Issue 46
Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine December 2008
In this Issue:
Travel Edition
Living on the Road in Europe
Yorkshire Dales Route Guide
Illness
Soft Shells Grouptest
Cover Picture: Wade Simmon in Sardinia by Marco Toniolo
Contents Picture: By Dan Barham
Spineline: Go in there and sell some pickles!
Editorial
Chipps realises that there is a generation of riders who may never have read an OS map or wandered off the beaten track
UK Travel: The Last Good Day of the Year
Iain Haworth sets out on a road trip to make the most of available daylight.
International Travel: All in a Fay’s Work
Wade Simmons tries to convince us that riding your bike for fun is acyually work. And fails.
Editor’s Choice
The Singletrack teams’ favourite bits of 2008.
Bike Test – How much Travel Do I Need?
120mm, 140mm or 160mm? We take a look at the Gary Fisher Roscoe, Kona One20 and Lapierre Spicy
- Gary Fisher Roscoe
- Kona One20
- LaPierre Spicy
Press Camp
Traveling the world seeing what’s new is one of the perks of the job, we give you the inside scoop on the debauchery.
International Travel: Helvetica on Wheels
One van, two kids, many countries. Life on the road in Europe.
Grinder
If a product’s in the Grinder it’s had a hard life, we tell you what made it and what didn’t.
- Altura Attack Waterproof 3/4 Shorts
- Spank Royala Timer Stem and Stick Bar
- Funn Drop Out Brakes
- Gore Countdown Gloves
- Bell Volt Helmet
- Howies Woosh Jacket
- Islabike Cnoc 14
- Helly Hansen Lifa Stripe Crew Graphic
- Sombrio Forensic Glove
- Pace Frame Bearing Lube Kit
- Pronghorn PR6
- Pinnacle Expede 1.0
- Ortleib Messenger Bag
- A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer’s Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal and Beauty in Belgium
Mini Group Test – Tubeless
Benji forsakes the way of the tube and lets us know his findings.
- Shimano M770 XT Wheelset
- Mavic EX823 UST Rims
- Stans’ No Tube Flow Rims
- Maxxis Ignitor FR LUST 2.35 Tyres
- Bontrager Big Earl TLR ARC Wet 2.35 Tyres
- Hutchinson Toro Enduro 2.35 Tyres
- Hutchinson Protect Ait Tyre Sealant
- JRA Wheel Milk
- Stan’s No Tube Tubeless Conversion System
- Joe’s No Flat Tubeless Conversion System
Column: Blame the Dog
Mike Ferrentino sails the good ship Controversy into port and reveals some uncomfortable home truths.
Gallery
Top tip: Stick our gallery photos over your window and pretend you’re somewhere else. Shots from Marco Toniolo, Gary Perkins and Sheldon Attwood.
Group Test – Soft Shells
What’s a softshell and which one should you buy? We get hot and sweaty in softshell jackets on your behalf.
- RaceFace Hoodlum
- Sugoi Firewall 220
- Helly Hansen Verglas Softshell
- Endura Windchill
- Rapha Lightweight Softshell
- Cannondale Slice
- Gore Bikewar Cosmo Plus Windstopper
- Polaris Helix
- Gore Bikewear Oxygen
Column – Philip Diprose
Mr Diprose tells us about his unusual commute whilst not crashing to corpses and ending up one himself.
International Travel: Alfred the Great?
The most scenic mountain bike race in the world according to the organisers of this New Zealand event. And who are we to argue?
Competition – Win Booze!
Win a bottle of whisky and a Singletrack hipflsk to drink it from.
Long Term Test Bikes
After a year’s worth of riding how have the Singletrack team got on with their long term bikes?
- Kona Project Black
- Cannondale Prophet MX
- Klein Attitude
- Orange Alpine 5
- Bianchi P.U.S.S.
- Turner Flux
- Yeti ARC
- Giant Anthem Advanced
Fitness – Illness
Matt Hart tells you why satsumas are not your friends.
Column: Nature Boy
Some lesser magazine proclaims ‘Just Get Out and Ride’, but as Natureboy points out, just getting people out is hard enough.
Route Guide: The Whale and the Toblerone
The Yorkshire Dales offer up another classic route to break yourself on.
- Easy Route: Lots of options in Gisburn Forest
- Medium Route: 37.5km (23.30 miles), 3-5 hours
- Hard Route: 37.8km (23.49 miles), 5-7 hours
The Singletrack Awards
The only awards in the industry voted for by the public, so who did you vote for, and who won what?
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