WellbriX – A review

A couple of weeks ago you may remember that I published a post looking at a few cycling related Kickstarter projects (if you missed it you can find it here). Well after this went out I was delighted to hear from a couple of other companies who wanted to see if I would be interested in taking a look at their soon to be available offerings too.

One of these people was Dr Caroline Keddie the creator of the new and innovative WellbriX. Caroline herself has a 1st class honours degree (Psychology), a PhD (Mathematics and cognitive learning styles), she’s a therapist in Sports and clinical remedial injury and a has a strong love of many sports so its safe to say she is not only very smart, but also well positioned to understand the needs of athletes and wannabe athletes the world over.

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She has taken the concept of the ever popular foam roller as a starting point, and gone at least three steps further, designing a set of modular bricks with various sized nodules that can be used for a much more targeted approach to work those sore and tight muscles and knots that are formed after exercise.

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Rivelo Winnats bib tights review

Please note – This review was done as part of my role with UK Cycle Chat and the original version can be found here

With the cold weather approaching and a distinct lack of winter kit in my cycling wardrobe it was with great anticipation that I awaited the arrival of Rivelo’s Winnats bib tights, and I can safely say that from the moment they arrived I wasn’t disappointed.

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Band of Climbers – Review

As promised, as my way of making up for neglecting you for so long, here is my second post of the week.

This originally started life as a product review but I quickly realised that actually I was not really focusing on the product, but the brand and its owner (that’s not to say a certain product won’t get a mention because it will be but this is definitely about more than just that!)

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