Fresh Goods Friday 209

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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.

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Our XL test bike has a whopping 26″ top tube, and an unsurprising 111mm of rear travel…

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So you used all the travel in the carpark?

…with 120mm of Pikeyness up front.

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Super-burly linkages. Rawr.

Lots of linkages help keep the chainstays supershort, which means there’s no room for a front mech. Not a problem, as…

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..it runs a SRAM 1×11 groupset.

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Press-fit BB bearings.

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

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Hello ladies! I’ve got clean socks on…

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

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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

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Man at Next (post surgery).

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…

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I’m worryingly aroused.

…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

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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

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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

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Three long distance MTB touring route-guides, handy if you’re planning any large-scale epics.

Price: From £3.99

From: MTBEpicsUK

Rockguardz Mudguard

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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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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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