Genesis Equilibrium 20 review
Since my first look review (http://girodilento.com/2014-genesis-equilibrium-20-first-look-review/), I’ve spent around 600km out riding the Genesis Equilibrium before writing this review. In this time, my view on the bike hasn’t changed. My affection for the bike has only increased and I feel that I’ve learnt more about who the bike would suit and where its strengths and weaknesses […]
2014 Genesis Equilibrium 20 First look review
After a couple of years and quite a few blog posts and discussions, I finally have an Equilibrium 20 to ride and share my thoughts on. I suspect the good people at Genesis Bikes might well have sent me one just to stop me asking and I’m delighted they have (regardless). Ironically a week or […]
How to build a road bike (a beginner’s experience)
If you’re like me and not very mechanical, the idea of building your own bike, whilst appealing, seems difficult, if not potentially dangerous. My mechanical skills are pretty basic, I can change and inner tube, a cassette, a chain, brake blocks and index my rear derailleur but that’s about it. Normally when I have work […]
2014 Trek 1.5 First Ride Review
A couple of winters back I discovered the Trek 1.5 in its previous guise (http://girodilento.com/the-trek-1-5-a-bargain-winter-bike/) . On paper it made a great case for itself – a good price, the same geometry as the Madone, an excellent spec for the money and most importantly to me – proper clearance for proper mudguards for commuting, training […]
2013 Cycle Show off-piste highlights and favourites….
Today saw the end of the annual Cycle Show at Birmingham’s NEC exhibition centre. This show used to be based at Earls Court in London but it now seems to have a permanent home in the Midlands. I travelled up and spent a day at the show on Thursday on the Press/Trade day and have […]
Farewell to my Kinesis TK3
All of my bikes are always for sale and not long ago one of my friends who’d been casting admiring glances at my TK3 asked to take it for a test ride. The test ride was a tough one at just under 60km with plenty of climbing at a brisk pace. My friend Phil, thoroughly […]
Kinesis TK3 (4S) Review
The Kinesis TK3 seems to have been one of the hottest bikes to hit the UK market in the last 6 months, with a great deal of press coverage and interest. The first few shipments have sold out so fast it’s been almost impossible to get hold of possibly adding to interest levels as this […]
Just in: Kinesis TK3
Readers of this blog will appreciate already that I’m a big fan of winter bikes. You know the ones with clearance for full “proper” mudguards and larger, say up to 28mm tyres. I’m very fortunate in that I have a couple of great summer bikes but when the weather turns and the roads are covered […]
First look: Continental GP 4 Seasons Winter Race Tyres
A month or two back I started considering winter tyres. Sadly this year my budget won’t extend to a winter bike having sold last years to fund my Stoemper (unless I see a real eBay bargain), I’ll be riding my best bikes through the winter …. Something I’m not as excited about as you might […]
Winter bike first ride review: Trek 1.5
After a long drawn out journey, I bought a winter bike around the beginning of December. With work, Christmas, a chest cold and more work getting in the way. I’ve finally managed to get a couple of rides in to give a first ride verdict. So far I’ve managed to do about 120km on it, […]