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A statement on the recent Slowtwitch outage

 On Jan. 18, Slowtwitch experienced a server outage of several hours. This was the result of damage to the fiber optic lines connecting our servers - and others - to the rest of the Internet. The outage came at a time when two bills in the US Congress threaten to make such disruptions more frequent. Here are our thoughts on both issues.
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What We Have Noticed: Cervelo Magura

 With the Cervelo P5 launch only a few days away we noticed a strange new sponsor on the Garmin Barracuda team kit. Will that mean that the new P5 will feature a hydraulic brake from Magura?
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Best of What We Have Noticed 2011

 After perusing all of this year's What We have Noticed features, our editor selected his favorite ten items of 2011. It was not an easy decision to make, but someone had to do it.
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SB910 is in the finish chute

 Cyclists, CEOs, and professional bike racers, not only in California but across the country, are watching as Governor Jerry Brown readies pen for a signature. A former CHP officer, still a bike racer, but now a quadriplegic, watches as well.
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CycleOps Power Kona Contest

 The CycleOps Kona Challenge is the best of the season's pick-the-winners contests. It's got an intriguing contest format and rule set, and what's up for grabs for the winner and runner-up isn't chicken feed.
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Sniffing jocks inhibits good spelling

 If you create a Venn diagram, the circles of which circumscribe ESPN's columnists, and the list of Rhodes scholars, any intersection is highly unlikely, as has again been demonstrated.
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Earn the Money

 Earlier this summer we published on Slowtwitch an article called, "Where is the Money," about the recent pay practices of certain race organizations. The B-side to that story is here.
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IM 70.3 Worlds – the contenders

 Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men's race is wide open.
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The Preeminence of Kona

 Jordan Rapp does not have the gift of literary timdity. Thank goodness. If one can be both teachable while fearlessly opinionated, that's Rappstar. Here he opines on the Hawaiian Ironman.
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Why Hy-Vee really matters

 In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship
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Rapp on the dais

 In case you weren't in Penticton over the weekend, a race took place, two winners prevailed, and one of them provided us the text of the speech he gave at the award ceremony
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Hillary Biscay, Digitally Remastered

 When does the digital airbrushing of a pro athlete image go too far? Is it okay to delete the logo off an athlete's race uniform, and to remove down tube decals, and the stickers from helmets and wheels with a few keystrokes?