by Ben Haworth and Amanda Wishart 4 hours ago 8

Did someone say 606? Remember the Roland TR-606 drum machine? You don’t but you do. Used in loads of nafftastic 90s/00’s moanrock but also used wisely by other genres. 303, 909, 606… which is your favourite device?

Enough with the repetitive beats, on with the repetitive bikes! Here’s your Fresh Goods for this week…

A very mountain bike [sic} to kick things off. 140mm rear travel. 150mm fork. 29in wheels front and back. Full T800 carbon front and rear triangles. Flippy-chippy. RockShox Lyrik Select fork, Deluxe Select+ RT shock, Shimano SLX 12 speed drivetrain and disc brakes, Nukeproof Neutron V2 wheelset with tape applied, Maxxis Assegai and Dissector tyres.

65° head angle. 77.5° seat angle. 478mm reach (Large). 440mm chainstays. 242mm dropper insertion depth (Large). 35mm BB drop.

How much?! Beat you to it. But I (Amanda) cannot fault this pack. It’s secure, not over-designed (there’s not a bunch of features you don’t really need) and it fits more than enough for a fairly big day out. High Above allow you to design your pack, so the Cobra buckle and extra Bottle Rocket are all optional extras. It’s a boutiquey price tag, but unfortunately for me, it has become an absolute kit essential. It just does the job, it carries my tools, plenty of water, and the zippers are easy to pull without turning the pack around to the front.

The Knog Scout is both a loud bike alarm (85db) and an accurate bike finder which allows the user to trace the location of their bike using their Apple device and Apple’s ‘Find my’ app technology. Six months claimed battery life between charges.

Waterproof rating of IP67 (can be left in the rain or get wet when washing). Multi-functional LEDs allow the user to see if their Scout is alarmed, paired and the status of the battery. In-situ USB-C charging. Scout attaches to your bike via the bottle cage mounts using tamper-proof security screws.

Low-profile 30mm internal width (2.3 to 2.6in tyres). 6069 aluminum with welded joint and reinforced spoke bed. BST-Asymmetric design. M-pulse ‘low drag’ magnetic pawl with 1.66° engagement.

Enduro bearings with double-row freehub bearing. Traditional J-bend lacing. Single spoke length for serviceability.

Some jaffa juice designed to seals punctures up to 6mm and slashes up to 19mm. Lasts up to 45 days between top-ups and performs down to -11 degrees Celsius. Ideal for UK summer.

Valve stems with a large, sturdy base plate that can be fitted with different shaped rubber grommets for different rims. Four lengths available. Pack includes VersaValve stems, two types of grommet, extra valve cores, RVC tool.

Sorry, you won’t get all the pretty colours as featured in our Extra Special Spoilt Bike Journo Edition.

Mounts under Topeak’s swivelling Ninja water bottle cage thingy (or use alone with an additional frame mount). An alternative way to carry an inner tube and a mini tool/CO2 cartridge.

Direct Mount chainring from the DMR Crew (not the DMX Krew). Wide/Narrow teeth. Boost flavoured. 4mm wide 7075-T6 aluminium. 26-36T options. Black as night.

If you don’t know about the Topeak Ninjas then you probably should. Basically ‘Ninja’ stuff from Topeak is ways of storing spares and tools on your bike. I’m [Benji] am I big fan of their Toolbox-ed bottle cage system FWIW.

A lot of the range involves bottle mounts and bottle cages. These three cages are the different options that you can then attach things to (such as the FreeStrap described above and the various Toolboxes we’ll go into shortly…)

Weatherproof tool box mounts to any of the Ninja Master+ cages above. Includes 30 function tool for most maintenance/rescue duties.

Weatherproof tool box for Ninja cages again. Guess what? This is 16 function tool. Cute! Great to see a chain tool in there still too.

Concave; 13mm external and 11mm internal thickness. 20 adjustable pins per pedal (8mm in the centre of the pedal and 10mm on the outers). Igus LL-glide bearings. 114mm x 111mm. Five year warranty.

16mm thin. 10 adjustable pins per side.100x100mm (for Small). Igus bearings. Cromoly axle. Alloy body. Five year warranty.

Who doesn’t love a sticker eh? If there is such a sorry person in the world, they probably just haven’t met the right sticker yet. We can help. Buy a wad of ’em.

Or put a decent enough order in for some of our merch and Charlie stuffs a sticker or two in there.

Charlie says: “Packed full of neat features such as a sunglass cleaner, security pocket and mesh pits… it is my go to shirt for grown up things such as passing through customs looking like an adult and no trouble, and then banging out some miles and stopping for a brew. The popper closure is great for getting your shirt off in seconds. This is a quality not many people consider, however sometimes almost instant nakedness is handy. Also, you wont lose your buttons in a bramble fight.”

This is not technically a new jersey (we’ve had them in stock for a while now) but every time I [Benji] wear it, someone comments on it and invariably asks where I got it from.

So here it is. Nice design. Nice sentiment. Nice jersey. Go get one from our shop if you like it.

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I thought that was a Grange Hill reference…

Also, that Vitus looks remarkedly good value…

606 or 808 are the ones you want. The 303 is a Bass synth/sequencer

Sisters of Mercy used them too

I saw the jersey in the magazine and really like the look of it!

When I actually needed a new jersey I’ll get one.

I might stick it on my Christmas list now ,🙂

Or the TR- 909 which superceded them. Acid house, techno, 90’s rave tunage was largely made with Roland drum machines.Sold my Juno6 synth last year to buy a new bike😉👍

The 808 was definitely the big influencer. Hence the band 808 State. Th the days of the analog synthesizer.

Great Tune choices this week. I was relistening to my Warp collection earlier this week, and you can’t go wrong with a bit of Massive Attack.

Just received my Club Shirt and it’s really nice. Great in the sunshine.

The clasps on those hip packs are rubbish, used them on other things and once they were even a little bit, the are so easy to accidentally release.

Yep, it has to be the 808. Used to have great fun with the one in the studio.

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