You don’t have to sell the children to get a decent bike helmet these days, but you also don’t want to skimp on your brain bucket. Too much is in play.
I’d call my Bontrager Starvos a relatively economical approach to skull care. After four days out, it still feels very comfortable. Adjustments are intuitive and not difficult. To my surprise, the Extra Large fits my circus-side-show-dimension cranium. I once had to special order the graphically named ‘King Head’ (I kid you not) bike helmet because nothing my bike shop had in stock would do other than perch atop my head like a badly designed hood ornament. So the fit on my new helmet is no small relief.
I like the black-with-white-trim livery of my Starvos and I trust the ratings that say it will do what it’s supposed to do if I go down hard.
You can snag one of these for just under 70 clams. That wouldn’t be a bad idea.
My first ride with these gloves was entirely satisfactory.
It took some squirming in front of my computer screen before I ordered a bike shoe at this inexpensive price point, but after three days on the road in these boots I’m wondering why a casual road cyclist like me would spend more.
I’ve got to stop apologizing for liking Dave Barry’s Junior-High humor. Maybe there’s a transitioning middle schooler in each of us.
My, oh, my …
I bought this 24-ounce water bottle to take with my while cycling for two reasons: the strongly positive reviews and the wide range of available colors. I really like my gray-and-black selection.
As so many other men have done in recent years, I’ve migrated from multi-blade (in my case the five blades of the Gillette Fusion package) shaving to the single blade. Merkur has become my go-to blade for its reasonable price, German simplicity, and awesome sharpness. I enjoy simply studying the thing and wondering how such an inexpensive marvel is produced and its quality maintained.
With two sons in the 101st Airborne’s Screaming Eagles and a rusty unplugged tow hitch, it was only a matter of time before I snagged this aesthetically clean, black-and-gray, plastic hitch plug insert. It’s made of a lightweight but sturdy plastic and does not fit snugly in a way that will keep all water out of your hitch. It’s an ornament rather than a sealing plug. But that’s as advertised, so no complaint.
If you can and you have the critters to consume them, you’ll want to snag the economy of scale that comes with buying your peanuts in larger quantities than this 5-pound bag can offer. But Kaytee puts out a predictably fine product and this one will certainly please your birds and squirrels at a price that’s competitive in the smaller bag.
You could come to the end of a long and satisfying life without ever having had occasion to use 500 jumbo paper clips. Still, there’s some merit in eliminating the tiny tragedy of not having paper clips when you need them before it strikes. If you subscribe to this line of thinking (which in this reviewer’s rigid little brain, also pertains to rubber bands, pencils, staples, and mealworms), then you’ll like this Staples product. The handy container is far from bulletproof, but place it in an unstressed corner of your office and it’ll do fine.
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