Category: Reviews
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The Shoe Set To Change Them All – Part 1
This floor is yours – Jack Lee makes custom moulds for the best fit possible in a cycling shoe Start Dancing Think custom cycling shoes and one name comes to the fore – Adam ‘Hanseeno’ Hansen. At the time of writing, he is racing in the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia, and on his…
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SKS Raceblade Pro
The SKS sometimes thinks it can double as a Slush-Puppie space Narrowing the selection Delaying the addition of mudguards is admittedly and usually for stylistic reasons – not wanting to let go of summer and conceding the fact that without the right kit, I am no match for the weather. So when I eventually look for a sensible solution, it is bewildering that many of the…
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Bike Fitting – CycleFit
Debs being very Barouderus Bike Fitting: 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. Third in this series we ask Debs of her experience of the CycleFit, London. space CycleFit, London: Who…
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Crud Roadracer Mk3
The Mk3’s isn’t going to take anything away from your very nice bike space Mudguards, the One Exception Like many cyclists, I love spending money on bikes and bike gear. There is however one exception – mudguards. space When my old one fell off and snapped the other month I immediately dreaded having to find…
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Bike Fitting – Pearsons, Sheen
Paola, Becks, and Lauren on their audacious Audax 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. Second in this series we ask Becks of her experience of the Pearson store in Sheen,…
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Belgium Knee Warmers
The invisible knee warmers space We learn a lot through observation. At a local CX race back in 2009, we spotted several combatants giving it beans in the meanest of autumns, and doing it all with their guns out. That’s leg-guns, mind. Research soon led us to discover that these invisible knee warmers are a…
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Bike Fitting – Giant, Camden
Guapo smashing up the cobbles in Flanders After riding to Brighton and dropping some of the boys on Ditchling, whilst on my flat-bar commute bike, I soon found myself cycling more often. It’s then I realised that I was asking a bit more from my body than usual and it wasn’t liking it. After looking…
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Dakine Bike Bag
space The Alternative By now you’ve realised you don’t need to bring your bike on holiday. You’ve done your research and discovered there’s teams of bike shops and resorts hiring out the very latest bike-tech for you to access at ease. What a relief! No more checking if your bike bag is part of your…
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Mossa, The Gabba Slayer?
If we’re going slaying, it might as well be in red Why? October 2014 and the weather is having a field day. We on the other hand are not. Don’t get me wrong, people are out, and riding hard, but bringing the outdoors back indoors with us isn’t what we, nor our families have in…
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Velotoze – Rubbers for your feet
Snap! It’s December 2015 and it’s absolutely freezing. It’s so cold, that everyone is layered-up to the nines, and if you’re not wearing overshoes, then you’re seriously ‘shoe-doping’ (and the only reason you’re not shivering is because you’re quite possibly keeping your toes toasty with electric-inserts) Cool, but not like you know it Najib…
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Head Start
Cycling in London? That’s the question we are being asked by a local borough, seeking to help us make the most of the summer, and getting us back on our bikes! We applaud initiatives that creatively encourage bravery and the fun in cycling. Royally Designed The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have been making the most…
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Castelli Nanoflex
January Morning Rules There’s no better excuse for buying some new items of kit than finding yourself in the middle of the Cornish countryside on a beautifully cold, crisp, sunny January morning with your bike in the boot of your car and realising you have forgotten to pack a number of integral pieces of…
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Fly my pretties fly
The very latest Fly6. An initial look at the new device. It’s a Light, but not like you know it If you’ve been skirting around the cycling websites you would have come across the impressive offering by Fly6. A rear facing camera and light all in one. Within months, the creators, Andrew and Kingsley have taken…
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Stop At Nothing – Documentary Review
The room seems small and blue. The camera is rolling. You sense everyone needs to exhale and relax. But this is no ordinary day; this is a typical day in the life of Lance Armstrong (LA), and is the opening scene to the Storyville documentary, ‘Stop At Nothing‘, first screened in June 2014, and currently accessible for…
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Keep on Kovers
Caution: These are seriously good accessories. Something Different It’s like something out a Dumas novel; first there was one, now there are four. The Speedplay cleat has grown in popularity amongst the Baroudeurs, essentially because they are a different approach to the cleat mechanism. A review is in the works, but for now we’ll be…
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Fly6 – The Review
The pair have captured the imagination of the cycling community. When Kingsley Fiegert was attacked from behind whilst riding his bicycle, he got thinking: this isn’t right, there’s got to be something I can do about this. Partnering up with Andrew Hagen, they put their minds together and came up with the briliant idea of making an all in…
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SKS Race Blade Long
NOTE, THERE IS AN UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS REVIEW. IN SHORT, DO NOT PURCHASE THE CURRENT MODEL. Once in a while you learn a thing or two from riding your bicycle. Things like the value of family, friends and life’s little wonders – you know what I mean. There’s also the minor lesson of what to do when the…
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Fizik R1 and R3
Ladies first The ladies R3 is Fizik’s top model for La Donna. As the number suggests, it seems the ladies model isn’t to be taken seriously compared to the Men’s top model, R1. This may be an unfortunate observation, but we are assured that the shoe is designed to not just look striking, but…
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CalBisc 100
“Life’s great pleasures often come in twos…” Life’s great pleasures often come in twos: tea and biscuits, fish and chips, strawberries and cream. Sadly, none of these favourites have been particularly easy to stuff into a cyclist’s jersey pocket, neither have they a reputation of being exactly performance enhancing. Until now! CalBisc 100 is a…
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Black Rubber
Black Rubber gloves seem like an oddity. Yet, they are surprisingly useful for wet weather riding, especially when the temperature drops. Folklore suggests that Dennis Cross, creator of the first purpose made wetsuit for surfing crafted his invention in his camper van off the coast of Cornwall. And the international company that is GUL…
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The Black Italian
This is important – New shoes. The choice for this season is DMT’s Borealis. This option first came to our attention when it was launched at the end of 2013. With a carbon/polyurethane-interchangable sole, front-studs for off-road escapades, and a shiny black finish, how could we resist but give them a try? Legend has…