Hannah goes in search of time away from being on the clock, on a schedule, and hitting goals.
UK Adventure
From all over the United Kingdom there’s no part of this isle beyond the reach of our writers’ wheels.
Issue 160: Biking in a Winter Wonderland
Sanny contemplates the joys of changing plans on the hoof and how sometimes the best rides are the ones that…
Issue 159: Tour de Farce
The Adventure Syndicate attempts to bring progress to bikepacking by taking it back to a simpler, sillier time.
Issue 159: Hand Bagging
After a lifetime of thinking it could never happen for him, Neil and friends set out to bag a Munro…
Each Peach Pear Plum: Using e-cargo bikes to survive picnics with kids
Hannah enlists her friend Celia on a mission to re-enact a favourite book from her childhood. Luckily, Celia is indefatigable.
Issue 156 – Arran’ a good time
Amanda, Rhys and James are reunited for further confirmation that ‘enduro-packing’ is a great idea. WORDS AMANDA PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES VINCENT…
Issue 156 – Pete’s Peaks
Pete brings us a selection of climbs (and descents) worth bagging, even if they’re not on a fashionable to-do list…
UK Adventure: Learning Landscapes
Accessibility off-road doesn’t need to mean flat or easy, and challenges are not always physical. Vicky goes on a family…
The Trails Behind The Nationwide In Swindon
Hannah goes in search of a myth and finds a reality that should be on everyone’s doorstep.
Issue 154 UK Adventure: Chariots of Rust
Subsequent to the sudden death of a childhood friend, and my girlfriend leaving me over the phone during my graduate…
Issue 153 UK Adventure: Britain’s Lost Rainforests
It’s not just the Amazon rainforest that’s at risk. Here in the UK, our own temperate rainforests are vanishing too.…
Issue 152 UK Adventure: South Glen Shiel Ridge
James Vincent rides possibly the best descent of his life in the North West Scottish Highlands. But is it worth…
Issue 152: Salmon Fishing in the… Feshie
Pete gets his feet wet in a search for that iconic Scottish image: the leaping salmon. Words & Photography Pete…
Issue 152 Classic Ride: Riding the Dyfi
The Climachx trail in the Dyfi Valley offers a day out for those looking for an alternative to the Athertons’…
Singletrack Issue 151 Purposeful Adventure: Friends in High Places
Pete goes in search of the dabs of colour that cling to life in the Scottish mountains. Words & Photography…
Issue 150: Purposeful Adventure – Land Lost
Pete Scullion looks at some of the industrial scars that mark the ‘unspoiled beauty’ of England’s Lake District. But it’s…
Issue 150: The Three-Wheeled Amigos
Antony finds out the unique challenges that taking a trike around an event like the Dirty Reiver poses. Words Antony…
Beinn Dorain: Scotland’s Great Pyramid
Ever seen that big pointy lump of a hill on the way to Fort William and wondered how it rides?…
Purposeful Adventure: Eager Beavers
Pete and Rosie rides over hills and crawl through undergrowth in search of Scotland’s thriving beaver population. Words & Photography…
Issue 148: Looking The Other Way
How can a failed attempt at a record be considered a success? Steve Bate shows how a struggle can offer…
Issue 148 Old Trails, New Tools
Sanny and Mark revisit a trail of previous misadventure and hope for a very different big day out. Words &…
Issue 148 Classic Ride: Children Of The Dammed
Barney takes in some venerable Peak District trails that are anything but old and past it. Words & Photography Barney…
Issue 148 Purposeful Adventure – Beyond The Blues
Trash Free Trails A-Teamers Pete Scullion and Ali Hair give a cold ride a warm glow by adding purpose to…
A Reyt Good Time Bikepacking in the Dales
Amanda discovers that bikepacking isn’t all beards, flannel shirts, and far-flung adventures. Words & Photography Amanda Bikepacking is one of…
Issue 146: UK Adventure – Slymefoot Slide
Is it bikes or biscuits that hold this band of bikepackers together as they trial a new Northumberland route, the…
Issue 145: Making Mountain Bikers
An exercise in learning to mountain bike reminds Hannah how much we take for granted. Words & Photography Hannah For…
Issue 145: Going Off (Grid)
Petor recalls a simpler, damper, mouldier time measured in meals and miles, not hours and minutes. Words & Photography Petor…
Issue 145: Ben Cruachan and the Cailleach
Pete Scullion’s look into ancient myths and legends takes him to Ben Cruachan – and a search for the Queen…
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
Two mountain bike races, same venue, 30 years apart. Words & Photography Geoff Waugh Time, he’s waiting in the wings…
Issue 144 UK Adventure: Where the Duegars Dwell
What’s short, hairy and lures us to the moors of Northumberland – Pete, or a Duegar? Words & Photography Pete…
Issue 144: Lord of the Granny Rings
Inspired by the works of Tolkien, Sanny leads his merry crew on an adventure through lands that could easily double…
Issue 143 UK Adventure: Ghost Riders
Has Taunton’s bloody history left a chill in the air, or is it just the sweat cooling on Pete’s neck?…
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 142 UK Adventure: The Art of Not Suffering
Sanny sets off to prove that bikepacking need not involve long periods of misery and discomfort. When it comes to…
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…
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…
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…
UK Adventure: Wrongpacking At Helvellyn
Amanda, Rhys and James head up Helvellyn in an effort to see whether a stiff climb for tea and an…
The Saga of Magnus | Singletrack magazine issue 131
A haphazard retracing of St Magnus’s last journey by bike seemed a fitting farewell to the island of Orkney. Somehow,…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 129 | Guiding light
Tom Hill looks at why hiring a local guide, despite GPS and the internet – even in our over-explored island…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 128 | UK Adventure – Ochils the Noo
Think you know which is the best mountain biking town in the UK? After a weekend of riding trails local…
Singletrack Issue 127 | Going Over To The Dark Side
Sanny and Dene head out on a pre-dawn mission proving that winter shouldn’t be a barrier to fun. Words &…
Singletrack Issue 127 | My Grandad’s head in a jar
Adam Batty welcomes back a lapsed member of the mountain bike club to enjoy the views. Words & Photography Adam…
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…
There and back again – putting the mountains back into mountain biking
In association with… There are some places you ride that stick in the mind long after you’ve brushed yourself down,…
Singletrack Issue 126 | Cornish Fasties
Barney takes a trip where few bike journos have dared to tread – Cornwall. Words & Photography Barney Marsh Ah,…
Singletrack Issue 126 | How to lose friends and alienate people
Sanny takes on a Lake District pass too many, nearly breaks Mark and makes Nick Craig swear. Words & Photography…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | The Art Of The Possible
Has your biking mojo taken a knock of late? No longer quite feeling the love? Sanny reckons you might just…