There were many winners at the Singletrack Reader Awards – though fashion may not have been one of them. Behold, Exhibit A, Chipps’ shoes:
Selected from a choice of 3 similar pairs as being the best to match this outfit.
Exhibit B, Chipps’ shirt, and Al from Garage Bikes’ shirt:
So loud, the shirts had their own magnetic field that attracted them to each other.
And finally (don’t worry, this is the last of the trauma for this article), Exhibit C, this bunch of weirdos, and Chipp’s tie:
Who’s that bloke in the jumper photo bombing us?
If you’d like to relive the Awards and share in the tension of finding out who won what, as it happened, then you can see the whole thing (including where we nearly told all of Facebook where the after party was going to be!) here:
Or you can read on to reveal all…
Runners Up: Adidas Terrex Trail Cross Shoes and Source Hipster Hydration PackRunners Up: Sixth Element Wheels and SunRace Wide Range CassettesRunners Up: Keeper of The Peak and Sixth ElementRunners Up: MTB Meetup and Tweedlove FestivalRunners Up: Llandegla and Nevis RangeRunners Up: Cyclewise, Whinlatter, Cumbria and Wheelbase, Staveley, CumbriaRunners up: Diamondback Heist 3.0 and Genesis LongitudeRunners up: Sonder Transmitter Carbon GX Eagle Pike and Stif Morf XTRunners up: Cotic Flare Max and Orange Stage 5Runners up: Chipps – Photograph of Saracen Factory workers, Issue 114 and James Robertson – Photograph of Jason Miles, Issue 112The Best Image of the year.Runners up: Hannah Dobson – Crying Shame, web column and David Hayward – Mysterious Axxios Stickers Allegedly Reduce Vibrations On Bikes, web news storyRunners Up: Annie Last and Dan Jarvis
Claudio couldn’t make it to the awards evening to collect his award in person. Instead he recorded this message for us.
I came to Singletrack having decided there must be more to life than meetings. I like all bikes, but especially unusual ones.
More than bikes, I like what bikes do. I think that they link people and places; that cycling creates a connection between us and our environment; bikes create communities; deliver freedom; bring joy; and improve fitness. They're environmentally friendly and create friendly environments.
I try to write about all these things in the hope that others might discover the joy of bikes too.
What a star Claudio is. Obviously I’m not the only one who’s loved his track previews this year. Nice one guys, you voted for a guy who deserved to win.
Hmm, what tyre for a manure barrow ‘;~} . Please resist the urge to mentionall the sh*t tyres the are around.
That Claudio video is rather good. Nice work singletrack people.
What a star Claudio is. Obviously I’m not the only one who’s loved his track previews this year. Nice one guys, you voted for a guy who deserved to win.
Hmm, what tyre for a manure barrow ‘;~} . Please resist the urge to mentionall the sh*t tyres the are around.