A little piece about bike traveling cases posted in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/fashion/12physical.html

I think I blogged about art of tri last fall. They are an organic apparel company focused on created items for Triathletes. Toby just dropped me an email asking if I wanted to offer you guys a discount on their clothing. So, if you've thought about getting some of their shirts or hoodies, use TRIF0608 code at checkout through June to get a 20% discount.

I am doing an Ironman in August - I did a half in 2004 and used Zipp 404's with Tufo Tubulars and got a flat (had a spare, but it cost me about 4 minutes). Anyone have any suggestions as to the most puncture resistant tubulars on the market?

I am looking to try commuting to work with rising prices and my ever decreasing time for training why not kill two birds with one stone! Just seeing if anyone out there has experience with commuting and what type of gear they have. I am interested in finding out especially what would work well to keep my clothes from getting wrinkled. Thanks. Trevor Douglas YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!

Dear friends ! Gunter

someone posted a great link the other day (sheldonbrown.com/gear) i think anyway.....it had a table where you could put in your cadence and gear ratios, wheel size, crank arm length etc.....and it would tell you your speed I'm riding a 170mm crank arm with 18-28-38 front gears and a cassettes that ranges from 13 to 25........that shows me only reaching 22.5 at 100rpms It is better to hurt from doing something than from doing nothing... First Triathlon (400m/20k/2.75mile) 1:39.15 including 33 minutes in the water

Just added Helmets and Saddles to the gear guide. http://www.trifuel.com/gear/Helmets http://www.trifuel.com/gear/Saddles Let me know if there are any popular items I've forgotten... thanks.

We're doing a half on June 1 in Switzerland, where it's as likely to be 72 and sunny as it is to be 42 with sideways rain. At last year's event, they shortened the swim because of how cold the water was (but it was sunny). Even if they have a warm spring, the water in Lake Zurich is unlikely to be much warmer this year, so we're already in for a very cold swim, and probably a cold T1.

Man versus Mother Nature no more. With the launch of XTERRA’s new multisport performance footwear and apparel at this week’s Outdoor Retailer show – the outdoors is no longer to be conquered. It is to be connected with. This concept of co-existence creates XTERRA’s product philosophy, Symbionics, symbolic performance systems that utilize technologies found in nature.

I am/was a huge fan of the New Balance 991 running shoe. In a perfect, would New Balance would never have discontinued making the shoe and I could go on buying them forever. However, the shoe was discontinued quite a while ago and now I have to search for a replacement. Can anybody who really liked the 991 recommend a shoe that may be comparable? Thanks!