Prince Triple Threat Rip

Advantages: Great price and beautiful ride
Disadvantages: Lots of small probelms and so many expensive upgrades to be done

...Bianchi Via Nirone 7 2005 Alu-Carbon Xenon Compact/Triple Drive Size 59 LiquiGas/Bianchi Team Colours (see photo at botom of review) £574.99 The bike and the ride In late summer of 2005 I purchased a Bianchi Via Nirone 7 from Evans online at the website (http://www.evanscycles.com/) and was impressed with the delivery within 3 days. The parcel was well protected and all I had to do was open one end of the box, wheel the bike out, adjust the handlebar orientation and basically it was good to go riding. I changed the saddle for a Bontrager Race X Lite saddle as an upgrade - saddle selection is a very personal choice for comfort on the long rides. After inflating the tyres to a high pressure (I use 100psi to allow for the humps and bumps on the Great British roads). The handling of this bike with carbon fibre forks, stem... Read review

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Advantages: soft sleeping
Disadvantages: ?

...My husband is a little like The Princess in the story the Princess and the pea. You know the one where to tell if the Princess is really a Princess the Prince puts a pea under the mattress on her bed, she can still feel it when her bed is piled high of mattresses. My husband cannot sleep on lumps and bumps, a tiny stone or a twig under his sleeping bag when we go camping causes a sleepless night. (Whereas I can sleep any where on anything) To cure this many years ago we bought sleeping mats, strips of waterproof foam we do own several my husband and I both have a green one each they are quite wide fill up our 2-man tent. We also have a narrower grey one that he does not like using. It is too narrow creates an edge, which can be felt. We bought our green ones for about 5 pounds years ago I believe they are about 10... Read review

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Advantages: Comfortable, all rounder.
Disadvantages: Jack of all trades, master of none. the dye has a tendancy to run.

...Here we go - my first attempt at writing a review! These were the first pair of climbing shoes I owned, I bought them... oh, about three years ago now and I have to say, they served me well! They lasted about a year until they were worn enough to offer no benefit over climbing barefooted :-). It's probably worth saying that at that point I threw them in the back of the cupboard (I don’t know why i didn't just throw them out - they're still in my cupboard yet I have no intention of ever wearing them again) and bought the Red Chili Spirit Impact Zone shoe, which is basically the same save for Velcro closure and extra padding under the heel. Before I go any further here's the blurb from the manufacturers website: - Triple graduated mid-sole gives unbeatable flex and feel across all sizes - Small sizes especially tuned for women... Read review

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