Joy of Sox – a little luxury for your feet

Open any cycling magazine, and you’ll see pages and pages of ads for all manner of cycling gear designed to make you ride faster and farther, more efficiently and sometimes with more comfort. Then look at the prices. Yeah, that’s a let down. We all want that edge, but not if we’ll need a 2nd … Read more

Agion, continued

This is a follow up to my Agion post, about the shirt that I’ve been testing. My goal is to push the limits of the antimicrobial treatment and see what it takes to get the shirt to ripen up a bit. As unappealing as that may sound, I just stay focused on the end result. … Read more

Upcoming reviews

Just a quick preview of what I’m working on as far as product reviews: The Geigerrig Rig 700 hydration pack is being reviewed and compared to the CamelBak Charge 450. A multi hydration bottle review for hot and cold drinks, on and off the bike. Participants currently include Clean Bottle, Hydro Flask, CamelBak Groove and … Read more

BikeGlow Safety Lights

While simple and clever are high on my list of qualities to look for in any product, fun counts for a lot too. The BikeGlow Safety Light easily fits the bill there. Designed in bike-friendly Santa Cruz, California, the $24.95 BikeGlow Safety Light is a 10 foot long electroluminescent tube attached to a lightweight, waterproof … Read more

Concerned about stink? Then read this.

First, let me point out that this has to be one of my favorite promotions of all time. To prove the effectiveness of their antimicrobial treatment, Agion Active has been giving their testers a t-shirt treated on one side with their odor eliminator, and let them loose in the wild. The challenge is to give … Read more