The latest stories from the world of mountain biking.

Red Bull banned from Welsh mansion after Hardline damage

It’s been reported that Red Bull has been blocked from renting its usual accommodation of Plas Tan-y-Bwlch in Wales, due to excessive damage caused over the past two years. Plas...

Amanda’s Birthday Bargain: Reclaim Your Youth With Tie-Dye

It’s Amanda’s birthday, so it’s time for another birthday promo in our web shop. Amanda has picked our Tie Dye T-shirts: Why Tie Dye? Because each T-shirt is unique and...

Gravity School Racing: Team Video Portugal Cup Rd 2 Seia

As the pre-season races really start to heat up, the team headed to Seia for the second round of the Portugal Cup, and everyone was excited to visit a new...

NBD: Cane Creek Electric Wings, Marin Alpine Trail Es, Bosch x Tektro ABS…

... Liv Intrigue X, SRAM Stealth brakes, BikeYoke Revive 272 dropper and Canyon Exceed. They\'re are here in this week\'s collection of Most Interesting Stuff Launched Since Last Week.

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Government Changes Policy on Rights of Way: The Deadline is Back

Having previously announced that the 2026 deadline for registering historic rights of way would be removed, the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has taken an about turn and...

The Classic Ride Is Coming – with Cycling UK

The next issue of Singletrack World is about to whirl its way around printing presses, and you’ve got until 25th March to get your name on the list if you...

Canyon Neuron First Look: A Very Rejigged Trail Bike

What sort of bike is the new Canyon Neuron? The simple answer is: it\'s a mountain bike. The more specific answer is: it\'s a trail bike. A trail bike with…

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Benji’s Bonzer Birthday Bargain Thingy

When a Singletrack staff member clocks up being another year further away from being a teenager, we do a little special Singletrack merch offer. In Sheep We trust I have...

Let’s Go Racing! Tarouca DH with Gravity School Racing 

We kicked off the 2023 race season with a visit to Portugal for the first round of the Portugal Cup at Tarouca. This venue always promises exciting racing, with a...

NBD: Ritchey Ultra 50th, YT Capra Core 3, Canyon Grizl CF SL 7…

Cube ebikes with Bosch ABS, 5Dev chainrings and SQlab Innerbarends. They\'re all featured in this week\'s handy roundup of the most interesting New Stuff That\'s Come Out.

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Urgent call on Government to reverse devastating cuts to active travel budget

It feels like, given the response to our original story on this, this press release from the Walking and Cycling Alliance is worthy of a share. For what it’s worth,...

DirtFund Vitus Privateer Programme – 2023 riders announced

Having successfully launched the first DirtFund Vitus Privateer Programme in 2022, volunteers Daniel O’Shea and Tom Scott have announced the three new programme riders for 2023. Leah Maunsell, Ruairidh McRitchie,...

What’s Inside Singletrack Issue 148? Don’t Miss Out!

It’s the shoulder season. Kind of Atlas sized shoulders, that go on forever. Snow, sun, ice, mud, frost, wind… This issue, out early April, bridges the seasons nicely. We’ve got...

First 3D Printed Thermoplastic Mountain Bike: Revel Rodeo

Revel, the Colorado brand behind Revel Bikes and Wheels, has been experimenting with 3D printing in order to make a FusionFiber bike. This is a type of thermoplastic, and using...

After The Storm – #RideOverRacism

I first saw this film at its premier at Kendal Mountain Festival and recommended you seek it out at one of the screenings that have since taken place around the...

Monday Movies: The British Connection Edition

Have yourself a bumper viewing of mountain bike videos – not just two minute shredits, but some longer stuff too. Plus, all of them have a UK connection. Should keep...

Government Slashes Funding For Cycling And Active Travel

Yesterday’s announcement that HS2 is being delayed to reduce costs has grabbed most of the headlines, but buried in the statement was the news that Active Travel funding is also...

NBD: Trek Farley, Thok Gram, Audi E-Tron, Last Cinto V2…

... YT Decoy CORE 4, Islabikes Creig.S and Luath.S. They\'re all in this week\'s New Bike Day round-up.

Islabikes Launches Bikes For Smaller Adults

If you’ve ever eyed up the Islabikes range with envy – or perhaps even had a go at riding one – you’re in luck. The Shropshire based company that revolutionised...

Women on The Move: The Politics of Patents

I think you’re going to like this. Fun, irreverence, freedom and a good dose of messing around. This new film looks at some of the clothing that adventurous women invented...

Lift Your Mood with 2 minutes and 47 seconds of video

Give yourself 2 minutes and 47 seconds to watch this video and we reckon you can’t fail to feel better. Turn that frown upside down, fill your cup half full,...

‘If in doubt, sit them out’ – British Cycling publishes first concussion guidance

We admit we’re a little surprised to see this headline – we had sort of assumed British Cycling already had policies about this. We’ve been writing stories about concussion risks...

Move Over Chris Akrigg, Hello Leo Smith

Two northerners in one day? It’s almost like oop north is the centre of the mountain bike universe… While Chris Akrigg might have been the poster boy of your bedroom...

Chris Akrigg Joins Whyte Bikes

Chris Akrigg has moved on from GT and will now be riding for Whyte – surely a great match of very British branding? You’ll be happy to know there are...

The Best Bits from iceBike* 2023

iceBike* is UK-bike-distributor-behemoth Madison\'s trade show. We popped down the road to Manchester to roundup the best bits.

What’s Open At Glentress? A Redevelopment Update

The Glentress Masterplan sets out redevelopment proposals that includes new trails, improved facilities, and some new accommodation options in the area. Originally conceived before the 2023 UCI World Championships were...

NBD: Last Tarvo 2, Specialized Tero X, Crankbros Mallet Trail…

... POC Omne Lite and Ultra helmets, Pole Voima ID, Bell Full-10 helmet, Cane Creek ILG2 shocks, and Focus Jam/Sam 2s.

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Goodbye Deore? Hello Shimano CUES!

Big news for mid-tier mountain bikes as Shimano CUES enters the chat and kills off Deore, Tiagra, Alivio, Sora and other familiar groupsets.

Goodyear Newton MTF and MTR review

The Goodyear Newton tyres are as hefty as they are grippy, and as such they represent a solid choice - perhaps in more ways than one.

Spy Shot – New Specialized Bike Spotted In Banyoles

Specialized debuted a secret new cross country race bike this weekend