Spring arrived earlier this week, and what a treat it has been. How have you chosen to use all that extra daylight? I have spent it taking a longer way…
Fresh Goods Friday
FGF 579 – The Case of the Pie Case Mystery Edition
For the last few weeks, thanks to a blocked gutter, anyone venturing into Singletrack Towers had to make their way through a waterfall. Not so much a nice Timotei advert,…
Fresh Goods Friday 563 – Bank Holiday Treats
The sun is shining, the birds are tweeting, the bees are buzzing, and it’s the weekend! If you’ve failed to make plans for this summery treat of an August Bank…
Fresh Goods Friday 562 | The Raw Tubes and Rubber Edition
This week in Fresh Goods Friday we have cordless tools, beautiful German bikes, and limited edition rubber! Has the bike and component shortage finally come to an end? No, we…
Fresh Goods Friday 540 – The We’re Coming Up On 20 Edition!
Normally here it is customary to include some waffle and some wibble about whatever is happening in the world. But a) we’ve no idea what’s happening in the world because…
Fresh Goods Friday 539 – The Where’d Everybody Go? Edition
It’s a quiet old day in Singletrack (Virtual) Towers today as several staff are off on well-earned days off and the rest of us are head-down and working towards the…
Fresh Goods Friday 519 – The ‘Not Van Halen too?’ Edition
Hey! How’s it going? Sorry for the late appearance of Fresh Goods this week, we’ve had a busy old week and there’s a lot of stuff to get through. Grab…
Fresh Goods 514 – The Stand Inna Garden Edition
Yes, without wishing to gloat too much, us Calderdale residents are now afforded the luxury of being able to actually stand in someone else’s garden having previously been denied the…
Fresh Goods Friday 510 – Where’d They Go? Where’d Who Go?
We’ll start you off with five points if you got the ‘Top Gun’ reference. We actually know one bike journalist who would begin every single ride with the first ten…
Fresh Goods Friday 506 – The Shall We/Shan’t We? Mid-Lockdown Easing Edition
You can go to the pub. No you can’t. Not yet, but you will. You can queue at Primark. You can probably go camping. You can go to places, but…
FGF 505 – The Enjoy This Weekend. Nights Start Drawing In Soon Edition
Did everyone’s grandad always greet midsummer like this? Or just mine? Was it a celebration of a summer barely half-through? Or a lament at months wasted and a looming winter…
Fresh Goods Friday 503 | Shed, solar, sunflower, Suntour, Stash, saddle and spokes!
Fresh Goods Friday 503 is filled to the brim with new forks, cool Troy Lee Designs clothing, Hope bling, saddles, and even shed accessories. For a break with tradition, we…
Fresh Goods Friday 500! Happy Birthday To FGF!
It’s the five-hundredth Fresh Goods Friday! Wow! That means that it’s getting on for ten years of a weekly check of the things that have appeared in the office. Started…
FGF 494 – Newsflash: Today is Friday
Yes, we know that this may come as a shock but today is Friday. It is distinguishable from all the other days in that it comes before Saturday, which is…
Fresh Goods Friday 484 | Flashy bike, full-face, and spendy rims!
Another riveting episode of Fresh Goods Friday featuring spendy carbon bits, the latest head protection, and powerful new Shimano stoppers. This week’s episode stars the Orbea Occam M10, a beautiful…
Not-So Fresh Goods Friday | What Was Hot 10 Years Ago?
Since it’s the end of the decade, we were idly mulling over how things have changed in the last ten years. Dropper posts have got good, Instagram has gotten big,…
Fresh Goods Friday 460 – The Austin Powers ‘I’m spent!’ edition
Yes, yes, yes! It’s the end of a dramatic week of weather, of news, of new bike launches and of people being in and out of the office like yo-yos……
FGF 458 | Not Very Fresh, Quite Humid and Slightly Flaccid Goods Friday
We have been wondering what might be the worst job to have in a heatwave. We’re torn between the reprographics room in an office, or grill chef in a kitchen.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The office dog is better dressed than the lot of us! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 421
If you could design your own bike, what colour would you go for? Would you just choose your favourite colour, or would that mean you’re too matchy-matchy given that your…
A Yeti, 2 Bears, and a Giant Hannah: Fresh Goods Friday 409
How are you? Do you need a little therapy? Have you discovered that your planned spare room is going to be occupied for at least another year while its inhabitant…
Wide tyres, huge towels and a small bike with big wheels – Fresh Goods Friday 405
Not only are our fellow Union compatriots, the Scots, laughing at us because they can ride all the trails, they’re also a fair chunk into their school summer holidays and…
This ain’t no HTTP Error – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 404!
The humans are dead. Beep-boop-boop-beep We left their salt-preserved corpses behind in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Beep-beep-ba-beep-boop Their tiny brains could not handle the critical levels of stimulation from all of the…
Comfortable kit upgrades, many components and one VERY nice frame – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 402
Did you know that in Idaho there is a button you can press that induces pancakes? Instant, fresh, warm pancakes! Hannah has been over there checking out that button, so…
Thank Fork! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 401
Brace yourselves! After a brief suspension of service, summer is returning. Prepare for news coverage of lobster coloured people on beaches, children playing in fountains of questionable water quality, and…
A Threesome Of Bikes, Lots Of Pants, And A Couple Of Strap-Ons – Fresh Goods Friday 396
There is no introduction today because it’s *ping* too difficult *ping ping* to think straight when *ping* your Twitter feed has gone *ping* into overdrive because you *ping ping* innocently…
Fresh Threads, Fresh Springs, And Fresh Water – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 395
∗Ēξū⊕ϖ ℘ÛℵЊ βγ Ηē¢κ ιτ˜ς ƒℜî∂αψ Never fear, normal service has been resumed. The walls have dried, the IT hamsters are lying with their legs in the air and the servers are floating…
FGF 392: Sticky shoes from Giro, flat pedals from Shimano, and a weird expanding tubeless foam thingamabob
Good morning all, and welcome to the three hundred and ninety second edition of Fresh Goods Friday! I honestly have sweet FA time for anecdotes this morning, because this week…
Fresh Goods Friday 391 – Sexy Steel, Ingenious Inflators & A Brand New Commencal
Today my dear reader, I regret to inform you that Singletrack Towers is in mourning. We are sad and inconsolable for the loss of a dear friend, colleague and fellow…
A Robot bike, Basque carbon, and a Noah’s Ark worth of kit in Fresh Goods Friday 389
Look! Do you see that? Eh? What am I supposed to be looking at? It’s spring! Can’t you see it? Right there? It’s right there! And wowee, is it beautiful!…
Warm your cockles and melt that snow with the 386th Fresh Goods Friday!
SNOWMAGEDDON! BEAST FROM THE EAST! COLD WINTER CONDITIONS! Have you survived it? Are you currently huddled in your living room with your loved ones, circling around a fire on the…
What’s New In The Office This Week? Check out Fresh Goods Friday 382
Feeling adventurous? Venture in and see what new product is in today's Fresh Goods Friday!
KOALA FIGHT! And 9 Super Hot Products In Fresh Goods Friday 378
We're starting the New Year in style with a new bike, a special edition carbon frame, some wintery boots, and ALL OF THE THINGS
Fresh Goods Friday 377 – Your Final Chance To See Shiny Stuff In 2017
The final Fresh Goods Friday of the year still holds some surprises to keep you buzzing until 2018
Fresh Goods Friday 372
A rigid bike, a smooth fork and some knobbly tyres - it must be Fresh Goods Friday!
Fresh Goods Friday 368
We've got some fresh flat pedal shoe booties from Endura, even fresher flat pedal shoes from Pearl Izumi, and a boat-load of other sweet stuff. Get in!
Fresh Goods Friday 366
Happy P.O.E.T.S day! To celebrate, we have a sparkly bicycle, a moustache handlebar, new ODI grips, and Wil shows us how big his mouth is. Literally.
Fresh Goods Friday 365
Bodies are weary and eyes are bloodshot here at Singletrack Towers. But ignore the headaches - lets look at cool bike stuff instead!
Fresh Goods Friday 363
Fresher than Wil's sweaty sick bed, we've got new kicks, new carbon hoops, and a big ol' cassette in this week's Fresh Goods Friday haul
Fresh Goods Friday 361
Our team of smelly Eurobike partygoers may have returned with a new sodium-addiction, but they've also returned with a plethora of Fresh Goods
Fresh Goods Friday 359
M.A.X.I.N.G O.U.T - This is the new way to spell Fresh Goods Friday when there's no one in the office and we have all the goods to get through
Fresh Goods Friday 358
This week we have something complet...ah who are we kidding, it's awesome bike stuff again! Dive in for your weekly dose of Fresh Goods Friday!
Fresh Goods Friday 357
This week our Fresh Goods sack is bursting at the seams with glorious goodness, including our new work experience slave. Delve into the sack
Monday Morning Debrief 95
Cake, cars, camping and (bi)cycles. Which c-word best describes your weekend?
Fresh Goods Friday 356
It's Friday. Have a beer. And a new Canyon. And some high-tech tyres from Schwalbe. And some trick brakes. And loads of other mad stuff.