The office dog is better dressed than the lot of us! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 421

If you could design your own bike, what colour would you go for? Would you just choose your favourite colour, or would that mean you’re too matchy-matchy given that your riding kit has been selected on that basis? So maybe a contrasting colour, or a complimentary colour to your kit. But then you won’t have that kit forever, so do you go for something completely unrelated to the items you own? Do you just play it safe and go for black? It’s always in fashion, it clashes with nothing, and stealth is always popular. Do you go for a colour that suits your hair? Well I did that when I rattle canned my BMX. I live to regret it, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to sand that frame back down for a respray.

Hannah needs to choose a colour scheme for a bike. Hannah’s favourite colour is grey. Hannah has been told, by me, that grey doesn’t photograph well, so she must choose a better colour. So those of you with some time to kill (be honest, you’re reading this at work, you have all the time in the world), if you would like to be involved in this exciting new bike please comment with some RAL colour options. Frame, rear triangle and decals can all be customised. GO!

ShredXS Enduro Retro Jersey

• Price: £27.00
• From: ShredXS

This retro raglan design has a slim body length, short sleeves and is constructed of a very light fabric to keep young riders cool and comfortable on the trails. The reverse has a go-faster stripe with ‘Love it, wear it, shred it’ written on and I can confirm that Toby loves it, wears it, and has shredded in it. Available in sizes XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL and XXL.

ShredXS Downhill Dino Jersey

• Price: £27.00
• From: ShredXS

The downhill jersey from ShredXS is available in 5 designs – Rhino, Shark, Tiger, Raptor and T-Rex. Made from an elasticated CoolMax material, this jersey should fit comfortably over body armour whilst providing a good level of breathability. All jerseys are made to be fade resistant, so the bold designs will hold long after your child has grown out of it.

ShredXS Downhill Shorts

• Price: £47.00
• From: ShredXS

Enduro shorts with removable hip pads, press button and double looped Velcro adjustable waist strap, mesh zipped air vents and a raised waistline at the back to stop the weather sneaking in.

Available in two colour ways you can mix and match with a variety of jerseys, and they’re available in 7 sizes: 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.

ShredXS Youth Glove

• Price: £18.00
• From: ShredXS

Stretchy material with fully opening fasteners to make them easier to get on, there’s no excuse for not having their gloves on! The palms are synthetic leather for comfort, and there are silicone markings on two fingers to assist braking.

DT Swiss Micro Spline Freehub Body

• Price: £69.99
• From: Madison

Shimano’s factories may still be dragging their heels on the latest XTR groupset, but for anyone out there who’s chomping at the bit to get the new M9100 goodies onto their bike, this may be of interest to you. It’s a Micro Spline freehub from DT Swiss, and it’ll allow you to fit Shimano’s new 12-speed XTR cassette onto any modern DT Swiss mountain bike hub – just unplug your current freehub body, and pop this one in place.

Shimano SH-XC901 S-Phyre Shoes

• Price: £319.99
• From: Madison

Not suede, but possibly made with concentrated Smurf Tears™, the new XC-901 from Shimano replace the previous XC9 shoes (which we reviewed not long ago). They still have the dual BOA dials, carbon fibre shank and Michelin rubber outsole, but the BOA lacing has been updated, the internal tongue configuration has changed, and the guy in the factory with the sharp pointy thing has been given free rein to punch as many holes in the upper as he likes. Proper XC racing toe tappers these ones.

Singletrack Tshirts

• Price: £19.99 – Discounts available for members
• From: Singletrack

New stock has landed, and you’re spoilt for choice. Someone spent a long time tracing the contours of Todmorden and put them on a T-shirt for you fantastic folk.

‘Enjoy the ride’ – We will, Andi. We will.

James just learnt the definition of the word ‘Singletrack,’ and I think his face says it all.

Andi came to Singletrack following a failed modelling career. We’re not sure why he didn’t make it big, but we’re glad he’s here instead.

Singletrack Flecked Beanie

• Price: £17.99 – Discounts available for members
• From: Singletrack

Ribbed for your pleasure, with a folded hem and a wonderful fleck.

Singletrack Two-Way Beanie

• Price: £17.99 – Discounts available for members
• From: Singletrack

Two hats for the price of one! The latest edition to the shop is available in four different colours, and can be worn bunched up or folded.

How grown ups wear hats.

James couldn’t choose a colour.

Oh he’s happy! That’s the one James.

Trail Dog Uniform

• Price: NFS, she just wanted to show off

Let all the other dogs know that your owners are mountain bikers with this stylish and versatile checked shirt. Cold out? Pop your shirt on. Cute dog near your lamp post? Get your top button open and get over there! If you’re feeling a bit porky and have a neck-fold thing going on, you can fold the collar up and hide it.

Chipps is never going to let Amanda look after his dog again.

So there you have it, the entire contents of our in-tray this week, with bonus dog photo. And now let’s all be amazed by Herman Li:

As always, I got lost on YouTube. If anyone can guess the steps it took me to go from Herman Li guitar solos to this fantastic dancing below, I will eat one of Singletrack’s new hats:

 

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