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Race Registration

Our series on how to put on a successful race continues with race registration, both pre-race and the requirements for registration at the race venue.

by Slowman, July 7, 2008

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Water cooler fantasy league hits pro cycling

We don't have Brett Favre and Tiki Barber to play on our fantasy football teams anymore. But we do have Christophe Moreau and George Hincapie. Announcing the first, or at least the best, and certainly the biggest, fantasy TdF pool.

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At the cash register: 2008 a good vintage?

As the first half of this year draws to a close, is this a good or bad year for tri-specific retailers? We took the temp of some of America's best, asking them this question, and parsing their answers for a good look inside.

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Contact points

Welcome to a new series: Why you're not comfortable. If you're not comfortable speaking in front of crowds, sorry, we're not addressing that here. But if you're not comfortable on your bike, read on. That's our topic. We're starting with "contact points."

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Those lazy hazy crazy days of Summer

Nat King Cole didn't sing about this kind of Summer. You know you've got an air quality problem in your state when you can't find blue sky two miles above the sea.

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Slowtwitch debuts Geometry Calculator

The F.I.S.T. tri bike geometry calculator is open for beta testing. Your fitter plunks numbers into our online engine and, poof, your custom bike geometry!

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A bike fitting first: Angular head pin on an X/Y fit bike

Exit Cycling finished work on an angular head pin for its X/Y adjustable fit bike. This makes Exit Cycling, the fit bike maker owned by popular custom bike builder Ves Mandaric, a one-of-a-kind machine.

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Preferred Build: Cervelo P3C

Today begins a new set of articles on Slowtwitch, a series in which we feature a bike in a fashion we call our "Preferred Build." We'll highlight a bike, built as we might if it were left up to the Slowtwitch editors. We start with a Cervelo P3C, built to my choosing.

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Your race budget

Our series on race directing continues with a nod to the budget. What will your race cost? Here is a list of things you'll not want to forget.

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Torque wrenches (and one in particular)

In the old old days of cycling (when I was 25 or so), everything was made of steel and forged aluminum. Back then we needed torque wrenches. In today's age of carbon, you really need a torque wrench.

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Caress to get his sanction and retain L.A. Tri

Jack Caress is the Chuck Norris of race directors. He has withstood the uppercuts and left hooks of national and world sports federations, delivering his own roundhouse kick to retain ownership of the L.A. Triathlon. Is a home gym infomercial next?

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Attracting media to your race

Race directors: getting media to cover your race is not as hard as you think. But, it takes forethought. And, you have to decide what that media means to you; how it can help you. It's all explained here.

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3T’s Ventus bar: The road test

The Dutch Masters (the bike makers, not the cigar makers) have struck again. The Ventus is a tri bar to be taken seriously: not just as eye candy atop the P3Cs ridden by Cancellara and the CSC team.