From The Archive: Womens’ Specific Bikes – do we need them?

From The Archive: Womens’ Specific Bikes – do we need them?

Back in issue 15 of Singletrack Magazine, in 2004, we reviewed three of what were then a new development: women’s…

Cheaper Things Tuesday: Discounted E-Bikes Edition

Cheaper Things Tuesday: Discounted E-Bikes Edition

Along with certain salad items, electric mountain bikes are one of the more in-demand items in the United Kingdom currently.

11 Things That Should Be Standard Issue, Not Special Feature

11 Things That Should Be Standard Issue, Not Special Feature

We've rounded up some of those product 'features' that we think should go without saying. Feel free to disagree, or…

What We’re Looking Forward To In 2023

What We’re Looking Forward To In 2023

Let us raise our spirits, look on the bright side, and feel the warm rays of positivity. 2023 is gonna…

Christmas MTB Bingo

Christmas MTB Bingo

Oh, we love them, but we also know kith and kin are going to buy us things we don’t want.…

Editors’ Choice Awards: The Best Bikes and Gear of 2022

Editors’ Choice Awards: The Best Bikes and Gear of 2022

The products and bikes that made the team’s year in 2022.

Website Update: Forum Thread Notifications Are Back!

Website Update: Forum Thread Notifications Are Back!

Our Tech Team has been working hard, and has a little functionality update for you: Too many moons ago we…

Mondraker MIND Telemetry review

Mondraker MIND Telemetry review

Mondraker MIND is a GPS enabled telemetry system. As well as being able to help you set up your suspension…

Reel Around The Mountain – A Mont Blanc Adventure

Reel Around The Mountain – A Mont Blanc Adventure

Originally published in Issue 110 of Singletrack World Magazine, let us take you back in time to the kind of…

Not-Bike Objects of Desire: What We’re Looking For

Not-Bike Objects of Desire: What We’re Looking For

There are things that we lust after too, in our normal daily lives, that don't come with stickers or free…

Balls to the World Cup? Here are 28 bike things that take 90 minutes

Balls to the World Cup? Here are 28 bike things that take 90 minutes

We've got a lot of thoughts and ideas about how we'd like to spend 90 minutes that don't involve watching…

Making Up The Numbers: Wyn Masters to do World Cup commentary?

Making Up The Numbers: Wyn Masters to do World Cup commentary?

Will he or won’t he? In this week’s episode of Making Up The Numbers George chats with Vali Hoell and…

Issue 145: Red Bull Formation: A Foundation For The Future

Issue 145: Red Bull Formation: A Foundation For The Future

Red Bull Formation pushes female freeriders into the mainstream. Words Nicole Formosa Photography Katie Lozancich Katie Holden and I are peering up…

Issue 144 : Excess baggage

Issue 144 : Excess baggage

Nils takes an unusual packing list to the mountains for an overnight adventure. Words & photography Nils Amelinckx I fumbled…

Issue 144: Cannock Chasing Time

Issue 144: Cannock Chasing Time

Two mountain bike races, same venue, 30 years apart. Words & Photography Geoff Waugh Time, he’s waiting in the wings…

Classic Ride 144 – Ludlow and the Clee Hills

Classic Ride 144 – Ludlow and the Clee Hills

Shropshire isn’t all about the Long Mynd. Steve links up some hidden gems. Words & Photography Steve ChapmanIllustration Beate Kubitz…

Singletrack World Response to Nadine Dorries’ Comments on Trans Athletes

Singletrack World Response to Nadine Dorries’ Comments on Trans Athletes

Singletrack World takes the position that Trans women are women, and cannot support the recent statements by the UK Culture…

Issue 143: A New Year’s Assault on Ventoux

Issue 143: A New Year’s Assault on Ventoux

When your traditional New Year’s ski-tour to a mountain hut won’t work because of the weather, then doing it on…

Issue 143 Bonus Content! Classic Ride Fuel – Flapjack Recipe

Issue 143 Bonus Content! Classic Ride Fuel – Flapjack Recipe

Since Barney made such a fuss over Rick’s flapjack (OOOAAAH), we asked Rick to share the recipe, so you can…

Fresh Goods Friday 605: The Highly Erratic Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 605: The Highly Erratic Edition

I (Amanda), am in the Lake District with Benji and Mark, fumbling around with bikes and cameras. It’s far too…

Issue 143: Shiny Happy People

Issue 143: Shiny Happy People

Alf Alderson was enticed to South Carmarthenshire by a local tourist board promotion – but did the riding live up…

Issue 143 Hans Rey: Lasting Legacies

Issue 143 Hans Rey: Lasting Legacies

Hans Rey learns from new hotshots and old legends to work out his place in mountain biking’s legacy. Words &…

Flat Pedal Shoes Buyer’s Guide: MTB Kit Essentials

Flat Pedal Shoes Buyer’s Guide: MTB Kit Essentials

What makes a great pair of flat pedal shoes? And, more importantly, who is delivering? Here are the best flattie…

O say, can you see Fresh Goods Friday 597?

O say, can you see Fresh Goods Friday 597?

Apologies in advance for any USA pricing. Hannah is on holiday and can't figure out how to get UK websites…

Classic Ride 142 – The Glorious Peaks

Classic Ride 142 – The Glorious Peaks

Words & Photography Chipps Chipps takes on a tour around one of Yorkshire’s iconic Three Peaks with a couple of…

Issue 142 Interview: Going Downhill

Issue 142 Interview: Going Downhill

Steve Chapman chats to the unassuming Pearces who have shaped UK downhill racing. Words Steve Chapman Photography As Credited If…

Editorial: The Eternal Suffering Of The Spoke

Editorial: The Eternal Suffering Of The Spoke

I was once on a Mavic press launch, somewhere in the French mountains. Our merry band of bike journalists was…

UK Adventure: Far From The Maddening Crowds

UK Adventure: Far From The Maddening Crowds

Fed up with the same old, same old of trail centres? Sanny reckons he has found the perfect antidote just…

International Adventure: Rocks And Hard Places

International Adventure: Rocks And Hard Places

Tim Wild packs a bike and his sense of adventure and takes part in the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival in…

Pete’s Pros: Hattie Harnden

Pete’s Pros: Hattie Harnden

Pete Scullion talks fun, work and sleep with the multidisciplinary bike racing dynamo. Words & Photography Pete Scullion Despite being a…

Singletrack Kitchen: Charlie’s Cheesy Chilli Cakes & Roasted Red Soup

Singletrack Kitchen: Charlie’s Cheesy Chilli Cakes & Roasted Red Soup

This is a nice winter recipe that will warm you through on one of those ‘can’t feel my toes, but…

Singletrack Issue 141 kit essentials: Insulated jackets

Singletrack Issue 141 kit essentials: Insulated jackets

Chipps and the team venture out into the chill winds to bring word of the best insulated jackets out there.

Singletrack Issue 141 UK Adventure: Pilgrim’s Regress

Singletrack Issue 141 UK Adventure: Pilgrim’s Regress

Adam Boggon returns to his childhood haunts in this reflective ride through Fife. Words Adam Boggon Photography Peter Munnoch The…

Behind The Scenes: The Art of the Photograph

Behind The Scenes: The Art of the Photograph

Why are Pete Scullion’s photographs so great compared to your own trail shot efforts? Is it the subject, the method,…

Singletrack Issue 141 – The Joy of Flex

Singletrack Issue 141 – The Joy of Flex

Welcome to Benji, our new Technical Content Manager. He has opinions and he’s not afraid to share them. As the…

Chris Hinds – Unexpected Hero

Chris Hinds – Unexpected Hero

How much physical and mental strength does it take to finish, let alone win, the 1,800km Great British Divide? More…

Singletrack Magazine Issue 141 Bonus Content: Great British Divide – Chris Hinds’ Day By Day Diary

Singletrack Magazine Issue 141 Bonus Content: Great British Divide – Chris Hinds’ Day By Day Diary

Bonus content! This is Chris Hinds’ full diary from his Great British Divide 2021. We’ve used a lot of images…

Classic Ride 141 – Wye Valley Wanderings

Classic Ride 141 – Wye Valley Wanderings

Jon Woodhouse takes us on a tour of this gem on the Welsh-English border.  Words & Photography JON WOODHOUSE ​​Sitting…

MTB Culture: Meet The Minehead Mentors

MTB Culture: Meet The Minehead Mentors

Chipps takes a ride with the Minehead mountain bike club that’s just for youngsters. Words & Photography Chipps Saturday mornings…

Last Word: Information Threshold

Last Word: Information Threshold

Rhys blinds Amanda with science, but she’s busy looking at the sun. I’m sitting in the passenger seat of the…

Buy your own adventure: Win a £500 Altura Voucher with Singletrack!

Buy your own adventure: Win a £500 Altura Voucher with Singletrack!

Winning free stuff is always great, but you might not win the thing you really needed. Perhaps you win shorts,…

Column: The Joy of Flex | Get your Singletrack Issue 141 sneak peek

Column: The Joy of Flex | Get your Singletrack Issue 141 sneak peek

The following is an excerpt from the first column published by our new Technical Manager, Benji Haworth. This column will…

100 Things To Slightly Improve Your Bike Life Without Really Trying

100 Things To Slightly Improve Your Bike Life Without Really Trying

The Guardian published a list of 100 Things To Slightly Improve Your Life Without Really Trying. We thought we’d bring…

Review: Salsa Timberjack SLX 29 – how will you ride yours?

Review: Salsa Timberjack SLX 29 – how will you ride yours?

This review is part of the Bike Test feature ‘Hard Tails for Trails’ from Issue 137 of Singletrack Magazine. Price: …

Reviewed: Ragley Big Wig – a steel hardtail classic

Reviewed: Ragley Big Wig – a steel hardtail classic

This review is part of the Bike Test feature ‘Hard Tails for Trails’ from Issue 137 of Singletrack Magazine. Price: …

Nukeproof Scout 290 Pro review: for a fun filled ride

Nukeproof Scout 290 Pro review: for a fun filled ride

This review is part of the Bike Test feature ‘Hard Tails for Trails’ from Issue 137 of Singletrack Magazine. Price: …

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 30 – Muc-Off Ultimate Tubeless Kit

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 30 – Muc-Off Ultimate Tubeless Kit

It’s the final daily draw before the big one that takes place live on New Year’s Eve at 7pm. You…

Singletrack MegaSack 2021 Day 29 – TSG Protection Bundle

Singletrack MegaSack 2021 Day 29 – TSG Protection Bundle

TSG Bundle – Scope MIPS Helmet Lg, Tahoe A Knee Guard Lg, Tahoe A 2.0 Elbow Pad Lg, Trail S…

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 28 – Ere Research Gravel Bar Tape

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 28 – Ere Research Gravel Bar Tape

Ere Research Gravel Bar Tape with Dolce Bar Plugs & Aqua Naturalis Bottle Price: Bar tape & plugs £35, Bottle…

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 27 – FUNN Grips

Singletrack MegaSack Countdown 2021 Day 27 – FUNN Grips

FUNN Holeshot Grips Price: £13.49 From: Granite Designs The Holeshot grip from Funn is designed for ultimate grip and performance on…