When you were a child, a Friday in August was seemingly endless and full of possibility, with all thoughts of school and homework pushed far to the back of your mind. Now you're an adult and you work for The Man, your time is no longer your own, and you live for the release of the weekend.
Well folks, it's Friday, and you've nearly made it.
Here to get through the final hours of your working week are some highlights from the kit and road and mountain bikes that have landed at BikeRadar headquarters in the past seven days...
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For the road...
To ease you in gently, take a gander at this beauty from Genesis, the Smithfield. Marvel at the tastefully split top tube, which doubles as seatstays just like on an old-school mixte frame. Tut approvingly at the skinwall tyres, a perfect complement to that desaturated green paint job. With a steel frame, cable discs, and a chunky eight-speed Alfine internally-geared hub, this is no lightweight, but we're not sure that matters for a bike like this – it looks like an awfully pleasant place to sit on a sunny day about town.
£799.99 / US$NA / AU$NA
- Rear light/head unit bundle: £239.99 / US$299.99 / AU$389
- Rear light only: £159.99 / US$199.99 / AU$NA
For the mountain...
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