and hardwearing, carbon-reinforced palms. There's still enough bike feel through the gloves to move up and down the gears or to slam on the brakes. Info: www.madison.co.uk Specialized Women’s BG Equinox, £27.99Specialized almost managed to resist the temptation
and bright women's and girls' one-pieces, men's and boys' shorts and longer, form-fitting jammers, and co-ordinating caps. Names such as Trafalgar, Mayfair and Carnaby continue the London theme.With a variety of colours, such as turquoise, pink, royal blue
in the women's.How did they perform out on the road? Just as they say on the tin: on a 16-mile road test, they felt noticeably lightweight and stayed cool throughout.Other design tweaks include the shoe’s ‘Dynamotion Fit’ featuring strategically placed inner
-inch models are becoming more common. There are also gender-specific bikes – if you’re a woman, or a man with a smaller body, you’ll be able to find bikes with a women-specific design (WSD). These bikes have shorter top tubes to reduce reach to the bars
such as PowerBreathe: blowing into the adjustable inflation valve gives your lungs a real workout.Contact: www.gorebikewear.comOrca Women's Lite Vest, £45.99Perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing option, this gilet has reflective piping running throughout its
of the head.Speedo Fastskin3 Super Elite Swimsuit: Men's Jammers (£230) and Women's Kneeskins (£330)The 3D Zoned Compression fabric system throughout sculpts the swimmer's body to reduce skin friction drag by up to 2.7% compared to Speedo's LZR Pulse fabric
.I pulled off my shorts and took a peek: the skin was red and raw. Chafed. I had done long rides before; I'd completed a different, more difficult century; I had ridden 40K perched on my saddle in wet shorts during many triathlons. But never had I felt
. This women-specific cream from the United States was designed by female cyclists and can be applied safely to every nook and cranny as well as to the chamois of your shorts or tights to create a friction-free barrier. With anti-bacterial and anti
