winter
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January 22, 2019
Riding through the winter can be pretty grim. It’s often
cold, wet and even snowing – and that’s just the weather! Roads and trails can
turn into sheet ice or complete mud baths, making it difficult to even stay
upright on your bike, let alone get up to a decent speed. While it might sound
more appealing to just grab the duvet and stay in bed, with the right cycle
clothing and equipment riding in can, believe it or not, be fun!While there’s not much you can about conditions
underneath your tyres, you can get kitted out in the right cycling clothes that
laughs in the face of extreme winter weather. To help get you on the right
track, we’ve put together a guide on what to look for, as well a few personal
staff favourites to help get you out through the cold winter months. -
January 11, 2019
Over the last few weeks we’ve looked at how to keep your bike running and looking like new through winter, as well as our top clothing picks and our favourite lights. All of these things will help get you through winter, but what about the bike itself? Take one look at your “summer” tyres or go for a ride sans mudguards and tell us it was fun. It wasn’t fun,
was it? You got covered in muck, slid all over the place, possibly crashed and your brake pads turned to mush and didn’t really slow you down much, if at all.Oh, and if you went out on your road bike, you perhaps
didn’t think about the effect the conditions would have on your gorgeous carbon
wheels. The less said about the better, as given the price the consequences can
be wince-inducing to say the least… In this guide