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Ride without overheating

Avoid overheating During exercise, your body temperature increases and in order to limit this ‘pressure-cooker’ effect, the body eliminates heat through sweating. This ensures thermotaxis, meaning the body’s capacity to maintain a constant temperature. In very hot weather the body can lose up to 2 to 3 litres of sweat, and consequently a considerable loss […]

Learn to descend mountain passes

Material, adjustments, position… Knowing how to go downhill well is first a question of feeling good on your bike and of gaining confidence. From then on, you’ll have to do a quick check of the general state of your bike: brake blocks, cables, tyre wear, tightening… During the technical movement of a descent, your position […]

Energy gels: everything you need to know to understand how they work and how to use them

What are the advantages of OVERSTIM.s energy gels? The gels have many advantages: They provide calories in the form of carbohydrates, which are the main energy source used during a sporting activity to ensure your performance They contain sodium, vitamins and minerals to compensate for mineral losses from sweating They are practical and easy to […]