Singletrack Readers’ Awards: The Winners!

The Singletrack Readers’ Awards have grown from an excuse to get together for a few beers to a proper grown up awards ceremony with nominees, trophies, acceptance speeches, and black tie. Actually, there’s no black tie. That would be just a little too grown up, and bike industry employees are pretty attached to their plaid shirts. There was still beer though, and food, and it’s still great to get everyone together for a relaxed catch up away from the madness of press launches.

So who was there? What were they wearing? Who stumbled on the red carpet? Did anyone *gasp* turn up wearing the same dress as someone else? We’ll be bringing you all that important information in our Hello issue of Singletrack, Issue 109, out October 20th. You could also watch the whole ceremony as we broadcast it live on Facebook:

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It’s worth watching just for the bit where Chipps explains how he came to own the jacket he was wearing. On a less frivolous note, it’s also worth watching for Jo Burt’s speech on behalf of Morvélo – it’s quite lovely, Jo was clearly moved giving it, and we were all moved listening to it. Thanks Jo.

Put your hands together, raise a glass, and please be upstanding for your winners…

Best Hardware

Finalists:

• Airshot
• Schwalbe ProCore
• SRAM Eagle

Winner: Airshot

Best Software

Finalists:

• Lazer Revolution Helmet
• Morvélo F**k Cancer Socks
• Vaude Moab Mid STX AM Shoes

Winner: Morvélo

Best Bike Under £1000

Finalists:

• Orange Clockwork 120
• Sonder Transmitter SRAM NX1 Sektor
• Voodoo Bizango 29r

Winner: Orange Clockwork 120

Bike Under £2500

Finalists:

• Bird Aeris 140FS
• Pace RC127
• Whyte T130S

Winner: Whyte T130S

Best Bike Over £2500

Finalists:

• Ibis Mojo 3
• Intense Primer
• Robot Bike

Winner: Ibis Mojo 3

Best Published Image

Finalists:

• Singletrack Issue 102: The Factory of Hope by Sam Needham
• Singletrack Issue 106: Cover Shot by Mattias Fredricksson
• Singletrack Issue 107: Cover Shot by Grant Gunderson

Winner: Sam Needham

Best Written Article

Finalists:

• Ecuador – The Avenue of the Volcanoes – by Cass Gilbert, first published in Issue 106
• Magic In The Margins of The Day – by Doug McDonald, first published in Issue 106.
• On The Rampage: Behind Freeride’s Biggest Freakshow – by Fahzure Freeride, first published in Issue 103.

Winner: Fahzure Freeride – On the Rampage

Best Event

Finalists:

• ‘Ard Rock Enduro
• Fort William World Cup
• MTB Meet Up

Winner: Fort William World Cup

Best Mailorder Service

Finalists:

• Chain Reaction Cycles
• FINDRA
• TF Tuned

Winner: Chain Reaction Cycles

Best Trail Centre

Finalists:

• Coed y Brenin
• Llandegla
• Whinlatter Forest

Winner: Coed y Brenin

Mountain Biking Personality

Finalists:

• Rachel Atherton
• Steve Peat
• Tracy Moseley

Winner: Rachel Atherton

Best Bikeshop

Finalists:

• Blazing Saddles, Hebden Bridge
• Garage Bikes, Morley
• Soho Bikes, London

Winner: Blazing Saddles

Singletrack Legend

Voted for by the Editorial Team at Singletrack, this award goes to Mike Hall for his feats of epic endurance, not least winning this year’s Tour Divide in record time.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, and thanks to all our readers for nominating, voting, and coming along with us for the ride. We couldn’t do it with out you – see y’all next year (and hopefully a fair bit in between too!).

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