What with Good Friday last week and the Royal Wedding thing today, you’ve probably been missing…
April 2011

iXS MacAvalanche kicks off this weekend…
Never mind the Royal Wedding and all that nonsense, something really important is happening in Britain.…

Second round of the ChainReactionCycles MTB Marathon draws near
Second round will hit Llandovery on the weekend of the 22nd May

First round of the 661 Gravity Enduro at Ae almost full
If you want to enter the inaugural round of the 661 Gravity Enduro taking place at…

Chris Akrigg Broken!
Left with a shattered leg and broken arm after attempting particularly hard cliff drop

Camelbak Office (And Test Lab) Visit
Chipps visits Camelbak's California office and secret test lab and blows stuff up!

Access All Areas: A Rights of Way Officer’s view – Part 2
Our discussion of the issues surrounding access in the UK for mountain bikers continues with the…

Nutcracker XC Gandale report
The opening round of the Nutcracker XC race series took place at the weekend on MOD…

Video: Labyrinth Agile Review
Labyrinth Bikes are a relatively new brand to these shores but they have their origins all…

Access All Areas: A Rights of Way Officer’s view – Part 1
A professional’s view on the Right of Way system and how it relates to mountain bikers…
A NEW START LINE….
WHERE DO I START……my golly gosh I’m well over due in the blogging department. Since returning…

Mountain Biking in Scotland Hits Sky TV
Ooh! Mountain bikes on the telly! Okay, you’ll need a Murdoch-dish to be able to see…

Brownbacks Hope XC Series returns…
Lee Quarry sees another season of cross country racing; organisers say it'll be bigger and better…

Team CRC/Nuke Proof at the Pietermaritzburg DH World Cup
Team mechanic Dave Garland runs us though the track and bike setup for the first race…

Anthill announce new film – and it’ll be free…
The crew behind Follow Me, Roam and the Collective are about to start filming on a…

Fort William World Cup tracks get makeover…
Rowan Sorrell tells us what's going on with the four cross and downhill tracks for this…

Sea Otter: Random Roundup #3
More random Sea Otter sightings: MRP, Specialized, Light and Motion, Grammo, Foes...

Sea Otter: Banshee Prime (and Spitfire)
Banshee (Mythic in the UK)'s new Prime 29er and (not as new) Spitfire 26er

Midweek Mini Movies
It’s the middle of the week and it’s time to be distracted from whatever pressing work…

Shimano Singletrack Classic Weekender – The Trials Video
If the word ‘trials’ conjures up images of Danny MacAskill pulling backflips off trees and riding…

Countrytracks visit Lee Quarry
The other week a BBC film crew descended on Lee Quarry, our local trail centre and…

Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea
I’ve been riding the Kona a lot recently, mainly due to my Cannondale Rush finally needing…

Premier: Sea Otter Image Dump #3
Here’s some more unedited bling for Singletrack Premier users only to dribble over. Full stories for…

Sea Otter: ‘Shimano’ Electronic Shifting for MTBs
Not from Shimano though, from Ki2Bikes who chop up Dura Ace stuff for you.

Sea Otter: 29er Stuff
Here’s a tie-together of many of the 29er bits and pieces we saw around the Otter.…

Black Mountains Three Day course preview
Spring has sprung, the daffs are out and there’s just over 70 days to go until…

Builth Wells CRC Marathon report & video
Here’s a report from the rather sunny opening round of the Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon…

South Wales to get gravity bike-park
If all goes to plan, Gethin near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales will shortly see the…

Sea Otter: Cannondale’s Scalpel 29er
Cannondale has added to its 29er offering with a new Scalpel race/trail bike. Here’s the quick…

Sea Otter: Random Roundup #2
New Blur XC-C, belt drives, 29ers from Ritchey, Intense and Charge, plus more!

Premier: Sea Otter Image Dump #2
More unedited shots from the Sea Otter for our Premier users… There's more to this story…

Sea Otter: 2012 Fox Racing Shox
For 2012, Fox Racing Shox has some big, dramatic changes to existing models, plus a couple…

Premier: Sea Otter Image Dump
Premier users get some unedited 2012 sneaks There's more to this story But it's a member-only…

Fresh Goods
Hardcore hardtails, magic watches, new The North Face riding gear and loads more - it's Fresh…

New Shimano XT Launches
Yep, there’s a new XT groupset out and, quite frankly, we’re not sure why you’d want…

Hope Technology Factory – A photo tour
In a world where mass production and economy of scale is king, where bringing a product…

The Good Mountain Biking Guide England & Wales
The Good Mountain Biking Guide is a comprehensive handbook comprising 640 pages of tightly packed information, covering…

Two days until the Scottish Bike Show
The first bike show to hit the North of the UK is upon us - and…

Access All Areas: A Policeman’s View
Harry the Policeman fills us in on what can (and can't) happen to you for riding…

How To Go Tubeless
Are you tubeless curious but put off by (true) stories of milky fluid being thrown into…