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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?
Triathlon

Cannondale Slice 3 (2011)

 The industry has chosen pitched battle at a price range between $3300 and $3700. The Slice 3 sits right in the middle, and it holds its own admirably. Plasmas, Transitions, Speed Concepts, this is your worthy competitor.
Cycling

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.
Cycling

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.
Triathlon

Felt’s 2011 DA white paper

 It used to be that a brochure was enough. Not any more. A superbike without a white paper just doesn't seem that super. Here's the authoritative guide on the 2011 DA.
Triathlon

Felt’s 2011 DA

 It's been just 3.5 years since Felt remade its tri line-up, top to bottom. But you can't stand pat these days. Here's Felt's new mold, the DA for 2011. Felt's stab at a superbike hits its mark.
Cycling

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?
Triathlon

For 2010 the majors are all in

 Prior to this year, the major bike brands, in particular those selling more than $150 million a year, were asea in the tri market, because of ambivalence and indecisiveness. Now, they're focused. But can they compete?
Cycling

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?
Triathlon

Scott Plasma 30 (2010)

 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.
Triathlon

Trek Equinox TTX 9.0 (2010)

 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.