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.

FGF 457 | Yo Ho Ho and A Bottle Of Rum!

It’s raining outside, after a week of lovely weather. Which must mean: the English school summer holidays start today! Yes, today children across the bottom half of the UK quit...

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Fresh Goods Friday 456 | The Lonely Edition

We battle through the lonely desert that is Singletrack Towers to bring you this week’s Fresh Goods Friday. Stepping carefully over the body of Jess the dog – still alive,...

FGF 455 | The ‘It’s Bike Show Season’ Edition of Fresh Goods!

Prepare yourself. Get some popcorn and a brew, because you’re in for a long one. Hannah has been to visit her boyfriend Impact Sun Valley in Idaho, Amanda has been...

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Fresh Goods Friday 454: Purple Rain, a Big Bird and a 1960’s Schwinn!

Fresh Goods Friday is come around already this week packed with the latest purple kit from Nukeproof a retro Schwinn a new Bird and more. We knew that if we...

Fresh Goods Friday 453 – At Least We Have Eccles Cakes Edition

Could that be summer, peeking its little sunny head round the corner? Or is it just the glint of our tears as we stare out at another day of foiled...

Fresh Goods Friday 452: The ‘Wil is Going Home’ Edition

We are sad to announce that the time has finally come to bid farewell to Wil. He washed up on Gaddings beach back in 2016 when his packraft got a...

Fresh Goods Friday 451: The Black, Red and Orange Edition

This week has brought us mixed weather and mixed emotions. We’re very happy to have Wil back in the office! Yet we’re very sad to report that he is walking...

Fresh Goods Friday 450: ‘I Thought We’d Be Enjoying Summer By Now’

Remember those school summer holidays where you looked out the window at the rain hammering down and wished it would stop so that you could go out and play on...

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Fresh Forking Goods 449: Meet the RockShox Ultimate family, and have fun in the sun

The long weekend approaches and naturally our minds turn to fancy new RockShox forks, comfy saddles, fresh threads, and suncream. Oh, and pickles…  Fabric Scoop Shallow Race Ti Price: £69.99...

Fresh Goods Friday 448 | The If Only It Had A Freezer In It Edition

Move along. There’s nothing to be read here. And if there was one of us would probably misunderstand the other’s intention and we’d all end up hacked off with each...

Is It Summer Yet? No? Then Enjoy Fresh Goods Friday 447 Instead!

Oh, woe is us! The sky is falling down! Well, wet bits of the sky are falling. The woodburners of the forum have been lit again and Jess the dog...

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Fresh Goods Friday 446 | The Products They Came In Two By Two, Hurrah! Hurrah!

Heellllooooo May! Are we pleased to see you! The traditional month for warm sunshine, terrible hayfever, and exam revision. We love you, May. So much promise. So often delivers. We’re...

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Fresh Goods Friday 445: Monkey Sauce, Giant, Rubber and Strap-On… Wheels

What a mixture of product. Some direct from Sea Otter, some from a monkey milking farm in France, and items not even in the office but in a far off...

Women’s Wear, Cranks Worth More Than Your Bike & a DOG | FGF 444

There are several reasons behind the number 444 being spiritual (yes, I’m going there…). You are on the path of awakening – are you new to mountain biking? If so,...

FGF 443 | Alcopops, bottle cages & body armour – the perfect Fresh Goods Friday combo!

Well our work experience lad has left, not taking up our offer of an extra week having realised that we really don’t ride bikes very often. So normal service has...

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Fresh Goods Friday 442 | Tyres, flat shoes and bikepacking goodies

We’ve handed over control of Fresh Goods Friday 442 to Young James, our work experience stooge for the week… Hi, I’ve been on work experience this week with Singletrack, I’ve...

More multi-tools than bikes! Plus a trail toad | Fresh Goods Friday 441

There are various things that can slow you down on natural trials. A dog you need to pet, walkers, rearranged rocks, a fallen tree… Well here in Calderdale we have...

FGF 440 – The Magazine Is At The Printers, We’re Hungover Edition. With Added SRAM AXS!

Yep, the magazine is safely off to our printers, Warners in Bourne, Lincolnshire. And, so it seemed only logical that a couple of evening beers were consumed. Perhaps that after-midnight...

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FGF 439 | Where Have All The Good Words Gone? At Least We Have The Goods. It’s Fresh Goods Friday 439!

Where is Barney when you need him? We need words of wonder and wibble to kick this thing off here, and if you’re looking in ST Towers for them, you’re...

FGF 438: The Elbows Out And Lean In Edition of Fresh Goods Friday

What a week. Totally Mega. Chipps was away at something secret. At least he says he was. Being at something secret would be good cover for just lounging around in...

FGF 437 | Protection, Lubricant, And A Nasty Itch – It’s Fresh Goods Friday

Last week somebody got me some snacks. I don’t really question the ingredients of anything I eat, despite my strict dietary requirements, so I wolfed them down without a care...

A Beautiful Mason, Several Gurns, A New Frame – And The World’s Smallest Samurai Sword… It’s Fresh Goods Friday 436!

No sooner had Chipps returned from his most recent endless holiday, but it seemed that everyone else took that as a cue to take time off for half term (or...

A £1000 titanium crank, a £6000 bike and a £2000 car! Fresh Goods Friday 435

What a jam-packed episode of Fresh Goods we have for you this week! Below we have 17 of the freshest, ripest and ready to consume goods available from the bike...

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Fresh Goods Friday 434 – The Ross Isn’t Our Friend Edition

Chipps is still on holiday, none of the rest of ST Towers cares. Except maybe Amanda, who is falling out of love with Jess The Love Croissant Very Naughty Dog. Techno...

Tyre Guillotines, An E-Backpack and No Snow References – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 433

And just like that, January is over and Chipps is on holiday again. The past week has seen most of the Singletrack team struck down with some sort of illness...

Fresh Goods Friday 432 – The ‘Was That Winter?’ Edition

Arriving a little later in the day than usual, it’s Fresh Goods Friday. But fear not, the goods are still fresh. And our fingers are burning, after such frantic typing...

With Extra Bundles Of Joy – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 431

There are nerves in the office. A substantial number of staff are all on holiday. But it’s not the extra workload that’s worrying us – it’s the wellbeing of our...

Fresh Goods Friday 430 – The Mid January Thoughts Edition

Dry January. Veganuary. Januhairy. Dogs are for life and not just for Christmas, but lifestyle choices are seemingly only for January. Or possibly just the first fortnight of January. Apart...

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The Post Is Back To Normal And We’ve Got a Bunch Of Parcels! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 429

It\'s the first Fresh Goods Friday of 2019 and our hangovers have subsided enough that we are comfortable looking at screens once more.

Good Bye 2018, Hello Fresh Goods Friday 428

Here we go here we go here we go, it’s the last Fresh Goods Friday of 2018. A year that started with Wil freezing his toes off in our studio...