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Best travel mug update and review
The world is a funny place, no soon as you've found your perfect product, the manufacturer has found a way to make it cheaper and probably worse and eventually the shop stops selling it.
This is the sad story of my constant quest to keep myself furnished in Travel mugs. If you've not read my previous editorial on the key constituents of a more »
TF2 Extreme Wet Lubricant
TF2 Extreme Wet Lubricant
Reviewed by Martin Childs
Weldite, 75ml £3.49/ 125ml £5.79 (£46 per litre)
Seriously sticky, but too much goop?
I thought I was on a winner here, an extreme wet lube with TF2 for extra slipperiness at an OK price.
Well I was just plain wrong! This stuff does live up to it's extreme moniker but more »
B&M Travel Mug review
B&M Travel Mug
Reviewed by Martin Childs
B&M, £1.99
Much better tasting than your generic travel mug.
This is definately one product that bucks the old saying of "Light, strong and cheap: choose two" although we'd probably have to modify it slightly for travel mugs:
Easy drinking, taste free and cheap: choose two
The standard more »
Decathlon / B'Twin tyre lever review
Decathlon / B'Twin tyre lever
Reviewed by Martin Childs
Decathlon, £2.50 for three
Thin enough to get under the tightest bead but strong and cheap.
This is definately one product that bucks the old saying of:
Light, strong and cheap: choose two
These little strokes of genius from Decathlon are where tyre levers are at. My more »
Roasted Monkey Nuts review
Roasted Monkey Nuts
Reviewed by Martin Childs
£1.00 per 250g
Nutrition per 25g as consumed: 155kcal; 12.0g fat (2.1g saturates); 7.1g protein; 2.6g carbs ;trace salt.
Quality snacking at a good price.
These roasted monkey nuts really are great, their roasted flavour really does make them much more tasty than their regular plain more »
Wilko Performance Lubricant cycle oil review
Wilko Performance Lubricant
Reviewed by Martin Childs
Wilko, £2.49 (£25 per litre)
All the lubing you need at a lower price.
One thing that really winds me up is the commercialisation of cycling. This includes when companies take some generic product stick a label on it with the picture of a bike and charge many times the price. more »
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