Pick ’n’ Mix
Get your kicks with these five picks
1 UNITY PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTS
From £41.10, unityperformancelab.com Unity is the new sports nutrition company founded by ex-arsenal players Mathieu Flamini and Mesut Özil, and its products, made with the help of scientists, are clinically proven to help release energy, aid recovery, boost immunity and increase performance under pressure. We bet Arsène Wenger wishes he’d had a subscription.
2 MASTER & DYNAMIC MW08 EARPHONES
£279, masterdynamic.co.uk
It’s always better to take a spider out instead of killing him… grab a few beers, have a laugh, he’ll tell you all about being a web designer. And it’s always better to turbo train to music, and better still if it’s provided by these wireless MW08S, which feature huge 11mm beryllium drivers, noise-cancelling tech and an ‘awareness mode’ to allow for ambient sound too.
3 WOLF TOOTH SUPPLE BAR TAPE
£39, saddleback.co.uk
Of all the jokes, a steak pun is a rare medium well done. And of all the bar tapes, Wolf Tooth’s is among the most cosseting. Designed for gravel, Supple is a whopping 5mm thick and made from the silicone Wolf Tooth uses for its ‘vibration damping’ mountain bike grips.
4 CHALLENGE CRITERIUM TYRES
£62, upgradebikes.co.uk
When our mate told us to stop acting like a flamingo, we really had to put our foot down. And when Challenge told us its Criterium tyre was available in white wall, we just had to have a pair. They look the bees and they’re some of the supplest, grippiest tyres on the road thanks to their 320tpi casing and unvulcanised, natural rubber tread. Pair with these pink Challenge Seamless Latex tubes (£14) for maximum smooth rolling.
5 KENDAL GEL SOFT FLASK
£9.99, kendalmint.co.uk
Why do people say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ when they could just draw 0.7% of a picture? And how can we cyclists profess to be environmentally minded when our gel wrappers are single use? It’s a question that bugged Kendal, which is why it created this Bpa-free, reusable gel sachet. You can refill the Flask from Kendal’s NRG Gel bulk gel pouches (£12.99 for 10 servings), which it says cuts waste by 60%.