New Kit from Fabric
Fabric has used the arrival of the popular Grinduro event in the UK to launch its latest range of new products. Dave sat down with company founder, Nick Larsen, to go through the highlights in the video.
Lumaray, £24.99
Most interesting of all the new products is the new Lumaray. A light can be fitted to any Garmin computer mount, and a Garmin Edge can then be mounted on top of it. If mounted centrally on the handlebar, doesn’t take up any handlebar space and can be fitted regardless of other attachments or levers.
It’s intended primarily as a daytime running light, pumps out 30 lumens from an led with additional side visibility, and several modes to choose from providing a battery run time between 120 and 400 minutes, plus it's waterproof.
Scoop Sport, £29.99
The Fabric Scoop is arguably one of the most popular saddles on the market thanks to a range of shapes and a simple fit system that comes down to how upright or not your riding position is. The Scoop Sport is the most affordable Scoop ever produced, made possible thanks to a new manufacturing technique that uses a polypropylene base, instead of the nylon on the regular and more expensive Scoop saddles, but retaining the same vacuum bonded upper and three piece construction. It’s intended to make owning a Scoop saddle more accessible obviously, and Fabric reckons it’s lighter than any other saddle at double the price, even with the steel rails.
Acubar Pressure Gauge £44.99
A product intended mainly for mountain bike tyres, but we reckon it’ll also be useful for cyclocross and adventure bikes where tyre pressures are low. It’s highly precise accurate to within 0.5psi, and can be used with any regular pump. The accuracy is provided by the high-quality steel springs inside, the result of Fabric challenging its manufacturing partner to produce the highest and most consistent quality possible.
Picobar pump, £19.99
The latest addition to the Fabric range of pumps is the Picobar. It’s designed to be as light and simple as possible, the design is as simple as it gets, and weighs just 64g using an aluminium barrel, no plastic here like you get with many pumps in this price range. It has a fixed head compatible only with presta valves and a dust cap to stop dirt ingress.
Stratosphere Sport track pump, £30
A more affordable version of Fabric's premium track pumps, the new Stratosphere Sport track pump costs just £30. The low price is down to the simple design but Fabric has prioritised the base, handle and gauge to ensure there’s the best quality where it’s most needed, and some standardised parts are used internally to offer extra value. It’s available in white or black, the latter certainly looks the business if a track pump can be described in such a manner.
Fabric Gripper water bottle, £9.99
Fabric has now added traditional water bottles to the range. The plastic that Fabric has used gives the bottle a very squeezable feel and a dimpled texture around the top ensures it’s not going to easily slip out of your hand when retrieving from a bottle cage. The silicone nozzle is easy to operate with your mouth on the move and delivers a big load of water with every squirt, and the wide mouth opening makes it easy to clean and add energy powder. Sizes available include 600 and 750ml.
Check out the products in more detail at www.fabric.cc
Most of these products will be available from September onwards.