Posts Tagged ‘review’
I recently bought a pair of the Polar FT7 heart rate monitors — one for my wife, and one for me. It’s not something I use on-bike, as my Garmin Edge 705 does just fine in that regard. For me, this was strictly for gym and outdoor running. Overall, the functionality of the watch is [...]
Strange as it sounds, I’ve always viewed Specialized as an innovator in water bottles. Probably because of the Heart Valve bottles I bought (and promptly lost) back in the mid-90s. Given that water bottles — particularly skanky, smelly ones — are the bane of my existence, and having heard of Specialized’s claims about the Purist [...]
Expect more product reviews here. You’ve seen me post them in the past and now that I’m working at a bike shop again, you can expect more of them. I enjoy doing it, they’re easy to write, and they generate a lot of traffic. Believe it or not, my Cervelo P2C review is the most [...]
Background: I bought these shoes because I have a history of foot injuries stretching back almost two decades, to my time in the army, and my last two seasons of cyclocross have both been curtailed by sprained feet. Historically, I’ve used the same shoe for ‘cross racing and commuting, an older Nike model, paired with [...]
The NiteRider MiNewt Mini-USB Light is an ingenious little product despite it’s slightly clunky name. NiteRider, who has always produced high-quality lighting systems for bikes, has created a device that is great for the office commuter. The highlights of the system are it’s easy mounting and removal from your bike — the battery mounts to [...]
It’s not often that I see a bike tool that makes me salivate, and really I can’t remember the last innovative idea I’ve seen in bike tools. Sure, there’s new items every year from Park and other companies to accommodate the various new foo-foo standards — and these days that’s mostly around the plethora of [...]
The number of energy foods on the market seems to have been exploding the last few years — ingredients are cheap, marketing’s easy, and the science doesn’t need to be rigorous, so it’s easy to bring your own brand to market. All you need is a gimmick! And that’s either change the ingredients, or change [...]
The short version is: meh. It was alright. I won’t see it again, and won’t buy it until I can get it on Blu-Ray for like $3.50. But, y’know, it wasn’t horrible, either. Ultimately, I wish this movie had come out during the last NFL season, so I could make jokes about “Dr. Manhattan, as [...]
The last two years, I’ve attended Frostbike, QBP‘s trade show that they run. In 2008, most of my time was spent attending seminars of the shop operations variety. This year, I missed Saturday due to my housewarming party, and thus missed a lot of the meaty/useful stuff. So Sunday, I opted to really dig into [...]
The author’s P2C, with non-stock Zipp 404 wheels and XLab SonicWing. Based on two experiences surrounding this bike, I decided to purchase one via Cervélo’s shop employee-purchase program. The first experience was getting eyeballs and hands on the Dura-Ace equipped model in our shop. The second was the thorough review written by the crew at [...]
