Despite the rise in popularity of clip-in pedals, especially of the platform variety, we’ve got a new entrant into the flat pedal market this Eurobike, plus a bunch of new…
2018
The Kinetic Works Quintessenz Could Be The Last Frame You Ever Buy
What was the reason for getting rid of your last frame? Was it too short or too steep? Did it have the wrong wheel size? Did you want to switch…
Brose: e-Bike Motors Get Smaller And Quieter
Brose, one of the lesser known brand names in the e-Bike motor market, has today launched its next generation of e-Bike motors. The brand doesn’t plaster its name all over…
First Ride Impressions Of GT’s New Force and Sensor
Chipps reports back after a couple of days of riding on GT’s newly launched trail bikes. Over the course of a couple of days I had a chance to ride…
Trickstuff Maxima Brakes Spotted At Eurobike
Back in issue 115 of Singletrack Magazine we tested the Trickstuff Direttissima, and we were simply blown away by the amount of power the German brakes had on tap, but…
Hayes has a new brake called the Dominion A4, and it looks superb
It’s been a little over 20 years since Hayes entered the disc brake market with the original HFX-Mag. Though there were other brands offering disc brakes at the time, it…
Five Ten Goes Retrotastic
Looks like our Amanda might have been right with her predictions, as sticky shoe makers Five Ten has brought out some retrotastic casual shoes which bring together ’90s retro with…
More Kicks For Kids – 3 Kona Bikes For Your Offspring
We’d already seen the bikes for big kids at Sea Otter: a carbon Process 153, a Big Honzo 27.5+ hardtail, and a nice Honzo ST in a special 30th birthday…
Take that SRAM & Shimano – Rotor goes 1×13 with HUGE 10-52t cassette!
Rotor Components has shown off a brand new 1×13 drivetrain, which includes an enormous 10-52t cassette! SRAM already has its 12-speed Eagle groupsets with XX1, X01, GX and NX, which…
Eurobike 2018 LIVE Archive: Watch all our broadcasts from the world’s largest bike show
Hannah, Amanda, Wil and Andi comprise this year’s Eurobike team out in Germany. They are writing, shooting, tweeting, ‘gramming all week. Check this page for all the latest live broadcasts…
Computer says yes? Lezyne has a huge new Mega GPS that boasts offline navigation and longer battery life
Lezyne has introduced two new GPS units today, both of which belong to the ‘Mega’ family and come dripping with ‘mega’ features. The two GPS units are named the Mega…
What’s going to be hot this year? Here’s our 10 predictions for Eurobike 2018!
Ah, Eurobike. It’s the humongous bike show where tons of brands, media, buyers and even the public come together to check out all that is new in the bike world.…
Testing Formula’s new Selva R fork and those funky Neopos volume spacers
Two years ago, Formula introduced its first Boost compatible suspension fork called the Selva. We’ve tested and reviewed one already, and it’s an absolutely brilliant fork with a tonne of…
Throwback: 14 Highlights From The 2017 Eurobike Show
In less than 24 hours, the world’s biggest bicycle industry show, Eurobike, will be kicking off in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Notching up 26 years in 2018, Eurobike is known as THE…
Love Mud Distortion pedals – a mid-price pedal that’s not too budget, not too bling
Our resident bargain hunter, Antony, has been testing out a set of flat pedals from UK-brand Love Mud. The Distortion pedals are great value on paper, but are they any…
Fresh Goods Friday 403: Apparently this is the underwear and gardening tools issue
Between the heat, the many (many) products, and the excitement about football Eurobike, we can barely think. SOme of you are probably past thinking anyway, since the Scottish school holidays…
How Far Can You Go? A myth busting e-MTB adventure
In association with Canyon Bikes UK This is not how I imagined it. I’m pedalling hard, e-assist off, into a rain-bearing headwind, downhill. Not pedalling downhill in a full-enduro race-face…
Twice As Much Bike, Twice As Much Good, Same Amount Of Money
World Bicycle Relief provides bicycles for people – usually young girls – in developing nations, and those bikes are rugged, high quality machines designed to stand up to rural commutes. Hannah…
The New Bronson Is So Good It Might Kill Its Sibling, the 5010
After a too-short afternoon on both bikes, Chipps gives us his Santa Cruz 2019 5010 and Bronson first impressions… A week or so ago, I got a brief chance to…
GT Bikes’ brand new Force and Sensor, and the return of LTS – but not as you know it!
Chipps reports from Norway as GT launches some new suspension bikes that it is very proud of. The new GT Force and Sensor bikes aren’t just last year’s bikes with…
First Ride – WTB introduces new Vigilante, Trail Boss & Judge tyres
WTB has got some brand new tyres and rims to show off, so we sent our resident rubber nerd, James Vincent, down to Bikepark Wales to see what he thought…
Bamboo, Sweat & Tears: Attempting To Build The Bamboo Bastard
Back in February for issue 117 of Singletrack Magazine, we decided to see if a self-confessed perfectionist who’s terrible at woodwork make a bamboo bike from scratch at home? Well,…
First Ride Review: The 2019 Marin Alpine Trail is a big travel 29er that is tough & simple, but it’s also really good
Brand new from Marin Bikes for 2019 is this long travel 29er called the Alpine Trail. Replacing the outgoing Attack Trail 27.5, the Alpine Trail is an all-mountain bruiser equipped…
Review: Motion Ride E18 Anti-Dive Linkage Fork First Ride
Motion Ride is a new French suspension fork company that has taken a fresh piece of paper to design a fork from the front hub up. The main design brief?…
We Bet You Didn’t Know There Was This Much To Know About Fabric: An interview with 7mesh
Enduro baggies, XC lycra, gravel shorts, merino baselayers, merino boxers, waterproof jackets, windproof gilets…the list of possible ride kit is pretty endless. How much of it do you need? How…
Could Shimano’s E7000 STEPS mean e-Bike prices to rival standard bikes?
Shimano’s STEPS range grows to 3 models with today’s announcement of the STEPS E7000; an ‘affordable’ drive system for the e-Bike and e-MTB markets. The new E7000 drive system sits…
First Ride Review: Quiet hubs and smooth shifting – Shimano is BACK with new XTR!
Just over a month ago, Shimano unveiled the most anticipated product launch of 2018: the brand new 12-speed M9100 XTR groupset. Took ’em long enough eh? We brought you all…
Wanna win a £2700 Pivot 429 Trail Frame? Enter the 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12 right here!
Looking for that ideal MTB party weekend for you, your family and friends? Then look no further than Twentyfour12! The event is a 4 day festival of fun, centred round…
DT Swiss has a new fork! Introducing the 130-160mm travel F 535 ONE
DT Swiss has finally unveiled its new trail fork, and it’s called the F 535 ONE. Featuring 35mm diameter stanchions and up to 160mm of travel, the F 535 ONE…
British Edition Commencal Meta TR 29 Released Along With 2 More 29ers
Commencal has finally released official details and specifications for 3 versions of the Commencal Meta TR 29 including the much drooled over British Edition which we had a first look…
Fears for classic Lake District trails as diggers move onto Helvellyn
The work of Lake District conservation group Fix the Fells has been in the spotlight recently, after controversial repair work was carried out to the classic trail of Boredale Hause.…
The Santa Cruz Bronson Is Dead. Long Live The Bronson! (And the Roubion)
Along with Shimano’s new XTR groupset, the new Santa Cruz Bronson’s release this year was always going to be a definite, and much anticipated event. It wasn’t a case of…
Santa Cruz 5010 – All New For 2019
While the Bronson is dramatically different, the 130mm travel 5010, and its Juliana stablemate, the Furtado, don’t look that different in silhouette from what went before. However, a whole lot…
What Can This New Orbea e-Road Bike Teach The e-MTB Market?
Today Orbea launches its new carbon fibre Gain – an e-road bike. Looking as close to a normal road bike as possible, it’s only the small button on the top…
Longest Day, Longest Ride – the British 24 hour race championships were epic!
Held this year on 17 and 18 June, Longest Day, Longest Ride is an annual 24 hour endurance race which also doubled as this year’s UK championship. 24 hour racer…
David Turner Talks E-MTBs: ‘We First Worlders, We Want More’
If you’re not familiar with David Turner, then it would be worth reading Chipps’ interview with him from Issue 109 of Singletrack Magazine. He’s a guy that designs bikes that…
NICA: American High School Mountain Biking – sport done right?
America has a long tradition of highly organised, competitive almost to the point of professionalism, school and young people’s sports. Track and Field, American football, swimming, basketball – many of…
Interview: David Turner – “You’re either ‘enduro’ – or you’re not”
This article was first published in Issue 109 of Singletrack Magazine. Subscribe today from just £1.99 Chipps tracks down the quiet man with his name on the frames at Turner…
Review: Shimano’s Powerful Deore XT M8020 4-Piston Disc Brakes
I’ve been a fan of Shimano brakes for quite a few years now. After trying numerous different brands I always seem to gravitate back to the modern Shimano’s – their…
Spotted In Salt Lake City: Cotopaxi
Hannah found herself with an unscheduled stop in Salt Lake City. A little too tired and confused by the rules of the road, she didn’t take advantage of the docked…
Comfortable kit upgrades, many components and one VERY nice frame – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 402
Did you know that in Idaho there is a button you can press that induces pancakes? Instant, fresh, warm pancakes! Hannah has been over there checking out that button, so…
Interview: Amanda Tanfield – When Ladies Do DH
We’re now well underway with our series featuring inspiring women (and those that inspire women) in MTBing. If you’ve missed the interviews so far, you can read about HopeTech’s Rachael…
2-piston or 4-piston? Testing & comparing Shimano’s brand new XTR disc brakes
Last week I was lucky to find myself in the wonderfully atmospheric Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. A location unfamiliar to this antipodean, Kranjska Gora is squeezed into the north western…
Eating Dust With #MakingUpTheNumbers – Pearce Cycles Rd 3: Bala
They say, ‘if you want to get faster, ride with faster people’ and Lord knows I’m trying. As I sit on the start line for the first of my two…
26 Ain’t Dead! Cotic has just released a new BFe hardtail 🤘🤘🤘
Peak District-based Cotic Bikes has just released what we believe to be the only new 26in mountain bike frame launched in 2018 – the BFe26. Following in the footsteps of…
Will There Be Open Access For Wales? ‘No’ seems to be the official answer…
The Welsh Government asked for our opinions about a ‘Scottish style’ open access for the Welsh countryside. We responded in our thousands, overwhelmingly in the positive. They listened. And then…
Review: Brake Force One’s 2nd generation H20 disc brakes are filled with…water?
This isn’t the first time we’ve tested the H2O from Brake Force One. We first reviewed them in our disc brake group test last year, but they weren’t exactly quirk-free.…
Maxxis Launches Rekon Race: An XC tyre for modern XC courses
Over in the dust of Sun Valley, Idaho, Hannah got the chance to ride the hot off the production line new Maxxis Rekon Race. This is a new XC race…
2 Videos To Show You How Good Shimano XTR 12-Speed Is
Unless you’ve been residing below a stone-based dwelling for the past month, you’ll be well aware that Shimano recently delivered one of the biggest product stories of 2018; new, 12-speed…
9 hot product highlights from SRAM, Formula, Bell & MET that you need to see!
A brand new event for 2018, Bike Connection is a relatively small, multi-brand press camp. The first event – the winter edition – was held back in February of this…
Poll: How will you convert to 12-speed?
It has taken a little longer than we expected but there are now more 12-speed options available than ever before! The past few weeks have seen SRAM introduce the NX…