I’m writing this with stinging fingers. Summer is well and true upon us. The trails have grown their hair out and every ride sees regular brushes with nettles, brambles and other various whipping green things.
Are nettle stings more powerful than they used to be?
Anyway. Before we commence Fresh Goods, let’s shoot over to Downing Street to see what’s happening in the doorway…
Deviate Claymore
- Price: £3,598 with Fox Float X2 Factory shock
- From: Deviate Cycles
High pivoting idlering red radness from Deviate. The Claymore is the Scotland-based brand’s 165mm travel enduro type bike. Full carbon construction. 170mm fork potential. 18T idler pulley with twin outboard sealed bearings. We’re not sure if it’s the size of the pulley, or its position, or it’s twin-bearing-ness, but straight away the Claymore feels like its losing fewer watts in the system compared to most high pivoters.
Ross first took for a spin last Friday – somewhat reluctantly we might add because he’s not really gelled with idler bikes before – and he hasn’t been off it since. “There’s just something about it” he keeps helpfully proffering whilst at the same time not remotely suggesting that anyone else can have a go on it.
Canyon Lux World Cup CFR Team
- Price: £6,649
- From: Canyon
Flippin’ ‘eck we very nearly include this one as it’s literally just arrived this morning! Thankfully the bike went together swimmingly and it didn’t seem to mind posing for piccies either.
What can we tell you about it? Not a lot yet. Appears to still be 100mm travel at both ends. And it’s lock-out-a-(don’t)-go-go on the front and rear boingers too. StepCast Fox 32. Flat-mount rear disc mount. Non-dropper post. Cables through the headset. One piece bar and stem with a rather aggressive dip to it. Extremely cute chain retainer.
Canyon: “This full-suspension XC race bike is more than just fast. It’s World Cup-fast. With a superlight frame, pinpoint handling, and incredible speed and efficiency.”
Funn Trickster Dice
- Price: N/A
- From: Funn
The rules are simple: one dice has tricks (X-up, barspin, tuck-no-hander, unturndown, tailwhip), the other has combos (180, 360, straight air, opposite, transfer).
Throw both dice then simply thrown down your trick and combo. If you roll the Funn logo, you choose your trick or combo. Such as, have-a-lie-down + 360.
If you land the trick, you pass the dice to the next player. If not, you strike. Three strikes are you’re out. Or in A+E.
VitxCycle Cycling Vitamins
- Price: £28 per month subscription, or £33 for a single one month supply
- From: VitXcycle
Charlie says… Will from VitxCycle can supply you with a one month stash of vitamins to help you cycle. There are three daily tablets or capsules covering protection, flexibility and recovery. They reassure us that they care about what we put in our bodies and they believe that food supplements should be of the highest quality and offer the purest ingredients without the use of any additives.
Bryan Steel, an Olympic roadie says “Since using VitxCycle I have found a massive improvement in my recovery especially after a hard session. I have also found the middle aged man aches and pains have mainly gone when I wake up in the morning”. Oh now you have my attention… I can confirm middle aged man aches are a real thing.
Adidas Five Ten Sleuth DLX Canvas
- Price: £110.00
- From: Adidas
A revision of Five Ten’s tried and trusted Sleuth, it comes with the Stealth Phantom rubber with a dotty outsole. The mesh upper is a bit more breathable (and possibly quicker dry-out-able) mesh canvas stuff that is a recycled material made in part with Parley Ocean Plastic.
A canvas upper and traditional lacing give them a casual look, for those folk who don’t like to be seen looking overly bike-flavoured. Two colour options: ‘Core Black’ or this ‘Focus Olive’.
MET Parachute MCR MIPS Full Face Helmet
- Price: £300.00
- From: MET
Another week, another new helmet for Amanda. The MET Parachute has so many features, including in-mould polycarbonate shell with EPS liner, magnetic chin bar, MIPS , 360deg head belt plus vertical and occipital adjustments for the perfect fit, adjustable and flexible visor, BOA fit system, Fidlock buckle, loads of vents, removable cheek cushions, the list goes on!
Bluegrass Seamless Lite D3O Back Protector
- Price: €190.00
- From: MET
Amanda doesn’t waste her time with minor crashes. If she’s going to dismount, she goes OTB everytime, so here’s a back protector to pair with that new helmet. The seamless design is a great fit, there’s loads of elasticity to it. The D3O pad is easily removed for washing the vest, a vest which has really useful cargo pockets at the back!
HayMax
- Price: £8.49
- From: Haymax
Rather than tackling the consequences of pollen getting inside your face, HayMax aims to stop so much of it getting in. A balm that you put on your nose drills and around the eyes that the pollen (hopefully) sticks to. Like an air filter balm. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this worked?! Amanda will find out…
5 metre 3.5mm Male to Female Headphone Extension Cable
- Price: £6.99
- From: eBay
Benji has moved home office as he could no longer bear overlooking his dreadful, dreadful lawn. Anyway. This majestic cable means he can output his synthwave soulcore megamixes directly to the creaky old hifi on his sideboard (tastefully out of focus in the background here). He is post-wireless. AKA Modern Life Is Rubbish.
Whyte T-140 RS
- Price: £TBA
- From: Whyte Bikes
Whyte’s all-new 140mm travel platform. This is pretty much the shortest travel Whyte in the full sus range now it seems.
64.7/65.3° head angle. 76° seat angle. 330mm BB height. 435mm chainstays. We don’t know the reach figure at the mo.
We’ll have a First Ride Review of this bike up on the front page very soon!
Whyte E-160 RS
- Price: £TBA
- From: Whyte Bikes
Whyte ebikes have reputation for being some of the more dynamic, fun-handling ebikes around. This new E-160 RS model has a big 750Wh battery in its downtube, powering the latest Bosch Performance Line CX motor and system.
Again, we have a First Ride Review of this very machine in the pipeline as we speak. So stay tuned if you want to hear more about this juiced jaffa juggernaut!
Etnies Singleton Vulc XLT
- Price: £64.94
- From: Etnies
Your mum’s going to kill you when you get these dirty…
A simple, four hole lace, suede upper skate shoe, the Vulc XLT is flexible and smart in its white suede upper and navy sole. It makes you look like a yacht-owning skateboarder. Or a skateboard-owning yachterist, perhaps? We’ll have to ask Charlie later about what the best outcome of that is. There’s a Michelin sole, with tread obviously inspired by gravel tyres, so perhaps this is one for you flat pedal gravelleurs…
Etnies Windrow Vulc
- Price: £75ish
- From: Etnies
The Etnies Windrow Vulc is a slightly more involved construction compared to the Singleton, with seven pairs of lace holes and a more padded tongue and sides. The shoe comes in probably the worst colour combo for British wear; namely a light, tan suede upper that’ll show the first water drop and make you forever sad, combined with a white, inverted pyramid ‘Geohex’ sole that’ll fill up with grit and grime the second you wear them outside. Saying that, though, they’re instantly comfy, with an EVA midsole and, like most skate shoes, will spend their lives helping their owner drive to the shops, or to drink macchiatos while wearing.
Thread of the Week
Our endless love this week goes to Stirling Crispin for this championship quality thread posting…
For a limited/unlimited time we’ve decided to award An Actual Prize to the TOTW. And it seems pretty obvious that it’s the item featured below (Forum Bottle Opener) that should be awarded. So, well done jekkyl. Email editorial@singletrackworld.com to claim your opener…
Singletrack Forum Bottle Opener
- Price: £5.99
- From: STW Shop
Opens bottles of beer and other drinks. Oversized hole to make hanging it up extra easy. 180mm length delivers industry leading beverage to leverage ratio. 2mm stainless steel. It’s a steel without stains! Subtle text reminding you why you are here.
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