GolfChick Rides Bikes

So I was lucky enough to travel to Whistler at the end of September for two weeks, to cut a long story short my best friend 'Buly' was planning to go and rather than go alone he invited me! It's not somewhere I'd ever really planned to go despite it being a mecca for biking, probably because I knew it was out of my reach to ever go and why hope/plan for the impossible!? I've done Les Arcs before in the French Alps but that was some years ago and I just remember concentrating on braking the whole time but I was fairly new to biking back then and I'm sure it'd be a different beast now! I'd of loved to do some other trips in the meantime but due to some circumstances, owning a dog mostly, I've not done another trip...until now! Hopefully this blog post will fill people in about some of the mistakes I made, as well as things I learnt along the way and also providing a general review of Whistler! I don't want to come across as knowing everything o...

I'll be the first to say I definitely err on the side of being a weight weenie. Anything I buy for the Bronson I check out the weight of and if it's a new part that I dont have a preference for, weight is a huge consideration. I know I could save weight by going for Shimano brakes over Hope but frankly I dont care, hope win it every time for me but when it comes to pedals I don't have a 'go to'. I've always highly rated the grip on DMR vaults and my nukeproof pedals have work faultlessly despite not really servicing them very often. When I built up my hardtail I decided I'd put the nukeproof pedals on to it and get something a bit flashier and maybe lighter for the Bronson. After destroying the axle on the superstar pedals I have been put off titanium axles so instead opted for something as lightweight as possible but still handle the battering I give parts and maybe something a bit slick looking. In step the Raceface Atlas, not cheap at £109 but not too bad...

So up for review today is one of Flare's women's jerseys, they first started as a women's only brand but now have started doing some mens clothing as well. I've had my eye on them for a while and during a recent sale I convinced my mum to buy me one for my birthday to finally give one a try. I find it extremely easy to find nice short sleeve jerseys but long sleeve is not so easy. My current fox jersey has been with me for at least seven years and is still my go to jersey despite it looking a little frayed in places. However, a girl that rides as much as me needs more than one jersey so enter the flare jersey! This is a downhill jersey so the idea is that you can wear body armour underneath it so I chose a small as I have no intention of doing this. I'm very happy with the fit of the jersey, something which is definitely missing from generic men's only jerseys. Its a fact that with our hips, shoulders and breasts our upper bodies are shaped differently so its ...