Reviews
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Review: Electrolyte Tablets
Posted Wednesday 25th April 2012 -
It seems electrolyte tablets are one of the the latest big things in the sports nutrition market. Whilst Nuun have been around for sometime over the last couple of years we’ve seen High 5 launch their Zero Electrolyte tablets, Maxifuel launch Electrotabs and with the More >
Review: Gore Bike Wear Base Layer Shirt
Posted Thursday 23rd June 2011 -
Gore Bike Wear have recently introduced a new range of base layers for 2011, they’re available in both windstopper and non wind stopper varieties as well as a being available in t-shirt or vest/singlet styles with a choice of black or white colours. We tested More >
Review: Bucks Off Road Sportive
Posted Monday 16th May 2011 -
Despite lots of road sportives taking place this weekend I opted to try something a bit different, leaving the road bike at home and taking the mountain bike out to ride the Bucks Off Road Sportive.
Starting at Denham just inside the M25 might not sound More >
Review: Wiggle Super Series Jurassic Beast
Posted Monday 9th April 2011 -
The Tank Museum is a great venue for a sportive, maybe it could have done with some changing facilities but it gets the thumbs up from me for the fact that my wife and son could spend the morning looking round the museum whilst I More >
Review: Cotswold Spring Classic
Posted Tuesday 26th April 2011 -
A bit of last minute decision on Sunday evening saw me head over to Cirencester early on Easter Monday to bag one of the limited on the day entry places for the Cotswold Spring Classic. The sun was already shining as the car park started More >
Review: Wiggle Cheshire Cat Sportive 2011
Posted Tuesday 29th March 2011 -
Sunday 27th March saw the fifth running of the Cheshire Cat, it’s often promoted as the first big sportive event of the year and one of the few UK events to be sanctioned by the UCI. Having not ridden the cat before and with the More >
Review: GU Energy Gel
Posted Friday 25th March 2011 -
Whilst GU have been around for a long time (they were the guys who brought the first energy gel to market back in 199) it’s only recently that they’ve been available to purchase in the UK. It’s the most popular selling gel in the US More >
Review: Hell Riders Spring Sportive
Posted Monday 7th March 2011 -
Sunday the 6th of March saw the inaugural Hell Riders sportive take place, starting from Redborne Upper School in Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
Registration was fairly quiet when I arrived, no need to queue, so I quickly got signed on and collected my number. It felt fairly cold More >
Review: Pro Tarmac NPU+ Overshoes
Posted Wednesday 1st December 2010 -
The Tarmac NPU+ Overshoes are Pro’s cold weather offering designed to keep you’re feet comfortable in temperatures below 5 degrees and down to minus 15. Whilst we’ve been lucky enough to not have to test them out at minus 15 yet we’ve used them on More >
