The Osprey Kitsuma 3 is a women's fit backpack with a focus on hydration – it features a large, 2.5 litre bladder and very little else. It's light but moves around on steep descents, and there's nowhere specific to stash tools or snacks. 

Just after Blue Monday, it's time to kick the first weekly instalment of 5 cool things off for 2021. We've got new tougher gear from Rimpact to prevent rim dings, reasonably priced shoes from Shimano and some men's Pearl Izumi kicks too. Plus there's a Lazer Jackal MIPS lid and finally a Muc-Off Stealth Tubeless Puncture Plug which looks like it will fit more than one use. Dig in....

A brand new enduro bike from Nukeproof just launched, the Giga was a shoe-in for the top of this weeks 'five cool things'. Elsewhere around the home office, we've got grips from PNW, gravel shoes from Shimano, a budget baselayer as winter is definitely not through with us yet and more waterproofs from Altura. Dig in...

The Giro Tyrant Spherical Dirt is a halfway house between a full-face and half-face mountain bike helmet. Whilst it's inevitably heavier than a standard open face lid, it offers a great deal of protection from the very low rear and its 'spherical MIPS' liner. 

Today marks the launch of the brand new Nukeproof Giga, a super enduro bike that is offered in both 27.5" and 29er wheel sizes. In carbon only, we take a look at the 180mm Giga Comp, is it bigger and better than the Mega enduro bike? 

The Gloworm Alpha is a robust 1200 lumen headlight well suited to off-road cycling, with plenty of well thought out features. It's not a bad price for its reasonable brightness, plus you get a full complement of accessories included in the pack. 

The Shimano ME7 shoes are still the top dog in terms of gravity-fed trail action. Best for enduro, these provide efficient pedalling whilst being super comfy. There is one neat feature missing from this latest version though...

We have a big haul of cool trail hardtails in on test at the moment with bikes from Stif, Ribble and Ragley. Aside from the mountain bikes in for review, we have a range of tools from SKS and slick looking thin pedals from Deity. Dig in....