Helpful Tips For An Effective Recovery Post-Cycling
Troy Lee Designs’ Luxe mountain bike shorts are tailored to have a sleek stretchy waist and hips akin to yoga pants, making for a high-performing lightweight, minimalist design.
Made from 4-way stretch, Bluesign-approved UPF 50+ fabric, the tailoring of stretch-fit panels around the body, side panels and waist negates the need for a fly opening.
Altura Esker Trail Shorts
Finishing just above the knee with a 12.25-inch inseam (size small), they can be worn with or without knee pads.
- £65 as tested
- Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL
- Colours: Black, purple
The Altura Esker Trail Shorts are a high-quality, well-tailored, hard-wearing pair of all-year-round mountain bike shorts. They feature two zippered front pockets and have an extended back panel with a soft lining.
They have a stretch panel over the hips to help them conform to your shape and feature a slip-on design.
Four bikes in one
If the bike is in manual transmission mode, you can select the assist level yourself. The screen displays speed, battery percentage and assist level.
In partnership with car-body manufacturer Protoform, Ultima has harnessed monocoque-injected technology first developed in Formula One racing.
This sees a resin injected into a mould to create a structure from a single piece of material. The lack of joins is intended to reduce weight and increase safety in case of a crash.
The 500Wh size on the Standard Multipath has a range of 80km in Eco mode, 65km in Predict mode and 65km in Turbo mode, according to Ultima.
The Long Range sizes up to a 650Wh battery, which is claimed to achieve 105km in Eco mode and 85km in either Predict or Turbo mode.
