Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine

Long Termer Review: Dave’s Santa Cruz Highball

So here’s the getting to know you bit about my new longtermer, a Santa Cruz Highball. Due to holidays, mag trips and deadlines I didn’t get time to write up the plans for this one earlier so here we go. First off it’s fair to say that due to experiences with early 29′ers I didn’t [...]

September 5th, 11 7 14,808 Categories: Bikes, Long Termers

Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea

I’ve been riding the Kona a lot recently, mainly due to my Cannondale Rush finally needing a bit of TLC after two winters of pretty solid use. Similar to my experience with Sram’s 10 speed XX groupset on the Rush, the gears and shifting on the Kona have performed flawlessly. Despite initial fears that to [...]

April 18th, 11 4 10,223 Categories: Long Termers

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 7,030 Categories: Clothing, Recommended

Long Termers: Matt’s Santa Cruz Blur LT – Final Report

What’s the scores on the doors?

October 25th, 10 11 9,422 Categories: Bikes, Long Termers

Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea

So it’s done and I’ve been so busy riding I forgot to write the update. Here it is…

September 10th, 10 7 8,326 Categories: Bikes, Long Termers

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 13,395 Categories: Forks, Recommended

Chumba Racing VF2

We test five inches of trail bike bounce from American company Chumba Racing

August 5th, 10 29 28,740 Categories: Bikes

Nicolai Helius AC – Long Term Test

Mark finally gets his long termer test bike out of the door

July 23rd, 10 32 18,724 Categories: Bikes, Long Termers

FiveTen Line Kings

Bright, sticky and high topped flat pedal riding shoes

July 20th, 10 12 7,270 Categories: Clothing

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 9,755 Categories: Forks, Recommended

Kinesis Maxlight XCPro3

Tim K reviews a racy hardtail that’s equally happy riding all day

July 12th, 10 11 11,261 Categories: Bikes

Long Termers: Matt’s Cannondale Six Carbon

Yes, it is flipping road bike.

June 28th, 10 18 7,944 Categories: Bikes, Long Termers

Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea

Just a quick update as I slowly gather parts for the build.

June 21st, 10 13 7,458 Categories: Long Termers

Ortlieb Mudracer LED Seat Pack

It’s a seat pack that’s waterproof, it holds two tubes, a multitool, a puncture repair kit and some coins…

June 17th, 10 7 4,972 Categories: Lights, Luggage