Racer and team manager Jack Reading explains why he thinks British Cycling is failing its downhill athletes. This article will be accessible by Free Members on the 23rd November. It…
2020
Making Up The Numbers Podcast Ep 12 | Tracey Hannah and Matt Walker
As the mud dries on the 2020 DH Season George & Jack catch up with 2020 UCI DH World Cup Champion, Madison Saracen’s Matt Walker & after recently announcing her…
The Cotic Jeht is a 140mm Pocket Rocket
Cotic calls the new Cotic Jeht ‘genre-defying’ but we think it’s more of a pocket Rocket, or maybe a FlareMax +. Cotic’s new Jeht is a new school trail bike…
FGF 525: Dizzy with excitement, or just befuddled?
There are certain things that you know will happen. If you look at the square edged rock you don’t want to hit on your descent, you will hit it. If…
ENVE Launches Alloy Stem Range
Sure, ENVE currently offers stems, but they’re full carbon and cost around £270 a pop. This new move will offer 3D-forged and machined ENVE alloy stems for £130/€135 The new…
Chasing the Podium with YT MOB’s Guy Johnston
Who gets up early regardless of the weather, has a high risk of injury on the job, and spends half their working life covered in mud? The answer to this…
7 Top Brand MTB Lights: Tested In Singletrack Issue 134
With advances in lights technology, we’re now largely past the point of ‘is it bright enough, does the battery last?’ and into refinements. Does the battery attach neatly to your…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 134 Is Coming – Don’t miss out
If you’ve got a kindly relative that always buys a Singletrack subscription for you, now is the time to check in and make sure they still like you. If they…
Strathpuffer 2021 Cancelled
The Strathpuffer 24 hour race – an epic exercise in endurance, folly, or both – has been cancelled for 2021. Here’s the official announcement: This is the message we didn’t…
Saracen Partners with Antur Stiniog (and hints at new bikes to come)
Saracen has announced that Antur Stiniog will now be a demo centre for its bikes, with visitors able to try out their Ariel and Myst trail and downhill bikes at…
UFO Drip chain lube costs £36.95 a bottle and lasts 300km claims Ceramicspeed
Ceramicspeed has released an updated lubrication that uses a new formula for a better life and a lower price. Update: A previous version of this story mentioned the price as…
Singletrack Podcast | The one where a bloke jumps out of a helicopter
Where do I start with the rambling introduction to this week’s episode? It has to be one of the most random introductions we’ve ever recorded. Chipps joins the professionals and…
The PNW Loam Dropper Post Is Weatherproof, Adjustable AND Colourful
Today, PNW is launching its new, direct-to-consumer dropper post, the PNW Loam Post. Coming in at US$200/£154*, it offers a lot of benefits for a reasonably low price. AND you…
Lockdown 2 Christmas Survival Kit
In our limited offer Lockdown2 bundle you get everything you need to survive this Christmas in fine style. In one cool hit you get to avoid the colossal ball ache…
FGF 524 – The Conversation Starting Edition
Who has run out of conversation? With a narrower window of experience than usual, after 11 months or so you could be forgiven for not having much to say. Without…
Pushing, Carrying and Riding to Finland’s Highest Point, with Manon Carpenter
Manon Carpenter continues her post race-tape life with a trip to the highest point in Finland, in a 100km bike packing trip that looks like the sort of thing even…
2021 Merida Ninety-Six updated for the XC and Downcountry crowd
Merida’s lightweight Ninety-Six is updated for XC race and down-country larking about. Had you told me this time last year that I would be looking at 120mm travel bikes with…
Calibre Triple B Pro rocks performance-ready package at a sub £2k price
Calibre’s popular Bossnut becomes the Triple B Pro in this limited edition build costing £1900. Calibre bikes are regarded as some of the best performing budget bikes on the market…
Renewed Hope For Lee Quarry Trails And Trail Centre
Although it seems like we’ve been here before, nearly a decade ago, we’re back with news of council-backed plans for a trail centre building to support the rocky trails at…
Charlie And The Search For The Singletrack Members Gin Offer
Part of my job as “Overlord of The Leftovers” at Singletrack is to bravely search the Kingdom for the finest quality product offers to present to you our glorious Singletrack…
Specialized 2FO Roost Shoes – For Clip-in And Flat Riders Alike
There’s a new shoe on the block, and it’s called the Specialized Roost 2FO. There are two styles available – either full flat pedal, or clip-in. The shoes are designed…
Pipedream Sirius Returns
We’ve just heard from Pipedream that its short travel fork-ready, steel hardtail has been completely revamped and has appeared in stock ready for riders to treat themselves to an early…
What’s the deal with the Atherton Bikes Ltd share issue CrowdCube campaign?
If you have been following the journey of the Athertons and how they are spreading their pro wings beyond just mere racing and into a number of businesses over the…
Take A Break With 3 Bike Themed Videos
It’s probably about time you stopped working and took a short break, isn’t it? Grab a cuppa and chill for a moment. Selfmade First in the line up, flying the…
Good People Drink Good Beer
My favourite drugged up gun wielding dead motorcycle journalist once said: “There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says ‘Good people drink good beer. ‘ Which is true, then as now. Just look…
Video Vault – 7 films to escape the news
Turn off the 24 hour news, turn on, tune in and watch the riders dropping in. Here are seven films to escape with. Elation – Freeriding in B.C. Ooh, steep.…
Fresh Goods 523 | Cars, Guitars, Beer and Women
Feeling a little tired? Thumbs suffering RSI from doom scrolling and refreshing? Now totally expert on US constitutional law? Still gripped? Go join in on the forum. Here, we’re taking…
Video: Flying Squirrels and Radical Rippers
If the feature in Singletrack Magazine issue 133 didn’t already make you want to move to Bellingham, the story of the Flying Squirrels and Radical Rippers might just seal the…
Win DMR V11 Pedals | We have 5 pairs to give away
Earlier this week DMR launched their new composite flat pedals based on the classic and very popular DMR Vault platform. Today, you have a chance to win a set of…
BikePark Wales to reopen on Friday 13th, unlucky for some
This might seem like a ray of sunshine at the start of a long lockdown tunnel, but this great news isn’t so great for everyone. Lockdown, in England, kicks in…
Orange launches its lightest ever mountain bike!
In the market for an ultra-lightweight hardtail designed for UK conditions? Then check out this 10lb Orange mountain bike, if you can fit on it. Orange bikes have released their…
King Kong Slayed By A Witch, and other freeride tales
Hold on to your hats and prepare to feel a little inadequate. We bring you some freeride vibes from the far reaches of the globe. About this time last year…
Nicolai Launches The Saturn 14 Full Suspension Belt-Drive Gearbox Trail Bike
In a ‘what took you so long?’ announcement that we know will delight some of our friends, Nicolai has announce a Pinion-gearbox shifting, full suspension trail bike. The new Saturn…
Kit Guide For New Riders | How To Have Safer, Happier Bike Rides
We bring you a kit guide to help you figure out what you need to get the most from your bike rides. You’ve got your bike – maybe it’s brand…
New Stif Squatch Launches – The All-Round 29er Hardtail
It’s taken three years of design and tweaking, but the steel tubed, Stif Squatch is finally here. It features 29in wheels, a 78° seat tube and 64° head angle and…
New DMR V11 Pedals Launched
DMR Press release follows In our anniversary year, we are very excited to introduce the newest member of V-series pedals, the V11. Whilst V11 is now our second composite nylon…
DMR V11 pedals scrutinised, ridden and then opened up
There’s a general assumption that if a pedal isn’t made of metal then it must be made of plastic. Sometimes even carbon gets insulted by being referred to as plastic.…
Whether you like it or not, bikes are political
Columnist Mildred Locke addresses those who would say ‘stick to bikes, keep politics out of it’ – she thinks bikes are political. Following my last column, there’s another phenomenon I…
6 Reasons Why Mountain Bikers Should Vote
It might have escaped your attention, but there’s an election in the USA. What does that have to do with you? You are a mountain biker, a free spirit, a…
Review: Öhlins RXF36 M.2 And TTX2Air From The Swedish Suspension Masters
Before we look at this review of the RXF36 and TTXAir shock, a little history lesson: Öhlins’ performance pedigree dates all the way back to 1976 when the company was…
Driving Nowhere For Christmas (with Twisted Sister).
This Christmas is looking like it is going to be the weirdest since rock legends “Twisted Sister” started doing Christmas songs. Yes, that actually happened. Will we only be able…
MTB Personality of The Year | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Who has worked the hardest, raced the fastest (not much of that going on this year though), championed the most or just helped enable more of us to get out…
Best UK Trail Centre | Singletrack Reader Awards 2020
Which destination has it all? From the best trails to the best cake in the cafe afterwards. We are looking for the ultimate all-rounder. Think trails, facilities, location… Which centre…
Best Image | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Singletrack Magazine has always prided itself on the quality of its photographs and the skills of its contributors. In a time where a truly incredible photo can appear in a…
Best Author | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Whose words switched something on inside your head that had you reaching for the kit drawer before heading out to get on your bike? Or was it a feature that…
What’s Zermatter With You? Singletrack magazine issue 129
Emma and Carly head off to a different part of the mountains in their home-made camper. This time, it’s Zermatt and the Matterhorn that are getting all the attention. Only…
The Saga of Magnus | Singletrack magazine issue 131
A haphazard retracing of St Magnus’s last journey by bike seemed a fitting farewell to the island of Orkney. Somehow, Adam had neglected to tell his friend Jack that it…
Catch My Drift? Singletrack Magazine Issue 131
With Barney Marsh In which your intrepid reporter attempts to get to the bottom of certain mountain biking vernacular using the ancient arts of Flannelling and Hand Waving. This feature…
Best Bike Shop | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
For that personal face to face service, this Best Bike Shop category is for the UK shop you visit and hand over cash to a person across a till. Which…
Best Video | Singletrack Reader Awards 2020
A new category for this year, it’s Best Video. Did it make you laugh, teach you something, wow your eyes, or touch your soul? To qualify, it must have been…