SECTOR GUIDE | STOCKING FILLERS Christmas crackers
This month Yule find plenty of cracking cycle products under £20, making them ideal stocking fillers for the nation’s cyclists. Jonathon Harker takes the reins for a seasonal look at socks, tyre levers and other well priced essentials…
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CRANKBROTHERS’ Multi 10 Tool (£17.99) is a compact and light tool with the most common 10 tools needed and lifetime warranty to boot. Jimi Wallet (£11.99) is pitched as a
wallet for people who hate them. Being compact, colourful and water resistant they’re engineered in the US from 100 per cent recycled materials. Lizard Skins’ Peaty Lock-on Grip is a shade under £20 and the best selling signature grip is used by the man himself and the Santa Cruz Syndicate. For Christmas lights, the NiteRider Cherrybomb 1/2 Watt Tailight costs just £19.99 and carries a reflector meaning riders are seen even when the light is off. Pedro's Pro Brush Kit (£17.99)
features bicycle-specific brushes. A new and improved back allows for easier storage and faster drying. A boon for winter riding.
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Clee Cycles
CLEE CYCLES is the UK distributor for KCNC, a brand offering a host of sub- £20 upgrades. It offers up valve caps for Presta and Schrader tubes at £4.99 a pair, and Jockey wheels with stainless bearings in six colours, at £15.99 each. KCNC’s coloured seat clamps also leave enough change for a mince pie, starting from £13.99. Headset Top Caps are
WHERE WOULD Christmas be without socks? SockGuy has a wide range available for virtually every taste, style and kit. For pre and post ride use, Spiuk Personal Creams (from £5.95) help keep athletes performing well, while Rock n Roll Lube (also from £5.95) is pitched as the king of lubes: Extreme, Gold, Absolute Dry and Cable Magic will all slip perfectly into an Xmas stocking and will keep your bike running smoothly right through the winter. EVOC’s
£13.95
Saddle bag has a sealed zip, reflective print and additional mesh pocket to keep tools in check when out on the trail. 01752 843 882
Buff
BUFF’S WIDE Range of headwear would surely be a welcome addition to the stocking of any cycle fan, or indeed anyone braving the winter weather. One such Buff offering is the Pink
Buff. The High UV Protection Buff Pink designs raise funds for cancer charities in the UK. It’s all pretty democratic too – every month three charities will be chosen from nominations from Facebook friends of Bufflite and The KitShack and then put to the vote. The winning charity then nets the profits from sales of the designs that month. Offering 93 per cent protection from all UV rays, the Pink Buff can be worn in all the usual Buff-style ways – as a scarf, balaclava, and maybe as a
Upgrade
MUGS MAKE classic stocking fillers and Upgrade offer the DMR mug (£6.99), which comes in a variety of colours and is crafted from bone china, no less. The same brand has a number of grips available under £20 too – including the £15.99 DMR Muta Grips, full ‘lock-on’ grips for an easy and secure fit. Lezyne’s heavy-duty, shop quality pedal wrench costs £17.99 and is designed with two 15mm offset wrench openings positioned for
available for £8.50 with a star nut (or £12.99 with Carbon steerer bung), while Shimano Cranks Bolts are available in many colours for £4.50. 01746 712882
Turbospoke
AIMED AT THE younger end of the market, Turbospoke is a bicycle exhaust system that is roaring into stores and neighbourhoods. Based on the mantra that if anything’s worth doing it’s worth doing noisily, Turbospoke fits to 95 per cent of bicycles and uses no electronics or batteries, because it is 100 per cent pedal powered. With a £17.99 price tag, it makes a
child’s bike look and sound just like a motorbike and helps encourage healthy
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active outdoor play. It is, we’re told, the re-imagining of the classic cards-in- the-spokes idea but brought right up- to-date with long lasting cards, acoustic science and a realistic look.
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Zyro
AS ANOTHER SIZABLE distributor in the market, Zyro has much stock to offer in the under £20 category, including socks (hurrah). Altura’s highly technical Supplex Socks (£8.99), coming in black or white. The brand also offers Children’s Sprint Mitts (£7.99), ideal for the aspiring cyclist, and the all-year-round roadie essential Team Race Cap (£7.99). Fenwick’s offers a range of sub- £20 products, from the deep cleaning FS-10 (£7.99 for 1L) to the Foaming Degreaser (£7.99) – the latter a biodegradable wet degreaser with rich foam qualities
Santa-style disguise, with a bit of imagination. 01707 852244
optimal leverage and ease of use. Lezyne also offers a Two-way tool for £12.99. It integrates an external bottom bracket and cassette tool into one dual-purpose tool. Lezyne also offers a shop quality Y- wrench (£15.99) and a Smart Wallet (£17.99), purpose-built for cycling and sized to fit jersey pockets. Green Oil’s Bicycle Brush (£9.99) is not only a fine bike brush, but also great for the environment – with no petrochemical based plastics in its
construction. Perfect for eco- conscious cyclists.
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designed to stay in place while working on the affected area. Granger’s 2 in 1 cleaner proofer (300ml) is an energy efficient single- wash cleaner and proofer for £8.99, while CamelBak’s revolutionary 710ml Podium bottle costs just £8.99. For a Christmas boost, Powerbar’s
Energize Sport Shots cost just £1.99 for nine bite-sized liquid filled energy chews, while the 600g IsoActive drink retails at £9.99. For protection from seasonally wet weather, Tortec’s rear mudflap (£1.99) serves the purpose, while £20 would buy you four aluminium bottle cages for £4.99 each. 01845 521700
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