Fresh Goods Friday 664 – World Champing At The Bit Edition

While we all wait for the World Championship racing to kick-off up in Fort William, let’s take a few moments to enjoy FGF!

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Fresh Goods Friday 664 – World Champing At The Bit Edition

Don’t y’all be trying any Bladerunner-style “enhance” software to try and work out what this bike is!

Looks like a Session.

Far better Enhance video mash up:

Sympathise with Hannah’s husband. Took my Campy Ekar – equipped gravel bike on overseas trip by plane. Opened bike bag to find the little thumb gear lever in the bottom of the bag, sheared off the rest of the brake/shifter assembly. Result: £300 bill as Campy will only sell you the complete shifter and caliper. For what must be a 50p part…..

Aeroe

rack and cradles look very nice,

but their drybags are very expensive – could just go Ortlieb for less than 1/2 the cost, or for even less and get bag with loops to run straps through from Alpkit:

https://alpkit.com/products/airlok-xtra-8-litre?variant=31070852382825

Thank you for using the correct term “champing”, thank you, thank you, thank you.

That Trek looks great, try harder with the pixels next time!

Rack looks pretty cool too.

Another good reason to Never ever buy Campag.  (They’re up there with Rapha for piiish-takingly-expensive + sod all help when (when, not if) it goes wrong.