Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine

Other people’s trails

  I reckon 98.5%* of my riding is done on trails in a 20km radius of where I ride, because we’re lucky that locally there’s enough variation and quality of riding that justifying travelling out of the valley seems pointless. That same variation and quality also means I get to spend a fair amount of [...]

September 5th, 11 3,993 By: Dave

How weekends should be….

Dave experiences some great riding on uncrowded trails.

March 10th, 10 2,273 By: Dave

Snow good

I get real pleasure from riding in snow, especially if  I’m officially “stuck at home”.

February 11th, 10 2,757 By: Dave

Oh the irony

So a week ago we retreated up to Austria from Slovenia due to the combination of high temperatures and high humidity making riding just a little bit too much hard work. In retrospect and facing the inevitable homecoming rain that seems pretty stupid now. Regular readers will realise we’ve a bit of a soft spot [...]

August 26th, 09 1,013 By: Dave

Words done, van packed. We’re outta here.

You can’t beat a good deadline rush even though it’s early this issue thanks to the efficiency of Sim and Ben at the helm. Finished words for the next issue yesterday, then in true male tradition started packing for our trip this morning. A random assortment of bike kit has been thrown in the travel [...]

August 6th, 09 896 By: Dave

Local Rides for Local People

We’ve a simple rule in our house; If the sun’s shining we’re out riding. And so faced with the prospect of having to sort out the garden fence it was a pleasure to pull the house rule out of the bag for a “get out of DIY” card. The local loop is a goldilocks route. [...]

July 25th, 09 829 By: Dave