Heads up! The clocks change this weekend. Yesss! Bring on the post-work golden hour dusky rides.
Before that glorious time, take a moment or two to enjoy this week’s Fresh Goods…
Crankbrothers Guardian Universal Handguard Kit
- Price: £49.99
- From: Extra UK
Is there any other MTB product that provokes quite as much apoplectic ridiocule as handguards? Not that I [Benji] mind. I am used to abuse. And when the handguards in question are fitted to a lavender ebike with pink wheels, teal brake calipers and an Aenomaly SwitchGrade saddle-angle-adjuster, it’s just another part of the test mess. And I am a user of handguards. Not for protecting against trees etc so much as protecting against overgrown trails, brambles, ferns etc. I previously used Revgrips Handguards but these new Guardians from Crankbrothers look to be a good option. Quick release (for swappig between bikes), laterally and vertically adjustable, stiff but bendy, wide ‘n’ deep enough to do the job. And not £80.00.
SRAM Motive Ultimate Expert Kit
- Price: £585.00 for kit (F&R brakes & 2×180 rotors & 2x160mm rotors & bleed kit & 2xspare pads)
- From: ZyroFisher
SRAM released its new Motive brake range yersterday. Mineral oil. All 4-pot. No more Codes. No more Levels. You can read all about them in our SRAM Motive Ultimate brake review.
SRAM Eagle 90 Mechanical Transmission
- Price: £655.00 (rear mech, shifter, crankset, chainring w/ guards, chain, cassette)
- From: ZyroFisher
And here’s the other thing that SRAM launched yesterday: SRAM Eagle 90 Mechanical Transmission. Features the same full-mount clamp as the electronic Transmission and so on but is actuated by metal strings. Read our SRAM Eagle 90 Mechanical Transmission review if you want to know a bit more.
Rab Men’s Cinder Windveil Biking Vest
- Price: £70.00
- From: Rab UK
It is gilet season. Here’s Rab’s cycling entry. “Body mapped fabric positioning to help regulate heat and sweat, while engineered air permeable fabric provides wind resistance.” Okay then. What else? Full length zip, semi-elasticated armholes, soft mesh lined collar, mesh-lined lumbar pocket, dropped rear hem with branded silicone gripper, single-sided hem cincher.
Rab Men’s Cinder Downpour Light Waterproof Biking Pants
- Price: £145.00
- From: Rab UK
When is it not waterproof season? These are over-trousers with a view to possibly putting on or removing during a ride, as opposed to full-on waterproof kecks to wear from start to finish. Made from 2.5-layer Proflex (no relation) fabric. Arse reinforcement on centre seat and crotch. Offset inseam to reduce saddle wear. Partly elasticated waistband with internal drawcord. ¾ YKK AquaGuard side zips for easier on and off. Calf and lower hem hook and loop tabs for tapering the fit down there.
Water-To-Go Eco 75cl Active Bottle
- Price: £37.99
- From: Water To Go
One of those filter as you go bottles. Filter technology claims “to eliminates up to 99.9999% of microbiological contaminants, such as bacteria, protozoa and even viruses which most filters cannot deal with.” The filter also takes out harmful chemicals and heavy metals, dude. Each filter lasts for 200 Litres. Spout cover. Weighs 138g. Fits bike cages.
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Forum Thread Of The Week
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Stale Goods Friday – 2016 Cannondale Fat CAAD 1
- Price: £2,599.99
- From: Fresh Goods Friday 282
We wrote at the time: “What’s this? A fat bike? Why yes, my young padawan, but it’s a fatbike with a difference, oh goodness me yes! First up, it has a narrow Q factor (the distance between the pedals) compared to other fatties. A 1x transmission, of course.There’s plenty of clearance, even with those whopping tyres.The Olaf lefty fork with 100mm of travel also boasts a high offset of 60mm which aims to mprove handling above and beyond merely making the head angle steep (this one is 69 degrees).”
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Click through for Garmin (if it is meant to be embedded?) isn’t working.
Love the proflex reference, probably over the head of the youth of today
Is it just me (short and squat) or is Rab kit not made for short and squat people? Its always a touch too slim or long. Those trousers look great, alas, no short leg length option not that I’m in the market right now.
Ordered some of those handguards yesterday but splashed an extra tenner of the version that replaces your grip lockring (most of my grips are Deity but they are compatible with a good number). Hopefully I’ll have them on a bike in time for prime overgrown trail season and hopefully no more bramble stabbed fingers
Question for the powers, why don’t I see this FGF as a thread in the forum overview? I almost missed it
Suggestion for the powers, I’d like to see a video review of the water-to-go bottle where the reviewer pops outside and fills the bottle from the canal then downs the lot in one.
Handguards have been a revelation for me over the last few months – I got the Sendhit Nock V2s. The area I ride in is covered in Gorse and brambles, and I get infected knuckles from the gorse spikes every year, even with thick gloves.
Strangely, not a single person has made a negative comment on them – maybe cos they’re on a Stooge, which is already weird looking 😆