And now the week draws steadily away
The weekend is beginning: here’s the rain.
So pin your ears back – listen when I say
CHEER UP! It’s Fresh Goods Friday once again!
Kona Process 111
This lovely slice of purple landed in the office for our upcoming test on short-travel 29er long and low gnarbikes.
Our XL test bike has a whopping 26″ top tube, and an unsurprising 111mm of rear travel…
…with 120mm of Pikeyness up front.
Lots of linkages help keep the chainstays supershort, which means there’s no room for a front mech. Not a problem, as…
..it runs a SRAM 1×11 groupset.
It comes with a press-fit BB and some super-burly looking pivots and stays.
Price: £3,599
From: Kona
Helly Hansen
Active Flow 1/2 Zip
Val Doonican models the latest in Active tech from Helly Hansen. It’s got Lifa Flow stay-dry technology to move sweat from the skin superfast, apparently.
Price: £45.00
Warm Flow Hoodie
Jorji does her best Battle Of The Planets in the Warm Flow FZ Hoodie. Merino, Lifa stay-dry technology and a 2-layer construction. Small cape and fiery Phoenix spaceship not pictured.
Price: £95.00
Both from: Helly Hansen
Club Ride Jack plaid shirt
Riding gear that doesn’t look like riding gear, the Club Ride range is designed for ‘looking good on the trail, the commute, or anywhere’. This number is quick dry, has reflective accents and…
…storage pockets with ‘built in media ports’ (or holes for your headphones to stick through, to you and me).
Price: £64.99
From: Hotlines
KS LEV 272 dropper post
Another dropper-in-a-skinny-tube from the good folk at KS. The LEV 272 has 100mm of drop in a 400mm post, with a swish carbon activation lever.
Price: £330
From: Jungle
Contour Roam 3 video camera
For an upcoming video camera grouptest, here is the Contour Roam 3. Waterproof up to 10 metres (without a case), HD, instant on and ‘adventure ready’ (it says here). It’s also got built in laser-alignment. Also handy if you’re doing an talk and you’ve forgotten your pointer.
Price: £189.99
From: UltrasportEU
MTB Epics books
Three long distance MTB touring route-guides, handy if you’re planning any large-scale epics.
Price: From £3.99
From: MTBEpicsUK
Rockguardz Mudguard
Shiny (for now) carbon mudguard loveliness to keep your horribly gurning face pristine while you hurtle of inadvisable things.
Price: £45.50 (prices vary depending on the size).
From: Rockguardz
That’s it! It’s rainy and horrible out there, so we’re going to strap on all the waterproof stuff we’ve got, and head out into the murk. Stay safe, and see you next week!
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It would be great to see a Transition Smuggler in that short, long, low 29er test…
HamC: They’re not available yet, sadly.
Hurrah club ride has arrived in the UK.
Barney: Windwave have some Smugglers… They have one at the Cycle Show at the NEC…
They do indeed, rhayter (we have a stand there) – but they’re not listed on their website yet, and even if they were available to test, it’s too late for this grouptest 🙂
We will be getting one in to test though eventually, rest assured…
A future Grinder bike, then!
“The weekend is beginning: here’s the rain.”
Not here in Cornwall (Porthtowan), very hot and sunny, and the surf’s not bad either. 🙂