Articles by Slowman

Cycling

Bontrager RXXXL Brake Lever

This is the fruit of an 'Aha!' moment that I admire, and that drives me crazy because I didn't think of it. This is so simple. It already exists in MTB levers. I could not make the mental leap. Bad Slowman.

by Slowman, February 29, 2012

News

The Leadman Cometh

I like the smaller, scenic races these days. Upcoming is a special race for certain of those of us in the Southwest. It's part of an eclectic aggregation of races Life Time Fitness is acquiring or building.

News

Private Equity Scooping Up Events

WTC and Competitor Group are back in the acquisition mode, and if the first six weeks of 2012 is a sing of things to come, marquis events of all distances, all around the world, may be acquisition targets.

News

Challenge Cairns winners reflect

Two lady MOPers new to triathlon took the male pros and vet AGers to the woodshed during the Challenge Cairns Sessions Challenge. Stand in front of caf0 or MistressK and they'll roll over you.

News

PON Completes Purchase of Cervelo Cycles

Triathlon's most storied bike company, Cervelo Cycles, has just become a member of the PON family of companies, acquiring it from its two founding partners Gerard Vroomen and Phil White.

News

Phil White Matriculates

Cervelo co-founder and president Phil White sits with Slowtwitch to talk about the 16-year journey from a bright idea to acquisition, on the day he hands the front door keys to PON Holdings.

Industry

Bottom Bracket Standards

The irony is that the newest, most relevant bottom bracket standards, such as BB90 and BB30, aren’t about bottom brackets. They’re about frame construction, and frame stiffness.

News

Armstrong’s training peeps

Who does Lance Armstrong, professional triathlete, train with in his hometown of Austin, Texas? The posse includes a lot of Longhorn alumni, with a liberal smattering of current and former pro triathletes.

Industry

Road Bike Fit

This road bike fit protocol is designed to work with fit bikes that adjust horizontally and vertically; to take advantage of stack and reach data matching; and to consider all the positions common to road bike riding.

Industry

Armstrong on his Tri Bike

Things are changing for Lance. Like, his position. What goes around comes around, and he's laregely come back 'round to his pre-bike-race tri position, with an assist from Slowtwitch forum members.

Industry

Frame Stiffness

What follows below may be a line of reasoning I have to eventually repudiate. My intention is to deliver my thesis with maximum caution and minimum hubris, in case I need to eat crow later.

Industry

Stance Width

Published here stance width recasted, which includes (this time) the devastatingly obtuse fact omitted in this article's original publication. Stance width and q factor are discrete metrics, of course.

Cycling

Bontrager Race X Lite Aerobars

I assembled Trek's Speed Concept 9-Series tri bike last year. I was prepared for the integrated Bontrager aerobar to be a disappointment. I was more than pleasantly surprised.