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Lance Armstrong About To Buy a Stake In SRAM Corp.

On September 16th we reported that SRAM was in the process of being particularly acquired by Lehman Brother Merchant Bank.

We wondered what the collapse of the giant bank would mean to the acquisition of this country's largest bicycle component manufactured.

Lucky's Lake Swim

If you enjoy swimming, triathlon and/or interesting swimming tales, you'll enjoy this video. Lucky is a plastic surgeon in Florida who opens his home to strangers six days a week so they can swim 1K in the lake behind his house. He's been doing this since 1989 and now swimmers from all around the world make the pilgrimage to his home for the for Lucky's Lake Swim.

Feature: Everyman Endurance Podcast with Zeal Optics

How do you go from Tokyo, Japan to Moab, Utah to Boulder, Colorado?

That’s basically the life story of triathletes and bike racers Wink and Michael Jackson.

Feature: Ten Secrets to a Personal Best (Part 2)

 Yesterday (in Part I of this feature) I discussed some of the basic mistakes I made as a newbie triathlete in hopes of passing along some hard earned wisdom. Today I complete the list.

So onward and upward. Here is the part two of My Top Ten Secrets to a Personal Best:

Breaking News: It's Official Armstrong to Ride for Astana and Bruyneel

"I cannot guarantee an eighth Tour victory," the 37-year-old former Tour de France champion said today as he addresses more than 60 heads of state and other attendees of a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.

Lance Armstrong Discusses His Comeback Plans

How to Swim Faster in Open Water

Do you want to be a better and, more importantly, faster open water swimmer?

Swimming World magazine has you covered with a new list: 7 Essentials of Open Water Success.

These include:

1. Base Training: Getting in shape during pre- and mid-season.

Feature: Top Ten Secrets to a PB (Personal Best) by Roman Mica

Over the years I learned a thing or two about achieving a personal best race time, through trial, but mostly through error. For instance, at my first real triathlon I came screaming out of the pool into transition and onto my bike in record time. It was only after I was well down the bike course that I realized that I was still wearing my swim goggles instead of my sunglasses.

World Bike Production and Sales Soar

The Economist is reporting that since 1970 bike production has nearly quadrupled while car production has roughly doubled.

Unlike car manufacturers, Giant Manufacturing, the world’s largest bicycle-maker, sold a record 460,000 units last month and is heading for its best year ever.

That's almost a half a million bikes in one month alone.

The Economist goes on to report:

Breaking News: "The Death of American Elite Swimming as We Know it"

 According to CNBC:

"In a somewhat surprising move, Nike has pulled out of the Olympic swimwear market.

Sources told CNBC that, last week, officials with the world's largest shoe and apparel maker told college swim coaches who they have contracts with, that the company would no longer be developing the latest and greatest for championship swimmers.

Those suits, for obvious reasons, are used by swimmers at the majority of top programs whose coaches have a Nike contract.

Barb Lindquist Shows How To Transition Like a Pro

Feature: Top Ten Ways to Lose Weight (Part 2)

In the first part of this Top Ten list Fred Bretscher wrote," for this Top Ten List I am going to assume that you are familiar with what is available out there to the same extent as most people who have not been living in a cave fashioning spearheads out of flint.  So, you can consider this:

The Top Ten List of Weight Loss Ideas for athletes who have already read a lot of Top Ten Lists of Weight Loss Ideas

Around the Swim World in Record Time

How many days do you think it would take you to swim around Manhattan Island, swim the English Channel, and swim the Catalina Chanel?

Here's a hint.

That's a total of 70.5 miles.

24-year-old Rendy Lynn Opdycke did it in 27 hours, across 36 days, a record for the shortest duration to complete the three classic marathon swims.

A Tale of Two Stories

Earlier this month we reported that Lance Armstrong is returning to professional cycling, and that the World Triathlon Corporation (owners of the Ironman franchise) was sold to a private equity fund for an estimated $50 to $80 million dollars.

These are facts you probably already knew as both stories proved to be true.

But curious rumors and wild speculation has swirled around both of these stories over the past week.

Drinking Water Alone Does Not Aid Weight Loss

You've probably seen those multi-colored camping and hiking water bottles on your colleague's desk filled to the brim with drinking water.

A newly released study of 1,000 young women showed that drinking water alone had no affect on a woman's weight loss, according to the science journal Nutrition.

Feature: Top Ten Ways to Lose Weight by Fred Bretscher

There is something compelling about Top Ten Lists.  They promise to provide the most vital information in such an easy to read format.  In less than a dozen lines or short paragraphs we can become as knowledgeable as the most learned expert, and privy to the greatest of secrets.  This knowledge is all that is required to change our lives.  Sort of.

If you do an Internet search for Top 10 Lists dealing with weight loss, you will find more lists than you can shake a carrot stick at.  So, why am I writing another one?  Because my editor asked me to.  I quote from an e-mail he recently sent me: