Hello! It’s a slightly scaled down Fresh Goods this Friday, mostly because there’s no one here. Everyone’s off at the…
September 2011

Countdown is on to Cycle Show 2011
The Singletrack van is almost fully loaded and we’ll be setting off to the NEC in Birmingham shortly. Pop by…

Trans-Provence Day 2: The Journey Continues
Full results, pics and report from day two: Nico continues to lead the pack

New trailcentre planned for Blaenau Ffestiniog
We’ve just seen news of a planned trail centre development in North Wales, although instead of the more usual green…

Pretty Sweet 2 at the The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
Sequel to low key UK trail riding film to premiere at EMFF - then exclusively on the Singletrack website...

Trans Provence Day 1: The adventure begins…
Video, pictures and a report from the first day of the all-mountain adventure race

Countdown to Ritchey Oktoberfest begins
A bit of video to tempt you out of you autumn hiding hole and into the woods of Ashton Court

Fresh Goods
We like Friday. Not only is it ripe with possibility of a full weekend of bike riding but it also…

Interbike 2011: Specialized
Specialized always has so much stuff on its booth that it’s hard to know where to start. …so we’ll start…

Long Termer Review: Matt’s Lapierre Spicy 516 Video Update
Matt's got a quick video update on how his Spicy has got on this summer

Interbike 2011: Five Ten
Sticky shoe maker Five Ten has gone utterly bonkers this year. Instead of a couple of new models, they’ve been…

Cobble Wobble hillclimb hits Frome this weekend…
Star packed hillclimbing fun in Frome, Zummerzet, this weekend...

Cycle Show to have real outdoors test track
Show will feature a proper outdoor test track this year at new Birmingham location

Midweek Mini Movies
This week: Danny Mac in Sweden, video game BMXing, pain, fat bikes and pumptracks

Access All Areas – Got a minute or two?
As part of this “greenest” Government’s bonfire of regulation its Red Tape Challenge is asking for views on Environment.…

Trans-Provence kicks off this weekend
Epic 320km long gravity enduro stage race has packed pro field plus daily video updates

Interbike 2011: Premier Image Sneak Peek
More carefully chosen preview shots from stories we’ve not written yet. Premier users get a sneak preview of what we’re…

Interbike 2011: More from the show floor
Kryptonite, thumbshifters, messenger bags, Niterider, Phil Wood, FSA angled headset, belts, Chrome and hi-tech goggles

Premier Interbike: Mark’s Blog
Interbike is over and we are just killing time for a day before we fly back to the UK. For…

Premier Interbike 2011: The Final Day
Chipps made a bet four years ago. Today it was time to reckon up and see if he’d won. It…

Premier Interbike: Thursday Randoms
A video diary from the inside part of the Interbike show plus a gallery of odd shots just for our…

Fresh Goods Friday
The evenings are drawing in and that means only one thing… NIGHT RIDES! We’re gathering lights for our lighting grouptest…

Interbike 2011: Turner Bikes
Colours, cabling, ISCG and thru-axle rears from the man from Southern California

Premier Interbike 2011 – Devinci 1st Impressions – UPDATED
Jon took a Devinci Dixon and an Atlas 29r out for a rider around the desert. Here, for our Premier…

Final round of the Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon Series 2011
Mike has news of the final round of the CRC MTB Marathon series, taking place in the picturesque town of…

Interbike 2011: Fox Racing Shox dropper post and techno shock pump
A shock pump that sets your bike up for you and the long awaited uppy downy post from the vulpine…

Interbike 2011: Thursday’s Premier photo gallery
Some carefully hand-selected photos from Wednesday at Interbike for Premier users. These pics will be appearing on the main site…

World 24 Hour Solo Champs in Scotland
Word from north of the border for all you 24 hour race fans… With 24 hour solo riding considered one…

Interbike 2011 – Premier Video Diary 2
Just for our Premier users here’s Interbike 2011 Video Diary part 2 with Jon and Chipps’ highlights of day 2…

Interbike 2011: Devinci
We took a look (and a test ride) at the booth of Canadian brand Devinci. Bikes are all made in…

Interbike 2011: Premier Image Dump 2
Here’s another load of photos that we’ve not had time to caption yet*, but you Premier users are sure to…

Midweek Mini Movies
Welcome to this week’s selection of video distraction. It’s going to be a mixed bag this week, with all the…

Interbike 2011: Random bits #1
Day Two of the Dirt Demo – so far we started with torrential rain today and it’s stayed grey and…

Interbike 2011: Race Face
Yep, you heard that Race Face went all a bit wrong for a while earlier this year… well, it’s back…

Teva Shoes Launch the Links
The watersports shoe specialist invited us to the launch of their new freeride flat pedal shoe, the Links

Interbike 2011 Day 1 Premier Video (and a glimpse behind the scenes)
A brief introduction for our Premier users to what Interbike is about and some choice words from Surly (by which…

Up The Buttress – The Aftermath
There’s been lots of upset on the international race scene recently, what with the Rocky Road/UCI DH debacle and now…

Interbike 2011: Premier Image Dump
Roll up Premier users, here’s a sneaky peek into what’s going to be showing up in stories over the next…

Interbike: surely I’ve got the hang of it now?
This is my 17th Interbike - and I've yet to master it...