One of our number has been in Iceland this week. The actual country. Not the amazing frozen retailer. It is this person that we have to thank for the fantastic weather the rest of us have been enjoying.
Thank you!
I would write a slightly longer introduction to this week’s FGF but… the sun’s out. I’m off out on my bike to ride all the trails that have been off-limits-soggy since November!
Atherton AM.150
- Price: from £6,700
- From: athertonbikes.com
Earlier this week I [Benji] spent some time over Dyfi way with the Family Atherton. I was fortunate enough to spend a day uplifting at Dyfi Bike Park. After a couple of fun runs on the Atherton AM.200 downhill bike I hopped onboard their enduro flavoured Atherton AM.150 machine for the rest of the afternoon.
A First Ride Review is in my fingertips at the moment, with a view to a longer term full review further down the line.
POC Otocon Race MIPS
- Price: £300.00
- From: pocsports.com
The Otocon Race MIPS comes with a variety of ‘digital integration’; Recco and NFC medical ID chip. The MIPS is MIPS Integra (badsically more-built-in as opposed to a slapped-in extra slip-liner.
750g ish. Uses two different density foams. Ventilation channels. Break-away peak. New strap and retention band system. Can be used with or without the cheek pads.
POC Ora Clarity Goggles
- Price: £80.00
- From: pocsports.com
The Ora Clarity MTB goggle features a Carl Zeiss lens that’s designed to heighten the contrast of browns and greens.
The cruved shape of the goggle supports a wider field of view. The goggle also features zero vent foam (the stuff I always remove with an exacto knife anyway). Impressively flexible frame.
Hornit Clug Pro Bike Rack
- Price: £25.99
- From: hornit.com
The world’s smallest bike rack, apparently. It certainly appears so. Designed in collaboration with Fidlock, the Clug Pro utilises a magnet and ratchet system to hold a bike in place. Either via the front wheel if storing vertically/upright or via the rear wheel if ‘reversing’ the bike into it and keeping both wheels on the ground.
Shimano ME502 MTB SPD Shoes
- Price: £139.99
- From: freewheel.co.uk
Supple synthetic leather. Offset tongue. RC9T BOA layout. This allows micro-adjustment across the mid and upper of the shoe while a strap closes down the lower part of the shoe. A simple and unfussy fit every time.
Proprietary Shimano rubber sole. Torbal midsole. Overall stiffness rating of 6 out of 12 Stiffness Units.
Shimano SLX M-7120 Disc Brakes
- Price: £174.99
- From: freewheel.co.uk
Mid-range 4-pot stoppers from Shimano. These are further grist to the mill of our upcoming 4-piston disc brake group test.
It feels like we only ever see either XT or the mighty Deore 4-potters on test everywhere of late, so it’ll be interesting to see what these in-betweeny SLX ones perform like.
100% Speedcraft HiPER Blue Mirror
- Price: £189.99
- From: freewheel.co.uk
Ultra-grip rubber nose and temple pieces. Lower air scoops for ventilation. Massive lenses. Grilamid TR90 frame for a bit o’ bendiness.
Blue flavour HiPER lens. Nice hard case, an alternative fit nose pad, additional clear lens and a cleaning bag. Not cheap.
Scrub Alloy Trail Wheelset
- Price: £350.00
- From: scrubwheels.com
The Alloy Trail wheelset comes in at 1,860g and uses a welded and shot peened rim. It’s a real general purpose wheelset. Andrew from Scrub: “While testing I’ve used mine from uplift days to big mountain pedals. It’s really capable though I prefer to keep it listed in the ‘trail’ category.”
The rims measure 30mm internally and hubs can be fitted with any of the big three freehub types and are available in 6 Bolt or CenterLock.
All Scrub wheels are hand-built in the UK – by a guy called Andrew.
Hutchinson Tundra Tyres
- Price: £49.95 (tan wall), £39.95 (black)
- From: windwave.co.uk
The Tundra is designed for riding in Northern Europe where riders regularly have to deal with muddy sections and wet conditions. It’s a mud gravel tyre. Or is that a gravel mud tyre? It’s all quite confusing, but we know exactly what conditions they’re talking about, don’t we? It’s available in 700×40 and 700×45 size options.
Singletrack Road Trip Enamel Cup
- Price: £12.99
- From: ST Shop
After two years of lockdowns and harsh winters, it is now time to get out and saddle-tramp or vanlife the summer away.
Our enamel mug has the turbo groovy Singletrack Freedom Bus on to it, to remind you to get on it and get outta here.
Hang it off your saddlebag, use it as a desk tidy, fill it with coffee, or sit on the side of a mountain with a nice wine.
Thread of the Week
This week’s TOTW goes to jimmy for asking an important question that many of us have thought about many, many times…
#STWFGF Winner
Every week we running a competition over on Instagram and Twitter to win a free subscription to Singletrackworld (or some other item of merchandise if you’re already a subscriber/member). Simply tag your riding pics with #STWFGF on Instagram or Twitter and… that’s it.
We sift through the tagged candidates at the end of each week and pick a winner. The winning #STWFGF pic gets proudly displayed in Fresh Goods Friday.
Congratulations go to @vmgscot for this week’s winning piccie. Email editorial@singletrackworld.com we’ll sort you out with your prize.
Signing off…
Until next week. Make it so.
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