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And the Oscar for most crowbarred-in reference in a Press Release goes to…

.. the Lake District National Park Authority! “As Oscar winning film Slum Dog Millionaire hugs international headlines, Lake District village halls are celebrating their own big cash windfalls. There is no……

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Another deadline crush

It’s kind of snuck up on us again. Taking a week off to go skiing earlier in February, plus our new week-shorter production schedule has meant the usual deadline cram….…

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Hard or soft?

Chipps ponders the ratio of hardtails to suspension in the magazine(s) There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN…

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Back to Grey

Chipps is back from his -9C skiing fun in Italy, but when’s the next jolly? He’s going to have to invent some more days in the year to get on…

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Statistics, swearing and those bloody ads again!

Swearing can be funny, stats are great but not when an insurance company gets hold of them to try and prove that cycling is dangerous and ads are here to…

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Wheels-R-Us

In the continuing saga of “sorting out downstairs” I’ve been spending a great deal of time shinning myself on lots of random wheels that are littering the Singletrack offices. There……

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Singletrack Workshop Refit

Our workshop isn’t in the neatest of states at the mo… So with this in mind we’ve just taken delivery of an “Action Station” from PAF Systems. It’s a “work……

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Benji’s Long Termer – Genesis Alpitude

A peek into the staff bike shed reveals a lot of changes for 2009. Here’s “Part 2” of Benji’s thoughts on his Genesis Alpitude (“Part 1” can be found in…

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Reward

Explored a new (to me) Lakeland bridleway today. It turned out to be one of the best technical trails I’ve ever ridden. Better than the Snowdon Rangers Path? I think……

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Core Bike Rocks

Just back from the Core Bike show – it was great as always… Now to get some pictures up. There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US…

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Without rhyme nor reason

I am really into mountain biking again. And when I say “really” it should say “REALLY”. Times 10. Tuesday night rides, thursday night rides, Saturday techno rides, Sunday social rides….…

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Snow!

A snowy commute made for some late night fixie-fun There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN 6p/DAY If…

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To singlespeed or not?

Chipps mulls over whether he still qualifies as a singlespeeder… There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN 6p/DAY…

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Mash…

Some bizarre late night musings… There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN 6p/DAY If you have an account,…

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A long way for a pub lunch

Frozen byways and far-away pubs made up Chipps’ weekend There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN 6p/DAY If…

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Business as usual

The forum post frequency is returning to its pre Christmas level now, which is reassuring and I reckon a big indication of a return to normal service is the number……

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A (temporary) new arrival

Chipps borrows a dog… There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR LESS THAN 6p/DAY If you have an account, please log…

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Let’s ban photoshoots

No sooner had I suggested doing a photoshoot for today – given the run of unbroken blue skies we’ve had recently – than the clouds close in and it starts……