The Alpinestars Stella Pathfinder women’s shorts are a lightweight mountain bike short that also include a chamois liner. Although they look great off the bike, they could do with being a tad longer for pedalling.

Aussie Grit Apparel looks to provide both ladies and gents with a range of practical, well designed, good quality cycling gear and the Flint Women’s Bike Thermal Gilet is no exception. A warm gilet for colder days, this offering from the new brand will see you through the shoulder seasons in comfort.

The Funn Ripper pedals are the newest addition available from the components brand. Predominantly designed for the enduro for downhill rider, these SPD pedals have a large supportive clipless platform but are pretty heavy and might be in need of a service after just 4 months of use.

There's a lot of rubber in the office this week, both for wheels and for feet, we've got new shoes from Giro and new tyres for both mountain bikes and gravel bikes from Continental and Goodyear, plus cleaner from Juice Lubes and frame protection care of Invisiframe. 

Settling in the relatively new category of aggressive cross country, the Kona Satori DL is a mixed bag of parts, geometry and characteristics. On the trail, the Satori is a wannabe; it’s got all the hallmarks of a good trail bike but a harsh suspension set up and steep head angle limits its capabilities to more cross-country pursuits.

We've been treated to more hot and sunny weather down south this week which pleases us greatly! It's been a week well spent remembering how to ride dusty trails and having a post ride beer rather than taking on the post-ride bike wash. Hello summer, nice to see you and good timing too, we've got new threads on test from Assos, Flare Clothing and Giro, plus an Asgard storage shed for those dusty bikes. 

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