Articles by Slowman

News

Why We Bought Trisports.com

Two weeks ago my wingman Monty and I bought Trisports.com. It is a temporary custodianship. Why did we do it?

by Slowman, October 16, 2017

News

Ryf Pushes Through Difficulty to take 3rd Kona Title

Daniela Ryf just wasn't having her day, for the first half of her race. But her second half made up for it, and she's now a 3-time champion.

News

Patrick Lange Wins the Hawaiian Ironman

You ride for show; you run for dough. That's what all the pros who race here have known for a generation. Lange ran for dough and got it.

News

Our Attempt to Report on the Ironman Real Time

We're 20 miles into the run. Sanders continues to chug and thrust and tilt and hump to the win... maybe. Ryf? No apparent weakness.

News

Before the storm

As the Hawaiian Ironman start approaches the start/finish is a maelstrom. Here is what it looks like earlier in the morning.

News

Slowtwitch Kona Party!

This edition may have had the highest attend rate ever. Just about everyone who RSVPd showed, and then there were the bandits!

News

Andrew Talansky Turns to Tri

Yes, the top cyclist is wearing a Canyon shirt

Cycling

SRAM’s New TT Hydro Disc Brakes

Finally! A first-rate lever-to-caliper hydraulic disc brake option for tri and TT bikes.

Triathlon

QR Discifies its PR6

QR intros its PR6 as a disc brake bike, having done much more than just throw a disc and thru axle into its frame.

Industry

Diamondback IO

It's the kind of road bike a triathlete can appreciate: Diamondback's Andean detune to road geometry and use.

News

Interbike: Farewell to Vegas

This was Interbike's farewell to Las Vegas. What was notable?

Training

Cobb’s Move Into Stationary

This company, best known for its saddles, is either lucky or smart or both, because it's added stationary to its offerings.

News

IM Wisconsin Photo Gallery

A professional photographer, Gary Geiger, who is a Madison native took his camera out to his local Ironman race. Here is the fruit of that exercise.