Fresh meat is something that Pinkbike.com takes pride in. Showing ya'll what we are going to be testing, and items that we have found to be a good buy, or well worth your hard earned dollars. This fresh meat article is featuring products from Deity Components new line up, Easton Components high end products, Biker Soaps awesome cleaning agent, Shimano's new XT lineup, Forumla's new high end disc brakes, and some flashly 661 Gloves.

Ever wonder where kickstands come from, or what company REALLY makes your favorite product? Most of the parts on your bike were most likely manufactured in Taiwan, and the root of the manufacturing and everything associated to it comes out of the Taipei Bike Show in Taiwan. Every year, thousands of companies, manufacturers and product managers flock to this show to see what new technology is coming out, and OE suppliers are busy organizing what bikes you're going to be riding next year.

You've seen the pictures and heard the rumors, now we have the scoop on Industry Nine's wheels! Obviously these are the coolest looking wheels in the galaxy but how did they hold up after a full season of DH bike abuse and drive through car wash cleanings?

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Fenwicks are a household name in the U.K when it comes to cleaning products. Whether you own a caravan, motorhome, boat or a Mountainbike.

John Smith who runs the company is a keen rider and racer and can often be seen at the Welsh Dragons and U.K Nationals onboard his Intense Socom making the numbers up in the Masters category 30-39year olds!

The Slayer from Rocky Mountain Bicycles has been in the line up for a bit now and it continues to evolve and turn into a all mountain XC machine! With over 6 inches of Fox damped travel at both ends you'd have called this a DH rig years ago, but today's technology has allowed a bike like this to be nimble like an XC racer and still bomb the single track descents with ample confidence. As the snow melts in the Fraser Valley, more and more lower laying trails are becoming exposed and ready for tires to set down treads on them. The Rocky Slayer SXC 90 is ready to get out there.

Come check out the brand new prototype Slopestyle bike Mongoose has developed for the 2009 line up!

The introduction of the EC-X in 2006 spurred the idea for the new Mongoose Nugget model. The EC-X was the bike that led Eric Carter to numerous UCI podium finishes. With increasing demands in the freeride market, more specifically for an all purpose, slopestyle and play bike, the word of a production slopestyle bike was the talk of the office at Mongoose HQ in Madison, Wisconsin.