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Specialized Transition Pro (2011)

 This bike is further evidence that the most hotly contested price category in tri bike land is the $3300 to $3700 range. The big boys—Trek, Cervelo, Felt, Cannondale, Scott—have gone all-in here. How does the Transition Comp fair?
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Scott Plasma 20 (2011)

 The Plasma 2 frame was unobtainable during 2010 for a price below $5000. For 2011, this high quality frameset can be had in a bike selling complete, with a very nice gruppo, for $3300. Today we take a look at that bike.
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Trek Speed Concept 7.5 (2011)

 Trek has finally come out to play in the sport of triathlon. They engage in every price range with a bike that's imaginative and well conceived. The Speed Concept 7.5 is a strong entry in the mid-$3000 category.
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The Bontrager RXL Hilo

 This triathlon cycling shoe has the best breathability of all shoes I’ve so far tested. The large amount of mesh used in the upper of the shoe makes this like riding with the air conditioning on full volume.
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Bont Sub-10

 Bont's moldable, monocoque cycling shoes bring something new to the tri shoe category: a shoe so form fitting the single-strap closure method isn't the liability it once was.
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Northwave Tribute

 The Tribute is an update on the Tribal: a tri-specific cycling shoe with an extremely soft Lorica upper. Don't expect the same fit, feel and features: the shoe is an improvement, or not, depending on you.
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Specialized TriVent

 Specialized really went after the tri-specific crowd with its TriVent BG shoe. Notwithstanding a couple of minor peeves, this shoe is the cash register leader and deserves to be.
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Speed Concept (2010): Worth buying?

 Never in 20 years of bike businessing have I ever seen a tri model so anticipated, and so artfully debuted by its maker. But how do you know if and when a Speed Concept is the right bike for you?
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Speed Concept (2010) Geometry

 The Speed Concept is Trek's new triathlon superbike. How does it measure up, literally, in terms of geometry? Is this bike long and low, narrow and tall, and is it sufficiently adjustable?
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Descending

 This popular tutorial on descending was first written in 2000 and has been reworked and updated for today.
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Transition Comp for 2010

 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.