Category: Reviews

  • Brynje Super Thermo

    Brynje Super Thermo

    A quality base layer is essential. This is a review of the Brynje LS Base Layer We hope this helps you choose the right layer system for you.

  • Exposure Blaze Mk3:

    Exposure Blaze Mk3:

    Good winter lights are essential. This is a review of the Exposure Blaze Mk3.0. We hope this helps you choose the right lights for you.

  • Velotec Extreme LSJ

    Velotec Extreme LSJ

    A review of the Velotec Extreme Weather LSJ

  • Tubeless: Part 1

    Tubeless: Part 1

    Tubeless tyres are all the rage. But are they right for you? Baroudeur members discuss the good and not-so-good affects of going tubeless.

  • Element 2.0 Gloves

    Element 2.0 Gloves

    Winter gloves are essential. This is a review of the Specialized Element 2.0 gloves. We hope this helps you choose the right gloves for you.

  • Latex tubes.  What’s the downside?

    Latex tubes. What’s the downside?

    Latex tubes – what’s the downside? Do they puncture more easily? Hard to fit? More expensive? Let’s find out!

  • Speedplay to ATAC

    Speedplay to ATAC

    A product review of Time ATAC XC 6 pedals. Do they work and are they worth it?

  • Catlike Cloud 352 Helmet

    Catlike Cloud 352 Helmet

    A product review of Catlike’s 352 helmet. Do they work and are they worth it?

  • Sportful No-Rain Knee Warmers

    Sportful No-Rain Knee Warmers

    A product review of Sportful’s No Rain Knee Warmers. Do they work and are they worth it?

  • Speedrocker Review

    Speedrocker Review

    There’s a time and a place to get wet and muddy. More often than not, it’s not on your daily commute, or club-ride. Enter the Speedrocker by SKS.

  • 100% S2

    100% S2

    100% S2 Reveiw. Are they as good as the orignal Speedcrafts?

  • Leverage

    Leverage

    More often than not, we take what we’re given. Take for instance, tyre levers; we’re told how important they are, but how often do we take a moment to check if they’re the right tools for the job?

  • 100% Speedcraft

    100% Speedcraft

    A review on 100% Speedcraft.

  • Dark Nights Viewing – Sven Nys

    Dark Nights Viewing – Sven Nys

    Over the spring season, we will be posting a series of programs and events that aim to keep people inspired to ride. First up is a story of meteoric success matched with spiralling demands. It’s muddy; it’s fast; it’s cyclo-cross. There has been a single force of nature in the world of cyclo-cross this past…

  • Mk2 Full Carbon Custom Shoe

    Mk2 Full Carbon Custom Shoe

    Introducing Jack Lee’s Mk2 fully custom shoe, but is it still better than the rest?  It started with a rant I’m annoyed.  You see I can get a custom bike-fit.  I can even get custom threads and look good riding into the sunset.  But I can’t get shoes that fit me. But there are plenty of…

  • Hirzl Grippp Tour SF – long term review

    Hirzl Grippp Tour SF – long term review

    Getting a good Grippp Gloves, like helmets aren’t for everyone.  Many people like nothing better than the uninterrupted connection with the bike and cockpit; experiencing each bump, every smooth mile of freshly laid tarmac and a cool breeze on the knuckles.  I know, I like this too. Of course, there are times when gloves are…

  • Velotec All Weather Jersey

    Velotec All Weather Jersey

    Velotec’s All Weather Jersey making sun-chasing all the more possible Badass Milan-Sanremo 2013 is a day many cycling folk fondly remember.  It involved three things we all adore: racing, discussing the weather and new kit.  As it happens, it was beset with the most challenging conditions and didn’t let up over the course of the…

  • Your best indoor training

    Your best indoor training

    space Hello UCC A few weeks before Christmas I saw an ad on Facebook promoting the Urban Cycle Club (UCC). This ad immediately caught my attention because it was promoting the next generation of indoor cycle training. There were photos of real bikes in stationary position attached to large screens with lots of data. I…

  • Saving Rubber

    Saving Rubber

    Park Tools TB2 to the rescue It is at this time of the year that punctures happen more than we’d like.  But how do we not let it ruin the day? For many years we’ve experimented with rubber saving innovations: everything from tubeless tyres with sealants, glue on patches, or even folding a £5 note…

  • The Shoe Set To Change Them All – Part 2

    The Shoe Set To Change Them All – Part 2

    Jack Lee makes custom moulds for the best fit possible, but do they work?  Pure Custom Nile Rodgers is one of the most prolific musicians of our time.  If you take a moment to listen to any of the tracks he has written, or produced, you’ll notice a clever pattern unfold.  Unlike many musicians, Niles…

  • Bike Fitting – Swift

    Bike Fitting – Swift

    Mr Bionic getting hooked up at Swift This is a series of bike fit reviews from members of the club.  We hope it will give sound and independent insight so you can enjoy more time on the bike.  Fourth in this series we ask Kostas of his experience of the Retul fitting at Swift Cycles,…