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Cycling

Stayin’ Alive – Urban

 Here's our guide on to stay alive cycling while sharing the road with motorists armed with a cell phone in one hand, a Double-Double-with-Cheese in the other, steering with their knees.
Industry

Speed Wobble

 I expected almost no incidences of speed wobble since the onset of today's monocoque carbon frames. Instead 3 in 10 of you have had speed wobble occur with these bikes.
Industry

A Show of Hands?

 Where can you place your hands when riding, and have the bike handle to your liking? Good question, and it's surprising how hard a question this is to answer.
News

Why I Tri

 A discussion last week with Tim DeBoom, and a post on our reader forum, convinced me to attempt what I've always been miserable at explaining: my interest in multisport.
News

The Fight for a Fuller Discussion

 Outside Online published a guest editorial by Triathlete Magazine editor Julia Polloreno on The Fight for Gender Equality. There are just one or two things missing from the debate.
News

Gwen on the Bike

 America's brightest triathlon star is a fish in the water and a deer on the run. But on the bike? Not so much. Is that changing? Maybe so.
Cycling

Is SRAM tri-ready?

 How relevant is SRAM in triathlon in 2015? Shimano has made it tough, but the scrappy Chicago company still has a lot of game for multisporters.
News

Womens Access

 It should be obvious to anyone that access begets prosperity. The success of the U.S. women in Olympic-style triathlon is a story about access. Let's talk about how this impacts Ironman.
Industry

Shimano for 2015

 Shimano's groupkits for use in triathlon are overviewed here. Mostly, your choice for tri is Shimano versus SRAM or Shimano versus another Shimano group. Here's how we parse it.
News

Guide to Wildflower: Intro

 There are 3 triathlons not to be missed to understand the sport in its historic entirety: Kona, Roth and Wildflower. Today begins our guide to this 32-year old venerated behemoth.