FOUR ESSENTIALS
01 WAHOO TICKR £39.99
Wahoo’s original product, the TICKR heart-rate strap, has undergone a revamp and redesign. The new-shape monitor now sits flush with the chest strap, and together they weigh just 46g. Battery life has ramped up to 500 hours and new LED lights along the top edge make it far easier to see when it’s activated and working. You can also connect to three
Bluetooth devices at the same time (as well as ANT+) so it’ll talk to your bike computer, phone and smartwatch simultaneously.
02 WOLF TOOTH BLING KI T £35
If you fancy shaving a few grams, Wolf Tooth’s anodised bling kit might just be the answer you’re looking for. The complete kit weighs just 33.9g and includes nearly 40mm of headset spacers, a stem cap and four bottle-cage bolts that weigh a mere 0.8g each. There’s a choice of nine colours, too.
03 CASTELLI WATER BOT TLE £8.50
This 550ml capacity bottle weighs just 53g. It’s made in
Italy by Elite and is based on the Elite Fly bottle as used by Team Ineos. The lightness comes from a design that’s thicker at the base and at the mouth and ultra-thin through the middle, thus greatly reducing the amount of material used. It also makes it easy to squeeze so water flow is faster than a standard bottle.
04 SILCA T YRE LEVERS PREMIO & EOLO III CO2 INFLATOR £26
Silca’s usual high-quality tools extend right down to the smallest of items, as these Premio tyre levers prove. The core of the lever is made from forged alloy and then wrapped in a carbon-friendly reinforced nylon. The tiny Eolo III C02 regulator has a spring-action trigger and tricolour elastomer grip at the bottle thread.