Let’s face it: there is a huge disconnect in the tri bike world. As with most things in life, it has to do with incentive-caused biases. By that I mean what is best for the manufacturers, bike shops, and athletes is not necessarily the same thing. Hence as a potential consumer of a tri bike, […]
In part 2 of our annual look at the bike fits of the pros in Kona, we check out winner Frederik Van Lierde, top American Tim O’Donnell, as well as some questionable fits. One theme that remains constant is very steep effective seat angles. Everyone is sitting in the 80+ degree range. We also spot […]
The first of our bike fit analysis videos is up. This one looks at Starykowicz, Kienle, and McKenzie. We compare various fit aspects via motion analysis. It will be clear the Andrew is a bit of an outlier in the way he is fit on the bike, bucking the trend of very steep effective seat […]
Late-breaking race report here on Kona #7. 1996 was my first one after which I took a triple-baby pause and then raced it 6 years in a row. Every year I intend to take a Kona-break and this time I really mean it. After last year’s epic meltdown, however; ending up 4th AG after having […]
This is the last of our Kona cycling videos for 2013. That is other than some bike fit analysis coming soon. And we also have run footage. I actually have a backlog of great run footage, including the Boston Marathon and Eagleman 70.3. So lots more vids to come… This video shows the first 14 […]
Now we move to the women’s pro field, with this video of the first 17 pro women into T2, shot at 300 fps. After six consecutive years of filming on the Queen K, I can say that in general the women’s positions have become more aggressive and more similar to the men’s. In this video […]
Part 2 of our video study of the male pros passing thru mile 110 on the Queen K. As always, slo-mo shot at 300 fps. Some of the big names are here in this group of the 13-26th pros into T2. These include Tim O’Donnell, Crowie, and Pete Jacobs. Whereas the faster bikers were pretty […]
Here we go again – the first of our 300 fps super slo-mo videos from Kona. Well the 2nd really – we put an early edit up on Xtri.com while still in Kona, but now that we are back at TTBikeFit HQ we will be churning out several more. This one features the first 12 […]
As always I stood on the searing pavement in front of the King K to bring you pics of as many pro bikes as possible. Enjoy!
Defending Ironman World Champ Pete Jacobs unveiled his new machine at the Kona expo yesterday. Boardman Bikes founder, Olympic gold medalist, hour record holder, and yellow jersey wearer Chris Boardman was on hand to explain some of the development that went into the bike. See the video of the unveiling below where both Chris and […]
