Nothing of note has happened this week so we're feeling pretty chilled in the BikeRadar office, just tweaking our Christmas lists and doing the occasional pumpkin-spice fart to pass the time. The working week is nearly at an end so to get you through those final, gaseous hours, here are 11 bits of bikery for your perusal. It's 11spd, folks...
- Best mountain bike: how to choose the right one for you
- Best women's road bike: a guide to help you get the right bike for you
- How to get your road bike winter-ready
New mountain bikes and gear
Merida Big Nine Team 2017
This is the latest Big Nine Team from Merida, an out and out race bike from a company that is particularly good at making those. Owing a little over 8.6 kg (18.95lbs) to our scales, it’s road bike light without Merida resulting to using fragile, race-only parts.
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The whole package has been thoroughly reworked from the last generation bike. There's an all-new carbon frame that's longer and lighter than ever before. Gone are the aluminium inserts and front derailleur mount you'd find on the previous model, saving quite a bit of weight in the process. Straying away from the upside-down Rockshox RS-1 fork that was everywhere last season, this year's Big Nine Team sports the latest generation SID World Cup instead.
A wider bar plus a shift to SRAM’s top-drawer XX1 Eagle 12-speed drivetrain combined with the ability to take on a dropper post reflect the progressively gnarly path that cross-country racing finds itself on.
We’ve already handed it across to our lean, mean cross-country machine Joe ‘mountain goat’ Norledge, who will keep you updated.
Mudhugger The Left One front mudguard for Lefty forks
Scicon Race Rain kit bag
Maxxis Minion DHR II Wide Trail tyre
FitBark Dog Activity Monitor
New road bikes and kit
Focus Paralane AL 105
Specialized Allez DSW SL Comp
Tubus Fly Evo rack
Silca SuperPista pump
Topeak Smartguage D2
Rapha Cross long sleeve race jersey
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