Fresh Goods Friday 225

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Things are beginning to return to normal here at ST Towers after holidays and hangovers and deadlines (although the latter two happen throughout the year). But we console ourselves preparing the feast of bike-related goodness we’ve laid out before you in this week’s Fresh Goods Friday!

Bikes

A couple of bikes came in this week for an upcoming biketest:

Merida Big.Nine

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The Merida Big.Nine carbon hardtail is Merida’s ‘budget’ carbon machine. This one is an XL. Very racy looking…

IMG_3420Very tidy, swoopy carbon frame, tapered headtube, and it’s lavished with Deore and Rockshox…

IMG_3418…3×10 speed for extra more fasterer.

Price: £1500

From: Merida

Giant XtC Advance 29er 2

IMG_3439giantAlso in for our grouptest is this very tidy-looking Giant XtC.

IMG_3437The XtC has a HUGE box-section down-tube…

IMG_3426…Deore and SLX drivetrain, and Rockshox forks.

IMG_3434Logo handily visible from both sides!

Price: £1500

From: Giant

Merino Jerseys

Lots and lots of merino jerseys – these are all destined for issue 96’s grouptest. Also featuring the many grumpy (but startlingly attractive – sorry ladies, he’s taken) faces of Barney, who is allergic to outside (cold and wet and probably hungover knowing him), and the happy face of Jenn, who has a day off today.

Cafe du Cycliste Yolande jersey

IMG_3444Price: £134.00

From: Cafe Du Cycliste 

Cafe du Cycliste Violette jersey

IMG_3456Price: £105.00

From: Cafe Du Cycliste 

Ground Effect Median Strip jersey

IMG_3445Price: £65.00

From: Ground Effect 

Ground Effect Flying Nun jersey

IMG_3452Price: £69.00

From: Ground Effect

Mission Workshop Faroe pullover

IMG_3447Price: $185.00 (UK TBD)

From: Mission Workshop

Mission Workshop District Henley

IMG_3448Price: $139.00 (UK TBD)

From: Mission Workshop

Howies Cadence L/S jersey

IMG_3450Price: £79.00 (£69.00 for S/S)

From: Howies

Embers Glow jersey

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None more miserable, eh Barney?

Price: £95.00

From: Embers

FINDRA Velo cowl neck

IMG_3455Findra is a new company setting up AS WE SPEAK! We’ve got some sneaky samples of its made-in-Scotland merino women’s jerseys to play with… they’ll be available very soon.

£75.00

Sign up for info here: Findra (website should be live at the end of the month)

FINDRA Marin Cowl Neck

IMG_3453Price: £80.00

Sign up for info here: Findra (website should be live at the end of the month)

RST Forks

We’ve had a selection of RST’s finest forks in – we’ll be strapping them to a variety of bikes and riding them hard in the name of keen-eyed hawk-nosed (Spock eared? – Ed) journalism.

RST Stitch

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26in or 27.5in, 160 – 180mm travel, 20mm axle, 36mm stanchions. Air sprung, coil negative spring, and has a dual compression stack. I’m not going to mention the “E” word. But it looks just the ticket for it in any case…

Price: £574.99

RST Champ

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26in or 27.5in, 32mm stanchions, QR, air sprung, hydraulic damping. 80 – 120mm travel: nuskool XC neeeow.

Price: £499.99

RST Rogue

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26 or 27.5in, 160mm travel, 34mm stanchions, 15mm axle, 2020g. Enduro or gnarly trail? It certainly looks just the job…

Price: £549.99

All RST forks from: Claud Butler

Maxxis Griffin tyre

IMG_3464A fast rolling DH tyre for hardpack trails (it says here). But never fear; it’s also available in supertacky. These ones are the 3C Maxx grip numbers. We’ll be pointing them downwards very soon…

Price: £54.99 in 3C compound; £44.99 in 42a single compound

From: Maxxis

Maxxis Minion DHR II

IMG_34663C, EXO, TR, Kevlar. We like’em.

Price: £49.99

From: Maxxis

Scott Jackets

3 layer Gore-Tex Active jackets with a hood that’s designed to be worn over a helmet. Dave and Sharon are heading into the mountains, and a good jacket in winter conditions can make the difference between a good ride and a very bad one.

Scott Trail MTN 10 Jacket

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPrice: £249.99

From: Scott 

Scott Trail MTN 10 Women’s Jacket

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPrice: £249.99

From: Scott

And with that, we’ll ride off into the sunset and that ominous black, black cloud. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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