Fresh Goods Friday 667 – The Holey Decking Edition

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Fresh Goods Friday 667 – The Holey Decking Edition

If that tyre insert is open cell foam, does it not soak up a lot of sealant?

This

The foam is made of open cells which can retain their own air pressure and releases the air held within the foam cells once the tyre starts to lose air

Makes no sense to me, maybe something lost in translation?

From the Vittoria website: “The foam is made of open cells . . . and it is covered with a tough waterproof skin which prevents cuts and any absorption of sealant”.

Hmm, sounds like BS to me then.

don’t see it being as cheap as this dirt bag
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/frakta-carrier-bag-large-blue-17228340/

Waterproof to IP-67 rating (“dust and brief immersion in water”).

Is this enough for day to day mtb use? My bikes have been in enough streams and ‘immersive’ rain that I wonder.

Surprised there’s this many comments with no correction of ‘Northumbria’ to Northumberland

@Stevie750 – combine it with one of these and you have a sturdy bag that helps separate kit/helmet from shoes.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/droena-box-black-30219281/

IP-67 –

First digit: 6 – Dust Tight

Second digit: 7 – Protection against immersion (up to 1 metre for 30 minutes)

Which is one up from “Protection against heavy seas, or powerful jets of water” and one less than “Protection against complete, continuous submersion in water”

Surprised there’s this many comments with no correction of ‘Northumbria’ to Northumberland

Why would there be? Northumberland is in Northumbria so if they’re going to Northumberland they must also be going to Northumbria – unless they started there obviously.

The Vyron MDS V.3 dispenses with a rechargeable battery, instead there’s a CR2 lithium battery

That seems a very odd decision – so now both shifter and post use single use batteries that will frequently end up in landfill. Neither of those sizes are (AFAIK) available in NiMh or Li-ion rechargeable versions either.

Seems a step backward and would put me off owning (CR2’s aren’t something you’d find in a corner shop or up a mountain either)

CR2 batteries. £10 for a pack of 2 at Argos.  Or £8 from Bezosazon.

As seen in many cameras.

(Lithium rechargeable ones are available- just not in Wilko’s or B+M, so you have to Internet shop around)