Another week, another Friday. Apart from it being the start of a wet weekend in Blighty it also marks the day when we gather round, dress up in all the daft clothing that’s appeared and dance around the office in front of the cameras drinking beer. Yes, it’s Fresh Goods Friday… Or is it halloween? The two seem remarkably similar.
In case you are new, just woken from a coma or have lived in the forum for 15 years and didn’t realise ‘there’s a front page’, you should know that Fresh Goods Friday is our regular weekly slot that gathers together everything that has been sent to us at STHQ in the week. Sometimes we specifically ask manufacturers and distributors for stuff, like bikes for the mag tests and sometimes stuff is just sent to us random style. However it arrives, this is our homage to the random and the planned. Not everything goes on for further testing but if it does then you’ll find it either in the pages of the mag or in the reviews section here.
Vitus Sommet
Price: £3399
From: Vitus Bikes
Described by Vitus as an Enduro bike it comes with 155mm of travel at the back and sommet similar at the front via the RS Pikes (See what we did there?)
CLUG – Bike mount
What we have next claims to be the world’s smallest bike rack. Which ironically came with the world’s largest amount of paperwork and promo material.
Price: £14.99
From: getclug.com
The idea is you screw this bit into the wall and you squeeze your front wheel in the gap. Comes in three sizes for skinny to chubby (The MTB version claims to fit up to 2.5″ tyres).
Galibier Windstop Skull Cap
Keep your noggin warm this winter with this monastic looking head wear. Apparently comes in two sizes because, ‘one size in a skull cap does not fit all’ according to the press release that accompanied this.
Price: £8.94 delivered
From: Galibier.cc
Alpkit Stuff
From: Alpkit.com
Socks: Various lengths and weights from one of our favourite UK based outdoor manufacturers.
Prices: From £10 for lightweight to £16 for super winter and chunky.
What we have here is the MTB specific Akdrenalin socks that come in a pack of 3 pairs for just £10.
Alpkit Kepler Base Layer (Men’s)
Merino Wool, available in 4 different colours.
Price: This long sleeved version is £39, short sleeved available at £29.
Alpkit Kepler Neck Warmer
Price: £13
..and made from real New Zealand sourced Merino too.
Alpkit Kepler Base Layer (Women’s)
Merino Wool. This is the ‘Lupin’ colour way, also available in ‘Eggplant’.
Price: This long sleeved version is £39, short sleeved available at £29.
Altura Shield Shorts
Price: £59.99
From: Altura
Some reasonably priced waterproof and tough shorts for the liquid sunshine we are getting a lot of at the moment. Velcro leg and waist adjusters plus lots of pockets with waterproof zips.
The Athletes Fix Book
A book full of hints, tips and advice on finding and cooking all kinds of awesome food to match your active, get up and gone, typical mountain bike lifestyle. Mark is still blowing between pages looking for the beer section. Makes claims about eliminating the confusion surrounding fad diets and all the currently fashionable gluten nonsense, among other things. Aimed at endurance athletes, so not sure why it ended up here, but hey, it might stop the kitchen table from wobbling.
Price: £16.24
From: Amazon and proper book shops
Vaude Tremalzo Mens’ Shorts
Price: £80
From: Vaude
Made from super stretchy fabric and not so subtle green.
Exposure Equinox Helmet Light
A helmet light that we didn’t manage to squeeze into our big lights grouptest in issue 101 (out now btw way). This little dazzler comes with a properly remote – like bluetooth remote – bar mounted switch. It knocks out 2000 lumens of night to day power.
Price: £269.95
From: Exposure
Absorb-It Mat
What this is a long roll up mat that allows you to get away with servicing your bike in the kitchen while your significant other is out of the house. You can also use it under your bike when you are turbo-training in the house to catch the sweat and drool. Comes in small (48″ x 18″) at £9.99 and Large (60″ x 36″) at £19.99.
From: Madison
Fox Doss Dropper Post
Price: £349
From: Mojo
We’ve been looking forward to getting hold of one of these. It’s Fox’s first dip into the dropper post market. Promises super smooth and slop free operation, which we will be testing to the max as soon as we get it on a bike. Comes in a choice of 4 or 5 inches of drop.
That’s it for this week folks. There’s nothing more to be done bar get the wet gear kit out of the box from under the bed and go out and embrace the filth we’ll all be riding in for the next 6 months.
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Just got the Pike reference so slooooow…..
Don’t worry about it. You probably need to be of ‘a certain age’ anyway 🙂
Well I was overthinking it, Pikes peak, Sommet, French to English. Then the voice of Mr Men put me straight.
Hannah looks like chips younger sister in the blue alpkit top photo (sorry Hannah I am sure its all a question of bad camera angles 😉 )
What’s new about the Fox DOSS though? I’ve been using one since 2012.