Fresh Goods Friday 214

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Another working week done, another weekend looms large. But before the working week is over, stick yer feet up for a few minutes, grab a well-deserved cuppa and take a look at all the gear that’s appeared in the office this week – it’s Fresh goods Friday!

Whyte G150 S

Whyte10The 150mm Whyte G150 has come in as part of our trail-bike grouptest for issue 94.

Whyte01Very a la mode graphics on the de rigeur 150mm Pike RC, n’cest pas?

Whyte02Guide brakes for stopping..

Whyte07…and SRAM 1×11 to make it go.

Whyte04Custom tuned Debonair Monarch RT3 handles rear bounce.

Whyte06Comes complete with a Stealth Reverb. Yum.

From: Whyte 

Price: £2799

Empire MX6 – EVO

IMG_9831The Empire is a British designed and made slab of no-nonsense trail bike (also for out upcoming group test).

IMG_9833The swingarm is a very impressive piece of hollow-cast engineering. It yields 150mm travel with a Rockshox Monarch. The pivot bolts are smaller versions of the ones used in motocross bikes, fact fans.

IMG_9837…and there’s a 66.5 degree head angle for Maximum Enduro. Ours runs a Revelation fork with 150mm travel.

IMG_9832Now that’s quite a stiff-looking front end… the head tube wotsit (as well as the seatmast) is actually cast too.

From: Empire

Price: bikes start from £2499. This model costs £2950 with assorted upgrades. Bare frame is £999.

Gamut

SRAM Spider

IMG_9865Lets you run a standard 104 BCD 4 bolt ring (and guard) on SRAM cranks with a removable spider.

Price: £59.99

Headset Spacers and Top Cap bolts

IMG_9866Cillos headset spacers which are apparently lighter than a very light thing indeed. On planet helium, and a Cillos top cap bolt which fits super flush to you can run as much steerer as possible. With its bolt, it too weighs a colossal really rather teensy 4g.

Price: spacers from £4.99; top cap and bolt £7.99

Cillos Stem

IMG_9870Our Dan’s going to be rocking this 40mm stem. It’s hewn from 120g or pure, unadulterated gnar (aluminium).

Price: £74.99

Gamut T and Cap

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I worry about what he’s thinking…

Chris from Gamut also very kindly let us have this lovely T (thanks for trying to look relatively normal, Chipps), and

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Marty Feldman’s redneck brother.

…this hat. James clearly needs to get out more. No, actually, less. Much, much less.

Price: less.

All from: Madison

WTB

IMG_9873For an upcoming wide-rimmed wheels test, we’ve got this lovely load of stuff from WTB. It’s the complete set – just add hubs, spokes and nipples! And, er, the rest of the bike…

WTB KOM I25 29er rims: £70

Vigilante tyre TCS 2.3 £44.99

Boss tyre TCS 2.25 £46.00

Rim tape: £8.99 for 11 metres

Sealant: £13.00

Tyre valves: £19.99

All from: Hotlines

Rideworks

IMG_9863Rideworks is a UK company which machines nice shiny things out of metal. The Narrow/Wide chainrings are HARD ANODIZED apparently, to ensure maximal lifespannage.

Price: Chainrings £38; Bash Guard £32

From: Rideworks

USE Exposure Revo Dynamo light and hub

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Brightness without any of that inconvenient charging-of-the-batteries, this is USE’s light and dynamo hub. You get a more than serviceable 800 lumens from the light, and when you stop it dims a bit, but remains lit for 10 minutes. The hub is a 15mm through axle number.

Price: £339.99 (with hub)

From: USE

…and we’re done. Look out for our special XTR fresh goods extravaganzas – there’ll be one later on today, with video and everythink! We’re off to bury our heads in a computer screen before hitting the trails to ride home.. see you next week!

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