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SRAM Athletes Set Fastest Bike Splits in Kona
Karin Thürig (4:44:19) and Chris Lieto (4:18:31) powered to the fastest bike splits at the 2011 Ironman® World Championships on SRAM RED components. Thürig captured a new course record (which she had previously held) by averaging 24 mph over the hot, hilly and windy 112-mile leg. The former Duathlon World Champion rode SRAM RED drivetrain [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Bike Tech, Bikes, Black RED, Chris Lieto, Ironman, Ironman World Championships, Karin Thurig, SRAM RED, Triathlon, Women's Cycling
Macca Comes to Sign “I’m Here to Win”
Chris McCormack, know to most as “Macca,” is considered a legend in the sport of triathlon and has recently released a biography that covers a great range of his sporting and personal life. The two-time Ironman World Champion, with over 200 career victories, gets personal and very honest throughout the 261 page book entitled, [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Black RED, Chris McCormack, Ironman World Championships, SRAM RED, Triathlon
Mirinda Carfrae – Triathlete – Bike Profile
2010 Ironman World Champion (and former 70.3 WC) Mirinda “Rinny” Carfrae is one of the fastest runners in the field, and that includes the men as well, but she relies on her bike split to keep her in within reach of the strongest riders. She is easily one of the most successful and most feared [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Bikes, Black RED, Ironman World Championships, Mirinda Carfrae, Triathlon, Women's Cycling
Virginia Berasategui – Triathlete – Bike Profile
Virginia Berasategui should be on everyone’s short list of potential winners at the 2011 Ironman World Championships. The former World and European Triathlon Champion has finished 4th and 3rd respectively the past two years. The bike will be her strongest leg, but she is extremely balanced, and the 36 year-old Spaniard’s single goal is this [...]
SRAM’s Ready to Compete in Kona
With wins in both the Men’s and Women’s Pro categories in 2010 (Macca & Rinny), SRAM’s goal of conquering the Ironman® World Championships was fulfilled in impressive fashion. That fact, along with a spec count where SRAM was 22% of the entire fields componentry, made it a decidedly positive World Championship weekend. For 2011, SRAM [...]
Passion, emotions and victories for Laurent Vidal & Andrea Hewitt!
Our two “Kiwi/ Frenchie” triathletes, Andrea Hewitt & Laurent Vidal, who used to split time between France and New Zealand, had remarkable seasons this year to join the ranks of the world’s best triathletes. Their intense winter swimming, biking and running in New Zealand proved fruitful.Both have been selected for the 2012 Olympic Games, [...]
Tagged with Andrea Hewitt, Laurent Vidal, Olympics, SRAM RED, Triathlon, World Championships
Linsey Corbin – Bike Profile
Linsey Corbin is a Montana native and has placed as high as fifth at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, HI. We caught up with her at the 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas, NV, where she is a serious threat for the win despite not being a short course specialist. Corbin was in great [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Bike Tech, Ironman, Ironman World Championships, Linsey Corbin, SRAM RED, Triathlon, Women's Cycling
SRAM-ateurs Bikes at Marine’s Ironman 70.3 World Championships
With the bulk of the field at the Marine’s Ironman World Championships 70.3 being amateurs, we thought it would be a nice opportunity to showcase a few of their bikes that feature all (or nearly all) of the SRAM brands, including SRAM (drivetrain), Zipp (wheels, bar, stem, seat post), and Quarq (power meter cranks). These [...]
Triathlete Michi Weiss – Bike Profile
SRAM caught up with the tall (6′ 3″) and lean (170 lbs) Austrian (Vienna) Triathlete Michi (Michael) Weiss at the 70.3 World Championships in brutally hot Las Vegas, NV. Weiss was coming off a solid break, with his last result a second place (7:57) to what was the world record for the 70.3 in Austria [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Bike Tech, Bikes, Black RED, Component group, Ironman, Ironman World Championships, Neutral Race Support, Triathlon