Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Cycle Clothing Colour Coordination

Cycling clothing colour coordination is important for men or women on bicycles to plan ahead and ensure that they train in the right cycling clothing, so that when it matters, your cycling outfit of the day is colour co-ordinated and all of the creases have been steamed out.
Any man can claim they don’t care how they look. It takes a real man to take manly pride in how he looks, whether that is on the bike or off the bike.
Our collection of cycling clothing is always evolving, and we are updating it every day to refine the lines of clothing we have. This means that we will have have the full range of colours available in each brand and model of cycling clothing. It’s not quite there yet, but we’re getting closer and closer each day.
The reason Alimay Sports is doing this is so that we can bring you the best cycling clothing available in the UK. We’re also doing it to bring you cycling clothing that will make other cyclists jealous of how you look. It will also help you court potential partners as they admire you and how great you look in your colour co-ordinated cycling clothing.

As always, Manly Cyclist Things looks at the misunderstood areas of cycling and discusses why they’re truly important in ways that those who don’t cycle as seriously, understand. The reason that colour co-ordination is so important is as follows: cycling is one half sport, one half beauty competition, and one half maths. Simple.
So in order to become a real cyclist, if you’re no already doing the following, then here are the steps:
  1. Plug in your steaming machine
  2. Dig to the bottom of your drawer(s) of cycling clothing
  3. Put together the best outfit that you can
  4. Take a photo of yourself in the mirror
  5. Post the photo to instagram
  6. Turn on Strava
  7. Head out on the road and show everyone how great you look in your best cycling outfit
So there you have it, how to be a manly cyclist.

Monday, 30 December 2013

The Importance of Cycling Accessories

Cycling accessories are really important for every cyclist who wants to improve on the bike whether racing, commuting or enjoying.

We have seen that cycling accessories are becoming increasingly purchased online due to the money saving deals offered by the online bicycle stores in the UK and globally.

Not only are we seeing cycling grow in popularity overall, but we are seeing a reshaping of the u demographics of men and women who take part in cycling as a sport both competitively and for fitness and leisure cycling.



As an online bike shop in the UK, we try to keep up to date with what is happening in cycling in the UK and recent market research shows that cyclists and all members of the UK cycling community are moving more and more to buying bike parts and cycling accessories online.
The jump in growth in cycling has seen the landscape change with the expansion of online bicycle stores across the web who offer discounted pricing on cycle parts, bicycle clothing, cycling accessories, sports nutrition and bike components from all the major brands, where the cyclist can now save up to 60% against high street shops.

While everyone who works here at Alimay Sports have been involved in cycling for a long time, and we've worked with many bike stores, we are seeing many changes from those who sell bicycles, bicycle parts, cycling accessories and all things cycling.
Many Local Bike Shops are moving towards focusing on servicing bicycles and becoming experts in what can't be provided online, and others are expanding with online presence as well.

There is definitely room in the UK for many different channels for cyclists to mix and match how they manage their cycling as a hobby/sport.

Shopping online means more than just bicycle parts, cycling clothing  plus sports nutrition aimed specially at cyclists. The cycle forums are full of posts saying that purchasing bicycle accessories online, including bike parts, wheels, pedals, seats, and more usually cost 20-30% below the traditional bicycle shop prices.

Cycling accessories and bike parts are only a small part of what is important for cyclists in the UK.
We try to provide a holistic line of information for cyclists that discusses all issues for cycling in the UK whether that is performance, health, enjoyment, safety, or spending money for the thrill of a new bicycle product!

While we try to focus on selling the products that cyclists buy most often, the list of cycling accessories that are available could fill 50 pages of our online bike store. So to improve on the experience for cyclists shopping online, we try to focus on small ranges of  the most important and useful bike products from the brands that bring the best products to market both in features for cyclists and prices to keep your wallet on the right side of your financial preferences.
So this means we have bike parts and cycling accessories from brands such as Continental, SRAM, Clarks, Zipp, PowerBar, Santini, and Quarq plus so many more.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Turbo Trainers for Winter Cycling

Every year, winter comes, it lasts for what seems an eternity, all of us cyclists grin and bear it, we cycle through the cold, wind, and rain - and then a less than average summer of cycling comes around and the cycle repeats.

Every summer, as we cycle through mediocre weather and suffer through every bicycle race - I think to myself, I'll get a great winter of cycle training done and then this time next year, I won't even feel any pain in next years bike race.

So when it comes to getting a good winter training season done on the bike, I rely heavily on my turbo trainer.
This is because it is often so busy in work, I miss the cycling groups that go out training, or else the weather is too bad for cycling outside so I resort to indoor training.

Tacx Turbo Trainer Bushido


Alimay Sports, the UK Online Bike Store for Bicycle Parts and Cycling Accessories have great Tacx Turbo Trainers, the Bushido which I use, is at a great price and allows for some really good cycle training over the winter.

I always feel that a good winter cycling season that has a lot of miles, helps me and every cyclist I talk to in preparing you for the next cycling season. It means you start the first bike race with fitness the least of your worries, and it allows you to improve your bicycle racing skills and focus on what to do to perform in the race, not what to avoid so you can survive the bike race!