GoLite Speed Pack

Advantages: Well built, Good load transfer, Non sweat back system
Disadvantages: Heavy, looks slightly odd, Occipital cavity doesnt work, front pocket opening too small.

...isnt at the right level for this to happen with some users so its a bit pointless. As for the changes - well the hipbelt seems to have been updated with a sort of a plasticy exoskeleton with the berghaus "EXTREM" logo at the side. As perviously mentioned there is the new waterproof pocket and there are rumors that the Dry Fusion (creats a 100% waterproof pack) technology employed on the Extrem Crag rucksack will make its way to the cyclops for 2005. In anycase the cyclops carrys a heavy load well and is a tough as they come. If you need a serious pack you wont go far wrong with this. UPDATE: I've had a look at the latest Version of the Cyclops III and noticed the follwing things : The Evabreathe foam is now softer - which should quash the complaints about the back system feeling softer. The new updated hip belt has more venting... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, useful for recreational cyclists
Disadvantages: max speed can be wrong, wire can get messy, could have more functions

...look at it as it keeps counting when you stop for several minutes and is amazingly poor so I rely on a trusty watch. The next screen is the distance-travelled screen. I reset this every time I depart on a trip (by holding down the left button.) This clears screens 2,3,5&7. This is a very useful screen, as we all like to boast about how far we cycled. It is also accurate to one decimal place. Continuing on is screen 4; this is the odometer or total distance-travelled screen. I have yet to reset this and have done 791 miles (excluding time when my Speedo was off.) It looks as if it can go up to four figures or maximum 9999 miles/kilometres but I can't tell you at the present point in time. Maybe by next year, lol. Again this can be reset using the left button. The next screen, and a personal favourite, is the maximum speed screen... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, shifts well, excellent joining link
Disadvantages: Can suffer chain breakages

...-snap-snap Derailleur systems have over the years added more and more gears to the clusters. A few years ago 8 speed was cutting edge. Now 9 speed is standard for mountain bikes, and road bikes have hit 11 speed. Initially extra gears were accommodated simply by adding more cogs to the cluster. Making the wheels wider and dishing them more squeezed on another gear. 9 speed and above needed thinner cogs, and ever narrower chains. If you read the reviews on 8 speed chains, there are virtually no complaints about chains snapping. Read the reviews for 9 speed chains used on mountain bikes and you get problems with chains snapping. They typically break under low pedalling pressure, and after the chain has been in use for a few months. I have not read a satisfactory explanation as to how a chain could snap like that. You can not break a chain simply... Read review

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