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Bikedan’s Product Review: Scicon Aerocomfort Bag for 29ers

26 November 2011

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Bikedan’s Product Review: Scicon Aerocomfort Bag for 29ers

I recently wrote a review of the Scicon Aerocomfort on Cyclingtime.com and was focused on reviewing it from a roadie perspective  it is a bag that is designed specifically with the road bike frame in mind.  However, it is possible to pack a large 29er mountain bike into the bag. It does require the trusty [...]

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Bikedan's Product Review: Osprey Flap Jack

17 July 2011

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Over the last six months or so I have been using Osprey’s Flapjack bag quite a bit and thought now would be a good time to write a review on the bag. Firstly, I would like point out that while Osprey has sponsored me with some of their gear, I don’t accept or do product [...]

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Bikedan's Product Review: First RT Cranks

26 October 2010

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Bikedan's Product Review: First RT Cranks

Disclosure: First Components is one of my sponsors, however this is a balanced review “Overall, I was pleased with the power transfer of these First RT cranks. They performed exceptionally well while training and racing” First Components’ 950g RT crankset (including the ceramic bottom bracket) performs just as well as the Ultegra SL (my former [...]

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Bikedan’s Product Review: Duro Tires

22 September 2010

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Bikedan’s Product Review: Duro Tires

Interested in ROAD Asia-Pacific?  Sign up for the inaugural Asia-Pacific Newsletter here Duro Tire Testing Tires are one of the most important parts of our ride experience, in terms of control and durability on all types of road surfaces. When you think about tires for your road bike: Michelin, Victoria, Continential, Schwalbe, and Kenda are [...]

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Shimano XTR Dyna-Sys Testing

22 August 2010

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Shimano XTR Dyna-Sys Testing

I have just gotten back from our big trip around China that included Chengdu, Macau, Hong Kong and Nanjing – was too busy on the road to have time to write up-dates to my website, but now that I am back home in Hangzhou you will see some stories published about the cycling in each [...]

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Review: Use of Sufferfest for Indoor Workouts

13 July 2010

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Review: Use of Sufferfest for Indoor Workouts

Tip: Use a cycling DVD with a clear workout purpose Sometimes I just don’t want to head out into the Chinese traffic and train, so I often find myself training on rollers at least 2-3 times a week. Usually no more than 60 minutes at a time. There is an old saying that 60 mins [...]

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Edge Carbon Handle-bar Review

13 January 2010

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Edge Composites is a company that specializes in making top-end Carbon products for both road and mountain bikes. The Fly V Australian Professional Cycling Team use their products extensively. When I competed in a Salt Lake City Pro 1,2 criterium on the final day of Tour of Utah, I won two primes and one of [...]

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Selle SMP Composite saddle – does it live up to its claims?

9 October 2009

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My previous posting was geared to educating others about the issue of numbness associated with cycling. It also provided several top tips on how to help alleviate the issue, which one of the tips stated saddle choice was an important one for all cyclists. This posting is a review of one of my sponsor products [...]

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Hansaton's new invention

12 May 2009

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I just received my new hearing aids in the post today from Germany! They look so small – the battery case takes up half the hearing aid and the receiver is in the tubing and custom-made mould. I am pretty excited about trying this new state of the art hearing aid that has already won [...]

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