achieve. You are a tri bike’s designer, for the purpose here; good steering geometry the goal.
The 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champion, winner in Abu Dhabi and 2010 Kona rookie in training at home in Boulder.
The exercise here is in the understanding of a tri bike’s frame geometry. There are several things worth noting, and this ought to impact, or at least inform, your buying decisions.
We took a closer look at the Sable Optics 101 MTR goggles, Honey Stinger 20g Protein bars, Dunning performance slim fit polo, Globe Roll 2 city bike and the World Bicycle Relief program.
In about a month, I’ll have two bikes in my garage: a P3 and a Slice. The P3 was an output, that is, it was the result of a process. The Slice was an input: It commenced a process. Confused? Let me explain.
Heather Jackson joined the newly formed Trek / K-Swiss team this year but this young Pro is still relatively unknown. We had a few words with her after her 2:15:17 bike split at the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans.
Conrad Stoltz won the 2010 XTERRA West Championships in Henderson, NV in a time of 2:07:26 and held off tough challenger Josiah Middaugh. Shonny Vanlandingham earned the women’s title in a time of 2:24:14.
South Africa’s Raynard Tissink ran past Switzerland’s Mathias Hecht for another home country Ironman victory; Sonia Tajsich of Germany overcame Caroline Steffen’s lead with race-best bike and run.
Terenzo Bozzone took down Chris Lieto’s lead at mile 11 and held off Timothy O’Donnell’s charge by 29 seconds to win the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas. Samantha McGlone took the women’s title.
Cameron Dye beat out a stellar field to take the win at the 2010 St. Anthony’s Triathlon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sarah Haskins led from start to finish and grabbed the women’s title.
Valentin Meshcheryakov of Russia outsprinted Japan’s Yuichi Hosoda to win the Ishigaki ITU World Cup and earn his first podium finish. Early leader Clayton Fettell from Australia fell to 5th on the run.
Three-time Olympian Kiyomi Niwata of Japan outran Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to take an 11-second margin of victory at the Ishigaki ITU World Cup. Japan’s Tomoko Sakimoto rounded out the podium.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again seems to be the motto of Collegiate National Champion Chris Stehula. The tall Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo student actually has been attempting for quite a while to take this title.
This Plasma is the longest in the tooth of the three Plasma framesets. It’s still got plenty of life and relevance. Even so, it would benefit from a couple of design and spec upgrades.
Is this bike the last of an era? The bike aboard which Levi, Lance and Alberto won so many grand tour TTs prepares, perhaps, to slide off into history. The Equinox TTX 9.0 is part of that lineage.
The 22-year-old scored an impressive upset at the ITU World Championship Series opener in Sydney, taking down the 1-2-3 ranked women in the world. Meet the most impressive Chilean triathlete since Cristian Bustos.
209 athletes who planned to race Ironman South Africa on Sunday April 25th, are feeling the effects of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and won’t be able to get to the start line of the event, but all is not lost and an alternative is offered.
After 20 years of ambivalence toward tri bikes and the tri market, Specialized has finally made a world class timed race bike. The Transition is, with some exceptions, a bike worthy of its headbadge.
Laurel Wassner is currently getting ready for the 2010 St. Anthony’s Triathlon and is hoping to be in the mix despite what appears to be a very tough field. But after battling Hodgkin’s Disease, other challenges seem less daunting.
