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Matt Burton is all in for Kona. The man from Perth holds the Australian Ironman Record, and is going into the Ironman World Championships as an underdog. But, he’s going there to win. The 36-year-old is no stranger to adversity. He’s been knocked down by injuries countless times in his fifteen years of racing triathlon, the worst of which came at the start of this year. A bone infection saw him spend two-months in hospital, questioning whether he’d lose his right foot, let alone race triath …

Mike Phillips is having a very good year on the Ironman circuit. The 33-year-old has two podiums to his name in 2024, he’s going into Kona targeting a Top 10. Having started racing triathlon at school, he has been racing professionally since 2015 and left his job as an engineer in 2018 to focus as a full-time athlete.We sat down in Girona to talk to the Kiwi.SE: So, Mike, what does Kona mean to you? Kona is the pinnacle for Ironman Competition. It is where the Iron distance race was born, a …

In the ever-evolving world of cycling technology, partnerships often lead to the best performance outcomes. While creating our Driveline Ecosystem, we came together with multiple companies to make the perfect system. CSixx Components from South Africa, Zero Friction Cycling and HSC Ceramics from Australia.How It All StartedWhile developing our 1x chainrings with cSixx, we were confronted by the issue of poor performance of all pulley wheel systems we tried, specifically, dislodging the chain on …