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Bar Tape is all the same? That's what you used to think. Silicone is here. Advancement in materials and manufacturing now gives the riders the chance move away from the traditional cork (which was good) and leather (which was bad). The Buzz Tape is super tacky so it doesn't need any adhesive backing - that means you can wrap and re-wrap your bars. Once it's taped up it's far more grippy than cork or the synthetic tapes and it does do a good job of really absorbing vibrations without the need to run that ridiculous gel boogas underneath your tape....

  Have you ever wondered how other wheels fair against each other in the wind tunnel? Is it only the big brands that can afford to wind tunnel test their designs? Does having a lower price mean your wheelset is going to be slower or lower quality? 3 big branded wheels put in the wind tunnel against new Boyd 44mm Carbon Clincher. The Boyd 44mm carbon clincher showed a lot less drag at 15º-20º compared to the 3 other wheels tested.  The Comparison Bontrager Aeolus 5, Zipp 303 Firecrest, Reynolds Aero 58 and Boyd 44c What does it really mean? Most bike riders have felt...

  The big feature that separates this pack from all others is the neat helmet sleeve which can be cinched down with the mini Chrome buckles. If you are a bike rider - you are either wearing your helmet or carrying it around somewhere. Leaving it hanging off a shoulder strap or handlebar is not very good for helmet safety/ Helmets don't take repetitive knocks very well and can really have an impact on the function of the helmet. Easy Fix! The Chrome Kharkiv is a really sorted pack which meets the needs for the commuter and/or bike racer. It has...

Well priced, high performance and some really good wind tunnel results. They present numbers that show lower drag figures than the commonly benchmarked Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels. What you get is a wheelset that hits all the geometry numbers for a modern carbon clincher - Tubeless, wide and light enough. Checkout those numbers, there is a lot of small brands pushing out some nice looking open mold wheels, but Boyd really puts in the extra miles and details to make sure the shape is dialed for a whole range of conditions. So at all yaw angles the Boyd 44c has...

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