Paligap has over 40 bikes stolen. Keep your eyes peeled for dodgy looking folk selling Kona, Merlin, Litespeed and Quintana…
April 2009
Premier Demo Series Hits Glentress This Weekend
This means that in a couple of days time you could be swinging your leg over demo bikes from Intense,…
Wiggle Enduro6 Results
The new ‘weather proofed’ course at Catton Park was unveiled at the weekend after much work by the organisers to…
Camelbak Mule Lightweight
Richard from Camelbak's UK distributors Zyro has just dropped us a line to let us know that they are running…
UK cycling to school doubled in 2008
Good news! Sustrans has good news for pro-ride to school campaigners. The bad news is that it's still under 10%…
Chumba Back in the UK
News about Chumba Racing's return to the UK.
Sram 2010 Piccies
Just a few pictures from last week's trip to Afan for a hands-on test of some of the new SRAM…
Issue 49’s Trailside Bingo Game – How To Play It
In the forthcoming issue of Singletrack there's a tear-out perforated insert devoted to the totally awesome new craze that is…
2009 Kona Mash-Up Rd1
The 1st Kona Mash-Up event of the season is only six weeks away with entries coming in thick and fast.…
Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy – Kielder Results
Spain's David Vazquez topped an otherwise very French podium at last weekend's Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy round at Kielder Forest.
Singletrack Issue 49 – The Dirtbag Issue
The Dirtbag Issue: you don't need a fat wallet to enjoy mountain biking, as shown in this cut-price, entry-level, making-do,…
Sram 2009 (or is it 2010? it’s hard to keep up)
Matt and Jonny headed down to Afan Argoed t'other day to be shown some new stuff by Elmar from Sram.…
Car Scrappage Scheme Should Apply To Bicycles
The new government grant that offers £2,000 off a new car when a 10-year-old vehicle is scrapped should be replaced…
Sea Otter Eight
Colours from Lezyne, Santa Cruz, crazy military types from Genuine Innovations, the Ibis Tranny in orange, funky vicar bars from…
Marzocchi 2010 – Sea Otter Sneak Preview
Chipps got a sneak preview of a good looking and 'back to basics' Marzocchi. They're focussing on their previous strengths…
Fresh Goods
Cheese, Giro, Bell, Giant, Titus, Specialized, Alpkit, MobiWasher, DMR, Diadora, Cannondale, Bontrager, Mavic and Kona...
Hope Race Series Round 1, Lee Quarry
Sunday dawned bright and early in the Pennines for the 100+ racers descending upon the exciting new venue of Lee…
Singletrack Classic Weekender – Yoofs Over 14 Can Now Enter
It's official: the kids are alright.
Spooky Horror Taxi
Russ from Wight Mountain has just sent us some pics of a new Spooky Horror Taxi. Can you spot what's…
The Outsider Festival
Music festivals or mountain biking? When it comes to planning summer weekends it's usually one or the other. The Outsider…
Specialized Issue Handlebar Safety Recall
Specialized has issued a Handlebar safety recall on the following 2009 model year bikes...
Offenburg World Cup This Sunday – Watch It Live on STW!
The Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is the biggest mountain bike event in Germany, attracting more than 20.000 spectators.…
Benji’s Bandito – Minty Fresh
(£449 RRP from Raleigh) This year’s mantra for me is to learn how to jump properly on proper jumps. It’s…
Gore Bike Wear 100 Challenge
Fancy a grand day out in the woods, where you can ride masses of grin inducing trails with loads of…
Ride The Chairlift For Bike Trails Opening Soon at Lecht Ski Centre
The mountain bike trails will soon be opening for the first time at the ski centre, with the key attraction…
1st Merida Bikes MTB Marathon – Report and Pics
After a rather weather spoiled season opener in 2008 the 1st event of the Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2009…
Brechfa Team Enduro
Teams of two or more riders - as this is a relaxed enduro you can ride with as many of…
Alpkit’s Big Shake Out
If you like kayaking, climbing, bouldering, mountain biking or walking then join Alpkit in Yorkshire for a social weekend and…
Fat Albert is Ten Years Old
The old Schwalbe Fat Albert was a bit of a quiet favourite among the Singletrack Rubber Geeks. Here's details of…
17km of New Stuff in Kielder Forest
The Kielder Partnership is to unveil a 17 kilometre ‘red route’ that has been built as part of a £900,000…
The Best Five Minute Mountain Bike Film Ever – Danny MaCaskill
That says it all really. Danny MacAskill's new video on Youtube has old and new-school riders' jaws dropping all over…
Sea Otter Report Six – Team Bikes and Precious Things
Chipps delves deep into the pits, peeks behind some curtains and finds out some of the hot-tuning mods that the…
Sea Otter Report Five – DT Swiss, Ritchey, Syncros
Carbon mountain bike rims were everywhere at this year's Sea Otter. Here are the latest offerings from DT Swiss, Ritchey…
Sea Otter Report Four – Race Face
Even lighter carbon cranks, 785mm Atlas bars, superduper chainrings, body armour - and the return of colours - including purple!
Sea Otter Three
Another random look round the pits of the Sea Otter with Chipps. Chub hubs, cranks from the Hive, the Santa…
The Best Mountain Bike Video Ever? (Fixed link too)
My favourite five minute MTB video ever...
Sea Otter Report Two – SRAM 2010
It's 2010 time at SRAM - and they have a brand new Revelation for you, with a huge amount of…
Fox 2010
We've still got Christmas cake leftover here and already Fox Racing Shox are showing off their 2010 forks at a…
Specialized Unveils Carbon Race 29ers
Just a quick one for you. Specialized pro riders have been spotted riding brand new carbon 29ers – in both…
New In from MRP
In the quest for lighter, stronger components, MRP will show a carbon fibre version of their successful G2 chainguide. The…
Sea Otter 2009 report one.
First day of the first big race... Lots of new stuff on display. The usual 'sunburn and freezing wind weather…
Kranked-REVOLVE Trailer Now Available
Kranked films are always worth a looksee...
Brownbacks Hope Race Series Starts This Weekend
The 2009 race season is underway and the first round of the Hope Race Series at Lee Quarry Rossendale is…
Intense 951 FRO
Straight outta Temecula, Intense's new DH bike the 951.
Cross Lobster and Santa What?
We're off to the Sea Otter tomorrow, where all the fun starts, but in the meantime, here's a smart -…
50 Confirmed Weekenders
Entries for the Singletrack Classic Weekender are coming in nice and steadily. We’ve probably taken a few more over the…
Chicken Dance Extravaganza
Having been to Canada a couple of times to do mountain bike stuff with the help of the tourist boards…
New Blur LT Carbon!
It's another new Santa Cruz! Only this time it's a 5in+ bike made from carbon fibre that'll handle anything you…
UCI World Cup #1 News
Minnaar wins, Peaty third, Gee fifth. And TRACY MOSELEY wins for the UK on her birthday and on her new…
Fresh Goods
Japanese bling from Shimano, French footwear from Mavic and American hand socks from Bontrager.