dhb Elsted Wheeled Bike Bag review

At some point it’s likely that you’ll need a bike bag or box to transport your bike. When you first start looking for a bike bag or box for your road bike, there’s a number on the market and it can be hard to know where to start. There’s soft bike bags, thicker padded soft bike bags and hard cases/boxes, which come in an assortment of sizes.

If you’re looking for a budget bike bag then Wiggle’s dhb Elsted wheeled bike bag is a definite winner at £69.99. Read the full article

Adidas Sky Team short sleeve Jersey

July 3, 2010
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The offical Sky Pro cycling kit from Adidas, as worn by Bradley Wiggins and his team in this year’s 2010 Tour de France, has to be one of the best looking kits out there this year. Wearing the short sleeve jersey in it’s distinctive sky blue, white and black colours with Sky logos, Adidas 3 [...]

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2XU Project X:1 wetsuit… new for 2010

July 2, 2010
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One of 2010’s most desirable wetsuits has to be the elite 2XU Project X:1 wetsuit. 2XU’s top of the range wetsuit brings together all of 2XU’s proprietary wetsuit creations to date including Velocity Strakes, Rollbar and Lower Leg Propulsion Panels. The suit has an X-Flex Front Panel for unparalleled propulsion, CWEZ X catch panel for [...]

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Skin chafing from your wetsuit? Bodyglide Anti-Chafe balm can help

July 1, 2010
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A must have in every Tri kit bag is Bodyglide Anti-Chafe balm. Used by Triathletes the world over, Bodyglide’s non greasy protection helps prevent sores, chafed, chapped and cracked skin and can be used with footwear, swimwear, compression wear and wetsuits.
We use Bodyglide to prevent our wetsuit from causing friction burns around the neck. We [...]

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Zoggs Predator Goggles review

June 19, 2010
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The Zogg Pedator swimming goggles are a winner! Even though the Predators have been around for a while, we felt they still deserved a review on Tri Gear. From the moment you take them out of the packaging, you can tell that these are no normal goggles. We love the design with their bigger lenses [...]

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GO Electrolyte Energy drink from SIS

June 8, 2010
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GO Electrolyte powder fuel from Science in Sport (SIS) is a great energy drink for during or after exercise. GO is a Carbohydrate Energy Fuel with Electrolytes for sports performance in the heat. It provides fast rehydration & sustained energy, and if you mix it with the right amount of water to powder, it can [...]

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2XU V:1 Velocity wetsuit review

May 31, 2010
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At the lake this morning, I decided to try out a 2XU Velocity V:1 wetsuit as my old E:1 Elite wetsuit is starting to look a little tired after 3 or 4 seasons of use.
Whilst the award-winning 2XU V:1 wetsuit has been around for a few years, it’s not as expensive as the new 2XU [...]

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Fizik Arione Tri2 Wing Flex Saddle review

May 9, 2010
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When first shopping around for a saddle, I didn’t know where to start. So I asked fellow road cyclists and Triathletes and the most popular performance saddle by far was the Arione Wing Flex saddle by Fizik. Its extended saddle length (an extra 30 cm) offers a greater variety of riding positions.
I find that the [...]

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BBB Torquefix torque wrench (2-24 Nm) review

May 4, 2010
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When I first bought a full carbon frame bike, I realised that my trusted set of Allen keys were not going to be the most accurate way of tightening up the bolts on my bike. I was advised to buy a Torque wrench so that I could accruately set the tension I required e.g. my [...]

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Bontrager Race XXX Lite Carbon Aerobar 31.8 Review

May 2, 2010
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Having riden the standard aluminium Vision Trimax bars supplied with my Specialized Transition Expert Time Trial bike, I found the lack of adjustment and extension shape became wearing on longer 20 mile plus rides. (On a plus point they provided a low and Aero dynamic position well suited for shorter distance time trials – 25 [...]

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