Joe Barnes and Lachlan from Hazzard Racing have a message for you. And it involves bikes and mud. “Time &…
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.)
Enduro World Series Rounds 1 and 2 Postponed In Latest Covid-19 Reaction
EWS Round 1, Colombia and EWS Round 2, Chile have both become the latest sporting events to be postponed in…
2020 Mountain Mayhem Cancelled As Corona Virus Is Blamed
Organising a large mountain bike race these days is hard enough, what with the weather, finding venues, marshals, infrastructure and…
Specialized Recon Shoes Get A Revamp. New Design For 2020
“Specifically designed for mud” reckons Specialized of its new Recon family. The Recon 1, 2 and 3 are differing levels…
iceBike* 2020 – News from Thule, Park, Pro, Lazer and more
We’ve just been spending the day down in windy Milton Keynes for iceBike* 2020, Madison’s house show where it had…
Atherton Bikes Release First Fifty Bikes For Sale
News just in from Atherton Bikes. The first fifty (so exclusive that they have their own #firstfifty hashtag) bikes have…
Troy Lee launches the brand new D4 Full Face Helmet
Incredibly, it’s 11 years since the Troy Lee D3 helmet launched, bringing all of Troy Lee’s famous design flair together…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 129 | Chris Akrigg: Quick. Change.
Chipps quizzes Chris Akrigg just before he announces his new bike sponsor, GT, after 12 years on Mongoose. Words &…
Chris Akrigg will ride for GT Bicycles in 2020
After much deliberating and online speculation after he left Mongoose at the end of last year, Chris Akrigg has confirmed…
Goodbye Dirt Rag Magazine
Today was a sad day for mountain bike publishing. Dirt Rag Magazine announced that it was closing its doors with…
Marzocchi Z1 Coil Fork – Have your prayers been answered?
When the Marzocchi Z1 fork was launched back in April 2018 we applauded the return of a simple, bomber-(sorry!)-strong air…
BikePark Wales Glamping Pod Plans Get Go Ahead
The final part of the next bit of development has just received official approval as the local council has given…
The 2020 Dyfi Enduro – Now With Bontrager. And On A Saturday!
If you’re going to mix things up, then why not really mix things up. The 2020 Dyfi Enduro has a…
Video: Manon Carpenter Rides Mont Thabor
Mont Thabor is 3178m of thin air and epic riding, but there’s no easy way up. You need to earn…
Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards | Chipps
Over the last year, our writers have tested a bucketful of bikes, a barn load of clothing and gear, and…
Canyon Neuron SLX 9.0 LTD Review – A Bike With All The Upgrades?
Take any full suspension trail bike, regardless of wheel size and if you leave it in the shed for any…
The Paul Components 30th Anniversary 'How much?' boxed groupset is lovely
Yes, the Paul Components 30th Anniversary boxed groupset costs $1989, but just look at it! And it’s not like a…
FGF 475 – The Don’t Talk To Us, We’re Busy Edition
Yep, you can try calling the office, but good luck with that. We’ve been working flat out on the next…
10 Top Tips: How To Prepare Your Bike For Winter
Excuse the attention-grabbing headline, but it’s entirely justified. There are many ways in which you can (and should!) prepare your…
Michael Bonney – In Memoriam
Where to start? If I start at the end, then maybe that’s the hardest bit over with. Michael Bonney –…
Danny Hart’s World Championship Bike Stolen From Sheffield Hotel
Are more bikes being stolen right now? It seems that way if you have been following the news of late.…
Kendal Mountain Festival Premiere Trek’s New ‘Going in’ Film
It’s the Kendal Mountain Festival next weekend and, first off, there are still about three tickets left for the main…
The History of Singletrack and more. Formula’s Video Interview.
When Formula wanted to shoot a video about mountain bike media, they came and asked us here at Singletrack Towers…
Fizik X2 Winter Boots and Shoes Launch in the UK
One of the the many bits and pieces we spotted at the recent NEC Cycling Show was the Fizik (or…
Singletrack Issue 127 | Editorial – Wear sunscreen…
Words Chipps Now, how did those lyrics go again? “Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you…
Singletrack Issue 127 | Making it up in the Lake District
Nigel Page and Chipps strap on luggage and join forces again. This time to ride a completely made up North/South…
Book Review: Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive
Chipps has got himself a copy of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive, and thinks you need one too. I’m going to…
Controversy Rages Over Afan Masts Tree Felling
A plan by NRW (National Resource Wales – the custodians of Welsh forestry) to routinely fell trees in the area…
Cane Creek Joins The Tie Dye Revolution With Rainbow eeWings cranks
Want some? Do you? Do you sir? Want some? In tie dye? Those titanium cranks? Ooh! Sir! Suits you sir!…
UK Singlespeed Champs 2019 ends in beer and fancy dress. As usual…
Who said that singlespeeders were a bit slack, eh? We’ve just had this report in from the UK Singlespeed Champs…
One Bigger! New Ibis HD5 bids for enduro and trail glory
Ibis Cycles has just announced the new Ibis Mojo HD5. It’s a complete new take on the firm’s hard-charging 27.5in…
Shimano Expands MicroSpline Licensing
Shimano today has announced that it is expanding its list of companies able to license its MicroSpline hub standard. And…
The new Cotic BFe – ‘Burly Iron’ is unleashed!
As Cotic rightly says of its burly hardtail, the BFe – ‘right from its introduction in 2005, the Cotic BFe has always…
Ibis Ripmo AF. It’s the Ripmo ‘Aluminium Frame’
We can’t say that we saw this one coming… Today, Ibis has announced the new, aluminium framed ‘Ibis Ripmo AF’…
Fresh Goods Friday 464 | The Back To School Edition
All the kids are back at school. The kids in Scotland – who have been back for weeks – are…
Trek SuperCaliber | The 60mm travel World Cup race bike
As World Cup race courses get more technical, with less and less chance to recover between ‘features’, the big question…
Lee Quarry Riders Robbed By Masked Attackers With Crowbars
On the evening of Wednesday 4th September, two riders had driven up the access road to Lee Quarry, in Lancashire…
2020 Shimano Shoes | Trail Shoes, Race Shoes and – E-Bike shoes?
Shimano is using the evening of this year’s Eurobike Show to launch the new 2020 Shimano shoe range. There are…
Singletrack Issue 126 | Editorial – There is no right or wrong…
Words Chipps How is it that I can love listening to a particular band, yet my friend hates them? Or…
New Specialized 2FO 2.0 Clip-in Shoe Launched
The new version of Specialized’s flagship clip-in trail shoe, now called the 2FO 2.0 is said to be even better…
Pivot Lightens The LES
2020 Pivot LES SL launched. Those Pivot folks in Arizona have just let us know that the new LES hardtail…
Trek Fuel EX 9.8 | First Ride Review
Chipps nips over to take in some Italian singletrack and bring you this Trek Fuel EX 9.8 First Ride Review…
Trek Fuel EX 2020 – The Fuel EX Like Never Before
The 2020 Trek Fuel EX bears little resemblance to the previous model – we take a look at what’s new.…
Fresh Goods Friday 460 – The Austin Powers ‘I’m spent!’ edition
Yes, yes, yes! It’s the end of a dramatic week of weather, of news, of new bike launches and of…
Singletrack Issue 126 | Hope’s Helping Hand
How one engineering student’s idea became a reality thanks to Hope Technology. Words & Photography Chipps Maxime Lallemand loves riding…
Sportline Show | New 2020 Saracen And Genesis Mountain Bikes
Sportline is the name of Madison’s company that handles all of its own-brand bikes, like Saracen, Genesis and Ridgeback and…
New DT Swiss 1200 Spline Premium Carbon Wheels Launched
Not only has DT Swiss reinvented its light-but-bombproof star ratchet hubs, but its has now built them into super light…
Giro Tyrant – The New Halfshell Helmet For Jumpers And Jibbers
Are you a bit of a jibber? Do you like to bust some phat airs? Then Giro has got a…
Ard Rock Enduro Festival 2019 Cancelled
We’ve just heard that the organisers of the 2019 Ard Rock Enduro have had to take the difficult decision to…
The New Yeti SB140 Is Yeti’s 27.5in Trail Slayer
It was the big unfilled hole in the line, so it was no great surprise to see the Yeti SB140…