How do you know when to replace your helmet?
18th Sep 2018
This is a question often asked, with lots of different answers. To some people, your helmet should be replaced after a big crash, to others, when it is wrecked, or even when it starts to fall apart. The fact is that every time you crash and hit your head your helmet has done its job, so it depends how many times it can do that job again. To best check that it will do the same job next time it is very important that you check the type and conditio
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Kask Infinity Helmet
16th Sep 2018
The Kask Infinity is one of the most aerodynamic helmets in cycling. I purchased one of these helmets a few months ago and it is the most comfortable helmet I've used. It's great for road racing and track because of the little sliding bit on top of the helmet, the mobile aerator. This helps you control the amount of ventilation where needed, for example, when you are climbing up a hill you would have the sliding device open, then when you descend
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Rider Review - X Tech Regulator Co2 Tyre Inflator
12th Sep 2018
They say things happen in threes and this was certainly my recent run of luck with flat tyres. You get pretty good at something when you're doing it that often, but you also become acutely aware of whether the tools you are working with are good, or not so good.I’ve been seriously frustrated with inflators for my CO2 canisters in the past. They don’t puncture the canister properly, they go off before you can even press down on the valve, etc. In
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Lazer Wasp Air Helmet
8th Sep 2018
The Wasp Air is Lazer's new 'stubby' time trail and tri helmet, designed to reduce the aerodynamic penalty of moving your head around compared to a long-tailed helmet, like Lazer's standard Wasp, for instance.The Wasp Air is certainly comfortable. What Lazer say they have done with the Air is to achieve aerodynamic results pretty close to the fully faired Wasp without the massive penalties for a non-perfect position. They also claim that the air
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Coil shocks are back, or did they ever leave?
6th Sep 2018
When I started riding mountain bikes only a couple of years ago, I remember that everyone I rode with had an air shock on their bike. Even though it was only a couple of years ago, the most common shocks for enduro riders were the Fox Float X or Rockshox Monarch, and sometimes the Fox Float X2 or Vivid Air were on long travel enduro bikes.In only the last couple of years, the coil shock has made a huge comeback and even shorter travel trail bikes
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