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A look at Magnic Light

We all like to be seen in traffic and we might be all maybe a bit more enthusiastic about lights if we only did not have to deal with batteries or dynamos. The solution might be Magnic Light.

Bottom Bracket Standards

The irony is that the newest, most relevant bottom bracket standards, such as BB90 and BB30, aren’t about bottom brackets. They’re about frame construction, and frame stiffness.

Road Bike Fit

This road bike fit protocol is designed to work with fit bikes that adjust horizontally and vertically; to take advantage of stack and reach data matching; and to consider all the positions common to road bike riding.

Armstrong on his Tri Bike

Things are changing for Lance. Like, his position. What goes around comes around, and he's laregely come back 'round to his pre-bike-race tri position, with an assist from Slowtwitch forum members.

Frame Stiffness

What follows below may be a line of reasoning I have to eventually repudiate. My intention is to deliver my thesis with maximum caution and minimum hubris, in case I need to eat crow later.

Stance Width

Published here stance width recasted, which includes (this time) the devastatingly obtuse fact omitted in this article's original publication. Stance width and q factor are discrete metrics, of course.

2012 SRAM Red unveiled

SRAM unveiled the 2012 Red group to the world today and we have the first pictures here. Integrated power meter and improved shifting are some of the highlights.

The Magura RT8TT brake

This week in Fuerteventura, Spain Magura announced an exciting new hydraulic aerodynamic TT brake that they developed together with Cervelo.

The 2011 Running Event

The Running Event awards the top running specialty stores in the USA with 50 Best distinctions and we were at the adjacent expo to grab a few images.

Assos Zhego

I don't wear glasses when I ride. Ever. That established, an Assos Zhego sports glass arrived a few days before my scheduled departure for a week of mountain biking in Morocco. I took it along.

More Primal Blueprint

Who's the best selling author among all triathletes ever to grace Kona's pro podium? If we're right, it's probably not who you think. It's the fellow who wrote the book reviewed herein.

Iron War

Matt Fitzgerald writes the first Krakauer-style book ever in triathlon. It's two protagonists, Dave Scott and Mark Allen, have filed suit against its publisher. I've read the book, and here's my impression.