Kit zone

Come the winter months and triathletes are few and far between at the lake I coach at. It’s understandable too –swimming in colder water is difficult and with time at a premium with three sports to ti

The big question you’re probably asking yourself is – is it worth investing in triathlon bike shoes, or can road bike shoes do the job just as well..? There are plenty of reasons to purchase triathlon

Kit reviews from Britain’s most experienced gear-testing team. Here, Francesca Donovan and David Linternn focus on two innovative new outdoor products

I was sent this to test quite randomly but the timing could not have been more opportune as, with the night’s drawing in, I still had to sail my boat from Marseille to its home port some 60nm away, wr

As if it was meant to be, I finally managed to get my hands on the parts and tools needed to upgrade the cranks and chainring on my Wild. After some flurried Googling and general expert-bothering, I w

Deck trainers are a relatively new phenomena but, certainly for racing sailors, they have become a crucial piece of kit. If the cruising sailor might content himself with a deck shoe then that simply