Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine

Review: Sun Ringlé Charger Pro wheelset

Price: £479.99 From: Hotlines Tested: 12 months Wheelset reviews are a funny old game. You can’t really write much about their performance at first. Pretty much all non-cheap wheels these days are fine out of the box and fine for a few rides. You can weigh ‘em. You can fill a few sentences talking about [...]

March 1st, 12 0 3,189 Categories: Recommended, Wheels

Montane Dyno Jacket

Matt tests a different kind of softshell jacket that’s friendly to user as well as the environment

January 26th, 11 4 7,999 Categories: Clothing, Recommended

Fox 36 Float 160 FIT RLC

Jonny’s verdict on 160mm of golden legged, vulpine air travel for big hitting duties..

August 20th, 10 19 14,683 Categories: Forks, Recommended

DT Swiss XMC100

This fork arrived too late for inclusion in Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine issue 58′s XC fork group test. So here it is online as promised…

July 14th, 10 4 10,279 Categories: Forks, Recommended

IXS Hack Knee Pads

Comfy, non-OTT knee protection.

January 27th, 10 0 4,918 Categories: Protection, Recommended

Magura Marta SL Magnesium

Yes, they are double-take inducingly expensive but…

January 26th, 10 18 7,643 Categories: Brakes, Recommended

Gore Windstopper: Warmers and Gillet

Here’s our man Oli with some Gore Windstopper garments

November 17th, 09 3 8,100 Categories: Clothing, Recommended

Ibis Mojo – (Very) Long Termer

Ed stole Chipps’ Ibis Mojo and never gave it back. Here’s what he made of it.

October 12th, 09 18 17,057 Categories: Bikes, Recommended

Ashima AiRotor

Brake rotors with more than just good looks going for them.

September 9th, 09 11 9,826 Categories: Brakes, Recommended

Clif Shot Bloks

Like the whole “Five A Day” thing, I’m aware that I should eat certain things more frequently than I do.

September 5th, 09 13 6,288 Categories: Food & Drink, Recommended

Merida S’Presso i8-D

When Benji moved away from The Valley last year (shock horror!) he suddenly found himself in the market for a type of bicycle he’d never needed/wanted before… a commuting bike.

August 12th, 09 1 9,326 Categories: Bikes, Recommended

Pace RC405

The RC405 is a floating pivot design; the rear triangle is attached to the front by two pairs of linkages (similar to Santa Cruz, Intense, Iron Horse and Giant designs). Where the RC405 is a bit different is that the rear shock is not anchored to the front triangle – it sits between the leading ends of the linkages (imagine a finger and thumb squeezing a jelly bean).

June 11th, 09 3 11,221 Categories: Bikes, Recommended

Rock Shox Lyrik Solo Air

Standing in the queue for the bike-park gondola I compared my Solo Air to a triple-clamp fork on someone else’s late 90’s downhill bike. With 35mm stanchions the single crown Lyric made the other fork look weedy. To have a fork that is as strong as Popeye, literally bulging in the fork lowers to accommodate big bushings, while staying relatively light (2313g) is just fantastic.

June 1st, 09 6 9,979 Categories: Forks, Recommended

Islabikes Rothan

When you find that nearly everyone you meet is doing a double-take at your new purchase you know it’s either because you’ve bought something quite stupid, or you’ve chosen one of those products that attracts attention for all the right reasons.

May 27th, 09 17 7,340 Categories: Bikes, Recommended