Well it’s been a while since my last blog and mixture of progress and epic fails.
April 2012
Sea Otter 2012: KS Kind Shock uppy downy posts.
Internal cable version and lower collar versions coming out soon.
Fresh Goods Friday 164
It's time to check out the pretty things - posh pedals, clothing for introverts, protection plus a new standard lands
Singletrack go racing again – Peaty’s Steel City DH report
Matt, Benji and Jon head to the woods to settle scores - and remind themselves why they don't race
Singletrack Issue 73: Download it now!
The latest issue of Singletrack is ready to be read on your pick of digital viewing devices
Weekender Special Prize: What Would Gareth Hobson Do (WWGHD)
Special prize to be awarded for the person giving it the most beans
Fetish UK Gravity Enduro Series hits CyB this weekend
This weekend sees mostly-down-enduro racing action hit the Welsh trail centre
Blazing Saddles in Hebden Bridge is 18 this weekend
Our local bike shop has come of age - and they plan to party this Sunday with bike demos, offers…
Sea Otter 2012: Prototype Nukeproof Rook
Chipps checks out a bike for flips and whips, with hydraulic gyro, six speed block and much sturdyness
iXS MacAvalanche is this weekend!
Your last chance to get in on the action at Britain's maddest mass start DH race
Rab’s World: Getting the racing bug
Rab kicks off the cross country racing proper by heading to Israel to pick up points...
Midweek Mini Movies 96
Stop! Don't look out the window, you'll just upset yourself - look at some sunny, dusty riding fun instead
Thieves steal Nigel Page’s bike collection
Scummers broke into his Merseyside home yesterday afternoon, taking BMX, MX, road and mountain bikes
Sea Otter 2012: Cyclocross and some road… that kind of thing.
A roundup of the cyclocross and road biking oddities spotted, including Shimano/Formula road discs.
Sea Otter: Prototype Avid brake spotted.
It's about time XX got a refresh, could this be the first step? And what's next? 11speed?
Sea Otter 2012: John Cowan’s new bike company
Full carbon jump bikes, made in the USA, mostly by the man himself.
Sea Otter 2012: More Random Sightings
This lot wouldn't fit anywhere else, but they're all worth a look.
Sea Otter 2012: SRAM, Rockshox, Avid 2013
The SRAM 2013 presentation included lots of karaoke by the look of things and a handful of new things too.
Sea Otter 2012: X-Fusion forks, shocks and posts
A new 34mm platform, a new 29er fork and plenty more from X-Fusion
Steel City DH kicks off tomorrow
Head down to Greno Woods, Sheffield to experience the North's answer to the Sea Otter - Steel Badger?
Hope XC Race Series 2012 entries open!
The Brownbacks resume their race series at Lee Quarry, Lancashire
Garage Bikes 1st Birthday Party
Garage Bikes in Leeds is celebrating its 1st birthday this Saturday 21st April and as a Singletrack premier dealer they…
Fresh Goods Friday 163
A Mega bike, some bright threads, new shoes, some sunnies for grey skies and a load more...
Shimano Singletrack Classic Weekender Rider Profile: Nick Craig
Last year he pretty much owned everyone and everything. How's he set for this year?
Sea Otter 2012: Thursday Random Stuff
It’s the first day of the Sea Otter and we’ve been taking in the whole show, as well as testing…
Sea Otter 2012: Easton’s New 35mm ‘standard’
Yep, bigger is better. And stronger and lighter too apparently
Tribe of Yetis to descend upon Shropshire
Annual Yetifan free-for-all weekend of riding set for Long Mynd on 23/24th June
New Shimano Zee 2012 downhill groupset
An entry-level/privateer groupset for downhill racing and other gravity stuff
CRC MTB Marathon Rd 1 report: Builth Wells
Straight outta Builth Wells - a weekend of remarkably well weathered marathon fun
Grafham Cycling to host 29er-only love in
...and they want you to come and try them, plus the chance to win one of your own.
Midweek Mini Movies 95
Akrigg returns, the world's worst bike thief, the Huck Wizard cometh - it's time to slurp tea and look busy
Fox 2013 – New 34 fork is just the start
It's complicated, so we're going to keep it simple - for the moment...
Two of ‘Three Ten’ mountain bike races cancelled
Kirroughtree and Llandegla rounds cancelled but Fort William will go ahead
Fancy a job? Guide needed in Bulgaria…
Fancy spending summer on your bike in the hills by the side of the Black Sea? Course you do.
What’s in Singletrack Issue 73? A sneak peek…
Amongst other things we've got urbane urban riding, morning light, Majorca hols without the package, Texas trails and the West…
Mavic to be headline sponsor of 2012 Trans-Provence
French company to provide neutral tech support for truly epic all-mountain race
UK Solo 24 and 12 Hour Champs Report
Joolze Dymond reports on those bonkers folks who ride and ride...
Fresh Goods Friday 162
It's Friday and it's time for Fresh Goods, where the whole bicycle world tunes in to look at shiny bits
Midweek Movies
A delicious serving of digital bike delight, brought to you this week by Matt and Chipps
Willow Rockwell Retires From Racing
Willow was planning to return to full racing after having a child, but has decided that retiring is the better…