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 […]
The new Kinesis TK3 – King of the affordable winter bikes?
I’m a big fan of the UK’s Kinesis bikes and in fact had a proper love affair (or was it more of a fling thanks to the limited time we spent together?) with the Granfondo Ti or GF_Ti early in 2012 ( http://girodilento.com/first-ride-kinesis-gf_ti/ & http://girodilento.com/further-thoughts-kinesis-gf-ti). The Kinesis Racelight series is one of the most successful and widely […]
B is for Bonk
Although I’ve been pretty much on track for my monthly mileage target for March, I decided I wanted to try to ride 100km today, as I’d not done a 100km ride since January. So last night I mapped out a ride using Bikehike and uploaded it to my Garmin this morning heading much further south […]
How far to upgrade an entry level road bike
Most of us start out on an entry level road bike to keep our initial investment in cycling low-ish until we’re sure we’re going to keep riding and enjoying it. This is a sensible approach to minimise how much money you’re risking to try the sport out. However, once you do start riding regularly and […]
One month until Bespoked Bristol 2012
One month today see’s the start of Bespoked Bristol, a bike show in it’s second year of celebrating independent and artisan bike manufacturers, designers and products. I have to say I’m really, really looking forward to this show like I haven’t about many things for quite sometime. For me as much as I love my […]
Further thoughts: Kinesis GF-Ti
It’s been a couple of weeks now since I had the difficult task of returning the GF_Ti to the good people at Upgrade Bikes. This is not a “review” in the traditional sense of the word as I didn’t manage to ride the bike for as long as I’d have liked but I wanted to […]
We can rebuild him?
Originally I was going to call this post “Time to Panic?” but I’ve had a slight change of heart since yesterday. Last week, I started to feel a bit panicky about my lack of riding, fitness and strength after hardly touching my bike since September. The numbers are not great, I’ve averaged less than 100 […]
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, […]
First ride: Kinesis GF_Ti
Yesterday was a glorious winter’s day. It was clear, with bright sunshine, but cold. At 9am at my house it was minus 2 degrees, so I waited a couple of hours and took the photos you see on this post before I headed out. Whenever I’m in the fortunate position to ride a new bike, […]
Visiting Kinesis/Upgrade bikes and a picture of a new prototype
Yesterday I had the pleasure of a visit to Kinesis and Upgrade Bikes. I’ve written about Kinesis bikes a number of times over the last year including during my recent winter bike puzzling. Dom Mason at Kinesis generously invited me to try a shiny GF_Ti Titanium winter bike for review here on Girodilento (http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/products/racelight/gf_ti). In […]