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If you are a Campagnolo aficionado or love your cycling heritage, the Bora has long been Campagnolo's flagship racing wheel.  I recently bought a set of the stealthy Bora One Dark Label full carbon clinchers to replace a set of Zipp 404 wheels which were not providing the panache my Colnago was yearning for.How do they look? The Bora One wheels look at one with my Colnago C59.  Gone are those ugly decals, which would often discolour, peel away an …

Vittoria has been my go-to tyre brand as of late.  I race on the Vittoria Corsa tubulars and train on the Vittoria Rubino clinchers.  I also race on the Vittoria Rubino in road races when I'm not using my deep dish tubular wheels.In New Zealand we have a lot of harsh chip and rough roads.  There are a lot of tough, resilient tyres out there, but they are generally very heavy and have a low thread count.  The low thread count results in an even ha …

Home training is never a fun topic, but new smart trainers like the Wahoo KICKR are changing the game.  With the use of interactive applications, the Wahoo KICKR trainer can bring the outside riding experience direct to your home.Instead of sweating and staring at a blank wall as you grind the harsh resistance of your traditional fluid or mag trainer, you will now have the ability to ride any course in the world, thanks to accurate electronic res …

Thanks to the team at Pushys, I was lucky enough to get aboard the new 2017 Giant Trinity Advanced Pro 1.  My first TT bike was one of the very popular original Giant Trinity’s which were around from 2009-2015.  The original bike was a great design so I was very excited to see how Giant had improved their next generation frame.Having just raced my first iron distance race prior to getting the new bike, I was faced with the issue of storage.  Raci …