This time of year is when the fair weather bikers pull out their helmets after they've been stored away since autumn last year.Often you will notice that familiar musky odour that is the result of enzymes left behind by the millions of bacteria 'munching' away at the sweat built up from last season.Cue Neutramist, a fast drying antibacterial helmet freshener and sanitizer. A few sprays of this stuff will deodourize your helmet in no time. The long lasting bottle will last years as it only takes a little bit of this commercial strength helmet sanitiser to freshen your lid effectively.Suitable for all types of helmets...motorcycle, cycle, equestrian etc. See the main menu for more details under rider comfort.
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Y Fumble is a new must have for runners, cyclists and other outdoor sports people.
Y-Fumble is a simple elasticated designer arm band that neatly stores your phone' iPod, keys, coins,cards or other small personal items whilst you are exercising. The team here at Ahead Solutions UK have been particularly enamoured by Y-Fumble because it's sturdy; it doesn't slide up or down your arm whilst you exercise; it doesn't jangle around and your small personal items are held securely therefore not causing a distraction like with som of the other brands that we have used. IDENTITY HOLDER We always encourage runners and riders to carry ID with them especially if out exercising alone. We think the Y-Fumble Arm Band presents a superb way to carry your ID with you and we've sourced some simple yet highly effective Vital ID information cards to hold your name, 2 x contact numbers, next of kin info and any allergy/medication information. The cards are 100% waterproof so add your information once and you are done. Y- Fumble arm band comes in a number of pleasant colours to suit your personal style (black, blue, yellow, pink) and each colour is available in three sizes (small, medium and large). The full Y-Fumble range will be available through Ahead Solutions UK from May 2013. ID cards are always available from us. You know that visibility is crucial not only for cyclists but for all vulnerable road users. The humble cycle safety reflector is 57 years old. For any product even (with derivative versions) to last over half a century its admirable. During its lifetime the safety reflector has been: -
An ineffective reflector is not going to save life. The above illustration shows how limited the field of effective visibility is for standard (flat) bicycle reflectors against the new cylindrical Movobright which has an effective reflection field of 360 degrees. MovoBright literally works from all the way around. There are no blind spots with this MovoBright - motorists approaching a cyclist from any angle will see this stick of ultra bright white reflected light shining bright from all around. So the post title is cheating a bit because were showing you one product which works from 360 different ways but hey we still hope we've shed some light on the limitations of standard reflectors and suggested how you might take steps to be seen from all around in the future when cycling.
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More information on MovoBright from the product homepage. Menthogen itchy scalp treatment has been available on Amazon since 2012 and has enjoyed a gradual crescendo in sales as is the case with new products on the amazon platform. It wasn't long before the first review was posted; a five star review indeed! You can read this yourself here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Menthogen-Anti-Itch-Treatment-Effective-Headwear/dp/B009W2LJMK Menthogen was originally developed for helmet wearers from communities that suffer chronic, frequent and severe itchy scalp but has now been discovered by 1000's of people who have tried the supposed leading brands such as Head &Shoulders.
Many new users comment on the immediacy of Menthogen's effect but the long lasting effect is also one we always promote. Reflective Identity ID Wristband We had a telephone call from a customer contacted last week wanting to thank us... The Vital ID Sports Identity Wristband he’d purchased from my company saved his son’s life. His son suffered a serious accident whilst out alone cycling which left him unconscious. The emergency contact information and medical details stored inside the identity bracelet gave paramedics critical medical information and contact numbers for his parents. His son is on the mend and expects to be out of hospital this week. Of course we cannot really take the credit for the wristband; although we are one of the UK's largest stockist of Sports Identity Wristbands, we did not design them - though we do think Vital ID are the best Identity bracelets available - but the story did make us smile. It also reiterated what we already knew; if you are out cycling alone you should always always always take your emergency contact's or next of kin's contact details with you (no apologies for using the power of 3 there). The contact details and medical details if necessary should be somewhere where paramedics or first on scene can easily locate them (wrists or neck, but preferably wrists). This is not the first time that one of our customers has contacted us to thank us for the usefulness and apparent power of their ID bracelet. We never know what is around the next bend (real or metaphorical bend) and so we should never put ourselves in the saddle if we're not wearing an identity or medical wristband. Sports and medical wristbands: www.aheadsolutions.co.uk/identity-solutions.html "My wife and I cannot thank you enough. If it hadn't have been for the information stored in our son's identity wristband then it's possible he would no longer be with us. The information was enough to ensure the paramedics had fast access to information about his condition and, contact numbers for my wife and I. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts." 1000 MovoBrights being packed Hot off the press, here is a photo of employees at Printagraph Ltd. packing 1000 bespoke designed Stena MovoBrights into special Stena presentation tubes. Stena is one of the first companies to offer this amazing new branded corporate gift to every junior entrant of the Run Balmoral Road Race for 2013. The company approached Ahead Solutions in January this year looking for a highly effective but unique reflective safety product that could be modified for the global giant. Our MovoBright 360 degrees reflector was the natural first choice and it beat off the competition hands down. MovoBright is the worlds first 360 degrees cylindrical reflector. It is a highly effective clip on so it can be clipped on to bikes, rucksacks, apparel therefore is suitable for runners and riders. It is soft and flexible so it's safe if one was to land on it. It is weatherproof and lightweight; it weighs just 22 grams. MovoBright is a very good reflective safety device for children and adults. We've been pleasantly surprised here at Ahead Solutions UK. Despite the poor weather we've been having people must be getting their helmets out early this year if sales of Menthogen are anything to go by. There's been a substantial increase in sales of this winning product earlier than ever this year. Usually it is late April when the sales increase here in the UK (when fair weather cyclists start getting out) but this year its started earlier. Effective remedy specially for helmet wearers with itchy scalp There could be a couple of reasons for the increase in customers: 1) Menthogen scalp itch remedy is now fully endorsed for sale on Amazon.co.uk and on Ebay 2) Menthogen is growing in popularity among helmet wearing fraternities and has been around 4 yrs. It is a well know fact that helmets left to stagnate over the 'cold season' without having been sanitized are much more likely to cause scalp itch and irritation due to the excessive build up of bacteria. What's worse is the 'catch 22' situation where the bacteria irritate your scalp so you scratch. Your nails cause microscopic lesions in the delicate surface of your scalp into which the 'contact' bacteria move, they breed and mild skin infection develops and makes matters worse. Our advice for those who are reaching for their helmets after not having worn them for a few months is:
We have resident trichologists (scientific study of the hair and scalp) so please feel free to post any comments. The Stena MovoBright We're delighted that our UK manufactured 360 degrees reflective safety product 'MovoBright' has been chosen by the 2013 Run Balmoral Junior race sponsor Stena Drilling as their main corporate sponsorship gift. MovoBright battled its way through the 'heats' and stayed the course as other potential gifts were ruled out one by one. MovoBright was the 'very bright all round favourite' it seems. This means that a 1000 lucky runners are set to each receive a MovoBright 360 degrees reflective safety device which will offer them visibility from motorists from all round and from any angle. Printagraph account manager Grant McLean said "The MovoBright 360 Reflector truly is a unique piece and when we presented it together with other hi-viz material for consideration, it was the fact that it was something different that had not been done before, that won over our client. The fact that it could also be personalised and colour-coded to their colours, was an added bonus." MovoBright is an absolutely brilliant hi-viz reflective safety option for any cyclist, runner, walker (or indeed any other outdoor sports-person) who wants to be seen and, particularly well suited for the slightly longer darker nights and mornings experienced in Scotland. Read the full testimonial from Printagraph who acted on behalf of Stena Drilling here. There are a growing number of bike safety accessories that allow cyclists to be seen from 360° (degrees) all around. Having spoken to a number of cycle accessories dealers and manufactures including mainstream bike stores such as Halfords we can safely say that 2013 will see numerous products become available that give drivers and other road users 360 degree visibility of cyclists. In this first of a 3 part look at 360 degree bike safety accessories for cyclists we look at FibreFlare (powered) and MovoBright (unpowered). Feel free to let us know of others that you know about using the comments tools below. 360° Degrees Cyclist Visibility Devices - Non poweredMovoBright (www.MovoBright.co.uk) MovoBright is a 360° Reflective Safety Device which attracts motorist attention by using gentle movement coupled with bright retro reflective properties. MovoBright is bright, uses no batteries so it is lightweight and environmentally friendly. Main features of MovoBright
MovoBright Product VideoPowered 360 Degrees High Visibility Cycle Safety ProductsFibre Flare (www.fibreflare.com) Fibre Flare tail light is a highly acclaimed product which won the EuroBike Award 2009. Enclosed in this flexible light are two powerful LED lights (one in each end). Fibre Flare has the largest illuminated surface area of all of the range of which there are (at time of writing) six products which include rear, side & front solutions in varying lengths. Main features of Fibre Flare
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