Straight outta Temecula, Intense's new DH bike the 951.
2009
Cross Lobster and Santa What?
We're off to the Sea Otter tomorrow, where all the fun starts, but in the meantime, here's a smart - if niche - singlespeed 'cross bike from Rock Lobster Cycles,…
50 Confirmed Weekenders
Entries for the Singletrack Classic Weekender are coming in nice and steadily. We’ve probably taken a few more over the Easter break but we passed the 50 mark for processed…
Chicken Dance Extravaganza
Having been to Canada a couple of times to do mountain bike stuff with the help of the tourist boards over there, I’ve ended up on the mailing list of…
New Blur LT Carbon!
It's another new Santa Cruz! Only this time it's a 5in+ bike made from carbon fibre that'll handle anything you throw at it and still come in under 28lbs... {Apologies…
UCI World Cup #1 News
Minnaar wins, Peaty third, Gee fifth. And TRACY MOSELEY wins for the UK on her birthday and on her new bike. Yay! Fionn is fourth too!
Fresh Goods
Japanese bling from Shimano, French footwear from Mavic and American hand socks from Bontrager.
Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2009 kicks off this weekend
Only a few days to go now before the 1st round of the 2009 series of the Merida Bikes MTB Marathons will get started with the EXPOSURE LIGHTS BIG NIGHT…
Women on Wheels at The Original Bicycle Festival
Women On Wheels - WOW - is a new cycling event aimed at women being staged at 7stanes Kirroughtree Trail Centre, Dumfries and Galloway, on Sunday 17th May 2009 as…
Cannondale To Cease US Production…
The press release says things like '...launches Worldwide Centers of Excellence Strategy' but the reality is that Cannondale's parent company has decided to stop making frames in the US and…
Giant Talon
A UK specific hardtail from the big G. Now updated with more details.
K9 Angled Reducer Cup Kit
Want to slacken your Intense Socom or Iron Horse Sunday? Look here…
Fresh Goods
Through the door so far this week, products from DT Swiss, Syncros, Santa Cruz, Endura and Howies.
chub wheel goods
Chub hubs with high flanges give you decreased spoke stress and build a super strong wheel.
Kona Bristol Bikefest
The Kona Bristol Bikefest (6-7th June) is filling up quickly.
British Mountain Bike Series Round One
Kiwis Clean Up at Sherwood Pines. Here's Jenn O'Connor's rather gripping report on the women's Elite race at last weekend's BC round one.
NS4X Rd1 09 – Results
The sun was out. The track was rocky and fast. Racing was red hot and exciting.
The Handlebar Festival
The Easter weekend's three-day Handlebar Festival, which kicks off on Friday 10th April at Hawkstone Park, Shropshire, is set to be a scorcher with plenty of handlebar-related, high-adrenaline action and…
Round 4 of the Gorrick Series
Pics and words courtesy of Joolze Dymond from Round 4 of the Gorrick Series.
The MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear NPS DH 2009
The main men – Steve Parr and Si Paton – say the following stuff… The Race Season is now wheel spinning into action and the UK hosts the top domestic…
Sunn in the UK
Jim Walkers will be bringing Sunn in to the UK for 2010. There will be an official launch in June 09 where the new 2010 range will be unveiled.
Fresh Goods
Bits just in from RaceFace, Maxxis, Authority, Commencal, Chris King, Genesis and Gaerne
Cyclist injured by pothole, gets compensation. Good or bad?
A stern reminder for councils to keep their roads in good repair? Or another symptom of the increasingly sue-happy society?
Entries now open for the Singletrack Classic Weekender
Sign up now for the first Singletrack Classic Weekender at Lee Quarry, Lancashire.
Yeti ASR 7 First Look
Why do we get the exclusives? Because we have the best coffee in the industry, that's why.
Singletrack Classic Weekender- What Will The Downhill Course Be Like?
Our multi-discipline solo-bike event that’s happening on the weekend of July 4-5th is attracting interest with gathering pace. A lot of folk with piqued interests have been asking what the…
Giro’s new Havik
Demands by pro riders for better visibility for wet and overcast races has led to the development of Giro's 'clearest lens ever' for their Havik model.
Straitline Components and Ryan Berrecloth to Release Bear Systems TM
Packing for Whistler or the 'shore this summer? Full-face - check. Body armour - check. Cool clothes - check. Bear bell - ch...what? New laws will mean that ALL riders…
Gisburn Forest Gets £180,000 For Mountain Bike Trails
As featured in Benji's nostalgic "Homecoming" feature in the current issue of Singletrack, Gisburn Forest now has a great looking future as well as rose-tinted past.
Nice Price Series – Course Preview
We spent a nice Spring day being shown the new race course that's being used for the Nice Price Series event on the 16th and 17th of May. Here's some…
Tweak Bikes Innit
The brand name for the product developed by his Shedfire Design company will be known as "tweak bikes" - Richards said this afternoon.
The Big Welsh Weekend is now the Singletrack Big Welsh Weekend
Singletrack is stepping up to sponsor the successful 'Big Welsh Weekend' event that runs on the last weekend in May. Come and ride or race with us and with much…
Team CRC Intense Unveils Its New Rides…
Custom colour, component matched Intense EVO and Tazer frames. Very tasty bikes there chaps... Nigel Page's team riders are just off to their first race in South Africa and their…
British XC: Round 1
The clocks go forward and racing is back, it's round 1 of the British XC series on Sunday April 5 at Sherwood Pines. This will be the first of 5…
Yorkshire Dales Rights Of Way Drop In
Mountain bikers, horse riders, walkers and landowners are being invited to have their say about public rights of way at a meeting organised by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority…
Sunshine and, er, sunshine for Premier Demo series
The Cwm Carn date of the Premier Demo series was sunny, trails were dry(!) and dusty(!) and the bikes were tested on a fun course.
Rob Lee’s Rather Large Ride
Starting today, Rob Lee of the Iron Horse Extreme race team will, as the second part of his 7ds project, attempt to pilot his Iron Horse MK 111 through all…
Fresh Goods
More fresh goodness from Maxxis, Titus, Surly, Halo, Ergon, Topeak, Giro and Neoguard
Friday Lunchtime Viewing
Here are a few vaguely mountain bike related YouTube clips to help speed the weekend closer to you... Worth getting the headphones out if you're in an office where you're…
Shed Fire Ragley visits Singletrack
Shed Fire's first bike, the Ragley, pops round for coffee and brings a pirate along too.
Klunkers Trailer Out Now
The best (and only) film about the birth of mountain biking finally has a trailer to give you an idea about what's in it.
Two days to go until the second stop of the 2009 Premier Demo Series at Cwmcarn, South Wales.
This means that in just two days time you could be swinging your leg over demo bikes from Turner, Intense, Lapierre, Cove and Rocky Mountain before heading out onto some…
Manchester Mountain Bikers take on Chris Hoy
Fresh from their team gold in the Downhill at the BUSA championships, Mountain Bikers from the University of Manchester took on Sir Chris Hoy on Monday. The challenge was to…
Fresh Goods
Zips.. sticky rubber... latex... cake...
CTC’s View On Helmet Compulsion
Helmets have been in the news. Two stories in particular have received wide coverage this week: The case of Smith v Finch and secondly the death of Natasha Richardson who…
The Ride Journal Issue 2
The second edition of The Ride Journal is finally ready to be unleashed later this week. Here's some exclusive sneak previews of what's inside and details of a launch party...
An Evening with Gary Fisher
Chevin Cycles of Otley arranged an evening showing of Klunkers followed by a talk by Gary Fisher on March 14th '09 at Otley Town Hall. We video'd the event and…
Friday Afternoon Gear
It's Freaky Friday here in the office. Our pal Deano has just popped in with his monster truck tyred Jeff Jones titanium singlespeed, and Chipps has shown his complete disregard…
Fresh Goods
Bits and also bobs from Hydrapak, Park Tools, Wheels MFG, Utopia, Specialized and Oddies.
Golden Nuggett – Chris Akrigg’s New Video
This time Chris is lending thoughts to razzing around on springy bikes.
The New Manitou Dorado
We've just heard that the new Dorado fork from Manitou has landed at their UK Distributors.