Steve Peat Wins French World Cup!

Peaty takes World Cup win at La Bresse in France this weekend. Tracy Moseley continues to lead the Women's World…

Welsh Downhill Champs, August 29-30th

Brief details of the Welsh DH Champs. It's an open championship, everyone of all nationalities welcome, however, the fastest Welsh…

Fresh Goods

It’s about time we showed you some of the fab stuff that’s been arriving in the office while we were…

The Marin Roughride 2009 – Sunday, June 14th

Just a reminder that this year’s Marin Roughride is on Sunday June 14th, one week later than 2008.

SingletrAction Trail News Update and Membership Drive

It’s that time of year again when SingletrAction do their "membership drive". There’s benefits for you and the trails –…

It’s 2009 and singlespeeding’s still not dead!

It’s 2009 and singlespeeding’s still not dead! The upcoming 2009 UK Single Speed Championships at Dalby Forest on the 6th…

The Merida o.Nine Carbon – 930g Frame!

That's quite light that is.

Oh Alright Then, Here’s Another Amazing Vid of Danny MacAskill

No doubt you've seen Danny's latest video - which was "YouTube phenomenon" that even your Mum probably forwarded you details…

Gorrick Gore 100 Challenge

Another astounding turn out meant the trails at Swinley Forest was awash with hundreds of happy riders who had decided…

Aston Hill Chairman Highly Commended at the CTC Awards

The CTC's Awards and Recruitment Committee gave a Highly Commended Award to Richard Abbott for his contribution to cycling in…

Mountain Bike World Cup Live on STW This Weekend

During the upcoming weekend, Houffalize, Belgium will experience a big premiere. In addition to hosting its traditional Olympic cross-country race,…

2nd Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Only 2 Weeks Away

Only two weeks to go before the 2nd event of Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2009 will open its doors…

World Cup Course Unveiled in Dalby Forest

The Forestry Commission is putting the finishing touches to a 6.5 kilometre (4 mile) cross-country route on its estate in…

Rachel Atherton Out For The Season

World Downhill Champ Rachel Atherton is having surgery on her injured shoulder which will put her out for most of…

40 High-End Bikes Stolen from Paligap.

Paligap has over 40 bikes stolen. Keep your eyes peeled for dodgy looking folk selling Kona, Merlin, Litespeed and Quintana…

Premier Demo Series Hits Glentress This Weekend

This means that in a couple of days time you could be swinging your leg over demo bikes from Intense,…

Wiggle Enduro6 Results

The new ‘weather proofed’ course at Catton Park was unveiled at the weekend after much work by the organisers to…

Camelbak Mule Lightweight

Richard from Camelbak's UK distributors Zyro has just dropped us a line to let us know that they are running…

UK cycling to school doubled in 2008

UK cycling to school doubled in 2008

Good news! Sustrans has good news for pro-ride to school campaigners. The bad news is that it's still under 10%…

Chumba Back in the UK

News about Chumba Racing's return to the UK.

Sram 2010 Piccies

Just a few pictures from last week's trip to Afan for a hands-on test of some of the new SRAM…

Issue 49’s Trailside Bingo Game – How To Play It

In the forthcoming issue of Singletrack there's a tear-out perforated insert devoted to the totally awesome new craze that is…

2009 Kona Mash-Up Rd1

The 1st Kona Mash-Up event of the season is only six weeks away with entries coming in thick and fast.…

Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy – Kielder Results

Spain's David Vazquez topped an otherwise very French podium at last weekend's Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy round at Kielder Forest.

Singletrack Issue 49 – The Dirtbag Issue

The Dirtbag Issue: you don't need a fat wallet to enjoy mountain biking, as shown in this cut-price, entry-level, making-do,…

Sram 2009 (or is it 2010? it’s hard to keep up)

Matt and Jonny headed down to Afan Argoed t'other day to be shown some new stuff by Elmar from Sram.…

Car Scrappage Scheme Should Apply To Bicycles

The new government grant that offers £2,000 off a new car when a 10-year-old vehicle is scrapped should be replaced…

Sea Otter Eight

Sea Otter Eight

Colours from Lezyne, Santa Cruz, crazy military types from Genuine Innovations, the Ibis Tranny in orange, funky vicar bars from…

Marzocchi 2010 – Sea Otter Sneak Preview

Marzocchi 2010 – Sea Otter Sneak Preview

Chipps got a sneak preview of a good looking and 'back to basics' Marzocchi. They're focussing on their previous strengths…

Fresh Goods

Cheese, Giro, Bell, Giant, Titus, Specialized, Alpkit, MobiWasher, DMR, Diadora, Cannondale, Bontrager, Mavic and Kona...

Hope Race Series Round 1, Lee Quarry

Sunday dawned bright and early in the Pennines for the 100+ racers descending upon the exciting new venue of Lee…

Singletrack Classic Weekender – Yoofs Over 14 Can Now Enter

It's official: the kids are alright.

Spooky Horror Taxi

Russ from Wight Mountain has just sent us some pics of a new Spooky Horror Taxi. Can you spot what's…

The Outsider Festival

Music festivals or mountain biking? When it comes to planning summer weekends it's usually one or the other. The Outsider…

Specialized Issue Handlebar Safety Recall

Specialized has issued a Handlebar safety recall on the following 2009 model year bikes...

Offenburg World Cup This Sunday – Watch It Live on STW!

The Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is the biggest mountain bike event in Germany, attracting more than 20.000 spectators.…

Benji’s Bandito – Minty Fresh

(£449 RRP from Raleigh) This year’s mantra for me is to learn how to jump properly on proper jumps. It’s…

Gore Bike Wear 100 Challenge

Fancy a grand day out in the woods, where you can ride masses of grin inducing trails with loads of…

Ride The Chairlift For Bike Trails Opening Soon at Lecht Ski Centre

The mountain bike trails will soon be opening for the first time at the ski centre, with the key attraction…

1st Merida Bikes MTB Marathon – Report and Pics

After a rather weather spoiled season opener in 2008 the 1st event of the Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2009…

Brechfa Team Enduro

Teams of two or more riders - as this is a relaxed enduro you can ride with as many of…

Alpkit’s Big Shake Out

If you like kayaking, climbing, bouldering, mountain biking or walking then join Alpkit in Yorkshire for a social weekend and…

Fat Albert is Ten Years Old

The old Schwalbe Fat Albert was a bit of a quiet favourite among the Singletrack Rubber Geeks. Here's details of…

17km of New Stuff in Kielder Forest

The Kielder Partnership is to unveil a 17 kilometre ‘red route’ that has been built as part of a £900,000…

The Best Five Minute Mountain Bike Film Ever – Danny MaCaskill

That says it all really. Danny MacAskill's new video on Youtube has old and new-school riders' jaws dropping all over…

Sea Otter Report Six – Team Bikes and Precious Things

Sea Otter Report Six – Team Bikes and Precious Things

Chipps delves deep into the pits, peeks behind some curtains and finds out some of the hot-tuning mods that the…

Sea Otter Report Five – DT Swiss, Ritchey, Syncros

Sea Otter Report Five – DT Swiss, Ritchey, Syncros

Carbon mountain bike rims were everywhere at this year's Sea Otter. Here are the latest offerings from DT Swiss, Ritchey…

Sea Otter Report Four – Race Face

Sea Otter Report Four – Race Face

Even lighter carbon cranks, 785mm Atlas bars, superduper chainrings, body armour - and the return of colours - including purple!

Sea Otter Three

Sea Otter Three

Another random look round the pits of the Sea Otter with Chipps. Chub hubs, cranks from the Hive, the Santa…

The Best Mountain Bike Video Ever? (Fixed link too)

My favourite five minute MTB video ever...

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