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Welcome to the second of 2015s Fresh Goods Fridays! It’s been quite a quiet week here in the office, as various people assuage 9-day-old hangovers with more sloe gin. For some reason this isn’t working, but it doesn’t stop us trying. Anyway, onward! Here are some bike things we think you might like to look at…

Orange Segment

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BIG. RED.

We know the frame and bits have already appeared in Fresh Goods, but complete bikes are fun to look at, and complete assemblages looks just as fresh as the kit they’re made from. Chipps’ Big Red has been festooned (great word, that – should be used more often) with a Fabric saddle, Stan’s Valor carbon wheels (mmm), a KS stealth dropper post and Marzocchi 44 forks complementing a SRAM X1 drivetrain.

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It’s also got a Vredestein Bobcat front tyre, and a Maxxis Ardent rear. It’s now running a supershort Renthal Apex stem.

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Segment. Yes, yes it is.

Price: Frame from £1500. Total bike: more than that.

From: Orange, and loads of other people.

Giro New Road Ride Crew

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‘What more do you WANT from me?” wails Patrick. We’re going to keep him guessing.

In for a Merino jerseys mag grouptest are a couple of tasty morsels from Giro’s New Road range. This one is the Ride Crew. Looks like a t-shirt from the front, but it’s got handy stowage pockets at the back.

Price: £69.99

Giro New Road Ladies Jersey

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75% Merino construction, raglan sleeves, 3 pockets and contrast side panels. Sweet.

Price: £99.99

Both from: Zyro

Mavic Stratos gloves

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Black and yellow hand-protection from Mavic. Complete with silicon finger grips and no padding for maximum bar feel. We have no idea why they’re holding a lucky cat in this picture. It looks just as confused as we are.

Price: £37.99

Mavic Crossmax LS Jersey

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“Can I take this off now?”

Tom looks petulant in the enthusiastically coloured and rather spiffing looking Crossmax LS jersey. It’s rammed with ‘optimal freedom of movement, comfort and breathability.’

Price: £54.99

Both from: Mavic

Bike Thrones Saddles

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‘For your royal arse’ apparently. Mine’s more of a prole I suspect, unfortunately.

Price: US$99 including shipping.

From: Bikethrones

That’s it for this week – we’re loading the bikes into the van and heading to high ground… See you next week – happy trails!

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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