Back to Grey

Well, I’m back after a week of skiing in Sauze D’Oulx in northern Italy. What a great place! And it’s as active in the summer, with lift-accessed mountain bike trails, north shore stunts and all sorts… I’m tempted to say that I’ll get back there this summer, but swinging round in my chair and looking at the wallplanner of Doom, I see that I currently have seven free weekends between now and mid-October. That’s not many, especially as deadlines usually involve me working at least one weekend doing last minute panic things and subbing… Perhaps I’ll have to start zipping off in the week instead, but then when are we going to get round to writing the magazine. I guess it’s just a case of making time, rather than finding it…

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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