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Issue 157 – Better With Friends

Is mountain biking something best done as a group, or is there a certain singularity of experience to be had in the solo ride? Chipps and Hannah try to see…

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Scott Ransom: The Super Trail Bike

There’s a lot going on with the new Scott Ransom. But in a nutshell it is a mountain bike with 170mm of travel, progressive geometry, and a 6-bar rear suspension...

Red Bull Rampage 2024: Finals Day and Men’s Results

Watching Red Bull Rampage is less of an adrenaline event and more of an endurance one. As is traditional, practice was delayed by wind. The organisers tried to get the...

Rampage Diary 4: Location Location Location

Red Bull Rampage owes everything to its location. If it were anywhere else in the world it would a different event. The Rampage sites, just outside Virgin, Utah, are a...

Win This Yamaha Wabash RT Bike and expand your riding options: 502 Club Raffle

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Cat Eye Lighting Bundle: Did you win it?

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Fresh Goods Friday 726: The Chain Damping Edition

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Issue 157 Last Word – Catastrophe!157

After a dozen years of incident-free mountain biking, luck ran out for my wife in October and she found her foot pointing sideways after an innocuous slide-out into a gravel…

Red Bull Rampage Diary 2: A Changing Soundtrack

Yesterday’s percussive accompaniment of the slapping of shovels picked up a different rhythm today at Red Bull Rampage, for the second day of practice. As I walked up the lower...


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This room was professionally decorated with decent paint a year ago. please could someone explain why it’s flaking off on the chimney breast. At the time of painting the decorator...

High altitude climbing

This is something I want to do before I get too old. What are my options? I have not Googled it yet. By high altitude I mean where it becomes...

Android web pages with refresh in tool bar.

I’m using Opera but hate all the world war 3 is imminent news updates. Appreciate I could ignore it but is there an alternative? No I don’t want an iPhone.

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I hadn’t heard of this annoying infliction until I diagnosed myself with it last week. Probably caused by running, or bending my foot funny at home. Specifically interested in hearing...

Apparently, there’s no soil left in the Tweed Valley because of us.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24639422.action-protect-soil-urged-body-warns-scotland-falling-behind/#comments-anchor The report and the news article themselves are fine (we don’t treat soil as well as we do air and water, it’s knackered, legislate to protect it) but the...

sertraline – tingling hands and feet?

Just started taking sertraline about 4 days ago for anxiety. 50 mg dose Today I woke up with weird tingling in my hands and feet. Is this a possible side...


Reviews

Saracen Ariel 30 Elite review

Saracen Ariel 30 Elite is yet another Ariel model from Saracen that looks the absolute bee’s knees. Literally. How does this yellow peril handle the trails? Pros Cons Back when...

Clarks CRS C4 Brakeset review

This Clarks CRS C4 Brakeset has been one of the products I have been most excited to test for a while. Did they disappoint? Let’s find out… Pros Cons Clarks...

Sonder Evol GX Eagle Transmission review

Marketed as “aggressive trail” which, in our eyes, is just another word for enduro and this Sonder Evol is as enduro as any. Pros Cons Some modern bikes have been...

Worx HydroShot 56 Cordless Pressure Washer review

The Worx HydroShot 56 has been a game changer for me, and is genuinely useful. Put it to the top of your new toys shopping list. Whether you’re cleaning up...


Product Highlights

Bike Highlight: Surly Grappler

Engineered first and foremost around a stable and comfortable drop-bar hand position, its trail-ready geo provides a spirited ride on mixed terrain.

Product Highlight – invisiFRAME

We can’t turn back the clock, but it’s never too late to fit an invisiFRAME kit. Suitable for new and used bikes, their bespoke kits precisely fit a huge array…

Bike Highlight: Cotic Solaris

Solaris is THE trail hardtail. Over 20 years of hardtail heritage, development and character has distilled the Solaris into your downcountry tool of choice

Highlight: Niner Jet 9 RDO

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT: For this 14-year span, the JET has always maintained a place in the Niner range. The latest iteration affirms the JET 9 RDO as one of the best…


Members' Content

Rampage Diary 4: Location Location Location

Red Bull Rampage owes everything to its location. If it were anywhere else in the world it would a different event. The Rampage sites, just outside Virgin, Utah, are a...

First Ever Women’s Red Bull Rampage: The Results

Shovels down. It’s competition day. The dig teams are heading towards holiday mode, all the heavy work done. The riders, too, are horsing around in the car park. Maybe they’re...

Red Bull Rampage Diary 3: Go Big, But Come Home

Today was the last day of practice for the women, tomorrow is showtime. But when you watch Red Bull Rampage on the TV, with all the Loud Hype Stoke production...

Red Bull Rampage Diary 2: A Changing Soundtrack

Yesterday’s percussive accompaniment of the slapping of shovels picked up a different rhythm today at Red Bull Rampage, for the second day of practice. As I walked up the lower...


Classic Ride

Issue 153 Classic Ride: Surrey Thrills

Despite Hurtwood being one of the UK’s busiest riding spots, its trail network relies heavily on the continued goodwill of landowners and volunteers. Adele takes a ride to find out…

Issue 152 Classic Ride: Riding the Dyfi

The Climachx trail in the Dyfi Valley offers a day out for those looking for an alternative to the Athertons’ neighbouring descents. There's more to this story But it's a…

Singletrack Issue 151 Classic Ride: Pendle Pootle

The STW team ride in the shadow of Lancashire’s Pendle Hill, site of many a 17th century witch trial. However, they didn’t find any witches; just mellow trails and tasty...

Singletrack World Classic Ride 150: Ben Mac Do It

Each year my friends and I take a trip to Scotland for a week during May bank holiday to enjoy the freedom of wild camping, the right to roam and…



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Santa Cruz goes 4-bar for new Vala e-MTB

The move to a Bosch motor means the Santa Cruz Vala has done away with VPP suspension and adopted a pretty trad 4-bar arrangement. Santa Cruz Vala in a nutshell...

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New Bosch CX: same power, less weight, more sensors

The new more sensor-tive [sic] Bosch Performance Line CX claims “more dynamics on climbs, more agility on trails, and more smoothness”. New Bosch Performance Line CX in a nutshell Bosch...

Cairn BRAVe 2.0 Flat Bar review

The new flat bar flavoured Cairn BRAVe 2.0 keeps you finding new reasons to just “nip out to somewhere, I might take the long way back”. Pros Cons I previously...

Living with an e-bike – Part Two

In it for the long haul – A journey into e-bike ownership. Here’s Sanny’s latest instalment of a multi-part series of features detailing life with an electric mountain bike. Read...

New Shimano EP5 and E5100 motors revealed

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Focus Jam 2 SL 9.9 review

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Cannondale Moterra SL: Deep Dive into Lightweight, Full Power eMTB

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Brompton goes gravel

Billed as the brand’s “biggest launch in over 50 years” the new Brompton G Line sees the adoption of 20in wheels and gravel. The new bikes also feature revised geometry,...

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What This Bike Needs… Is $1500 Mudguards?

Ok, it never really stopped raining, but let’s pretend this is a seasonal moment. Your thoughts turn to keeping the puddles off your posterior and the mud from your moustache....

Genesis announces new range of Croix de Fer, Tour de Fer and Vagabond gravel and adventure bikes

While some brands are trimming down their ranges, Genesis continues to offer a wide range of choices across its gravel and adventure bikes. Whether you’re looking for a ‘is this...

Bespoked 2024

Interview: Clandestine’s (Beautiful, Practical) Bikes

Pi from Clandestine makes beautiful bikes that make me want to pack a picnic and ride off into the sunset. Practical, fun and gorgeous, I’d happily have ridden off on...

SRAM red xplr

SRAM Goes 1×13! SRAM Red XPLR. Sorry MTBers, it’s gravel only

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Shimano GRX RX825 Di2 Gravel Groupset First Ride(s) Review

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The Grit.cx View Of Eurobike Gravel

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