Archive for the 'equipment' Category

Orca pushes the envelope

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Wetsuits have come a long way in a very short time and just when you thought they had done everything possible to make them better, Orca comes along and takes it to another level.
The Apex2 was first seen at the ITU World Championships and Nikola posted a pic of Emma Snowsill wearing one.
Now they have [...]

World’s lightest bike wheels

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

For those of you with lots of cash to spare, these might just be the ultimate wheels.
Making use of aerospace technology that combines boron and carbon, Lew Racing will, on December 1st, unveil what is likely to be the hottest racing wheel around … assuming of course, you can afford the $4,995.00 price tag!

Blue Seventy PointZero3

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

New skin (non wetsuit swim suit) from Blue Seventy…

WADA issue with altittude tents

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Maybe some of you heard already but I just noticed it in the latest Triathlete issue, that WADA actually wanted to ban altitude tents as illegal aid.
I am not a doctor or anything like that so I really do not know if there are any bad effects of using an altitude tent, but, to take [...]

2XU

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

http://www.2xu.com
Looks nice and I have seen people wearing it but I did not try it. Post any comments if you have experience with it. Very bad website though.