Did someone say 606? Remember the Roland TR-606 drum machine? You don’t but you do. Used in loads of nafftastic 90s/00’s moanrock but also used wisely by other genres. 303, 909, 606… which is your favourite device?
Enough with the repetitive beats, on with the repetitive bikes! Here’s your Fresh Goods for this week…
Vitus Escarpe 29 CRS
- Price: £3,199
- From: Vitus Bikes
A very mountain bike [sic} to kick things off. 140mm rear travel. 150mm fork. 29in wheels front and back. Full T800 carbon front and rear triangles. Flippy-chippy. RockShox Lyrik Select fork, Deluxe Select+ RT shock, Shimano SLX 12 speed drivetrain and disc brakes, Nukeproof Neutron V2 wheelset with tape applied, Maxxis Assegai and Dissector tyres.
65° head angle. 77.5° seat angle. 478mm reach (Large). 440mm chainstays. 242mm dropper insertion depth (Large). 35mm BB drop.
High Above The Lookout Quick Draw Hip Pack
- Price: From $150.00 – this ‘build’ is $195.00
- From: High Above
How much?! Beat you to it. But I (Amanda) cannot fault this pack. It’s secure, not over-designed (there’s not a bunch of features you don’t really need) and it fits more than enough for a fairly big day out. High Above allow you to design your pack, so the Cobra buckle and extra Bottle Rocket are all optional extras. It’s a boutiquey price tag, but unfortunately for me, it has become an absolute kit essential. It just does the job, it carries my tools, plenty of water, and the zippers are easy to pull without turning the pack around to the front.
Knog Scout
- Price: £39.99
- From: Silverfish UK
The Knog Scout is both a loud bike alarm (85db) and an accurate bike finder which allows the user to trace the location of their bike using their Apple device and Apple’s ‘Find my’ app technology. Six months claimed battery life between charges.
Waterproof rating of IP67 (can be left in the rain or get wet when washing). Multi-functional LEDs allow the user to see if their Scout is alarmed, paired and the status of the battery. In-situ USB-C charging. Scout attaches to your bike via the bottle cage mounts using tamper-proof security screws.
Stan’s NoTubes Flow MK Wheelset
- Price: £549.99
- From: Paligap
Low-profile 30mm internal width (2.3 to 2.6in tyres). 6069 aluminum with welded joint and reinforced spoke bed. BST-Asymmetric design. M-pulse ‘low drag’ magnetic pawl with 1.66° engagement.
Enduro bearings with double-row freehub bearing. Traditional J-bend lacing. Single spoke length for serviceability.
Orange Seal Sealant & VersaValves
- Price: £17.99 for sealant , £27.99 for valves
- From: Extra UK
Some jaffa juice designed to seals punctures up to 6mm and slashes up to 19mm. Lasts up to 45 days between top-ups and performs down to -11 degrees Celsius. Ideal for UK summer.
Valve stems with a large, sturdy base plate that can be fitted with different shaped rubber grommets for different rims. Four lengths available. Pack includes VersaValve stems, two types of grommet, extra valve cores, RVC tool.
Sorry, you won’t get all the pretty colours as featured in our Extra Special Spoilt Bike Journo Edition.
Topeak Free StrapPack
- Price: £12.99
- From: Extra UK
Mounts under Topeak’s swivelling Ninja water bottle cage thingy (or use alone with an additional frame mount). An alternative way to carry an inner tube and a mini tool/CO2 cartridge.
DMR Blade Chainring
- Price: £45.00
- From: Upgrade Bikes
Direct Mount chainring from the DMR Crew (not the DMX Krew). Wide/Narrow teeth. Boost flavoured. 4mm wide 7075-T6 aluminium. 26-36T options. Black as night.
Topeak Ninja Master+ Cages
- Price: £12.99 for X1AJ, £9.99 for SK, £9.99 for X1
- From: Extra UK
If you don’t know about the Topeak Ninjas then you probably should. Basically ‘Ninja’ stuff from Topeak is ways of storing spares and tools on your bike. I’m [Benji] am I big fan of their Toolbox-ed bottle cage system FWIW.
A lot of the range involves bottle mounts and bottle cages. These three cages are the different options that you can then attach things to (such as the FreeStrap described above and the various Toolboxes we’ll go into shortly…)
Topeak Ninja Master+ Toolbox PT30
- Price: £64.99
- From: Extra UK
Weatherproof tool box mounts to any of the Ninja Master+ cages above. Includes 30 function tool for most maintenance/rescue duties.
Topeak Ninja Master+ Toolbox 16
- Price: £49.99
- From: Extra UK
Weatherproof tool box for Ninja cages again. Guess what? This is 16 function tool. Cute! Great to see a chain tool in there still too.
Crankbrothers Stamp 7 Danny MacAskill
- Price: £149.99
- From: Extra UK
Concave; 13mm external and 11mm internal thickness. 20 adjustable pins per pedal (8mm in the centre of the pedal and 10mm on the outers). Igus LL-glide bearings. 114mm x 111mm. Five year warranty.
Crankbrothers Stamp 2
- Price: £79.99
- From: Extra UK
16mm thin. 10 adjustable pins per side.100x100mm (for Small). Igus bearings. Cromoly axle. Alloy body. Five year warranty.
Stickers!
- Price: £4.49
- From: STW Shop
Who doesn’t love a sticker eh? If there is such a sorry person in the world, they probably just haven’t met the right sticker yet. We can help. Buy a wad of ’em.
Or put a decent enough order in for some of our merch and Charlie stuffs a sticker or two in there.
Club Ride Shirt
- Price: £79.99 for members (£89.99 otherwise)
- From: STW Shop
Charlie says: “Packed full of neat features such as a sunglass cleaner, security pocket and mesh pits… it is my go to shirt for grown up things such as passing through customs looking like an adult and no trouble, and then banging out some miles and stopping for a brew. The popper closure is great for getting your shirt off in seconds. This is a quality not many people consider, however sometimes almost instant nakedness is handy. Also, you wont lose your buttons in a bramble fight.”
Hackney GT Singletrack Collab Jersey
- Price: £55.00
- From: STW Shop
This is not technically a new jersey (we’ve had them in stock for a while now) but every time I [Benji] wear it, someone comments on it and invariably asks where I got it from.
So here it is. Nice design. Nice sentiment. Nice jersey. Go get one from our shop if you like it.
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Congratulations to nickc for this week’s winning forum post. This history-tastic follows on nicely from last week’s geography-tastic FGF. Next week’s topic: P.E.
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