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Cycling Accessory Reviews, Features, Product reviews, Quad Lock, smartphone, Tech - October 14, 2020

Quad Lock mobile phone mount review: Solid and secure

Once a crowdfunded start-up making phone mounts for cyclists, Quad Lock has grown to become an international name. The Melbourne-based company launched right around the time the iPhone was finding its feet and has since expanded its product offerings to allow the vast majority of smartphones to be mounted securely to bicycles, motorbikes, inside cars …

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Specialized S-Works Aethos shuns aero, embraces low weight and ride quality

Most of the performance drop-bar world has fully embraced the aero efficiency theme, with everything from racing bikes to gravel bikes regularly chasing free watts. With the new S-Works Aethos, however, Specialized casts all of that aside in favor of more traditional metrics like low weight, high stiffness, and good ride quality — just like …

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100% Speedcraft XS sunglasses review: Better fit for smaller faces

I never realized the sunglasses I had been using for the last 10 years were not a proper fit for my face. I knew what “too big” looked like, and I definitely had my share of stunna’ shades that boasted aesthetics over function, but even standard sized frames? Perfect fit, I thought. I became accustomed …

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Aurum Magma first-ride review: Meet Contador and Basso’s new bike company

We’ve known for some time that former Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso were cooking up a new bike company — it’s been kept about as quiet as a jackhammer played through a megaphone. We even knew that the first model would have disc brakes, a low weight and a carbon construction. Heck, …

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Kask Mojito3 helmet review: A modern redo of a long-standing fan favorite

The midrange Mojito isn’t the flashiest model in the Kask helmet range, but it’s arguably the company’s most important with nearly a million samples sold since its original debut and a fervently loyal following. Kask obviously has a lot riding on the new Mojito3 model that replaces the modestly updated Mojito X, but fans shouldn’t …

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Quad Lock mobile phone mount review: Solid and secure

Specialized S-Works Aethos shuns aero, embraces low weight and ride quality

100% Speedcraft XS sunglasses review: Better fit for smaller faces

Aurum Magma first-ride review: Meet Contador and Basso’s new bike company

Kask Mojito3 helmet review: A modern redo of a long-standing fan favorite

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