Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

This is a translation (with some changes) of my Rudy Project Tralyx SX glasses review for BikePanel that was published on January 18, 2015 ( here ). Photos are the same photos that were used in the article and were taken by Tsur Halamish, Guy Halamish, Michelle Handren and myself. Thank you Tsur and Guy for the photo shoot. Rudy Project, as a company, does not need a special introduction, most cyclists and triathletes know it very well. In any event, in case you don’t, it's an Italian company that is best known for its high quality products and it's great customer service. Despite all this, throughout the years I was dismissive of this brand as I was unable to find a model that would properly fit my narrow and small face (and yes I owned 2 different pairs ages ago that ended up going to my Dad). So when Guy, our editor, told me that he got a new pair of sunglasses by Rudy Project that was designed to fit women (and narrow/small faces in general) for me to test I wasn’t ...

In the past several years we have been spending Christmas with our family in Summerville, South Carolina. This year we were planning on staying through the New Year. Since the temperatures are usually higher there than in Chicago this time of year, we decided to take advantage of that and brought our mountain bikes with us. The goal was to check out the local trails. We were not disappointed. From the trail around the neighborhood pond   A quick google search showed 2 local trails not far from where we were staying that looked promising. By promising I mean true mountain bike trails that were built specifically for this purpose. In our first few days there, due to family commitments we did not have time to drive to the trail, but since it was really nice out (in the 70s) I couldn't resist and decided to check out the trails around the neighborhood. Those trails were mostly designed for walking and a lot of the residents use them to drive their golf carts (I ...