The Veleno is the latest helmet from MET. It's a mid-range (£59.99) lid, with in-moulded construction, 20 vents, MET's Safe-T X retention system, a choice of colours and two sizes. The larger of bonce will want to look at the Predatore, which is essentially the same helmet (although with a slightly different retention system) but in an extra-large 61-64cm size.

Creek2Peak's latest commuter-friendly baggage has concealed left- or right-handed pannier fittings, can be carried as a shoulder bag, opens out completely for crumple-free carriage of smart clothing, has an organiser pocket and comes complete with a separate padded laptop bag. Just the thing for the urban riding professional.

A very neat idea from Muc-Off - this new chain cleaner attaches to the top of a can of degreaser and has a spring-loaded trigger action. Just align it with the chain, pull the trigger, squeeze and spin. If you're really keen, get another one and attach it to a can of lube for afters...

X-Lite also has a new seatpost. The Tech 390 hits the scales at 224g and uses a 7075 aluminium shaft and simple clamp in a choice of anodised colours.

Newton is Fisher's tool range, and as well as workshoppy stuff like long ball-ended Allen keys in a big case, there are various trail tools too. This is the Tool-Box 8, a folding mini-socket-set affair with interchangeable bits offering Allen keys, Philips screwdriver and a Torx bit for those pesky rotor bolts.

Another neat commuting accessory. Nitezone's Redeye is a bar-end LED (or a pair thereof - you get one unit for each end of your bars). It's available in flat or drop bar flavours and offers various flashing modes as well as a steady one.

Schwalbe's Racing Ralph tyre is a popular and successful tread, having won every round of the National XC series and been on the bike of the first man home at various enduro events. For those who want something a little chunkier than the fast-rolling Ralph, Schwalbe now has the Nobby Nic. It's a triple-compound tyre, with the center and side knobbles using different compounds over a third compound across the width of the tyre. You can choose from 1.8, 2.1, 2.25 or 2.4 sizes, so there should be something to suit nearly everyone.

This is Powerplay's Force Pro clipless pedal. It's compatible with Shimano cleats, at 295g/pr it's certainly competitive on weight and it's got a pleasingly open design that should cope well with mud. And it's only £44.99, which can't be bad. Powerplay has a bunch of other pedals too, including the rather funky X-Play flattie.

Smart lights have, up until now, been known primarily for inexpensive offerings, but it's upping the ante with its first foray into HID lights. The Smart HID is a very tidy bit of kit, housing the lamp, electronics and battery in one quick-release bar mounted unit. That's great for commuters who have to leave their bikes lying around - just pop the whole thing off and drop it in your bag or pocket. The battery slides out and drops into a docking-station style charger. Once charged you'll get a claimed three hours on low beam and two and half on high. The light unit and battery weighs 417g, which isn't at all shabby. It's a penny under three hundred quid, which in today's light market somehow manages not to look bad in the value stakes.

As if one innovative light wasn't enough, Smart also has this rather cunning LED commuting light. Plenty of people are stuck in offices with all of the mains outlets hidden under the floor, but with this light that's no problem - plug it into a spare USB port on your PC and it'll charge itself up from that. Neat.

Fisher's biggest line is, of course, the increasingly-mighty SRAM empire. We've seen X.0 and new RockShox stuff already, and very lovely it all looks. More mundanely, the latest generation of SRAM cassettes feature aluminium spiders on the PG-990 and PG-980 models for super low weight and improved shifting. The 980 is claimed to be a huge 100g lighter than the equivalent Shimano cassette...