Recently I got myself a new helmet to replace my old one which had hit too many rocks and trees with my head in it. I went for the Leatt DBX 3.0 Enduro which is a full face helmet that you can remove the chin guard to make it a standard mountain biking helmet. Looking at the specs I was pretty excited buy what I read. It was going to be much lighter than my old helmet and has plenty of ventilation and lightweight padding inside. It also has the Leatt 360 Turbine Technology for added impact protection. There is...
Leatt 3.0 X-Flow gloves
This review for the Leatt DBX 3.0 X-Flow glove comes a little late from me as I bought these a while ago and have ridden them a few times and now it seams they are no longer available. They have been replaced by the DBX 4.0 which unfortunately I do not have to test and review here. Firs things first, I think the gloves are great! The protection provided to the knuckle has already saved my knuckles from the road when I had a crash a few weeks back when a car pulling into the road spooked me. You can...
Goggles for VTT
Right a the start of riding VTT bikes I got myself a full face helmet. It was a no brainer. I ride like a bit of an idiot sometimes and the more protection I can have the better. Although the full face helmet was a no brainer it took me a bit longer to get into riding with goggles. At first I use to just use my sunglasses with my helmet but now I am mostly riding with goggles. Maybe it was just my helmet but I use to have problems getting my helmet on while already wearing my goggles,...
Cameras and Biking
Cameras and biking are become something that goes well together. People love taking photos of their bikes, of themselves or friends with their bikes or just the scenery seen from their bikes. This can be seen on Instagram with the over 19 million photos tagged as #cycling https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/cycling/ As well as the tradition photos takes with camera there is an increasing number of action sports cameras to record the many cool activities you can do on your bike (or for the more normal of us, record the little adventure we have that seemed cool to us but boring to...