The best upgrade that you can make to your bke is to change the wheels. However, which wheelset do you choose to get that balance between lightness, responsiveness, performance, comfort and cost? Kristi has been testing these carbon wheels from new brand on the block, Light Bicycle…
Travelling with an expensive carbon road bike can be worrying and daunting. How will it survive the baggage handler curse! Kristi was asked to take a look at the Scicon Aerocomfort, and so took it on a few travels during early season racing.
There is a lot to think about in triathlon for beginners, three sports to master, the fitness levels needed to finish a race, the mental pressure and so on. However, equipment is also important, and while the right swimwear and running shoes are crucial, the biggest investment for most new to triathlon is the bike.
Winter and early spring is always a good time to test out new mountain bike tyres. Alex has been riding with the latest Pirelli Scorpion XC tyres, on the trails of Transylvania. Find out more here…
The CYCplus L7 Rear Safety Light is a genuine challenger to the more well-known Garmin Varia. Both in terms ofprice and performance, it’s a light worth looking at – which is why Nadezhda has had it on long term test
Testing tyres for mountain bike XC is actually great fun.We took out the latest Schwalbe Addix Speed Racing Ray and Racing Ralph combination, mixing things up a bit, to see how they performed in all aspects. The result was definitely grin-inducing
When you’re out there in the wild, enjoying the majestic beauty of the mountains, there’s always that little thought in the back of your mind about “what if?” What if an unexpected avalanche rolls through? Or while enjoying a fantastic hike in the mountains, a thick, swirling fog descends.
Thankfully, world-leading brand, Camelbak have thought about this, and included some smart ‘locating’ tech in their latest HAWG hydration backpack
Now that we’ve got you sitting relatively comfortably on your new SQLab step saddle, we want to talk with you about those medical issues which some cyclists unfortunately have, and which can benefit from even more detailed technical thinking from those clever people at SQlab. Let’s look at bike saddles for back pain and prostate issues
Making sure that your bike saddle is comfortable and that it is the correct saddle for you, is more important than we usually give it credit for. It’s important to ask yourself the question: ‘am I sitting comfortably?’
