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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Reyt Good Bikepacking: Rider Kit Lists

Some of you who enjoyed our A Reyt Good Time Bikepacking in the Dales article will no doubt want to know what sort of kit the riders used.

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Details of the new Bird Aeris 9

The new Bird Aeris 9 claims to be the best value gravity-focussed bike on the market. Have a look and let us know what you think.

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Fresh Goods Friday 423 – The Dark At Four Edition

Welcome to the ‘Dark at 4pm, deadline week, Chipps is back and we’re ignoring him’ winter Fresh Goods Friday special! Yep, there’s no getting away from it that we’re fully...

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Fresh Forks Friday 495 | 4 new bouncy forks in time for Spring!

Hey, listen up! We know we had to remind you last week when it got to Friday, but now it’s Friday again and you should know that it’s Friday, because...

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Fresh Goods Friday 495

Buyers Guide to the Best Mountain Bike Chain Lubes

This guide is going to be very much based in The Real World. We’re going to be offering advice for people who don’t really like to wrench. There\'s more to…

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Bike Check: Benji’s Stif Squatch

I got the Stif Squatch frame in to act as a testbed for the sort of stuff that wouldn’t quite suit my other longer-travel full-sus testbed. There\'s more to this…

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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.

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Fresh Goods Friday 429 specialized stumpjumper 29er

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...

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leatt goggles

Issue 146: In Praise of Petrichor

Mountain biking smells aren’t just of damp shoes and disappointment. There’s joy to be found in the company of a good trail nose. Words by Chipps, photography by Mark Do…

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Bike Connection Winter 2020: Day 1 Round-Up

The trails are dusty, the sky is blue, the quarantine area for Coronavirus is expanding, and Amanda has been finding out what’s up and coming from a small selection of...

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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...

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Predictions For The Mountain Bike World In 2023

Every year we make our predictions for the world of mountain biking. Some take it seriously, some less so… Last year Mark predicted that the influencer bubble would burst… does…

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Back From The Dead: Holiday Club

Dieter is a mechanic who will always fix things if he can. With his spare parts bin and Dremel, he’ll breathe life back into almost any bike. Join us for…

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Dieter Back From The Dead

New Rider – Battery Included (Three Months In…)  

Gareth wrote about his tentative steps from road rider to mountain biker. Three months later, how is he getting on? From Holcombe Hill A Cycle Scheme I am a fortunate…

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International Adventure: Atmospheric Andes

Amanda heads to the other hemisphere for some good vegetables and vitamin D* *Dust Words Amanda Photography Etienne Schoeman We haven’t even begun the descent to Santiago Airport when I…

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FGF 492 – Moving Heaven And Earth For You

It’s been an interesting week, again. It’s taken a little more effort than usual to keep things ticking along. We’ve sent the next issue of the magazine off to the...

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Win A Bike, Help Someone Else Ride a Long Way

If you thought owning a bike from Bespoked would never happen to you, here’s a chance to think again. Thanks to this prize draw, you might just be lucky enough...

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Fresh Goods Friday 424 – Christmas Comes Early To Singletrack Towers!

We’re feeling quite festive at Singletrack Towers especially since we’ve unpacked this week’s Fresh Goods! The Pole alone has us all extremely jealous of Barney (who will be testing the...

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A deep dive into Industry Nine wheels

We take a look at Industry Nine and their legendary, US-made, high-engagement wheels. Carbon or alloy rims, 24 to 32 spokes, 25 to 31.5mm internal rim widths, all of the…

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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...

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Starting at the Deep End – Part 1

What happens when you take a lapsed mountain biker who hasn’t ridden for a very long time and take him out on an old school classic ride? Words and pictures...

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Chill out everyone, Fresh Goods Friday 420 is here

50% of the editorial team are on holiday. Only 50% of that 50% are enjoying themselves… Meanwhile in the office, there’s an abundance of fancy coffee and a carrot cake...

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Lauf Elja is a 120mm single-pivot (without a Lauf fork)

Say hello to the new Lauf Elja. A full-suspension mountain bike from the brand you may know from the Lauf Seigla gravel bike and leaf-spring Lauf Grit forks. Lauf Elja...

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New SRAM Eagle AXS Lever Shape For Riders Less Keen On The Future

SRAM’s AXS Eagle wireless shifting system has gone down very well since its launch just over 18 months ago. For those riders who got the 1×12 wireless shifter and mech...

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Meet the Singletrack Big Hitters

This article is from Issue 136 of Singletrack World. Hannah crosses the paper/internet boundary to unearth some of the truth behind a few of the Singletrack Forum personas we know…

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Isaac Orloff birthday cover

NBD: Cane Creek Electric Wings, Marin Alpine Trail Es, Bosch x Tektro ABS…

... Liv Intrigue X, SRAM Stealth brakes, BikeYoke Revive 272 dropper and Canyon Exceed. They\'re are here in this week\'s collection of Most Interesting Stuff Launched Since Last Week.

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Two Bikes, Many Clothes and A Pair of Juicy Nipples – Fresh Goods Friday 426

The Fresh Goods Friday you’re about to see, Was written by journos, numbering three. They’re OK at bikes, and photography But their poetry sucks. You can blame Barney For setting...

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Back From The Dead: A Custom Toolbox For Every Eventuality

Be still your beating hearts, because for this edition of Back From The Dead, Dieter is giving you an in depth look at his tools. Oh yes. Here we go…

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Issue 154 UK Adventure: Chariots of Rust

Adam goes on a tour to help restore his heart and mind – and pull apart his bike. Words by Adam Boggon Subsequent to the sudden death of a childhood…

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