Fresh Goods Friday 631: Not Just For Christmas Edition

This is the inntro… much like a usual intro except there’s no room for messiahs. What have the Four Wise Couriers brought for us this week? Certainl …

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Fresh Goods Friday 631: Not Just For Christmas Edition

I guess since no one else has yet I should ask “How MUCH?” I’m not entirely sure what about though, I mean £3333 sounds like a lot of money for a frame without shock, at least it does until I get home and look at my smart meter tk see how much it cost to prevent my empty house developing ice on the inside of the windows whilst I was at work. Then that sounds like an awful lot of bike frame for the price of cooking a slice of toast.

That said being a Yorkshireman I don’t really need it to be about anything particular.

What is the volume on the near pointless tiny bottle on the six grand ebike?

475ml – so not quite as useless as it looks

Bikes really do have saddles on silly rail positions these days.

A little bit of me dies every time I see one.

I guess that’s what happens when folks start to look at [reach] numbers in isolation and ignore things like the top tube being way too long to actually be comfy to ride. My legs hurt just thinking of pedaling that for a few hours (ebike helps I guess).

I can see the “point” on dh/Park bikes where you don’t need to actually ride the bike along or up for any length of time, I can see it if you’re racing Enduro where the time down a hill is more important than your comfort up it so long as it doesn’t ruin you but you even see it on normal all day sorry trail and “down county” bikes too.

That being said, what do I know, I’ve jammed the saddle as far back on the rails as I can for ever. 🤷🏻

Thanks to Hannah and the team for the link to the ortlieb bike packing bag competition. I won’t add the link as I’m sure you’ll all get fed up of it. Please check it out though

And for once the answer to “how much??!!” Is only £5 to win £200+ worth of kit

What is the volume on the near pointless tiny bottle on the six grand ebike?

It doesn’t matter, you wont get thirsty with the engine doing the work 🙂

 

 

That hope reindeer looks fab

That hope reindeer looks fab

Pfft not even purple anodised let alone oil slick.

Ross needs an EXT Storia on that Claymore

Is the reindeer similar to their bottom bracket tools in that they look harmless but have razor sharp edges?

What a lovely dog Archie is

The plague of comedy seat positions at STW towers is due to an incorrect interface between the machines to be tested and the testers. Big bikes medium to small sized testers.
But they do look gopping, the silly seat positions not the testers. Phew that was close.

Hope Reindeer?? its a Stag not a reindeer.

Ebikes are starting to look much better … or are my eyes adjusting to the hideousness? The YT is rather tasty though.
Not sure why I’m seeing that Switch Byke rubbish on my favourite mountain bike site though… but hey ho.

Ebikes are starting to look much better

The Decoy hasn’t really changed since it was released in 2019.

Er, @Speshpaul, I’m 185cm tall.

I just like to be as far forward as possible when seated. Steep (effective) seat angles FTW! 🙂

Steep (effective) seat angles FTW! 🙂

Is it steep, vertical or actually over 90 at this point?

I mean, whatever floats your boat but it does look like the nose is in front of the bottom bracket!

@dangeourbrain the nose may well be, I sit on the wide bit at the back 🙂

Chris and Cosey, October (Love song), haven’t heard that in years / decades, superb, excellent and superb again!

Chris and Cosey! Next up PTV or Factrix?

Never mine all the bike related ballyx.

What we need is more Archie 😍😍😍