Our blog this week comes from another new guest triathlon blogger – IronPhil! He has a great blog and has kindly stepped up to provide this weeks blog with an insight into the mind of an ironman in training and how you keep your motivation levels up through the dark, miserable Read more…
The £1000 price bracket is a hugely competitive area of the market so what can you expect for your money? And the question on competitive triathletes lips is will I be able to buy a bike that I can train and compete on. We’ve listed our favourite affordable road bikes Read more…
The recent spate of Australian flu sweeping across the UK has affected more people than I can remember in many years and amongst those people are many triathletes who previously had been desperately trying to kick start their training plans. For those who were already head long into their full Read more…
This weeks blog is a suggested January swim workout for triathletes set for to help kick start the year with some effective swim sets. Don’t just waste your time ploughing up and down at the same pace failing to deliver any results and try out our swim set to shock Read more…
The Cryoshield is a new addition to the range of clothing from D2D with a more winter-targeted technical jacket. If the winter chills have exposed a gap in your cycling wardrobe for a winter jacket capable of keeping the worst of the cold at bay, then this might just be Read more…
10 Triathlon Achievements to do before you die People are now making a series of specific bucket lists, each under different categories. So Trivelo Bikes have decided to join in and here are some suggestions of what you could put on your specific triathlete bucket list: 10 triathlon achievements to Read more…
Worried about being seen at night while cycling? Bike lights are essential and we review the Lezyne Strip Drive Pro 300 Rear Light before you make your decision.
It was a big one last weekend with Kona and the World Championships. Big spoiler alert if you didn’t watch the event we are going to talk about the winners of the event and call out the mens race winner and the womens. You have been warned! Enjoy the Ironman Read more…
This week we have a 100 word book review of I’m here to win by Chris McCormack. 100 word book review We’ll ‘fess up that before we read this we didn’t know who Chris McCormack was which for a bunch of triathletes is lame we concede. The story traces right Read more…
This week we received the fab news that our blog efforts have been rewarded by an award and inclusion in a list of top Triathlon blogs. Its official Trivelos award winning blog has been recognised for greatness with insight around triathlon. Top 10 here we come For sure we know Read more…
This week we have the Reading Triathlon 2017 race review by one of our from Team Trivelo. Its September and the summer that never was looks to have slipped away as mornings are graced by a chill in the air and the duvet no longer seems quite thick enough. Perfect Read more…
With Ironman Wales an example of a race scheduled for mid September it can pose a real challenge for competitors who have spent all year juggling family life with a tough multi-discipline training regime. You are faced with the prospect of the kids being off in August and the long Read more…
Triathlon training is a complicated business. Three different disciplines to squeeze into your week irrespective of distance is a challenge unless you are a multi-millionaire playboy with time to burn. Not wishing to add to your troubles but I’m going to add another factor into your regime with the “brick Read more…
This weeks blog brings you a set of essential tips for faster cornering as you ride your bike to help bring you closer to those PB times
Triathlon is a relatively young sport and has risen through the ranks of popularity at lightening speed over the past decade which means for many it is a sport that has been discovered as a second or third sport following success in something else. For those age groupers discovering triathlon Read more…
For our blog this week we have tapped into the inner conscious of all cyclists with the inner thoughts of a cyclist Am I getting worse or is just windy today? I normally am at least 2mph quicker through here. Maybe I am just a bit tired. Maybe it’s a Read more…
This week we have a playlist suggestion for all of you out there grinding out the hours on your turbo trainer and looking for musical inspiration. We set out seeking to write our ultimate Top 10 Playlist but as you will be able to tell we couldn’t agree in the Read more…
Lycra is an unforgiving fabric hiding no lumps or bumps and for those mere mortal amateur triathletes can result in some pretty shocking race photos. Lycra – Not the most flattering of outfits. Rather than hiding your uglies we say embrace the horror and show those official camera men your Read more…
Can cars & bikes enjoy sharing road space. This week Chris Froome tweeted following a near miss with a car where he ended up totalling his Dogma to evade the vehicle and thankfully stepped away without injury. This plus a host of other near misses seem to be becoming an Read more…
For this weeks blog we have our recommendation for top races you should be adding to your race calendar for 2017. With such a broad range of race distances and types to consider we have tried to make sure we have considered all flavours or triathletes and also given some Read more…
Over-pronation in running is a term used to describe excessive flattening of the arch in your foot. Everyone experiences pronation as a normal function of the way that we walk (also known as gait). Getting super geeky on it this is based on three types of movement (dorsiflexion, eversion, and Read more…
Under-fuelling can be the most depressing experience you can have on the bike as your usual form disappears without a trace and every hill. Every tiny incline becomes an impossible ask. Muscles and willpower require fuel to perform and without them your body will slowly shut down and prevent any Read more…
Motivation at this time of year can be a tough reality to track down with long nights and miserable weather. Couple this with limited racing if your an open water triathlete makes it hard to find the impetus to get out there and complete the base training needed for race Read more…
One of the best steps any triathlete can take to improve their training is to join a triathlon club. We have compiled a full list of all triathlon clubs to help you find one.
The world of bike porn is a seductive one with so many shiny two wheeled mistresses eager to release you of your hard earned pennies. Of these the TT bike is regularly one of the most coveted in the world of triathlon as athletes fret about improving their times and Read more…
For our blog this week we have a review of the Aftershokz Trekz Titanium wireless headphones designed for running and cycling. This shiny new piece of kit differs from conventional in-ear or over-ear headphones by using “bone conduction” technology, which is as cool as it sounds. For impressing friends at Read more…
Struck down with a bug – rest of train through it? As we enter the darkest days of January the assault of germs reaches its peak as a trip on public transport can feel like a warzone of bacteria coughed and sneezed at you from every angle. Get off me Read more…
Post Christmas every bugger is on a health kit. Bins are full of half eaten abandoned tubs of chocolates and the odd license is looking like a ghost town. Not drinking in January is no hardship as everyone is full of good intent and gym memberships max out. But come Read more…
Apple and Ridley Scott presented the most awaited event of 1984: the introduction of Apple Macintosh personal computer to the world. With a concept directly influenced by George Orwell’s classic novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, Scott offers a heroine who destroys the repressive present led by the Big Brother in order to Read more…
We review the Lezyne 800XL front bike light testing it over a 6 week intensive trial period. Read what we have to say about it.