The words “cherry picker” mean different things to different people. Most ordinary people (link NSFW) will probably think of the machinery depicted in the featured image of this web story. Some more haplessly romantic people may think of actual cherries being actually picked. A very small amount of people will think of 1980s BMX flatland tricks.
Anyways, whatever your cherry picker of choice, enjoy this week’s Fresh Goods Friday!
Lapierre E-Zesty AM LTD
- Price: £6,999
- From: Raleigh
A mid-power e-mountain bike from Lapierre. Looks good on paper. And in the flesh. It uses the Fazua Ride 60 system. 60Nm of torque. 430Wh battery. Suspension and component choice looks pretty sound (although the 760mm wide Renthal bars do instantly feel dinky). Geometry looks pretty sound on this XL size also: 460mm seat tube, 65° head angle, 77° seat angle, 445mm chain stays, 140mm head tube, 505mm reach.
SRAM Apex XPLR AXS Drivetrain
- Price: £1,227
- From: SRAM
This is for resident gravelleur Amanda’s testbed bike makeover. Amanda will be bringing you more info about this stuff soon (like, hopefully next week all being well).
SRAM: “The XPLR collection from SRAM celebrates a new era of drop bar riding to make gravel yours. Every upgrade works great by itself or all together. So pick a path, or mix and match galore. After all, gravel is what you make it. Tailored to the needs of drop bar riders, SRAM’s 1x-specific XPLR drivetrains target a gearing sweet spot. With a 10-44T or 11-44T cassette and matching derailleur, you get big range for gravel climbs and tight jumps for fast riding on road, whether you prefer wireless or mechanical.”
Privateer 161 Frame
- Price: £1,191.76 – discounted price but currently sold out (£1,589 full retail)
- From: Privateer BIkes
Ross: “This is my new build project – a Privateer 161 in P3 size. When Benji had a Privateer 161 GX in for a recent test I had a few goes, quite liked it, but thought with a few tweaks it could be properly good. So here it is! And what’s good about it? It’s made from metal, has external cable routing and proper geometry.
“The stock frame comes with a RockShox Super Deluxe Ultimate air shock, but I’m keen to try coil (one of the tweaks I originally thought about) so I’ve fitted a Fox DHX Coil. The finished build will be a mix of tried and trusted products and new test kit, and it should hopefully prove to be a solid test bed for reviewing harder hitting components.”
Hope Pro5 XD Freehub
- Price: £90.00
- From: Hope Tech
After a wild few years of flux we appear to have settled down on the whole hub (and freehub) standards. Pretty much everything we get is 148/110 Boost with 12mm bolt-thru. And we’re now on ‘just’ the two freehubs these days: Shimano Microspline and SRAM XD. This little fellow is so we can make our current Microspline-d Pro 5 hubbed wheels accept SRAM-a-lamma-ding-dong drivetrains. Nice green seal.
Hope 5mm Hose & Bits
- Price: £25.00
- From: Hope Tech
This is so that Ross can continue to use the frankly amazing Hope Tech 4 V4 brakes on his new Privateer 161 build. It’s pretty much true that it’s hard to go back to ther brakes once you’ve got used to Tech 4 V4s!
Singletrackworld Subscription
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- From: Singletrackworld Membership
Countdown to membership cut off for the next print issue of Singletrack World Magazine is nearly at an end. YOu have until close-of-play Sunday (I think). Get on board! The next issue is a classic.
Top Secret Very Significant Thing
- Price: N/A
- From: The Future
Hmmm… 🤔
Cherry Picker
- Price: £500 + deposit
- HSS
Some people will go to great lengths to get their football back from the Singletrackworld office roof. It was a “proper casey” though to be fair ⚽
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