At the start of last year, I converted my Planet-X Tempest to a 1x setup. I was lucky enough to get hold of a second-hand set of Force AXS levers and disc brakes, and I paired these with an Eagle XX1 rear mech for a ‘Mullet’ setup. Gérard Vroomen, ex of Cervelo and now at…
I’d been thinking about getting some daytime lights for my bikes for a while, so when I saw that Garmin had updated their Varia RTL515, I jumped at the chance to get one. The Garmin Varia RTL515 is an LED rear light with radar for detecting traffic approaching from behind. It links to a Garmin…
Suspension on bikes has been around probably as long as the bike itself. And suspension stems have certainly been around since the start of the mountain bike era, with designs such as the Girvin Flexstem and the Softride Suspension Stem, although these didn’t meet with total success. With the surge in gravel biking in the…
ShadowStand is an ingenious bike support from Peter Bodola, an architectural model maker based in Hungary. Basically, it’s a triangular piece of recycled acrylic that fits under the pedal axle to support your bike while you take photographs of it. It’s small enough to fit into your jersey pocket, and saves looking for convenient gates…
Wahoo’s Elemnt Roam and Garmin’s Edge 530 are both companies’ latest GPS bike computers. I’ve had a Wahoo Elemnt Roam since September last year and used it extensively on my winter bike during the colder months. However, due to some problems with the Wahoo and my SRM power meter (see notes at the end), I…
After the Methlick Cycle Challenge, I decided I wanted to replace my mountain bike. I’d really enjoyed off-road bits of the ride, but using a mountain bike (albeit quite an old one) slowed me down on the road and hard-packed gravel sections. With this in mind, I decided on a gravel bike. There’re some good…
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