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Santic Cycling Long Sleeve Jersey Review

Cruise — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 06:20:31 +0000

Today my wife is trying out mountain biking for the first time. We’re also trying out some new Autumn long sleeve jerseys from Santic on today’s ride.

Since this is her first time on a MTB, we decided to go to a simple course with mostly grass fields and some two-track trails. Thuong quickly fell in love with mountain biking and seemed eager to go mountain biking again, so that’s some great news! Looks like we’re going to have to buy another bicycle to add to our collection 🙂

As for the jerseys we used in today’s video, these are part of Santic’s Fall Cycling Clothing line. You can see in the video that these jerseys are really good quality, and they only cost $35~$40 USD respectively with free shipping.

Cruise’s Jersey – Long Sleeve Men ($40)
http://www.santicshop.com/product/santic-men-long-sleeve-cycling-jerseys-pro-fit-road-biketop-jersey-spring-summer-breathable-bike-jerseys-braud-white/

Thuong’s Jersey – Long Sleeve Women ($35)
http://www.santicshop.com/product/santicshop-womens-cycling-jersey-breathable-design-with-long-sleeves-guardian-angel/
Amazon US – https://amzn.to/2DCl0sY

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Santic Cycling Short Sleeve Jersey Review

Cruise — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:28:34 +0000

Santic reached out to us and asked us to do a review on some of their summer short sleeve jerseys. We wanted to do this earlier, but had to wait until we got back from our Taiwan Cycling Trip.

Full disclosure, this is NOT a sponsored video, and we are free to give our honest and unbiased opinion.

We were both really impressed with the quality and cost performance of these two jerseys. For only $35-$40, with reflective materials, decent fabrics, and with free international shipping, Santic jerseys get a big 2 thumbs up from us!

Cycling is a very expensive sport and being able to buy good quality kits at an affordable price helps lower the barrier to the sport, which I think is a good thing.

Here are the links to the cycling jersey’s we’re wearing:

Cruise’s Jersey – Rainforest Blue
http://www.santicshop.com/index.php/product/santic-men-cycling-jersey-short-sleeve-pro-fit-antislip-sleeve-cuff-road-bike-short-sleeve-jersey-summer-rainforest-blue/

Thuong’s Jersey – Women’s Pink
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2QhOcb8
Santic – http://www.santicshop.com/index.php/product/santicshop-summer-breathable-cycling-jersey-women-cycling-clothingtops-maillot-ciclismo-thriving-pink-jersey/

Santic Homepage
http://www.santicshop.com/
They’ve got a bunch of other cheap / affordable cycling kits on here, so go check em out!

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Restrap Saddle Bag Review / Test Ride

Cruise — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:23:26 +0000

I’ve been looking into solutions for good bikepacking bags that I can use to attach to our bikes for our longer rides to help us carry equipment so we can stop relying on backpacks and killing our shoulders. Recently, my local friend here in Nagoya (Japan) bought a Restrap saddle bag and was telling me how good it was, so I decided to pull the trigger and purchase one for myself.

They come in two main sizes, 8 liters and 14 liters. The main difference being with the dry bag itself. We ended up going with the 14 liter option, so we would have more room in case we needed it.

One interesting thing to note about this saddle bag is that it is actually split into two parts. The dry bag (above) and the holster which attaches to the seat post and saddle (below).

Installing the Restrap Saddle Bag

Installation is quite simple. There are two main contact points which are very easy to attach. Two Velcro straps which go around the seat post, and two clips for each side of the saddle railings. Once the harness is attached, you just need to slide in your dry bag. Actually, if you wanted to, you could fit in other bags into the holster as well.

And voila, as you can see our new Restrap saddle bag is looking quite good with my black specialized Allez. I’ve done a few test rides with this saddle bag so far, and it’s been doing an awesome job and it seems to be very durable (can’t forget about waterproof as well!)

How to purchase

The bags currently cost about $110-$130, and you can purchase directly, through Amazon, or through a local distributor.

Restrap Homepage: https://restrap.co.uk/

Amazon Links: Amazon US /// Amazon Japan

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