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Motion Control footwear 2009

Hey, big guy, here are your motion control running shoes for Spring 09. In this first edition are the models from Asics (Gel Foundation) and Brooks (Beast, Ariel and Addiction)

Running footwear 09: racing flats

If you're a 180 pound triathlete, a 6 ounce shoe is probably out. But if you're a 145 pounder with a good footfall, an 8 ounce shoe might be in. Here's our first round of overviews of 09's racing flats.

2009 tri bikes at the entry level

The flip side of our red hot demographic is that "entry level" in triathlon does not start at the entry level. Here's our $1500-and-up look at tri bikes for 09, starting with Cervelo, Felt and QR.

What We Have Noticed: Xtenex, Zipp, Avia, fi’zi:k

Starting today you'll see a new editorial feature on slowtwitch called "What We Have Noticed" and in this new series we'll cover products and services we have stumbled upon. But we are not reviewing these items, we are merely introducing them.

The Winter months

It's January. What now? Let's take stock. You're fat, out of shape, and your motivation ebbs and flows. Perfect. We have you right where we want you. Time to start training.

Systems, tools and apple pie

Judging by recent posts on the Slowtwitch Reader Forum, confusion reigns over bike fit systems, the difference between a system and a tool, and how it all relates to apple pie.

Tour de Bike Fit

Read this first, if "tri bike fit" is new to you. It's a guide to the dozens of articles in the bike fit section. The articles are grouped, and we offer our advice about the order in which they should be read.

Tri, road, or tweener?

There are three ways to ride a bike: road race (the way pros do it); triathlon (the way pros do it); and that strange morphing of the two which we call the "tweener."