Tag: Gear
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Worn: Dissent 133 Glove System
Click or not: Worn: Dissent 133 Glove SystemMost people would probably own one or two sets of riding gloves; one for summer, one for winter. Mountain bikers probably only have their preferred long finger versions for year round off-roading. Roadies, maybe some fingerless or bare hands in summer, and something ‘thermal’ for the colder months. UK company Dissent 133 has come up… …
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E’s And GC’s: Specialized 18 L(a)unch
Click or not: E’s And GC’s: Specialized 18 L(a)unchWhen you’ve been to as many bike shows/launches/free feeds as I have, it can be a little bit difficult to get motivated to go to yet another one. Dragging myself out of bed at 8am is hard enough, so a 5am alarm is met with a disdain that has me questioning the whole turgid miasma… …
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Omata Time Is Now
Click or not: Omata Time Is NowAs a longtime anti-data cyclist, releases of new GPS-type products barely registers with me. Garmin, Strava and Zwift are as foreign a concept as Trump in the White House should be, and just as difficult to comprehend. So it was a surprise to me that a simple analog-face cycle computer would get me wanting to… …
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Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New Hope
Click or not: Ridden: OneUpmanship – A New HopeThe frequently bonkers and often backwards bicycle industry has a problem of getting too big for its britches and while it may seem a strange thing to comment, smaller is and always will be better. Small, local bike shops aren’t going away any time soon despite what some of the major online retailers would have… …
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Landed: Revelate Bags
Click or not: Landed: Revelate BagsEven for non-bikepacking types, the name that usually springs to mind when it comes to on-the-bike gear carrying options is Revelate Designs. The Alaskan company has been producing an array of frame bags and their bag brethren for ten years, borne out of crazy races like the Iditarod and other adventures in the frozen wilderness of… …
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Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack Roure
Click or not: Red Bull’s Behind The Bike: Loic Bruni And Jack RoureIn the second of Red Bull’s Behind the Bike series, we get a look inside the relationship between rider and mechanic and how it affects performance on race day, and also in the everyday relationship in the pits, the motel, travelling, life. Words: Red Bull. Photos: Miles Holden LOIC BRUNI ON JACK ROURE (MECHANIC) I… …
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Minimalism And Being A Cyclist: The Dilemma
Click or not: Minimalism And Being A Cyclist: The DilemmaI’m aspiring to be a minimalist. I don’t think it’s the kind of thing you all of a sudden become, like you wake up one day and announce that henceforth you are to be known as a minimalist. Logic would have it that there is a transition period where you begin a decluttering process, thinning… …
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Landed: Hunt 650B Adventure Sport Disc Wheels
Click or not: Landed: Hunt 650B Adventure Sport Disc WheelsStanding in line for another run at Skyline Queenstown last summer, I got chatting with a fellow rider about his Hunt Wheels kit and the hoops of the same name on his bike. It turned out that he was an ambassador for the fledgling British wheel brand, and after further research I discovered his name was Josh Ibbett, a… …