Fresh Goods Friday 692 – The Al Fresco Edition

For this week’s Fresh Goods Friday we have escaped our mountain-top hideaway atop the shrouded misty slopes of TodMorDen and headed on over to… Stockport.

That’s right, we’ve been for a daytrip to Farmer John’s Bike Park on the edge of the Peak District. And what a fine, splattery time we had. We dare say you’ll be avle to read all about it in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

In the meantime, here’s the Fresh Goods that you’ve all come for!

NSFW.

Zefal Gizmo, Doowah and Z Sealant

Price: €9.95 Gizmo, €5.00 Doowah, €9.95 Z Sealant
From: Zefal

The Gizmo: presumably named after the main hero in Gremlins (and Gremlins 2), the Gizmo is a universal adapter that allows you to attach a bottle cage to various places on your bike. Supplied with adjustable clamps and an integrated soft strap for stable mounting without risk to yer paintwork.

The Doowah: Zefal describe these as “pant-ties” which, if nothing else, makes you re-read the description. Adjustable reflective hook-and-loop straps for keeping your civvy trollies out of the way of your oily drivetrain.

Z Sealant: Another tyre sealant option. This one is pink. The latex-based-formula claims to deal with punctures up to 3mm.

Fresh Goods Friday 692: The Motion Picture

Thank you Farmer John!

Zefal Z Bar Plugs

Price: €29.95
From: Zefal

A tubeless tyre repair kit that sits inside your handlebar. The first part has a needle tool and three 4mm thick tyre plugs. The other part has a knife with three 2mm tyre plugs. You don’t need any tools to attach it to the handlebars; you just turn the aluminium bar end plug with your fingers to snug/loosen.

Zefal Bike Taxi

Price: €49.95
From: Zefal

We assume this BIke Taxi is a licence version of the Kommit Zugsystem tow-along. It not exactly the same in terms of the case shape etc but the fundamental design is the same. Which is no bad thing, I [Benji] really rate the Kommit Zugsystem for giving younglings a helping hand up hills when required. Essentially it’s a saddle-mounted auto-adjusting/retracting length of cord that simply hooks over the child’s stem (it rests between the upper and lower stem bolts).

Zefal Vintage Bottle Cage

Price: €19.95
From: Zefal

Chromed steel with “vegetable leather cover”, apparently. “Our Vintage bottle-cage is a memory of Zéfal history. Timeless, it’s ideal for old bikes or today’s fixies.” In the absence of either of those, we dare say you can mount it on MY2024 carbon fibre full-suspension mixed wheel e-bike also.

Zefal Deflector FM30

Price: €16.95
From: Zefal

Fitted using trad zip-ties but also in the pack is a bundle of hollow soft cover ‘straws’ for the zip-ties to pass through; for improved stability and protection of your fork paintwork. Also comes with sticker packs for jazzing up the central section if you feel it. Initial testing suggests that this is a very planted ‘guard indeed. Nice one.

Zefal Profil Max FP65 Z-Turn

Price: €74.95
From: Zefal

Old world meets new world; wood ‘andle, digikal display. The Z-Turn adapter on the end of the hose offers “screw-on intuitive connection” and works with Presta and Schrader valves. Handle made from wood sourced in France from sustainable forests, which is nice. “The Profil Max FP65 floor pump is a high-quality product manufactured at our factory in France. The handle is made from wood and the body from anodised aluminium. The hi-tech base is reinforced using fibres ensuring that the vibrations or high temperatures created during inflation are absorbed.”

Zefal Pulse Z2 & Sense Pro 50 Set and Pulse L2

Price: €19.95
From: Zefal

Pulse Z2: Reversible bottle cage and 500ml bottle combo, designed for full-suspension mountain bikes with modest bottle space. hat doesn’t have enough room for a bottle cage? Cage can be run as leftie or rightie flavoured. The bottle features the Pro-Cap double closure system, making it impressively watertight.

Pulse L2: Zefal’s light weight cage. 18g. Carbon fibre. Adapts to different bottle diameters from 72 to 76 mm. 7075T6 alloy screws.

Renthal Revo-F Flat Pedal

Price: £154.95
From: Renthal

These were finalyl revealed yesterday. We’ve had a pair on test for a few weeks. You can read our Renthal Revo-F Flat Pedal review here if you missed it. You’re welcome!

Lazer Finch Kineticore Helmet

Price: £49.99
From: Freewheel

The Finch KinetiCore is a kids helmet that looks a whole lot like a proper adult lid. The Lazer TurnSys turn-dial system.
Recesses in helmet shape removes the pressure on inside of head caused by sunglasses. “Effortless straps”: Less material used, lower weight, less plastic. Enjoy a comfortable fit with the antibacterial and recycled stitched straps, featuring Polygiene Biostatic StayFresh technology. 330g. Unisize, 50-56cm. Rated 5/5 stars by the world’s favourite white-coated helmet-smashers Virginia Tech.

Wolf Tooth Remote Pro Dropper Lever

Price: £80.00
From: Saddleback

Lately we’ve encountered a few test bikes with OEM droppers that have genuinely left us with aching thumbs after riding. Yeah, we know. Diddums. So it’s some convenient bit of timing from Wolf Tooth to come out with their new high-end remote. The Remote Pro can rotate 48°, independently of cable tension. The lever features an oval-shaped cable pulley, which offers greater leverage at the start of the lever throw. Machined in Minnesota, USA, with a premium sealed cartridge bearing and a light Delrin axle. Weight: 48.5g (love the 0.5g there). Compatible with all cable-actuated dropper posts.

The New Look Singletrack World Magazine!

Price: £10.00
From: The Singletrack World Shop

As featured last week yes but we’re still extremely stoked about it, the new format Singletrack mag is here! What’s new about it? New shape. Thicker. Heavier. More colour depth. Vertically stiff and laterally compliant new cover.

Hamish (and some frame or other)

Price: N/A (Stif Squatch V1.1 frame £749)
From: Stif MTB

The Squatch V1.1. Although the revisions do arguably add up to “is now UDH”, it took more tube wrangling and metal casting than you may think! Also, to go with the new design there are new colours: Fruit Salad, Black Jack and Glacier Mint. Quick Facts: 80mm BB Drop, 64° head angle paired with a short, stout fork, 78° seat tube angle, 430mm Chainstays with 12 Bore Bridge, bespoke investment cast dropout for SRAM UDH systems, triple butted and custom rolled 4130 steel tubeset.

Hamish is not for sale, currently.

Thread Of The Week

Congratulations (and heartfelt commiserations) this week go to Rich_s for this thread. Good luck squadron leader…

The winning TOTW in FGF gets a prize. So @Rich_s please email editorial@singletrackworld.com for your random prize (it will probably be a Singletrack Forum Bottle Opener). Don’t forget to include your postal address, as it really speeds up delivery logistics like. K thx bye!

Yep, more Key & Peele. ‘Cos.

What is Fresh Goods Friday?

It’s Singletrack’s long running, weekly roundup of all of the new products that have been sent in to the magazine.

Where do all of the goods come from?

They’re sent in by bike companies and marketing agencies

What happens to all of the products?

They’re featured and then some are reviewed down the line in either Singletrack Magazine or in online reviews and photoshoots.

What happens to them when you’ve finished with them?

They’re usually sent back after review, or kept on long-term test bikes. But no one ever asks for shorts and shoes back. Trust us on that. Once we were asked to return some brake pads.

I’m a company making the next big thing. How much does it cost to feature in FGF?

Nothing. Nil. Zero. Diddlysquat. Sod all. Just send all ‘next big things’ to us at – Fresh Goods Friday, Singletrack Magazine, Lockside Mill, Dale Street, Todmorden. OL14 5PX. Please note that if you require the products back after they have featured then you are responsible for arranging collection at your cost. While it is our policy to feature everything we receive in FGF if we decide your product is not suitable for publication we won’t do it. Publication is at our discretion. Whether a product goes on for publication as a review is at editorial discretion. Beer, coffee & spirits will ALWAYS be tested.

Hannah Dobson

Managing Editor

I came to Singletrack having decided there must be more to life than meetings. I like all bikes, but especially unusual ones. More than bikes, I like what bikes do. I think that they link people and places; that cycling creates a connection between us and our environment; bikes create communities; deliver freedom; bring joy; and improve fitness. They're environmentally friendly and create friendly environments. I try to write about all these things in the hope that others might discover the joy of bikes too.