featured Best Cycling Socks for Men in the UK: What to Look for Before You Buy Online
Cycling socks are the piece of kit most riders buy last and think about least. They also tend to be the piece that causes the most unnecessary irritation on long rides: blisters from seams in the wrong place, socks that slide down after twenty minutes, fabric that holds moisture against the foot and creates hotspots over a long effort. For riders who...
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Winter Cycling Jersey vs Cycling Jacket: Which One Do You Really Need?
The question sounds like it should have a simple answer. It does not. The choice between a Winter Cycling Jersey and a cycling jacket is not a binary decision between warm and warmer. It is a question about what conditions you are actually riding in, how long the ride is, and what you want the kit to do when the weather changes...
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Stories from the Road: Riders Who Never Go Without Overshoes
Ask any serious year round rider about the kit they would not leave home without from October to March and overshoes come up quickly. Not because they are the most exciting piece of kit in the bag. Because they are the one thing that determines whether the second half of a long ride is manageable or miserable. The riders who understand this tend...
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The Anatomy of an Overshoe: What Makes Great Protection Great
Most riders discover what their overshoes are made of somewhere between miles twenty and thirty of a wet November ride. The temperature has dropped. The road spray has been relentless for the last hour. And the kit that felt adequate at the start of the ride is now letting the cold in through the toe. The overshoe is the last line of defence...
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Beyond Shells and Neoprene: The Thought Process Behind Modern Winter Accessories
There is a category of cycling problem that does not get solved by spending more on a jacket. The rider who has the right outer shell but still arrives home with numb feet has not solved the right problem. The rider in a decent base layer who loses all feeling in their toes on a descent has not identified where the system...
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Layering for the Long Haul: The Warmth Hierarchy of AW26
There is a point on a long winter ride, usually somewhere around the two hour mark, when the base layer you chose at 7am either justifies itself or does not. The temperature has dropped. The wind has picked up. The effort is steady but not hard enough to generate the heat it was at the start. This is when layering decisions made...
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Seasonless Footwear: How to Use Overshoes Beyond Winter
The road is wet, but it is not winter. The temperature sits somewhere between cool and mild. Too warm for deep winter kit, too cold for bare summer Cycling Shoes. The kind of conditions that sit in between seasons often create the biggest equipment problems. Riders head out slightly underdressed, assuming it will be fine once the effort builds. But wind and...
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