Unlike the helmet pads, the straps on most high-end cycling helmets like the Giro Ionos / Xar are not removable. As a result they become quite dirty, with a lot of salt and other mineral deposits, dead skin, body fats…, making them the perfect place to cultivate microbial life.
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EUROBIKE is considered one of the world’s most influential industry trade fairs and Europe’s largest bicycle exposition. More than 41,000 trade visitors from 101 countries, 1,700 journalists from 35 countries and over 22,000 cycling fans visited Eurobike last September. This year the five-day event will begin Tuesday, August 27th outdoors with Demo Day. The Trade Expo will open Wednesday August 28th and run through Friday. The fair will finish with Public Day on Saturday, August 31st.
For more information, please visit the official EUROBIKE website http://www.eurobike-show.com/ or download the EUROBIKE 2013 mobile application.
Earlier, we reviewed the Giro Ionos Helmet and we liked it a lot. But, after using it for a while it was time to wash the helmet pads.
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When cleaning your mountain bike, protecting the disk brake rotors from degreasers, cleaning agents and chain lubricants you might use for getting your bike clean and shiny is a task that requires some extra attention.
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Made for riders looking to drop a few grams from the rotational mass of their tires, the Schwalbe Extra Light tubes provide cheap and easy way to do that. Continue reading
When you do a lot of riding especially in cold and wet weather, a flat tire when you are a few miles from home can be very unpleasant thing to deal with. Other than walking home there are two options you are left with in such a scenario, repairing the punctured tube or replacing it (assuming that you are not riding tubeless tires). Continue reading