Quad Lock bike mount

We now how awesome our QuadLock mount kit for the iPhone 5 is but here is the latest video from the guys at annex products.

Check it out and get yours from www.lead-out.co.uk

Bumper day for Strava

Here at LeadOut, we love strava, it seriously motivates us to get out , get riding and set some fast time. We also have the perfect companion in the form on the QuadLock iPhone5 bike mount selling really well in our store.

Well it seems its not just us that is raving about it..

On Sunday, after 20,000 cyclists had embarked on a 100-mile course through London and Surrey, and the inaugural RideLondon-Surrey Classic pro race had been won by Frenchman Arnaud Demare, hundreds, if not thousands, of people uploaded their rides to Stava. Team IG Sigma Sport’s Peter Hawkins, who finished 74th overall in the pro race, certainly did.

What’s really interesting is that Hawkins is one of a handful of professional cyclists signed up to Strava. And as we found during the Tour de France with Laurens Ten Dam, that allows us unprecedented access to just how fast and hard the pros race. We all knew that pros are fast, now we know just how fast they are with complete transparency.

And they work hard too. Hawkins averaged 162 bpm and hit a maximum heart rate of 198 bpm during the 221km race. With just 2,107m of climbing, including three ascents of Leith Hill and once up Box Hill, the pace was high with an average speed of 42.7 km/h. We can also see that he hit a top speed of 112 km/h on the Leith Hill descent. That’s closed roads for you.

Hawkins, along with a handful of other pros using Strava, have also toppled many KOMs along the route, significantly raising the level of hundreds of segments on the closed road route.  No one will be troubling the top of the leaderboards on any of those roads until the 2014 edition of the race. Here's his full ride on Strava.

Did you ride yesterday and upload your ride to Strava?

Jens Voigt- Insight into an animal

My Favorite Enemy

Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

 
For a cyclist, pain is a familiar—and valuable—companion
 
By Jens Voigt
 
It is not a big secret that I have an interesting relationship with pain. Pain is good! Most people who follow the sport know that I think this. But the big question is why.

First of all, I like the feeling because it proves you are still alive—because you are aware of something, even if it’s a sensation most people consider bad. After my awful downhill crash in the 2009 Tour de France, at a really high speed, doctors had to stitch me back together. When I woke up afterward, the first thing I did was to actually check all my body parts to make sure they were still there and functioning. I started out with my fingers, seeing if I could move them. And I was honestly happy that my fingers shouted at me when I wiggled them. That meant I was still able to feel them and ­control them. Then I checked my legs. Again, I was happy to hurt when I tried to move them. My whole entire body communicated distress, but this showed me that everything was going to work once it all healed. I felt bad everywhere, but I knew this meant I would become healthy again.

During my recovery from that crash, pain proved very handy—it forced me to take it easy on my workouts. I was so eager to return to the sport that sometimes I would start pushing too hard in my exercise regime. When I did, my body would scream its resistance so much that I had no choice but to back off.

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Spada Wheels are proving a hit!

Since the first pair landed in the UK a few weeks back and we got out for our test ride we have been incredibly impressed and pleased with the performance of our Spada Stilettos wheels!

At 1260g a set for aluminium clinchers and constructed with the attention and care of craftsmen in Italy and featuring ceramic bearings, we knew these would perform well, but have been blown away.

The first few happy customers have received their wheels and are equally pleased. Check out the specs below- we also carry Spada's other creations in the form of the Breva and Tivan wheel sets, with more options on the way soon! 

Check them out an buy here www.lead-out.co.uk

Stiletto- £580

The everyday, go anywhere do anything model. Whether it is a training loop or a hilly competition the Stiletto is at home. The aluminum clincher rim is built around Spada’s own crystal hub and the set tip the scales at 1260g a pair.

·       Front- Crystal 24 aero spokes from 0.9 to profile

·       Rear- Crystal 28 aero spokes from 0.9 to profile

·       Aluminum rim- Black or White- 23mm profile

·       Beautiful forged skewers

·       1260 grams the pair

      Ceramic Bearings

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More TDF data!

Some cool info from the guys at Powertap from week1 of the Tour

Tour de France Infographic It's Tour time, and Vacansoleil-DCM is putting some serious wattage out and have consistently been represented in the breaks. No wins, yet, but check out some of their power data during three key stages of the first week of the Tour de France in our latest infographic at powertap.com

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Straight from the workshops of Tirano in northern Italy, come Lead-ut's awseome range of Spada wheels. Each set is handmade by Corrado Spada himself and are built with high quality and durability but with lightweight and performance in min. The aluminium clincher Stilettos come in at 1260g a set!

Also in store …… ILE full range of handmade Californinan bags SRM powermeters- the gols standard in power measurement Quad Lock iPhone 5 bike mount 22bike- The Great Divide No.22 bikes No. 22 Bicycle Company was born out of a desire to strike equilibrium between enjoyment and performance. We build bicycles for the enthusiast who rides for riding's sake, and appreciates perfectly tuned ride quality as much as stiffness and low weight.  Have a look at the beautiful photos and frame specs here

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Injury 101

If you have been injured lately you will know how massively frustrating it can be! Fortunately, here is a good article from the guys at Precision Nutrition on how to deal with it, and not to ignore what seems to be a little niggle!

How to get in great shape, even after an injury

For most guys, an injury means skipping the gym for months at a time. Sometimes, they retire their workout clothes for good.

But here’s the good news: there’s always a way to work around an injury and build the body you want. This post will show you how.

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When I hit the loose gravel, I knew I was in trouble.

That’s when I did the very thing you’re not supposed to do during a motorcycle skid: I put my left foot down.

The good news is that the bike didn’t drop; I made it through the roundabout on two wheels.

The bad news is that knee ligaments, even strong ones like mine, aren’t meant to withstand massive torque.

Screw it! What’s a little knee pain?

I knew something felt weird and a little “off”, but there wasn’t much pain. It might have been the distraction of trying to keep the bike upright. Or maybe the fight or flight hormones kicking in.

But since I was on my way to the gym when it happened, I didn’t think twice about it. 

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TDF Stage 2 SRM power review

Great power analysis from Stage 2 of the Tour by the guys at SRM.

Stage 2 of the Tour de France traversed the Corsica mountains and ended in a short uphill where RadioShack Leopard Trek’s Jan Bakelants held off the sprinters and won his first Tour de France stage.

"I could see in the final that it’s going to happen and I knew I would probably also take this yellow jersey. Maybe it will be the first and the last time in my career, but today I wear it. I saw in the last 500 meters that I still had a gap and I told myself, ‘Come on, hold this. It’s going to be the nicest day of your life!’ And then I did it,” he said.

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Gear Review

Introducing Gear Review

Check out the new page to our blog, bringing you opinion and info on some of the hottest gear.
First up to get the VAM look are the Bont Vaypors!

Bont Vaypor 

Overview and Spec: Bont Vaypor

At £225 the Bont Vaypor are certainly at the premium end of the market! The near top of the line shoes from claim to be super stiff, super light (225g) and claim to offer optimal power transfer from leg to pedal as a result of a very low stack height. The innovation doesn't stop there, with a heat mouldable upper area to the shoe, the Bont's can claim to be at the leading edge of the market.


Based on the successful ctt-one, the Bont Vaypor Road shoe continues Bont’s development in shoe technology. Whilst maintaining the lateral forefoot support synonymous with all Bont cycling shoe models, the Vaypor now has a reduced carbon height around the toe box area and an all new Suede L liner. The base is made by hand by sandwiching cross weave carbon and uni-directional carbon fibre which is embedded with epoxy thermo setting resin. The fibres are hand laid in the matrix according to the strain they will have to bear. Super Mould Technology allows you to obtain a custom fit from a stock boot. 

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Sneak Peak...

Just a little snippet of what is to come!! Its going to get exciting..

The Great Divide- Full information

VAM are Proud to bring you No.22 bikes- beautiful hand-made titanium bike frames

No.22 bikes
No. 22 Bicycle Company was born out of a desire to strike equilibrium between enjoyment and performance. We build bicycles for the enthusiast who rides for riding's sake, and appreciates perfectly tuned ride quality as much as stiffness and low weight.
No. 22 Bicycle Company was born out of a desire to strike equilibrium between enjoyment and performance. We build bicycles for the enthusiast who rides for riding's sake, and appreciates perfectly tuned ride quality as much as stiffness and low weight.
Our point of departure was frame material—we quickly landed on titanium and named our company after it. We paired this material with geometries complementary to its characteristics resulting in

hand-built, clean-lined and contemporary interpretations of classic configurations. No back-breaking aggressive ergonomics, no gimmicky  construction  techniques.  We’ve  chosen  instead  to   finesse what has been time and ride proven to result in bikes that make the destination second to the journey.
No. 22 Bicycle Company was founded in Toronto, Canada in the spring of 2012.
The Bike- The Great Divide

Running through the Rocky Mountains in both Canada and the United States, the Great Divide is home to some of the most challenging and beautiful roads of North America. Our new namesake frame shares this cross-border connection having been designed in Canada and hand-built in the USA to tackle any length and pitch of road.
The Great Divide has been designed to showcase the best

characteristics of titanium while embracing the latest developments in frame design. Swaged chain stays and an oversized, bi-ovalized down tube are bridged by a PressFit 30 bottom bracket shell to provide stiffness and instant responsiveness under power. An oversized head tube accommodates the latest tapered forks while strengthening  the  bike’s  front  end  for  confidence-inspiring steering precision and cornering stability. Tempering these characteristics are a svelte seat tube and seat stays designed to keep the velvety ride quality that titanium is legendary for.
Taking the Great Divide from paper to the shop floor starts with the selection of the highest quality 3Al-2.5V aerospace grade titanium tubing, sourced from American mills. All applicable tubing is then double- or triple-butted by hand, varying wall thickness for each main tube in each size of frame. The tubing is then precisely shaped, mitered and welded by some of the most experienced titanium craftsmen in the industry.
The anodized graphics adorning the Great Divide frame deserve special mention. Using a process unique to titanium, our graphics are  formed  by  electrically  changing  the  structure  of  the  titanium’s   surface layer. Using no paints or dyes, the result is a supremely durable and corrosion resistant finish that beautifully contrasts the raw luster of bead-blasted titanium.
What makes titanium the ideal material for the Great Divide? A well-designed titanium frame strikes the perfect balance of low weight, smooth ride quality, and remarkable durability. 3Al-2.5V titanium offers a strength-to-weight ratio far better than aluminum or steel, which allows us to achieve more frame stiffness with less material. What makes titanium the stuff of framebuilding legend, however,  is  the  material’s  ability  to  soak  up  bumps  and  chatter  in   the road. A great titanium frame keeps you feeling fresh in the saddle even after long hours, but with none of the overdamped, wooden ride quality of comfort-oriented carbon frames.
The Great Divide is sold as a frameset paired with parts from the most respected American brands in the industry. A Chris King Inset 8 headset, full carbon fibre fork with a tapered steerer tube and a Thomson seat post collar set the tone for your build. 
As with all No. 22 Bicycle Company frames, the Great Divide has been

built to last a lifetime of epic rides, and its craftsmanship is backed by our lifetime warranty.

FEATURES
Frame  material- 3Al-2.5V  American-milled  aerospace  grade   titanium
Point  of  origin- Designed  in  Canada,  handmade  in  the  USA Warranty-Lifetime  warranty  against  manufacturing  defects Head  tube- 44mm  internal  diameter Bottom  bracket  shell- PressFit  30
Fork- 52cm  frame:  3T  Rigida  Stealth  carbon  1-1/8”  to  1-1/4”   tapered  steerer,  46mm  rake
54,  56,  58  and  60cm  frames:  Enve  2.0  carbon,  1-1/8”  to  1-1/4”   tapered  steerer,  43mm  rake
Headset- Chris  King  Inset  8 Seatpost  clamp􏰀Thomson Seatpost  size􏰀27.2mm Front  derailleur- 34.9mm  clamp-on

GEOMETRY
Size 60cm
eTT  -  Effective  top  tube  length   600 (mm)
SCT  -  Seat  tub,  center-top  (mm) 605
HT  -  Head  tube  length  (mm) 200
A1  -  Seat  tube  angle  (deg) 72.5
A2  -  Head  tube  angle  (deg) 73.5
CS  -  Chain  stay  length  (mm) 420
BB  drop  (mm) 72.5
The frameset retails for £1940. This price includes VAT, £450 beautiful ENVE fork, Chris King headset and Thomson seat collar.
For enquiries and to place an order e-mail alex@vamperformance.com 

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VAM bring to you No.22 bikes

We are very proud and happy to announce that we will be representing these gorgeous titanium bikes here in the UK

NO.22 BIKES

No. 22 Bicycle Company was born out of a desire to strike equilibrium between enjoyment and performance. We build bicycles for the enthusiast who rides for riding's sake, and appreciates perfectly tuned ride quality as much as stiffness and low weight. 

Our point of departure was frame material—we quickly landed on titanium and named our company after it (more on that to your right). We paired this material with geometries complementary to its characteristics resulting in hand-built, clean-lined and contemporary interpretations of classic configurations. No back-breaking aggressive ergonomics, no gimmicky construction techniques. We’ve chosen instead to finesse what has been time and ride proven to result in bikes that make the destination second to the journey. 

No. 22 Bicycle Company was founded in Toronto, Canada in the spring of 2012.

The first model we are introducing is The Great Divide- truly stunning

The Great Divide

The Great Divide has been designed to showcase the best characteristics of titanium while embracing the latest developments in frame design. Swaged chain stays and an oversized, bi-ovalized down tube are bridged by a PressFit 30 bottom bracket shell to provide stiffness and instant responsiveness under power. An oversized head tube accommodates the latest tapered forks while strengthening the bike’s front end for confidence-inspiring steering precision and cornering stability. Tempering these characteristics are a svelte seat tube and seat stays designed to keep the velvety ride quality that titanium is legendary for.

For full info and to place an order e-mail alex@vamperformance.com or call 07834523043