Rebecca O'hara

Kona bikes are considered to be on the list of mediocre brands within the bike industry, but over the past two years they’ve been pushing the limits on both their specs and rates.

Event fabric is known as one of the best performance fabrics on the market to manufacturers and is also applied to many garments for sports(such as cycling) that encounter two extremes. Event looks like it’s tested to ridiculous amounts of waterproofing and is also amongst by far the most breathable fabrics on earth.

A customized build is among the most costly approaches to buy a bike, but probably the single most exciting tips on how to obtain a bike. With the large number of Frame only choices on the market you actually can build your perfect bike.

As I approach the end of my twenties I’ve found myself personally setting up more and more goals. Drop a stone of pounds between Christmas and the end of February – DONE! Be Mortgage free or playing golf off a single figure handicap by the chronilogical age of 45 – hopefully the latter! By my main sports objective is to run an Ironman triathlon by the time I’m Thirty (1,217 days to go). This goal has some smaller sized goals keeping it up. This summer I will be competing in Olympic distance triathlons and running a half marathon. Next year a Half Ironman triathlon along with a full marathon then your year following the Ironman race! 2.4mile Swim, 112mile Bike and a 26mile run to finish.

The Tacx Fortius Turbo trainer is amongst the new Virtual Reality training tools intended to keep riders encouraged and informed of current speed, power and Heartrate during indoor workout sessions. Virtual Reality Turbo Trainers like the Fortius and Bushido (Tacx’s wireless portable Version of the Fortius without all the motor brake resistance) Cost more than basic model Trainers and require computers rich in specifications to get utilised fully. VR Trainers although really expensive are brilliant training tools for those stressful and committed indoor trainer.

When it comes to adventures there is large chance that you may have a few tumbles. This is when a survival pack comes in handy to guard you from cuts and grazes. Survival packs does not have to be simply for those who climb mountains or embark on ultra lengthy walks, they could be if you’re planning on hitting the great outdoors.

Picture a scene, it is January, it’s my bday and my lady might have purchased me golf equipment. To that note she could have got me an iPod, a pack of Cubans, something with Gucci on the box but….. You thought it, a camping excursion for 2.

Shimano’s hottest offering from their disc brake variety is one of two, this model, the Race M985 variation is promoted as the higher end version but less impressive in comparison to the XTR Trail M988.

I bought a new set of bike frames last week for a new year treat. A new “Orange Five” and a “Ragley Blue Pig”, they are now sparkling in my garage next to an abundance of other frames. In case you don’t know by now “I love cycling”. Its my life and I really look forward to buying my next frame. However what to do with all these bike frames? Well I have got a few ideas which you may not have thought about!

In the current cycling sector, technologies appears to progress every year and gives all of us a brand new, space age invention which makes any number of bicycle lighter, quicker and pumped packed with new developments in science. Something that’s virtually identical ever since the creation of the bicycle, somehow is the inner tube. Some top end bikes are now using tubular tyres where inner tube is sewn into the tyre. Some even use a tubeless system where no inner tube is included whatsoever. The vast majority of us continue to be more acquainted with the very fact the inside the tyre is a simple yet effective butyl rubber inner tube.