Introduction

If you’re serious about garnering real fitness benefits from your cycling/running, then tracking your performance should be a regular feature of your workouts. GPS sport watches like the Tom Tom Multi-Sport Cardio are a real boon to this endeavor, helping you to track the distances you cover as well as monitor your heart rate to make sure you don’t over-exert yourselves and keel over.

The latest Tom Tom Multi-Sport Cardio builds upon some of the lessons Tom Tom garnered from the previous iterations of the watch. But can it match up to the strenuous requirements of measuring cycling metrics? We find out.

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A gas that’s lighter than air and makes balloons float upwards towards the endless sky.  That’s Helium, and it’s also suitably used to name Belgian brand Ridley’s range of lightweight performance bikes.  Ridley maintains the proven design and performance of the Helium frame which maintains stiffness and stability throughout the entire range while still being one of the lightest production bikes in the market today.

With the use of a proprietary blend of 30T-24T high modulus unidirectional carbon sheets in the carbon lay-up to keep weight and unwanted flexing to the bare minimum, this bike is therefore very suitable for the mountains, m...

In Singapore, our trails are the product of trail designers fever dreams. Our hot, steaming climate coupled with poor public responsibility on the trails conspire to make sure that our lines through the jungle are as horrible for bicycles as they could possibly be. To tackle these trails, you need a solid, reliable All-Mountain or trail-pounder that can take a significant amount of hits, and gives you maneuverability through tight quarters.

The All-Mountain bike is a delicate balance. You need the stability and pedaling power only an upright posture can offer, coupled with enough travel to cushion you over undulating terrain and punishi...

For readers who have watched the great Classics such as the Tour of Flanders or Paris Roubaix (or more infamously known as the “Hell of the North”), the fabled cobbles of these races are always the key highlights. They are also feared and relished at the same time by the Pros racing over them. Riding at high speed over these cobble stones not only require a sense of bravado, but a high endurance level as well – the constant knocks will banged up most riders.

To help riders conquer these cobbles, several bike makers have jumped onto the development of frame-compliance technology. These entirely new lineups of bikes are designed to get thei...

Pipedream Cycles is a relatively new brand here in Singapore, but its history can be traced back to 1999, in the South Wales, UK. Back then, its founders, Alan Finlay and Stuart Davies, did not like the steep 71/73 geometry the industry was settling for and set out to design their own “dream” bike. As self-proclaimed purists, they stick to only hardtail frames and it is no surprise that their natural choice of frame material came down to steel and titanium.

Sticking to their purist notion and to prove that lesser can sometimes be better; Pipedream Cycles currently has three models in their stable, the Scion (26”), the Sirius (26”/650b) an...

The Feedback Pro-Elite stand shouts quality the moment you pulled it out of the box.  Constructed entirely out of aluminum for durability and weight cutting, the cool anodized red colour added a certain aesthetic appeal to it. The complete stand weighs in at 5.7kg and has a load capacity up to 38kg. The lowest clamp height is 106cm and can be extended to 180cm. The clamp can take on any tube diameter from 19mm to 66mm, effectively allowing it to be used on almost any bicycles in the market. Feedback also offers a set of compatible tote bag and tool tray as an option.

The Pro Elite stand can be unfold in under 5 seconds, with no ...

The Fly6 is a video camera for cyclists, integrated into an LED taillight. It’s simple by design: you keep it charged and switch it on when you go for a ride, it records everything happening behind you, and if there’s an incident you’ll have video evidence.

More broadly, it’s an intersection of two trends in Singapore: firstly, cycling is booming, both for fitness and transport. The growth in cycling seems to have been accompanied by an increase in traffic incidents and accidents, and many cyclists, frustrated by the apparent reluctance of police to prosecute motorists who cause accidents, are turning to technology as a solution.

The Fly6 ...

The Great Southern is where the Southern Ocean in all its powerful beauty crashes against the dramatic cliffs and rock formations that nearly pre-date all life on earth. Turn a corner and you’ll find that it has been subdued by a beautiful cove with squeaky white sand, and the journey down south brims with dramatic coastlines, beaches, karri forests, and fine wines and gourmet food. Once you start making your way up to the Golden Outback, be prepared to be dazzled by the wondrous outback plains, huge deserts and salt lakes, rugged rocky outcrops, wild woodland, magnificent white beaches and of course the famous Wave Rock formations.

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