The Musette: a Tour de France special

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The Musette is Cyclingnews’ weekly curation of the world’s best cycling gear. Here, we’ll take a look at pro-level🍬 equipment, bikes and components, alongside some of the most desirable clothing and newest accessories in the world of cycling.

This week, however, we've decided to do things a little differently by flavouring the content with a maillot jaune twist to get you ready for the biggest grand tour of the year - the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.

We kick-started the week with a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ꦉQ&A with Team CCC's Greg van🍷 Avermaet, uncovering his training regime, his favourite races and what he likes to do in his spare time. This was followed up by Josh Croxton's comprehensive preview of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France bikes. Our Aussie-based correspondent, Colin Levitch, wrote a history piece on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France winning bikes while Lance Branquinho touched on the sensitive 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:rim brakes vs disc brakes debate, unpacking the pros and cons of each technology in a🍨n attempt to understand which setup might win this year's Tour.

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I recently tested the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Koo Open Cube sunglasses and, while they offered a supremely comfortable fit and unique arm swivel design, I felt they lacked the boldness and panache of some of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:best cycling glasses currently available. These two new models, how♋ever, will look to change perceptions with their contemporary design cues and ultra-sleek aesthetics.

Of the two new models, it's the Koo Spectro that 🧸has piqued my interest. While they follow the bigger-is-better lens philosophy, they're designed in typical Italian fashion utilising angular, geometric shap൩es and complementing colours which create a sense of theatre. The Spectro is available in five frame/lens colour options featuring Visible Light Transmission (VLT) values from 11 to 23 per cent.

The Demos - while less extravagant in execution - are still intriguing and big enough to work both as a coffee-ride or race-day option. The chunkier frame has a retro feel about it and the one-piece Zeiss-fettled lens is sizeable and provides excellent lens coverage. The Demos are available in the choice of four frame/lens colour combinations, come in one universal 🧜size and can be specced with an Asian-fit nose pad.

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Scicon Aeroshade sunglasses — Sciconไ Aeroshade uses a large-coverage single-piece lens, which is available in six colour options(Image credit: Aaron Borrill)

Like Koo, Scicon will use the Tour de France to officially unveil its latest range of performance sunglasses - the Aeroshade and Aerowing. We first caught a glimpse of the Aerowing on the faces of UAE Team Emirates, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Israel Start-Up Nation and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:NTT Pro Cycling earlier this month at Milan-San Remo, which the Italian brand used ൲as a field-testing exercise.♏

The A𒅌eroshade is unique in that it features the world's first height-adjustable nose piece, a technology Scicon calls Horizon Adapt which can tailor the field of vision based on your preferred riding position. Together with the Horizon Adapt feature, Scicon has also modified the frame to accommodate a raised top bar - dubbed Panorama Arch - to provide an unobstructed and commanding view ahead. We will be putting both these features to the test and will report on its effectiveness in the coming weeks and months.

The Aerowing may take on a more classic appearance but still possesses a prominent lens, finishe♛d in a half-frame style. Like the Aeroshade, it too follows the personalised fit philosophy utilising adjustable arm tips and manipulatable nose pad to keep things comfortable. In terms of lens options, the Aerowing is available in the choice of four Multimirror or one Photochromic lens - each of the five options come with an extra set of clear interchangeable lenses and can be specced to match one of three frame colourways (black, white or crystal). - Aaron Borrill

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Wahoo Kickr V5 — The all-new Waho🌠o Kickr V5 will be used by🤡 Team Ineos and Bora Hansgrohe to warm up and cool down(Image credit: Josh Croxton)

We're now on version five of the Wahoo Kickr, which was announced to the world a few weeks ago, and with it came the introduction of AXIS feet; an increased accuracy that now claims a maximum variance of just one per cent; a maximum resistance of 2,200 watts - a number that even the WorldTour's best sprinters aspire to hit; and the ability to replicate inclines of up to 20 per cent. If it's anything like the outgoing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wahoo Kickr V4 that we reviewed, it'll be one of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:best turbo trainers we've ever tested.

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The Musette: a Tour de France special

Koo Spectro and Demos sunglasses

Scicon Aerowing and Aeroshade sunglasses

Wahoo Kickr V5