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Tour de France 2016 Analysis – Week 1

July 26, 2016 David BowdenLeave a comment
Cavendish pips Greipel, Stage 3, 2016

With le Tour having finished I think it is opportune to dig into a few things I noticed. This won’t be a stage by stage blow by blow, rather – analysis of segments where equipment (potentially) made a critical difference. […]

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Fuji Track Elite

November 3, 2013 David BowdenLeave a comment

Fuji is one of the few brands in recent years to have committed to developing a new carbon track frame – the Fuji Track Elite. It’s a very nice addition to the market – sizing, features & price are all positives […]

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Cervelo RCa Released

March 15, 2013 David BowdenOne comment

Cervelo have released a successor to their Halo road bike – the R5Ca makes way for the RCa – the Ca referring to the fact that the frames are built in California. Unfortunately the price tag that accompanies the R&D […]

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Triathlete Magazine Windtunnel Testing: Part Deux

February 22, 2013 David BowdenOne comment

After I finished yesterdays article about Triathlete Magazines Windtunnel Testing it occurred to me that there were additional elements worth considering. So today I’ll look at the effect of different bikes at IMNZ and consider the impact of adding a […]

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Triathlete Magazine Windtunnel Testing

February 21, 2013 David BowdenOne comment

Triathlete Magazine has made drag data available from a recent bout of Windtunnel testing involving the new Orbea Ordu, Specialized Shiv, Trek Speed Concept and Cervelo P5. Unfortunately the conclusions they draw from the data are rather simplistic. Happily Speedtheory […]

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Trek Speed Concept 7.0 2013

December 3, 2012 David BowdenLeave a comment

The new range of Trek Speed Concepts finally arrived in NZ last week, allowing two of my clients to finally get some sleep (as they both wished to race on the weekend just gone). The XL model had to be […]

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Cervelo P5 Review

September 9, 2012 David BowdenLeave a comment

I’ve written a Cervelo P5 Review for Sportzhub, which you can read here. For my previous thoughts on the P5, check out these articles.

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Trek Madone 4.5 Review

May 10, 2012 David BowdenLeave a comment

Having recently acquired a new road bike it’s time that I detailed what led me to the choice I made and what I think of the bike now that I’ve got some miles on it. The choosing: Anyone who has […]

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Cervelo P5 – First Thoughts

January 26, 2012 David Bowden2 comments

As anyone interested in Triathlon equipment knows, the P5 has finally been released. While we’re still waiting on some information (like the most important bit – windtunnel data) there has been enough revealed to draw some early conclusions.

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Trek Speed Concept 7.0

February 24, 2011 David BowdenOne comment

One of my clients wanted to upgrade his Tri bike from the faithful steed that I set him up on five years ago. At the top of the option list I gave him was the Speed Concept 7.0 – not […]

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