Hey, hey it’s Friday! It’s time to down tools and prep for the weekend. Here’s the Fresh Goods to ease us in…
Santa Cruz Tallboy LTc
The destination for last week’s SRAM delivery; Dave’s new big mountain adventure bike. After playing on Issue78‘s test Tallboy LTc he’s dipped into his pocket to splash out actual moneyâ„¢ and buy one. Big wheels and 135mm/140mm of travel, yum.
Carbon frame, VPP suspension and a 142x12mm back end. Â Should make for a nice tough but light build.
Price: £2599 (Frame only)
From: Santa Cruz
Bell Super helmet
Now available in the UK is Bell’s enduro flavoured Super helmet, in three sizes and four colours (three more coming in 2014). It’s crammed with all the latest tech that helmets evidentyl need such as;Â GoggleGuideâ„¢, Integrated Camera Mount and OverBrowâ„¢ Ventilation System. Breezy and gnarly all in one package.
Price: £99.99
From: Zyro
Thomson Elite dropper post
Aimed at a long service life, the Thomson Elite dropper post is designed with custom Norglide bearing bushings and Trelleborg O-Rings and seals. There’s 5mm of layback is built into the seat post and it weighs in at a claimed 592 grams including lever and cable.
Price: £349.99
From: I-Ride
ECO V Aqua Tritan Filter and Steripen.
Need to get you adventure on? Here’s a solution for clean water sources. The Eco V Tritan is a water bottle with integrated  filter which has Micraguard antimicrobial technology to keep it mould free. The Steripen uses UV light to purify.
Price: Tritan £24.95 / Steripen £96.00
From: Whitby and Co
Camelbaks!
Thanks to Chipps’ trip to PressCamp we’ve had a drop of hydration packs from Camelbak. We’re not sure if all the models and colourways are available in the UK yet but you could always ask Zyro nicely if you particularly like one.
Camelbak Lobo
Camelbak L.U.X.E and Spark 10 LR
Camelbak Mule
Camelbak Charge 10 LR
Camelbak Magic
Prices: TBC
All From: ZyroÂ
Silva Trail Speed Elite
Is this the smallest light on the market? An all round ‘strong commuter/light trail’ Â according to our Chipps.
Price: £209.99
From: Silva
Cateye Volt 300
300 lumens of neatly stealth USB rechargeable bar or helmet light, the Volt 300 will light your way for between 3 to 20 hours. Perfect for commute or helmet light duties.
Price: £49.99
From: Zyro
Gaerne Carbon G.Kobra
Gaerne Carbon G.Kobra shoes: they’re racy, they’re shiny, they’re Eye-talian. The dual Boa system is remarkably comfortable, the carbon sole appropriately stiff, and there’s some surprise flex in the forefoot for those scary sections. Almost too pretty to get dirty. Almost.
Price: £299.99 in the UK/$499.99 in the US
From Hotlines, in the US from Gaerne Cycling USA
Pedal Forward
Riding bikes can teach you about life. Learn about the 10 lessons learnt by Trey Hall.
Price: TBC
From: PedalForward10lessons.com
That’s it for this week, we’re off out to hit the brown pow/shred the GNAR/roost some hero dirt/just ride our bikes*
See you Monday for the Debrief…
*delete as appropriate
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Some great looking hydration packs there liking the bright colours.
Looking forward to the review of the Thomson Elite dropper post.
I always thought that, once more competition entered the market, droppy seatposts would come down from their stratospheric early adopter pricing to something more representative of the “quality office chair internals” that they are. Seems I was dead wrong, they keep getting pricier
Chipps a distant last place in the Todmorden Rear of the Year.
“colourways” only forgiven if a yank typed this article
Duuuuuude 😉
“they keep getting pricier”
Reverbs can often be had for £180.
That Thomson does look nice and will be selling for £100 under RRP…
any reliable news on the 27.2 dropper??
Can’t beat a camelbak. I tore mine to bits coming off a couple of weeks ago. Saved me from having chunks of rock sticking out my back though! Just got them in the shoulders instead!
Not sure the pope approves of the bright green helmet!
Competition helping to reduce the prices of dropper posts? Like it has with forks!
That’s the pope? I thought it was Chipps in drag…