One of the longest serving UK bike journalists and Singletrack bike tester, Steve Worland (58) has died of a heart attack while out running on Saturday 29th March.
Steve began writing for MBUK in the early 90’s and built a solid reputation for his expert opinions and technical knowledge. Steve wrote regularly for Singletrack including taking over as lead bike tester a year ago. Steve leaves his partner Jo and daughter Holly. Steve and Jo were due to get married in early April to celebrate 25 years together.
Steve’s last feature for us was the 26 Is Not Dead bike test in Singletrack issue 88. We interviewed Steve for Issue 10.
We are all shocked by his death and the thoughts of everyone at Singletrack are with his friends and family.
wow, The most respected journo gone. Always enjoyed absorbing his pieces. Too young to go.
Thanks for the education.
Shocking! Always enjoyed reading his work. RIP and my heart felt condolences to his fiancee and daughter.
Such a sad loss!
Incredibly sad news
Sad news and a massive shock.
I will miss the articles that I’ve enjoyed for many years.
Shocking news, a true legend of the MTB industry and well respected by all. Very sad to hear this.
A huge shock and loss to the cycling community, which pales into insignificance compared to the shock and loss to his family.
RIP Steve
Far too young.
RIP Steve, and condolences to those left behind.
Jeezus that’s a real shock. I’ve always appreciated his honest views & comment and he will be missed.
No Way. Been reading his articles for years, one of the few voices you could really trust regardless of where work took him, and was really enjoying his contribution to Singletrack.
RIP, condolences to the family.
He was an inspiration to me; a voice of common sense. How about the next issue of the magazine dedicated to the man?
He will always be in my mind as Steve “Rugged & windswept” Worland. Quite possibly my inspiration to start riding the Polaris events way back. A sad loss indeed.
I was lucky enough to meet Steve back in the nineties when I was just starting out mountain biking and have followed his career ever since. Top bloke and great writer, the best. Going to be missed.
I never met him, but through his great writing felt I knew him.
RIP Steve.
RIP Steve. A moment of silence on the next ride.
A very sad loss to the UK mountain biking community and much more so to his friends and family. You have my sincere condolences.
Rest in peace.
RIP Steve
Met steve a couple times around Ashton Court, always had time to talk, about any aspect of bikes and the industry. Like other here read his stuff since mid 90’s. A real gent RIP Steve.
As many above Steve has been an inspiration to me since I started reading MBUK in the wary 90’s. Pretty sure his reviews have helped me with pretty much every bike purchase since. I was pleased to see that he was carrying out the reviews in Singletrack as have always found his views well considered and an interesting read.
As another long-time Bristol local I’ve often seen him cruising through the trails with effortless speed, will definitely have a quiet moment next time I’m there in his memory.
Ride on Steve.