Project Aithien: Because metal ain’t dead!

Introducing my new project, the Kinesis Aithien! After hankering for one since they came out I finally found a frameset at a price I was happy with. Yes – It’s an aluminium frame rather than carbon, but the Aithein is one of the lightest off-the-shelf alloy frames available at the moment. On my digital kitchen scales the frame weighs…

Aero helmets?

Spare time is a dangerous thing. In the ever lasting search for marginal gains I’ve been looking at getting a new aero helmet for this coming season. I know I should work on the legs instead, but every little helps, right? There’s a huge array of different styles at different price points, many of which…

Yearning for the summer bike

Due to illness and generally feeling sorry for myself, my plan to get out and test my limits on the time trial bike this weekend didn’t materialise. I even had a perfect loop planned down on the south coast. Instead I did a little bike fettling in the garage to pass the time. My TT bike hasn’t…

Sneak Peek: Solid bike tyres?!?!

Thanks to my friends at Wheelsuckers I’m about to get my hands on an intriguing new product that’s going to hit the stands of the London Bike Show. I’ve been hooked up with a pair of Tannus Aither 1.1 road tyres. Now these are no ordinary bicycle tyre… They’re a totally solid tyre right the way through, negating…