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Industry

Going on a Mad Fiber diet

 Today we take a closer look at the ultra light Mad Fiber wheels, which we had in our hands for a long-term test and all the test bikes that had them mounted were seeing instant signs of a successful diet.
News

A chat with Neal Henderson

 Boulder, CO based coach Neal Henderson is a very busy man and among his flock of athletes are Cameron Dye, Flora Duffy and Taylor Phinney. We were able to pin him down in between trips around the world.
News

2012 CAF San Diego Tri gallery

 The 2012 Challenged Athletes Foundation San Diego Triathlon Challenge was held last Sunday and Rich Cruse was there to capture this truly inspiring event.
Running

2012 Kona top 15 men – run

 Here is a look at the top 15 overall men on the run at the 2012 Ironman World Championships with their respective run splits and details of their running shoes.
News

Berkel, Hauschildt take Mandurah

 Tim Berkel stomped the bike and held off Tim Reed on the run to take the SunSmart Ironman 70.3 Mandurah and with it the Australian Championships. Melissa Hauschildt took the women's title over Liz Blatchford.
Cycling

Ben Hoffman’s S-Works Shiv

 While we were in Kona we had the opportunity to snap a few pics of Ben Hoffman's Specialized S-Works Shiv. He though was there to train and not to race.
News

Meet Crocs man Efraim Manzano

 During the bike check-in in Kona we noticed Efraim Manzano who had Crocs mounted to his pedals. He indeed rode with them during this race, and then he switched to another pair of Crocs to run the marathon in those.
Industry

Rappstar’s Kona power data

 Jordan Rapp has been kind enough to share both his winning Quarq power file from New York, as well as his power data from Kona and TrainingPeaks provided an analysis of the data.
Industry

Kona 2012 – by the numbers

 Pete Jacobs, Luke McKenzie, and Faris Al-Sultan were gracious enough to share their power data files and TrainingPeaks analyzed how the race went down, by the numbers.
News

Kona 2012 – race gallery 1

 Pete Jacobs from Australia and Leanda Cave from Great Britain grabbed the titles at the 2012 myList Ironman World Championships, and here is our first gallery from the race day.
Cycling

Dirk Bockel’s Speed Concept

 Dirk Bockel may have a fractured hand but he is certainly not someone who should be counted out. We look closer today at his 2012 Kona ready Trek Speed Concept.
Triathlon

Pete Jacob’s Boardman AiR

 Pete Jacob's stormed to the win in Kona with a very strong ride aboard his Boardman AiR TT9.8 and a superb closing run. We had a chance to look closer at his bike.