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Garmin SA introduce the vívoactive 3 smartwatch
Garmin Southern Africa today announced the vívoactive 3, a GPS smartwatch with Elevate wrist-based heart rate and over 15 built-in indoor and outdoor sports apps to keep up with a varied active lifestyle. Multiple passions? Not a problem. Cardio class on Tuesday and yoga on Wednesday? This smartwatch can handle it. vívoactive 3 is also […]
Review: Spirgrips
Bar ends seem to elicit rather strong emotions from mountain bikers. Some swear that they can’t ride comfortably without them while others deride them for being relics from mountain biking’s past. I usually fall into the latter group but when the Spirgrips came up for review, I was happy to challenge my own bias. What […]
Juliana Furtado long term review
Juliana bicycles are a women’s specific sister company to Californian bike wizards, Santa Cruz. They use the same frame design as the Santa Cruz bikes with a tweaked suspension tune for lighter female riders, and ladies specific contact points. The Furtado is a 130mm travel 650b do-it-all trail bike (equivalent to the Santa Cruz 5010), […]
Bike Check: Gravel Bikes of Tour de Braai
Last week I had the privilege of tagging along on the Tour de Braai – a five-day cycling tour from George to Swellendam via mostly gravel roads. If you missed the daily reports of our adventures you can have a squizz here or via the related articles below. Now though, it’s time for a quick […]
Review: Garmin Edge 1030
Garmin recently announced the newest model in their large screen Edge 1000 series. The Edge 1030 is Garmin’s flagship device, boasting the latest technology and the broadest selection of features. The Device In terms of cycling GPS computers, the Garmin Edge 1030 is unashamedly large at 114 mm long and 58 mm wide. That space […]
Review: Specialized Torch 2.0
Specialized’s Torch line-up of road bike shoes are all-new for 2018 and replace the previous models except for the S-Works 6 and Sub 6 shoes that remain in the range as top-tier offerings. The Torch 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 offer varying levels of stiffness and comfort starting with the R 1,300 Torch 1.0 kicking off […]
Review: Giant NeosTrack
Giant bicycles recently revealed the NeosTrack, the company’s debut GPS cycling computer. Packed with a full host of features and with a pleasantly affordable price tag, we were eager to test the NeoTrack’s real-world abilities. Giant did not develop the NeosTrack from scratch. It is a result of a partnership between bike GPS manufacturer Bryton […]
Review: Corse Dopamine Wheelset
Corse Components specialize in the design and manufacture of high-end carbon and alloy cycling components. With a foundation cemented in carbon mountain bike and road rims, their key focus has been on bringing high-performance product to market with reliability and durability as two key features. The Dopamine range of products consists of rims and hubs. […]
Review: SRAM GX Eagle
SRAM made a massive case for the death of the front derailleur with the release of their Eagle 12-speed drivetrains in March last year. At least, that’s what their marketing speak claimed. There was, however, one glaring barrier, the price. The XX1 Eagle and X01 Eagle groupsets are premium priced products. Thankfully, it took little […]
Review: MRP Stage Fork
MRP’s forks are made and assembled by hand in Colorado, then individually dyno tested before leaving the factory for quality control. Attention to detail is of such high standards that the technician who assembled your fork signs his name to the QC card. The MRP Stage has been around for a couple of years and […]
Review: Bontrager Velocis MIPS
The Bontrager Velocis has undergone a complete redesign for 2018. The new Bontrager road helmet tries to do it all, with a focus on reducing drag while still providing vents for important head cooling ability. While weight gains are easily measured, aerodynamics is more of a dark art for those without access to a wind […]
Merida recalls Scultura CF2 forks
We would like to remind Merida consumers about the Scultura fork recall announced on the 27th of July 2017. Selected models of the carbon fork might break under stress and could cause crashes, serious injuries and even death. It is ESSENTIAL that the fork will be replaced and the bike should not be continued to […]