Seeking shelter from Friday's rain at SSMM, we ambled into the USE marquee and came out with an almost-production version of the new Sumo seatpost. The all-new clamp design relies on end-caps being clamped onto a tapered, barrel-shaped head by a sturdy 5mm steel bolt. It ought to sort out the issues that people have had with the Alien design - that'll still be in the range, targetted at the road and XC MTB market. Despite the name, the Sumo isn't a heavyweight - the carbon model is claimed to be 200g, and the aluminium version pictured is only a little bit more. It'll be available in the common sizes, a 350mm length and with 10 or 30mm of layback. You're looking at £pound;85 for the carbon post and a bit less for the aluminium one. Keep an eye on www.use1.com for details. USE's also got some Exposure Lights developments in the pipeline...

We can't decide if it looks more like Johnny Five or a Martian war machine, but either way, this is Cateye's new Triple Shot light. It uses SLED technology, like the Exposure and Solidlights units, with three lamps giving a claimed output equivalent to a 35-40W halogen lamp. Proprietary lenses give a spot from the centre lamp and a flood from the side ones and it's all housed in a funky cast aluminium body with cooling fins all over it. The battery is a 2.6Ah NiMH unit and you get a remote on/off switch and brackets to suit standard and oversized bars. Claimed run time is over three hours, weight is 710g and price is £350. Importers Zyro say it'll be available in August. There'll also be a Double Shot with two LEDs, a helmet mount and a 5hr run time at £275. Details will appear at www.zyro.co.uk as they become available.

This is the forthcoming Cannondale Prophet MX, a "light freeride" bike designed to fill the gap between the current Prophet models and the beefy Gemini. The frame is the same as that found on the Prophet 4-cross, as used by Cedric Gracia, with a 12mm through-axle rear, ISCG mount and reinforcing downtube gusset. You'll also find big forks (Fox 36 on the Prophet 1 MX, RockShox Pike on the Prophet 2 MX), wider rims, beefier tyres and twin-and-bash chainsets, along with shorter stems than the trail-oriented Prophets. Prices are to be confirmed, but the 2 MX will be available in late August and the 1 MX towards the end of September. Also in the works from Cannondale is a new marathon-specific bike - apparently it's a kind of longer-travel Scalpel, but it's so hush-hush that the crazy guys at Cannondale have just sent out a picture of a grey box with "Shhh" stencilled on the side... More Cannondale stuff at www.cannondale.com.