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$63,100

$63,100. That was the tally for the 9th Annual World Bicycle Relief Charity Challenge, putting us right around $600,000 raised over the nine years of this endeavor.

by Jordan Rapp, February 13, 2018

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Reasonable bike fit expectations

Slowtwitch forum members too often (justifiably) complain about bad results from bike fit sessions. As of 2018 here is what you should expect.

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Final Countdown for the 9th World Bicycle Relief Charity Challenge

We're in the home stretch. Only a few more days to go. But lots of amazing offerings in this year's Annual Charity Challenge for World Bicycle Relief!

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Rappstar’s 9th Annual World Bicycle Relief Charity Challenge

It's that time of the year again! For the ninth year in a row, it is time for the annual WBR fundraiser that puts bikes into the hands of MANY well-deserving folks around the world.

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Hands On With The Zwim HUD

We got our first look at a working prototype of the Zwim HUD, currently seeking funding via IndieGoGo.

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Repurposing The Vasa Swim Ergometer

Winter Sports Editor Jon Schafer explains how to repurpose the Vasa Swim Ergometer into a erg for Nordic skiing and more.

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The Top 15 Kona female Pros on their bikes

Up close and personal with the bikes and components of the Top 15 female Pros at the 2017 IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

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Bike details of the Top 15 Kona male Pros

A very detailed look at the bikes of the top 15 males of the 2017 IRONMAN World Championships in Kona plus the bike of bike course record breaking Cameron Wurf.

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The Magic 5, a small Danish company co-founded by a triathlete, his engineer uncle, and a national team swimmer, aims to use the availability of these tools to change the way swim goggles are made. They developed a proprietary face-scanning app which maps every contour of your face and - in particular - your eye sockets in three-dimensions. From there, they can create fully custom gaskets unique to each eye - and pair them with the exact right nose-bridge from their wide selection of pre-made widths to create a pair of goggles that matches perfectly to you.

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Fine tuning the speedy Jake Montgomery

Jake Montgomery almost lost his life when a car ran over him while he was training for the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Worlds in Mooloolaba. Montgomery recently he spent time with Mat Steinmetz of 51 SPEEDSHOP to get dialed in on his Cervelo P5X.

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Bottom Bracket Maintenance. Presented by CeramicSpeed

In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed's Technical/R&D Support group, goes over proper bottom bracket maintenance. Keeping your bearings lubricated and in top shape. He goes over how to check for contaminated bearings and what to do to keep that from happening.

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Diamondback IO

It's the kind of road bike a triathlete can appreciate: Diamondback's Andean detune to road geometry and use.

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Post-Travel Reassembly. Presented by CeramicSpeed

In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed's Technical/R&D Support group, goes over some of the more common post-travel assembly tips. This video is really designed to address the fundamentals that almost anyone traveling with a bike should know and will have to address: putting your seatpost back in, reattaching pedals, tightening some of the bolts on the stem, etc. Jeff also covers the universally important topic of torque specifications, something critical when reassembling the bike after travel.

$63,100

Reasonable bike fit expectations

Final Countdown for the 9th World Bicycle Relief Charity Challenge

Rappstar’s 9th Annual World Bicycle Relief Charity Challenge

Hands On With The Zwim HUD

Repurposing The Vasa Swim Ergometer

The Top 15 Kona female Pros on their bikes

Bike details of the Top 15 Kona male Pros

The Magic 5

Fine tuning the speedy Jake Montgomery

Bottom Bracket Maintenance. Presented by CeramicSpeed

Diamondback IO

Post-Travel Reassembly. Presented by CeramicSpeed

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