Fresh Goods Friday 704 – The Nadir E Me Edition

Welcome to episode 704 of the Freshies, as nobody calls them. Benji is all waffled out, so you can have an opening rant from Hannah instead:

I have builders. I don’t mean I have builders in doing work on my house that is disruptive and messy and expensive but will ultimately end up benefitting me in the form of a nice new kitchen, or extra bathroom, or whatever. No. In fact, I have been doing epic amounts of solo DIY, which only serves to add insult to the injury of my current position. ‘I have builders’ should be read in the same sort of terms as ‘I have herpes’ or ‘I have nits’. These are neighbouring builders. On three sides, at one point this week. But the builders on one side in particular are of such disruptive disrespect that I would be reaching for the lawn sausages were it not for the fact that the reason for their presence is the large scale removal of all things green and replacing with patio. I have wondered if perhaps I could lay the patio myself, over the builders.

I have a builder/mountainbiker/friend coming soon to do some work that I cannot do. He could probably give up building and deliver builder education and etiquette programs. How Not To Disrespect Women – entry level skills. How Not To Make A Mess – advanced course. Appropriate Conversations For The Public Workplace – Intermediate Level. But I am tempted to get him to set his usual habits aside, in the name of revenge. With the lack of lawn, sausages aren’t an option, so what is the appropriate treatment for acres of hard surfacing?

Cairn BRAVe 2.0 Flat Bar

• Price: £2,359
• From: Cairn Cycles

Can anyone tell us what they’d use this bike for? There is no wrong answer by the way. Hannah wrote a Cairn BRAVe review a few years ago but that was the dropbar version. Those of you with functioning eyes will notice that this is the flat bar version. Hannah will be reviewing this version an’ all. Same frame. Different motor (Shimano EP6 Cargo instead of the previous E7000). 630Wh battery. Same tyres (Maxxis Rekon Race 29×2.35in Tanwall). Loads of bosses for hydration and luggage. To my [Benji] mind it looks like an e-gravel bike that’s realised that dropbars are a waste of time. Embrace the touring vibe. Possibly even the electric vicar vibe. Do what thou wilt (E-Leister Crowley?)

Fresh Goods Friday: D’Movie

Keep those vital questions coming in!

Giant Revolt 0

• Price: £1,799
• From: Giant

Holy aggregate Batman! Another gravel bike! This one doesn’t have a battery. Or a motor. It’ll be down to pure Amandapower to keep this sucker rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ (weren’t Limp Bizkit the nadir of… everything?). Aluminium frame. Composite fork. Higher front end, long reach, short stem, lower BB drop, dropped seatstays and you can swap out the D-profile D-Fuse seatpost to a regular round (thus potentially flexier) or one of those new fangled dropper posts. And blimey Charlie, there’s a flip chip on this bike! The chip on the dropout adjusts the wheelbase both for handling aspects and also the long setting allows for tyre volume up to 53mm.

Vittoria Corsa Pro 700x32c tyres (Amanda)

• Price: £89.99
• From: Freewheel

Er. Road tyres. Um… Over to you Vittoria: “Corsa PRO, feel what the pros feel. Vittoria launches Corsa PRO – the most advanced cotton road tyre ever made, delivering unmatched pro-level racing performance and riding feeling – winner of 22 stages and 12 one-day races at World Tour level since the start of the season, including Milan San Remo. Corsa PRO uses Vittoria latest developed graphene and silica compound, and a new electrical vulcanization process, allowing a seamless application of the tread to the casing. Protection Belt layer below tread surface to improved puncture resistance. Graphene + Silica compound. TSS (AKAK hookless) compatible for Tubeless-Ready 28mm width size up.”

OYL Mushroom Coffee

• Price: £39.00 (400g bag with V60 Dripper)
• From: Oyl

A forty quid bag of coffee with mushroom in it. Okay then… “OYL Mushroom Coffee is a blend of 100% specialty arabica coffee and medicinal mushroom extract … Organic Lion’s Mane, Reishi and Cordyceps mushrooms are blended with our best in class coffee to give you a beverage that will literally change your life.” You may remember that we featured this in a previous Fresh Goods Friday video.

KOM Stem Mount Bundle Set

• Price: £59.99
• From: Bob Elliot

A double-ender that goes up the front. GPS and Action Cameras a go go! Compatible with most four-bolt stems (M5 bolts, 35mm max face plate bolt width). Works with many Garmin and Wahoo computers thanks to the included interchangeable quick-release discs. 55.5g (or 69g with the quick release adapter).

Hiplok D1000 & DX1000 Locks

• Price: £249.99 (D1000) & £299.99 (DX1000)
• From: Hiplok

The world’s first portable anti-angle grinder bike D locks. Hiplok claims these lcoks can “withstand sustained angle-grinder attacks at least 20x longer than rival D-locks.” At 1.9kg, the D1000 is one of the lightest Sold Secure Diamond rated D locks. Square profile; needs two cuts to remove the lock. Graphene reinforced premium hardened steel shackle. Lifetime warranty. Three coded replaceable keys included.

Hiplok Original & Switch

• Price: £74.99 (Original) & £74.99 (Switch)
• From: Hiplok

The Original was the first product that Hiplok came out with. Hence the name Original. It’s a really, really heavy belt. That can also be used as a chunky chain (8mm premium hardened steel chain and 12mm premium hardened steel shackle) for locking up your bicycle. The Switch is Hiplok’s folding lock. Six steel bars link to provide up to 85cm locking length. Folds down to 190 x 42mm. Comes with a bracket that fits to standard bottle bosses. Also has a belt clip type thing for carrying it on your kecks/bag strap.

Socks

• Price: N/A
• From: The Sea Otter Classic

We just thought we’d feature these socks again for those folk who may have missed them in Hannah’s recent Sea Otter Classic coverage. You’re welcome.

A Real Winner

• Price: £5.00 per ticket
• From: The 502 Club Raffle

This is Gary. Gary is a lucky person. He was so lucky that he won the Cannondale Habit LT Carbon that was the prize in our first ever edition of The 502 Club Raffle. You too could be this lucky. We’re running another raffle as of yesterday, with the chance to win a Niner Jet 9 RDO worth £4599.00! Well now, what the blinking flip are you waiting for? Get a ticket got!

Care Package from The Megasack Winner

• Price: N/A
• From: The Megasack Winner

Who remembers The Megasack (“megasack…“) Countdown in the rup up to Christmas 2023? Here’s some liquid thanks that arrived from the person who won the whole Megasack (“megasack…“). This little happy hoppy bundle arrived quite a while ago actually but we kept forgetting to put it in Fresh Goods. Until now. Thanks for the thanks! You’re welcome.

Thread Of The Week

Congratulations this weeks go to Kramer for this thread right here:

The winning TOTW in FGF gets a prize. So @Kramer 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!

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