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

-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

Gore Bike Wear Concept Gilet, £169.99Gore comes up trumps again with this lightweight, flexible and breathable gilet. Nothing has been left to chance, from the ergonomically shaped, fleece-trimmed collar to the adjustable hem with its covered cord

body passive drag reduction of up to 16.6% (the drag slowing the swimmer during the submerged, glide phase of any stroke) and a 5.2% reduction in body active drag (the drag slowing swimmers at the surface during the active swimming phase of any stroke

CushionburyWeight: 190g (130mm width)Info: www.specializeduk.comSelle SLR, £113.99"The SLR is a paragon of functional minimalism: it is just wide, long, light and padded enough to perform with perfection - if you're on your saddle long enough to adapt to it