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What’s in issue 163?
- Editorial – How does intimate trail knowledge tie in with one-way streets? Chipps explains.
- Baja Haha – Eloise and Joy sidestep their wintry 50th celebrations to go push heavy bikes somewhere warmer instead.
- Pump ‘em up and let ‘em go! – The life of a World Cup Cross Country mechanic isn’t quite as rigid and overinflated as it once was. Chipps catches up with Aaron Mc Cann from Trinity Racing.
- Trials Riding – Just a load of hopping about? – Barney goes deep into UK competition trials to find out if Danny Mac really did kill the scene, or if it never wanted the publicity anyway.
- Foxfire and Gravel Trails – Beyond the Arctic Circle – Martin Bissig takes on a Norwegian epic, with a Shaman’s blessing.
- Mini Test – Winter Extremities – Benji distills the finest products that you’ll need to keep you going through this winter.
- Into the Wind: Jenn at Ten – It’s ten years since Singletrack World lost its Deputy Editor to cancer. Laura Killingbeck recalls a chance meeting with her in the wilds of America.
- Through the Grinder – Whether you’re ‘hip-hop don’t stop’ or ‘hip op, please stop!’ there’s something for you here in our regular reviews section.
- Intertrailing – Is Interrailing just for backpack-toting students? And is Switzerland punishingly expensive for cheapskates? Luke Bradley heads from Geneva to Davos by train to prove everyone wrong.
- Drop Bars? Never! – Benji has an issue with drop bars off road. Are they really the worst thing ever? But are they also the most beautiful?
- Last Word – Tom Simpson comes out from his bike mechanic troll bridge to complain about another thing. This time, electric shifters are in his line of fire.
WIll let you know when I’ve read em all. I like to make it last 🙂
No rush – there’s no deadline to this poll 🙂
Into the Wind: Jenn at Ten – the journey of the writer was just great, the article was too short!
Thats a hard choice, I thought it was a really good issue
I like the bikepacking stuff, so for me the ‘Baja Haha’ and ‘Intertrailing’ features were of most interest, great pics too.
I’d like to see the photos captioned though, so I can see how the pics link to the feature/route, plus more maps 🙂 I thought the route guides of a few years ago were good, and use of OS maps to accompany them.
I’m less fussed about reviews of spendy stuff and features on competitive events/riding, but then that’s me.
I hate to be that person but it needs an option for none of the above.
It’s the first time I’ve bothered looking at the magazine for a few months and it made me realise why I never read it. Not a single article in there held any interest for me.
The piece about Jenn. That was something else. More like that please. The transformational power of the bicycle – love those stories
I love the adventure stories. I can sit by the fire with a glass and pretend I’m there.
Jenn at Ten just resonates with me on a personal level at the moment though. It was such a good piece of writing, I loved it, thank you.
Vote made but have to say that IMHO this was one of the best issues in a long time. Thanks !
No option for “there is a magazine?”
“Into the Wind: Jenn at Ten" for me too. Didn’t expect something like that in Singletrack. Great piece by Laura Killingbeck.
“Into the Wind: Jenn at Ten" for me as well. Timely article about winter clothing was useful as I had not heard of Geckowear waterproof socks, which had a rave review!!