Pick ’n’ Mix

Here’s your five, it’s now or never

1 MAAP X 100% GLENDALE GLASSES €220, maap.cc

While a £5k fine for holidaying abroad is still probably cheaper than a family Center Parcs break, €220 does seem a fair wedge for shades. But just look at these Maap-designed, clear-framed Glendales, with an optically tuned lens to help you see more. And just think: wouldn’t these look great when sunbathing in Mallorca?

Only joking, because you need to go and remortgage the house so little Tara can ride the log flume.

2 ALTURA HERITAGE BAR BAG £60, altura.co.uk

Ventriloquist dummies made out of old carpet are wankly ruggish, but bar bags made out of classic 12oz waxed canvas? Now you’re talking. The Altura Heritage’s five-litre capacity is capacious without being cumbersome, its construction weather-resistant and its fitting and removal a breeze thanks to the svelte Klickfix fitting, which is kind of like the Boa dial of bike brackets.

3 CARBON CONCEPTS CARBON RING From £160, carbon-concepts.co.uk

In our younger days we rather fancied becoming Gregorian monks, but we just never got the chants. Safe to say former track and road ace Rob Hayles (see p39) didn’t similarly dream of making jewellery, yet with an incredible head – and hands – for fabrication, he’s taken his love of engineering and turned it into Carbon Concepts, a bespoke workshop crafting carbon trinkets such as this ring.

4 THE CYCLING CHEF RECIPE BOOK £22, bloomsbury.com

What do you call a magician who loses his magic? Ian. And what do you call a Michelin-starred chef who works with pro riders? Alan Murchison, aka The Cycling Chef, and now he’s back with his second cookbook, subtitled Getting Lean And Fuelling The

Machine, packed with delicious, nutritionally balanced recipes to fuel performance while aiding sustainable weight loss.

5 GARMIN ENDURO £699.99, garmin.com

No more Suez Canal jokes – that ship has sailed. But if you’re Garmin and we’re talking watches, it seems the sky’s the limit with this impressive addition to the wearables stable. Featuring

Power Glass, a screen that’s also a solar panel, the Enduro takes the functionality of Garmin’s Fenix, lightens things up and then earns its name by adding an incredible 80 hours’ battery life in GPS mode, or 300 hours in normal usage.