Shimano Sora 3500 groupset – No more thumb-shifters
In 2013 Shimano updated their Sora groupset from version 3400 to 3500 and at last those thumb-shifters have gone… but Shimano Sora is still 9-speed,...
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Cannondale CAADX Sora Disc – Initial impressions
I do like my Cannondales. I’ve been a fan for nearly thirty years, ever since they produced frames with properly oversize aluminium tubes, almost as...
Bianchi Sempre Pro – 2014 summary
Nine months in with the Bianchi Sempre Pro and I’m feeling rather smug… I’ve not had any mechanical issues, the bike still runs like a...
George Hincapie’s The Loyal Lieutenant – Foreword by Armstrong!
I was given George Hincapie’s biography “The Loyal Lieutenant” for Christmas. It’s one of those books that I’ve seen on the shelves in bookshops and...
Michelin Lithion 2 Folding Road Tyre
Louis (age 13) has properly adopted my Cannondale and it was clear a few weeks back that I needed to get some better tyres for...
Vittoria Rubino Pro – Summer road tyre
Vittoria’s Rubino has been my ‘go to’ summer tyre for quite a few years now. They have a good heritage and are well made, but...
High capacity battery for SolarStorm
Our SolarStorm 2x CREE XML U2 LED bike light has always been compromised by it’s battery. I doubt we’ve ever really had more than an...
Crank Brothers m5 – Perfect road bike mini tool?
I’ve gone very minimal with my road bike tools (the ones’s that I carry with me when I’m out on a ride) – the bike...
Mopha Tool Roll by E H Works
Not wishing to vandalise the lines of my Bianchi Sempre Pro with a black (and probably unshapely) tool bag threw up quite a few a...
Bianchi Sempre Pro – The first two months
This was the picture on the 30th May 2014… two brand new Bianchis propped up outside Veloton in Tetbury ready for their first spin home....