Our (other) favourite groupset now comes in half of the colours of the rainbow... Red, Green, Gold, Pink and Orange...…
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.)
New frame from that Brant Bloke
New Lynskey-built frame announced by Brant Richards, ex On-one and now with Shedfire. He still doesn't have a brand-name though.
Shaggy Finishes 4th in Alaska
Well done to our bearded pal in coming 4th in the Iditarod Trail Invitational in the worst snow they've ever…
Simandi
Or 'Sim and I' for those that prefer spaces between words... Yep, it's another 'The mag's off to the printers'…
Another deadline crush
It’s kind of snuck up on us again. Taking a week off to go skiing earlier in February, plus our…
Our Boy in Alaska
Singletrack contributor, friend and all round good chap, John 'Shaggy' Ross is racing the Iditarod Trail Invitational (aka the Iditabike)…
Freak Of The Week
The first in an irregular series of odd-looking bikes to twist your melon on a Monday.
The Flooks sell TF Tuned
Word just in is that Tim and Helen are selling their successful suspension tuning business. Tim will be staying on…
Hard or soft?
Chipps ponders the ratio of hardtails to suspension in the magazine(s)
Rene Wildhaber Signs with Trek Bikes
The 'fastest European freerider' has signed a two-year contract with Trek Bicycles
New XC Series for the North
Looks like the North of England is going to finally get some good XC racing again after the Brownbacks Series…
Scottish ‘cross on the telly tonight…
The Mull Cyclocross, featured in this issue of Singletrack Magazine is going to be on the Adventure Show on Scottish…
The Picolax Thread Returns
Singletrackworld's most popular thread EVER has been pulled from the archives, polished up and is presented here for you to…
£3.8 million to develop parkland near Bury – with mountain bike trails included
Nearly £4Million is to be spent in developing an old brownfield/wasteland near Bury that will include mountain bike trails...
‘Boom Boom’ back on Rocky for 2009
Professional Mountain Bike racer, and all round good-egg, Scott ‘Boom Boom’ Beaumont has once again signed for Canadian brand Rocky…
Will Bob Roll shave his head for Lance?
Our pal over at FatCyclist has a campaign on to get Bob Roll to shave his head to raise money…
Back to Grey
Chipps is back from his -9C skiing fun in Italy, but when's the next jolly? He's going to have to…
Core Bike News
Some 2009 and 'who knows when?' stuff from the Core Bike Show last week. New stuff from Evil, Hope (including…
Been offered a hot Marin?
A van belonging to ATB Sales was broken into in Bury last night and 11 bikes were stolen, including a…
Want to design some iconic bikes?
On-One are looking for a chief bike-designer. You don't need a shed, but you will need to know what you…
Trek UK are hiring IT people…
Got IT skills? Want to work in the bike industry? Trek could be the place for you.
Santa Cruz Driver8 – new!new!new!
ANOTHER new bike from Santa Cruz - this time at a chunkier end of the spectrum - they call it…
Core Bike Rocks
Just back from the Core Bike show - it was great as always... Now to get some pictures up.
Trail building and repair sessions in Bristol are re-starting in February.
Feb 7th - get down and dig in Bristol. All are welcome...
Mountain Mayhem Announces New Sponsor!
Pat Adam's classic midsummer 24 hour race will now be sponsored by the zingy, tangy people at Original Source
Santa Cruz Bikes Unveil First Full Carbon Fibre Bike
It had to happen (or did it?) Santa Cruz has announced that the new Blur XC will be full carbon,…
Snow!
A snowy commute made for some late night fixie-fun
New Sidi Dragon-II shoes in gloss red…
Gloss red, patent leather? What were they thinking? Bike tarts apply here...
World Champ Dislocates Shoulder in Training Accident
Rachel Atherton collided with a car while training on the road in Santa Cruz and has dislocated her shoulder. Now…
Yak Attack Drops Entry Fee
They're keen on getting more of us Brits over to race, so the Yak Attack organisers have dropped their entry…
How much do you love your bike?
Jam Price loves Independent Fabrication bikes so much that he's had his iPods, trainers, even his skin branded with their…
To singlespeed or not?
Chipps mulls over whether he still qualifies as a singlespeeder...
Mash…
Some bizarre late night musings...
A long way for a pub lunch
Frozen byways and far-away pubs made up Chipps' weekend
A (temporary) new arrival
Chipps borrows a dog...
Let’s ban photoshoots
No sooner had I suggested doing a photoshoot for today – given the run of unbroken blue skies we’ve had…
Singletrack Issue 1 Editorial – I’m old enough to know better
I’m old enough to know better… I should know better than to get together with a couple of friends to…
Singletrack Issue 1 – If it’s Tuesday this must be Moab
As we met for a breakfast of omelettes smothered in green chile sauce, Jo and Russell told us about how…
Singletrack Issue 1 Exclusive Test – Maverick, the best climbing bike ever?
Words and pictures by Chipps Chippendale Getting the first review of a Maverick bike in the UK, and possibly Europe,…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Shoes
The subject of shoes seems to stir up some very passionate feelings in people. While you may have many sets…