It’s Friday and we’re on the cusp of another weekend of tip-top shredding. So let’s get the Fresh Goods featured and head out to the hills…
Zealous Division Frame
Andy from Zealous stopped by with a Division fame built into a bike for us to play about with. The idea is to anchor the steamrollerability of 29er wheels to the taut snappy riding of a smaller bike, by making the chainstays supershort and ‘playful’.
Price: £499.99
From: Zealous
SRAM X1 Groupset
Chipps has got his mitts on a SRAM groupset! He’ll be schralping things next… RUN AWAY!
Brakes: £135 each
Chainset: £149
Rear Mech: £179.99
Chain: £27.99
Shifter: £59.99
Cassette: £239.99
XX1 Cassette and Chainring
Dave’s been busy sorting a few bits to get his Tallboy LTc nice and fresh for a new set of adventures.
Chain: £48.00
Chainring: £75.00
Cassette: £338.00
RockShox Reverb Seal Kit
Watch out for a whole load of ‘How to’ videos coming soon. Given some of the staff’s mechanical ineptitude ‘Bleed’ may well be a command…
Price: £38.99
All from Fisher Outdoor Leisure
RedAnt frame polish
Everything you need to keep your bike looking fresh no matter what the frame material.
Price: £9.99 each
From: iRide
RearViz camera mount
You strap it on your arm, attach your GoPro, and you can swivel the mount around to get your lovely face just-so when you’re giving your ranty monologue to camera whilst riding through the traffic.
Price: £24.78
From: Rearviz
Maxxis Shorty
Now in 29er and 27.5 flavours, a super sweet spike for the Brown Pow ja? The Shorty comes in Maxxis’ super grippy Maxx Terra for all the steering grip you’ll ever need.
Price: £TBC
Maxxis Ikon
And for the rear there’s a nice fast rolling Ikon in Maxx Speed flavour.
Price: £54
All from: Maxxis
Shimano XTR M980 cranks
Bling cranks for matching up to Stages power meters.
Price: £374.99
XTR/XT/SLX/Alfine organic brake pads
New pads for Shimano stoppers.
Price: £9.99
From: Madison
Black Mamba Workshop gloves
Super stealth workshop fettlin’ protection for your hands.
Price: From £13.50 for 100
Honey Stinger Organic Energy Gel
Power! in a small packet. Suck it up to keep you going.
Price: £27.00 for 24
Both From: 2 Pure
Specialized Purgatory Grid 2Bliss Ready
Big grip for mountain shredding.
Price: £35.00
Specialized Slaughter Grid 2Bliss Ready
Nice and fast back tyre from the big S – enhances speed with the lower centre tread and gives you cornering happiness with the gnarly sidetreads.
Price: £35
Specialized Butcher Grid 2Bliss Ready
And an all rounder All Mountain for the ‘gnarliest terrain’ for good measure. Braaaaap.
Price: £35
All from Specialized
Mavic Stratos Thermo Gloves
A good balance of warmth and thickness to keep your hands toasty though winter rides.
Price: £52.00
Mavic Stratos H20 Short
Nice and packable waterproof shorts for a bit of weather protection.
Price: £125.00
Mavic Stratos H20 Pants
And for when it’s really bad there’s the full leg protection version.
Price: £145.00
All From: Mavic
Kali Helmets
What do you call a group of helmets? Anyhoo here’s a stack that’s been left by ‘visiting American’ Brad from Kali.
From: NRG4
Garmin 510
Richard’s going to be ‘measuring everything’ as part of his enduro world domination training plan with the help of this neat little Garmin. And possibly a tapemeasure.
Price: £249.99
From: Madison
Muc Off Bio Grease and Carbon Gripper
Workshop supplies for proper preparation.
Price: Grease – £12.00; Carbon Gripper – £8.99
From: Cycling Sports Group
Derby 27.5 x 40mm wheels
More fat rims for our upcoming test from the good folk at Derby.
Price: UK £TBC / US $1400 – 1500
From: Derby
That’s it for this week, we’re off to ride up and down again all weekend. Just for a change.
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That XX1 cassette price!
Don’t think I would go out in muddy conditions with that fitted!
Those Spec tyres are reet good. But abit prone to burping in really hard corners. Or something.
That Slaughter is very reminiscent of a Rock Razor…
Woah!,lotsa fresh goods today!
The Slaughter AND the Maxxis Maxx Speed look alot like the Rock Razor!
I’ve had a quick go on the Rock Razor, but think a Rocket Ron would have a more progressive feel.
What’s the headangle on the Zealous, looks steep in the picture.
Reverb service kits, need a number of tools to fit/service too 😉
“That XX1 cassette price!
Don’t think I would go out in muddy conditions with that fitted!”
Dead right tony. Mines tucked up nice and dry for next year!
£338 for a cassette? Somebody is having a massive laugh.
Who buys stuff like that?
£338 for a cassette?….
……only the price of a decent evening out
LoCo – Zealous head angle is 68 degrees – slack(ish) for a 29er…
£338 for a cassette? Somebody is having a massive laugh
…Or, 11 Sp XTR cassette, Shifter, Mech and chain for a similar total amount 😉 almost looks “good value”…..
@LoCo – as barney said, 68, but that’s based on a 120mm fork – the test bike is running 130mm, so will come out a smidge slacker.
slacker than it looks in photo then, was wondering as the backend is so short
27.4 x 40 B+ territory, show me some 27.5 x 3 tyres next!
£125 packable waterproof shorts; rain dance: free.