Pick ’n’ Mix

From cycling, with love

£2.19, snickersandmars proteinbars.co.uk When mankind finally relinquishes its feeble grip on Mother Earth and aliens examine the wreckage, a document will be discovered, and on it will be a list of our greatest achievements. It will read, in this order: language, the bicycle, central heating, fitted bed sheets and these, Mars and Snickers bars that are actually good for you, packing nearly 20g protein per bar. soldiers aren’t called ‘pongos’ because where the wind blows the pong goes, but rather because of the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, an ape adept at digging trenches. Likewise, these wickedly patterned socks aren’t called Pongos because they go on your feet, but rather because they represent ‘Passion ON the GO’. Tenuous but ultimately pleasing. £4 each, voidcycling.com Just because water has no taste – scientifically, pure H2O fails to stimulate the taste buds – it doesn’t mean your bidons shouldn’t excite your inner aesthete. This similar yet contrasting pair from Void, based on the pros’ favourite, the Tacx Shiva, do a fantastic job of blending artful form with liquid-dispensing function. £8.99 for 200ml, green-oil.net The USA consumes approximately 3.1 billion litres of oil per day – enough to power a 1997 Ford Mondeo to Neptune and back nearly 10 times. Quite how many kilometres your bike will roll for on 200ml of Ecogrease is unclear, but what we do know is that to cycle to Neptune, some 2.7 billion