The latest stories from the world of mountain biking.

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Sram XX – the low down.

Dave A reports back from the SRAM XX launch in Italy having taken the test bikes around a blistering hot Tuscan landscape. There are US prices in here too -…

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Sram XX shifter close up

Last post before I pop off for dinner, here’s the XX shifter. Designed from the ground up just like the rest of the groupset but influenced by what Sram have...

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Sram XX forks

Here’s a taster of the new XX forks, more tech information later.. Here’s the XX Sid world cups with reworked lowers, steerer and crown. All forks feature the new X…

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That Sram XX cassette in close up

Dave gives us some super-closeups of the new SRAM XX rear cassette. It\'s a madness of intricate machining - which it should be for over $300...

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2010 Commencal AbsolutSX

Albert from Madison says: \"Rumour has it it’s the ‘bestest’ in t’world ever, ever!\" See what you think…

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Shhh – Sram XX Updated

Dave Anderson reports from the SRAM XX launch in Italy... Ten speed, two chainrings and Centrelock? Whatever next?

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Successful shoulder surgery for Rachel Atherton

Rachel\'s back home and better already...

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Get The Ride Journal For FREE!

Free stuff is always good, really great free stuff is even better!

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Crickhowell Merida MTB Marathon Series 2009 – The Aftermath

The weather turned the already challenging trails into an extra tough ride but that didn’t stop almost 900 riders entering the event.

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Atherton Attacks Aston!

World Champ Gee Atherton meets some proper journos and gets them dirty at Aston Hill whilst we play with alliteration.

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Hope Race Series Round 3, Lee Quarry – Race Report

With June and the start of the British summer proper winching ever closer, it was touch and go whether the charm of the previous rounds would hold for the racers…

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Where You Can Buy The Mag – Singletrack Magazine Stockist Listing

For those of you who have yet to work out where your nearest stockist of Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine is, we\'ve created a handy online listing of them all.

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Singletrack Mind Celebrates Ten Years

The south-Wales club that hand-made many of the early trails at Afan is having a party to celebrate ten years since it started. And you\'re all invited...

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The Singletrack Classic Weekender – Update

Camping, car parking, insurance, security, toilets, fire, water, uplifts, demo bikes, timetable, catering... Now with videos of the downhills course and the \'Classic\' trials competition. It\'s going to be the…

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MSC/Descent-Gear NPS Rd 2 at Llangollen, May 30th-31st

Round two is going to be off the Richter Scale and will go down in the history books as the hardest track in the U.K to race on. Steve Parr…

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Singletrack Trail Guide – The Gower

Benji and trusty lieutenant JonWIII travel to the southerest, westerest bits of Wales in search of fresh trails. And they find them, nestled among the gales.

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Is This The New Orange Patriot?

Jonny \"The\" Woodhouse has sent us some spy shots over from Switzerland...

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Cannock NPS Race

It is official - Cannock Chase attracts some of the toughest and most determined mountain bikers anywhere in the world.

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Watch Steve Peat Make History at The Vallnord DH

Watch Steve Peat make DH history. WOOP!

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Lee Quarry Hope Series Race 3 Preview

After surviving the weather in race 2 here’s race 3! Entry levels are good and they are still accepting entries on the day. Registration opens at 08:30.

Chipps Draws First Blood – Updated

A quick afternoon distraction for you. Chipps has finally (nearly) finished his Orange Blood. Here\'s a preview of the next issue\'s Long Termer before it gets dirty...

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2nd Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series Just Around The Corner

With the trails drying out quickly and the vegetation doing overtime the conditions out there getting better by the minute. Only a couple of days now before the 2nd round…

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European Handbuilt Bike Show

Thanks to our German Reporter, Thomas Paatz, we have a great report, with scores of pictures from the European Handbuilt Bikes Show that took place last weekend in Germany.

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MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com NPS Downhill Rd 2

The race is already fully booked with 300 of the top UK riders who have all had to qualify regionally so these really are the cream of the crop. Advertised…

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Hope Race Series Round 2, Lee Quarry

Race organisers Brownbacks were playing a risky game staging round 2 of the Hope Race Series on a Bank Holiday Monday but the Bacup micro-climate played into their favour this…

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Killer Driver Escapes Prison Because Cyclist Wasn’t Wearing A Helmet

CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation has condemned a judge’s decision to reduce the sentence handed down to a driver because the cyclist he killed wasn’t wearing a helmet.

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Personal Mayhem

In this year\'s Official Mountain Mayhem magazine we are offering Mayhem racers or friends and family of racers the opportunity to run your own \"personal ads\".

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Dales Bike Centre Picks Up Environment Award

Newly opened Dales Bike Centre in the Yorkshire Dales National Park last week picked up the Yorkshire Post’s 2009 Environment Award for building projects under £1million. The centre based in…

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Kielder Gets A Purple Mountain

The Kielder Partnership has revealed that Purple Mountain has been awarded the contract to run the £250,000 Kielder Water & Forest Park Bike Centre.

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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 Cup after a second place.