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CYCLESHOE
f245 Ciever custom clogs
pricing. Supplied with thrceiole
Look/SPD drillings as standard, BoDt
will re drill or supply the shoes as
blanks to accommodate all pedals.
A Ones also feature heat mouldable
uppeN and an EVA footbed, which
can be shaped and re shaped as
malry times as you require. Just lire
up your oven to 85'C, leave the
shoes to heat for 20 minutes and you
caD hand mould them for m.dimum
cornfoft aird performance. After
fittin8 the shoes properly, we found
using a few geals hiSher than normai
wasn't unconnon oD our tesi rides.
At 1245, they're ceriainly not for
those on a sldct budget. But given
the level of attention to detail, the
wondefful fittiDg systen and the
grin-inducing extra fide performance,
it's not had io find rcasons lo justily
the outlay for these foot gloves.
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lnza and Sarah Bont wanted stifler
skates. So, using glass fibre, they
desigDed the forefather sole to many
differcnt performance spofts shoes,
including A-One cycle wear
After 34 yeaJs of rcfinemeDt,
Bont's cycling soles have become a
work of one piece, hand laid cafbo0
an. Each is epoxy bonded by hand to
ihe A-One s non stretch micro fibre
uppers and any period of scnitiny
rcveals why most of the British track
cycliDg team tlse the shoes - ihey're
rigid beyond belief. We're noi jrLst
talking end to end ri8idity, thou8h,
but a near total elirnination o[ lateral
flex. That's great because it tackles
the pronation/supination stabilily
prcblems most cyclists expe ence,
which olten resu]t in lost power.
Customisability is the oth-"r reason
these shoes command top dollar
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GORE BTKEWEAR XENON JERSEY
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is prctection ifont the elements, ihe
rell€cled in its cost. But taking lhat
sLeeves arc ntore tlun long enough
price inlo accounl, the Xenon jersey and the dropped lail siops voul lower
isn'l nearly as inpressive as others ir1 back from gettinS cold. Zipped,
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tl09.99 Wind-stopping topping
THISISGORE'S top end jelsey, which
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features.
It does have sone Nce
The Jerse) rs nr,rde Irorr nylon/
elastane that's cut close to ),our body,
bur it's also stretchy enough that
don't feel reslricted. Th€ iront of
torso and tops of the arms JJe
from a windstopper fabic lor
you
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30cm Long vents on the ch€sl let cool
air in, while three Darch pockets at lhe
rear and visible rcilective Irim are
sound iinishjng touches. It also comes
ir thfee colouf choices of white/black,
fed/black and orange/black.
Ii all sounds good so far, bu1 we
had two issues with the Xenon. First,
the wirldslopper fabnc stops at your
elbo[,s, leaving your iorearms to get
cold, and second, the eck, rvhich is
cut high at the fronl and low at the
fear, just didnl fit closely enouSh, and
funnclled air in when it should have
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Water-resistant pants
ISAUS braDd that seeDrs to boast a
similar ethos to our very own Rapha
serious cyclinS gear, but with a knowing nod
to urban fashion. Its Softshell trcuseF arc
nade lrom stretchy, wind and wateHrsistani
SchoeLler fabric, fleece lined for comfo .
They work well: we wore them on some
Srolty days and lhey oflercd warmth and
good weather proteclion without leeling al all
sweaiy, and they also sufviv€d a couple ol
falls. The tapercd ankles rnean they don't get
caught in your chain and the Farah Slacks
aesthetics mean you can get away with
wearing them in the office or pLLb.
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comfy and practical but, like
Rapha, a touch prkey
PLETSCHER
MULTIZOOM
KICI(STAND
fi9.99 A proper little propper
AT ovER HALF a
kilo, this kickstand mjght
e(treci,rlly lighl, but it 5 5tuftl\ cnLrLBh lo
a full_v laden toLrrinS bike. Easy to fii, it's greil
fof those photo opporiunjties without a place
lean your stecd, or for *'hen yolr reed io pa*
up to nip in a shop. Build qu.iliry is good and
our model has siood up to sever.ltmonths ol
hard usc. The load is braced across the
chainstays and seatstrys we d feconmend
lspifB them before firr fg ro prore,I lou '
finish wrth an adjuslable afm that drouLd fil
most hame sizes. The leg can Lre cur dor\,n lo
suit all rvheel sizes too.
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Excellent for tourers and
commuters alike
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