Not every wheel upgrade needs to be a four-figure carbon aero wheelset. If your bike still has the heavy, flexy stock wheels it shipped with, the Mavic Aksium is one of the most established budget alloy wheelsets on the market — and it’s a genuinely useful upgrade before you spend serious money on race-day carbon….
Run30minBeginnerSession Overview Back from a summer holiday or a stretch off training? This easy 30-minute run is designed to ease you back into consistent running without risking the niggles that come from jumping straight back into your pre-break paces. Suitable for beginners and anyone returning to training after 1-3 weeks away. What You’ll Need Comfortable,…
Swim45minBeginnerSession Overview A technique-and-safety session for anyone who swims open water without a coached group or safety cover. You’ll practise swimming comfortably with a tow float attached, and rehearse what to actually do if you need to stop, signal, or rest mid-swim — skills that matter far more than they get credit for until the…
The Bondi line is HOKA’s maximalist daily trainer, and the Bondi 9 pushes the cushioning further again with a new midsole foam. For triathletes, that makes it less of a race-day shoe and more of a tool for the easy, high-mileage running that makes up most of a training block — recovery runs, long steady…
Bike60minBeginnerSession Overview This is a structured aerobic base session built around the MAF Method (180 minus your age, adjusted for training history) rather than a fixed power or pace zone. The turbo trainer is the ideal environment for this style of session, since a controlled indoor effort makes it far easier to hold a strict…
Overview Most saddle roundups treat “women’s saddle” as a single afterthought category, so it’s worth a dedicated look at Selle Italia’s SLR Boost Lady Superflow — a proper race saddle built around a wider central cutout and sit-bone-matched width options, not just a unisex saddle in a different colour. Key Specs Weight — around 198g…
Overview Whole Supp is a UK plant-based meal-replacement shake brand built around whole-food ingredients rather than the isolate-heavy formulas common in most protein powders. For triathletes juggling early swims, work and evening sessions, a shake that covers a proper meal in 30 seconds is a genuinely useful tool — as long as it doesn’t taste…
Overview The Garmin Edge Explore 2 sits apart from Garmin’s numbered Edge line (540, 840, 1040 and so on) as the navigation-focused option, built for riders who care more about finding a good route and not getting lost than about deep training metrics. For triathletes it’s a sensible pick for long training rides in unfamiliar…
What to Look For After hours in cycling shoes and race trainers, feet swell, arches ache and the last thing they need is another structured shoe. A dedicated pair of recovery sandals — soft, cushioned, easy to slip on with wet or swollen feet — is a small purchase that makes the walk from the…
What to Look For Most triathletes still spend plenty of training miles on a road or base bar before they ever clip into aero extensions — group rides, hilly routes and turbo sessions all happen on the base bar. Worn, hardened bar tape makes those miles harsher on the hands and less secure in wet…
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