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Aero products to complete SRAM RED offering
SRAM R2C Yaw Aero shifters SRAM’s new R2C (Return to Center) bar-end shift levers have been upgraded to work with the SRAM RED Yaw front derailleur. The left/front shifter is now trim-less, providing a lighter action than the original version. Only two positions: big or small ring. Easy, Fast and Precise! The R2C allows you [...]
Tagged with Ironman, Road, SRAM RED, SRAM RED 2012, Triathlon
SRAM-Zipp-Quarq Triathletes Wrestle with Power for WBR
The Quarq powermeter World Bicycle Relief Challenge was perhaps the second most anticipated competition at the Ironman World Championships this year. Top triathletes put their reputations and elbows on the line to raise money and awareness for World Bicycle Relief (www.worldbicyclerelief.org). Quarq engineered a powermeter into an arm wrestling machine and had it on display [...]
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
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 [...]
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
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
SRAM Athlete Profile – Triathlete Fraser Cartmell
Fraser Cartmell is an incredibly talented 29-year-old triathlete from Stirling , Scotland , (Scottish hero William Wallace battled there often) who competes most regularly in Ironman® 70.3 events. Fraser rides the newest (2012) Trek® Speed Concept 9.9 equipped with SRAM Black RED. Before jumping into tri’s, Cartmell studied chemical engineering at Heriot Watt University in [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Black RED, Fraser Cartmell, Ironman, Ironman World Championships, K-Swiss/Trek Team, Olympics, SRAM RED, Trek K-Swiss, Triathlon
Fraser Cartmell’s SRAM Black RED Trek Speed Concept 9.9
Fraser Cartmell and his 2012 Trek Speed Concept 9.9 – the Scottish Trek K-Swiss rider is a rising star in the triathlon world, with major victories at 70.3 UK and South Africa, as well as a win at the UK Ironman. His SRAM Black RED-equipped Trek Speed Concept was only days old when these photos [...]
Tagged with Bike Tech, Bikes, Black RED, Fraser Cartmell, Ironman, Ironman World Championships, SRAM RED, Trek K-Swiss, Triathlon
SRAM/Zipp’s Linsey Corbin flies to her first Ironman victory
Montana native Linsey Corbin won her first Ironman in style, breaking the Ford Coeur D’Alene course record. With a time of 9:17:54 she beat second place by almost 6 minutes. Linsey tackled the course with great tactical sense and gained positions throughout the day. On the road, she powered through the demanding course to set herself [...]
Tagged with Athletes, Ben Raby, Desiree Ficker, Ironman, K-Swiss/Trek Team, Linsey Corbin, Matt Lieto, Paul Damato, Triathlon Tagged Ironman, K-Swiss/Trek, Lnsey Corbin, R2C, SRAM, Tri, Triathlon, Zipp