Fitness for life's adventures
Having been frustrated by the short-lived experience with the Garmin Fenix, I started looking around for alternatives. Garmin’s Vivoactive was ticking all of the right boxes and was getting good reviews, but I was reluctant to commit to another Garmin ‘trial’ – I need to be recording my training, not trying to work out how …
In my experience, of friends who have used them, Garmin devices are either absolutely fantastic or immensely frustrating. When they work, they do an excellent job, but they are so prevalent that you’d expect a few people to have niggles with them… and bad press always trumps good news when people want to share their …
I love my EH Works tool rolls… that retro look is the perfect way to compliment the Bianchi Sempre and they always look tidy… and I love the way they work, they’re so simple, easy to load with essentials, even easier to ‘roll’ out when the contents are needed, and easily expand/shrink depending on what …
I bought a Knog Frog strobe just before Christmas to make me a bit more visible on winter rides and it’s worked perfectly. However, a couple of weeks back I moved the Bianchi and noticed that the band that wraps round the handlebars had snapped – and being an all-in-one design, this meant that the …
I already have two Camelbak water bottles – there’s absolutely nothing wrong with them, they work perfectly every time and still have plenty of life left in them (the blue one is well scratched from being on the Anthem coverd in mud, but the clear bottle is virtually pristine). In fact I don’t understand why …
Our SolarStorm 2x CREE XML U2 LED bike light has always been compromised by it’s battery. I doubt we’ve ever really had more than an hour from the lamp and in recent weeks the battery performance has dropped off a cliff. Having the dual-lamp configuration, the SolarStorm was always going to burn through the power …
It’s that age-old question… should I sully the beautiful lines of my new Bianchi with a frame-mount pump… simple answer is No!! So the next question was, could you really stow a pump in a jersey pocket without losing it mid-ride, only to realise when you’re standing at the side of the road with a …
Right, my Crud Road Racer mudguards arrived earlier today (27th Feb 2014) and they’re now on the bike… first impressions, well… Firstly, all this wet weather has meant that most rides have have met with puddles and wet mud, so the bike and clothes invariably gets covered in cack – and much as I like …
You’ll spend hours fettling your bicycle this winter, huddled over a bottom bracket or chasing ball bearings around a work bench, so make sure you stay warm with a good supply of tea. Any old mug will do the trick, but my new Bicyle Riders tea mug is just the ticket to keep spirits high …
Last Wednesday we took the two Cree lights (an XML T-6 and an XML U2) out in the pitch black of an almost new moon.