The Minitrack is now an essential part of my pack and the most lent-out of my tools
Chipps
With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)
To have and to hold and to hoard, forevermore?
Chipps wonders how long it takes for 'shed junk' to turn into 'collectable memorabilia'?
DirtBaggies Feature bibs & Classic shell
A surprisingly versatile, supremely comfortable bib/baggy combo for any weather
Madison Zenith
Definitely a 'try before you buy' fit, but a great hardwearing short for the hard riding
Polaris AM 500 Repe
Shorts made for typical UK riding weather and for riders who wear pads year-round.
Buxton Adventure Festival this weekend
Lots of adventurer types in Buxton, plus a chance to see Annie Last being interviewed. MTB Films too!
Best of Madison’s House Show
A quick roundup of the best of Madison's recent(ish) house show. Lots to see from Saracen, Genesis and Madison's other…
Endura MT500 Spray
If you’re a ‘shorts all year’ rider, you’ve found your shorts from now until next summer.
Shimano XTR groupset.
If you can afford it, then it’ll certainly go the extra mile with and for you.
Interbike 2013: FiveTen Shoes
Clipless and winning? Or smooth, slick and grippy? New DH shoe, better Impacts and slicker Freeriders
Interbike 2013: Getting fat again
Full suspension big wheels, 29er+ and other oddballs from Interbike.
UCI News: McQuaid is out. Brian Cookson is the new President.
And the cycling world breathes a sigh of relief
Winners! Singletrackworld.com voted ‘Best Website’
We won big (and celebrated big) at this year's Bikebiz Awards.
Interbike 2013: Devinci, White Ind, the ‘new’ Slingshot and more.
Plus Kryptonite, fat bike hubs, Whisky carbon forks - and a DeLorean?
Interbike 2013: HED carbon 29er tubulars – and fat bike rims?
Because you need to make your fat bike, thin, right? And your 29er tubular. And your tourer disced.
Singular crowd-sources a fat (trail) bike.
Singular Cycles is running a Kickstarter campaign to get its trail-worthy fat bike off the ground
Interbike 2013: Fat Bike Explosion
A round up of some of the many fat bikes on show at Interbike Dirt Demo. At least they're 26in!…
Gore Bike Wear Fusion Trail
Although these Gore Bike Wear Fusion Trail shorts are in keeping with this year’s ‘TicTac’ fashion colour palette, they also…
Martyn Ashton Injured. Official News.
Trials legend Martyn Ashton was injured recently. Here's the first official update on his condition.
Up The Buttress 2013: The Results
Hundreds of people lined Hebden's Buttress hill climb to watch the pain this year
Eurobike 2013: More show randoms.
Loads more from the show - Thule, KCNC, Magic Milk and a Polish three speed
Eurobike 2013: Fizik’s Thar – a 29er-specific saddle.
A saddle just for 29ers? We're not making this up.
Eurobike 2013: Schwalbe Tyres
We know Schwalbe still makes 26in, but it wasn't exactly showing any. There is a 29in mud tyre though
Eurobike 2013: Dainese Trail Skins
Super light and vented kneepads. The ultimate wear all day protection?
Eurobike 2013 Edition Fresh Goods Friday
It's all novelty USB sticks and blue shoes this week as we give you Fresh Goods Eurobike-style
Strava can be bad for you, says Royal Geographical Society.
Cyclists are being spurred on by virtual league tables… at the expense of their peers - and their riding skills.
Eurobike 2013: Stan’s Valor. NoTubes Goes Carbon
New Valor wheelset marks Stan's first ever BST tubeless carbon wheelset
Eurobike 2013: Demo Day Trends
Let's get the fat bikes, electric MTBs and colour clashes out of the way first then, eh?
Eurobike number, er?
Chipps mulls over the changes that have happened in how the world's largest bike show gets reported.
Enduro World Series comes to the UK in 2014
Tweedlove to host the world's fastest enduro racers next May.
Pivot shows us the Mach6, Les 27.5 and Vault CX bikes.
Flying visit from the Arizona Pivot people gives us a sneak peek of its Eurobike goodies
Garmin Launches New VIRB Video Camera
A slight departure from the GPS company. A video camera - with GPS!
Looking at stems. Chris Froome has inspired us!
'Chris Froome looks at stems' is our new favourite website distraction. It's what the internets were invented for