Fresh Goods Friday

Apparently this was a four day week. Could have fooled us; it's felt much longer than that.

Perhaps the globe's finest collection of new bike stuff to be delivered to a media house on the Lancashire-Yorkshire borderlands.

It’s that mid-Feb kind of time of year where Hannah’s off to the States to see her hubby, Benji’s off somewhere secret to see something secret, and Mark is trapped under a giant spreadsheet. So it falls to me (Chipps) to jet in via the…

The gravity race scene is almost back. Kind of. Not yer World Cup Downhills (remember those? sigh...) but today is Hardline Eve

Fancy a jump? Excuse me? Welcome to this week's tempting and dangerous collection of New Biking Stuff.

Good afternoon gang! Can you hear us at the back? Then we shall crack on with regaling y'all with the stuff that has arrived at Singletrack Towers this past seven days.

Welcome one and all to the latest - and some would say greatest - collection of New Bike Related & Bike Adjacent Items that we used to call 'Fresh Goods Friday'.

Well, you’ve done it. You’ve made it through the first proper working week of 2025. It was hellish wasn’t it? Let’s go and attempt* to ride our bicycles now, yes? *wear all of your layers and crash protection if a UK resident. Voodoo Canzo Following…

As the STW staff slowly begin to return to work (or WFH-ing) we’ve yet to sift through the many deliveries – and Sorry We Missed You cards – that have arrived at STW HQ this past week or so. Thankfully in times like these we…

In a break from the norm, there are no goods. That’s because Benji and I are both due to be on annual leave for the next week, which is actually the week preceding the day you’re reading this. With me so far? In fact, technically…

It may the most clock watching ‘working’ day of the whole year but we’ve still found time and inclination to bring you Fresh Goods Friday. Swinging the lead “was a nautical practice where a sailor would swing a lead to generate momentum for a cast,…

This week has seen us begin the annual onslaught of end-of-year looking backnesses. Kicking things off is our Editors’ Choice 2024 selections. Following on from this we’ll soon end the voting for the Reader Voted Singletrack Awards, so if you want to get your vote…

We may be deep into The MegaSack Period now but that won’t stop us from throwing out our regular round-up of new kit. Fresh Goods Friday is like Christmas every week; you don’t get quite what you wanted and it doesn’t feel as fun as…

Yes, it’s everyone’s very favourite day of the whole calendar year: Black Friday. And yes, we have an offer on (see below). But that’ll do. It’s undeniably a good day to purchase something that you genuinely need (or just want) so do that if you…

It’s that time of your mountain biking week again: Fresh Goods Friday! Let us all gather ’round the cyber hearth and sing digital songs of mirth and joy. How do you like your grips? DMR Deathgrip 2 grips The King is dead! Long live the…

Friday is the new Wednesday. Although Wednesday has always been the old Friday here at Singletrack. It’s complicated. Whatever you choose to have your hump day, good luck getting over it. We’re here to help with the Frinesday’s Fredsh Goods! Dig in… Privateer 161 Gen…

It doesn’t happen very often in the modern era, but this year there has been a bike released that will probably go down in history as one of the key game-changing bikes in off-road cycling. In case you hadn’t guessed, the bike in question is…

Alright, alright, everything’s going to be alright. That’s what the chaps from Walthamstow say anyway. And who are we to argue? This past week has seen Singletrackers in the desert and in the snow. All part of the rich pageantry of mountain biking. Next week…

No, it’s not called dampening. You can dampen something. You can damp something. But dampening is not a thing. Well, apart from a gerund or present participle verb. But it’s nowt to do with the restraining of vibratory motion. That’s quite enough from Dictionary Corner…

Hello there little buddies! Welcome to the end of the week. We hope the week hasn’t treated you too badly. And if it has, go for a bike ride. It can only help. The good ship HMS Singletrack World has been struck down by a…

Welcome one and all to this week’s Fresh Goods Friday, so much better than Old News Monday. This edition brings you full circle. All will be revealed. On with the show! Bontrager G-Spike Team Issue Tyre ‘Tis the season. The Season Of Spike. Mud spike…

We are a relatively broad church here at Singletrack World and this week’s Fresh Goods Friday is testament to such. Droppers ‘N’ strappers. Video ‘N’ rubber. Flatties ‘N’ sunnies. Let’s get it on! KS Lev Circuit Wireless Dropper Post We’ve been waiting a long time…

In case you missed the memo, it is now officially autumn. And yes, autumn does not get a capital letter. Even though it is every right-minded person’s favourite season. That’s just how it is. We don’t make the rules. We just enforce them. On with…

Good day to you all and welcome to this week’s edition of Fresh Goods Friday. The end is nigh. By ‘end’ we mean end of the year. Well, it’s not that nigh really. Unless you work in publishing or retail where, like us, you’re already…

Hello to each and every one you out there in Singletrackworldland! Well done for making it though yet another week on this planet we call Earth. To ease you into the weekend like a particularly graceful shoe horn, may we present unto you this week’s…

The end is nigh! The end of summer holiday season that is. The Good Ship HMS Singletrackworld is back with a full crew and sailing the seven seas of… er, cycling? HIdden* in this edition of Fresh Goods Friday is the name of the lucky…

Ooh, yes it’s Friday. Not lunchtime mind. We’re messing with you by getting this up early. Mostly because there’s no video this week, because I’m not going to sit and talk to myself. Not on camera anyway. Contrary to what the weather might suggest, summer…

Apparently it’s only a week ago that I was on holiday. Since my house is currently shaking thanks to neighbours having their front garden paved over, let us cast our minds back to more serene times. Unless you are currently on holiday, in which case…

Hello and welcome to this week’s Eff Jee Eff. The seven hundred and fifteenth edition no less. Come aboard the Good Ship HMS SingletrackWorld as we set sail for shiny stuff. We don’t have any music videos for you today because this week has seen…

Too Much Information. Can you ever have too much information? Almost certainly. In fact, TMI is pretty much The Modern World in a nutshell. We’re afraid we’re just going to go right on ahead and add to your information overload with this week’s Fresh Goods…

Welcome, welcome one and all (not you though) to the internet show your telly was made for: Fresh Goods Friday! Since last Thursday various teams who aren’t really used to winning, have been winning. Not that that includes us. Or you. We’ve always been winners.…

A new dawn, a new day, a new batch of bike bits for you to spoil your ballots over. Yes, there’s been a general election but we all know that Chief Lizard Charles is still the real power pulling the strings, don’t we? Don’t we?…

This week we have mostly been casting our collective mind back to stuff we no longer have to do.

No time for a lengthy waffle intro this week. The sun is OUT and the trails are a-calling! Busy yourself with this week's Fresh Goods and then get back to plotting your ride...

This Sunday evening will be a good time to head out. The Euro kickball sportive begins today and Sunday is Engerland's opening lap.

Hello and welcome to this week's rundown of shiny bikes and shinier bike stuff. Having said that, most of this has a matt finish.

Despite there only being 4 days left of this holiday week for things to go wrong in, it’s been a slightly tricky week here at Singletrack Towers. Zoe had a couple of days off doing wedding anniversary and half term type things, and without her…

Good day to you. We trust this Friday finds you well and that you are suitably pre-amped for the weekend. Not pre-amped in the vinyl hipster stylee. That would lead to a low buzz that would interfere with your tweeter response. And NO ONE wants…

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.