2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships schedule

2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships schedule

It's mountain bike World Champs week! When are things happening exactly?

Issue 162: Enduro (now) > Downhill (then)

Issue 162: Enduro (now) > Downhill (then)

Benji reflects on Morzine’s past, present and future.

Les Gets DH World Series Rd7 results, report and highlights vids

Les Gets DH World Series Rd7 results, report and highlights vids

The seventh World Cup DH of the year took place in France. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from Les Gets. [Did you know you can still…

Fresh Goods Friday 771: The Everybody Loves Raymond Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 771: The Everybody Loves Raymond Edition

Abnormal service is resumed.

Quick look at new Pivot Shuttle AM

Quick look at new Pivot Shuttle AM

150mm travel. 800Wh battery. 100Nm torque. 750 watts peak power. 47.5lb. $8,699 to $13,999.

Issue 162: Trail Trousers

Issue 162: Trail Trousers

Riding trousers have migrated into all-year-round apparel for a lot of riders, like those who feel rather vulnerable going back to bare leg flesh after spending half the year riding…

Fresh Goods Friday 770 : The Benji’s Away Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 770 : The Benji’s Away Edition

Everyone's on holiday, so this week's FGF contains retro, cheese and Garmins, just for you!

Issue 162: Through the Grinder

Issue 162: Through the Grinder

Lauf Elja, 100% Altis Gravel helmet, Patagonia Nano-Air Ultralight jacket, Wahoo Kickr Core Zwift One, Fox Enduro Pro knee guards, HoverAir X1 Pro, Aenomaly SwitchGrade 2.0, Peaty's Monarch Knurl grip.

State of UK Enduro Racing: Dyfi

State of UK Enduro Racing: Dyfi

Round 3 of the Welsh Enduro Series took place at Dyfi over the weekend. Here’s Aran’s report.

Deviate Kurgan Factory first ride review

Deviate Kurgan Factory first ride review

A Deviate Claymore with a motor? Yes please.

Bike Industry Bike: James Bracey’s Pivot Mach 4SL

Bike Industry Bike: James Bracey’s Pivot Mach 4SL

Continuing our series of Bike Checks, here’s Tailfin’s Head of PR and his Pivot Mach 4SL. This is James Bracey and his lighter-than-your-gravel-bike Pivot Mach 4SL. Who are you then?…

Fresh Goods Friday 769: The Scorched Earth Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 769: The Scorched Earth Edition

We ain'tz gots time to blather. There's bikes to test, trails to find and stresses to bust.

Endura Forty1Thirty: ‘streetwear with technical features’

Endura Forty1Thirty: ‘streetwear with technical features’

Designed with female-run Glasgow design studio Doyenne, this is "expressive" unisex clobber, inclusively sized.

Things I’d quite like the bike industry to stop doing now please

Things I’d quite like the bike industry to stop doing now please

Getting a few things off my mountain biking chest

Verbier Bike Festival: bike, eat, drink, repeat

Verbier Bike Festival: bike, eat, drink, repeat

Visit during August 14–17th for arguably the best trails and cuisine in Europe

Fresh Goods Friday 768: The En Bee Dee Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 768: The En Bee Dee Edition

The signs of recovery are tantalisingly appearing. Recovery from what though?

Trek Fuel EX 8 first ride review

Trek Fuel EX 8 first ride review

We've got the aluminium Trek Fuel EX 8 on test. And we're very pleased about this. Metal is ace.

2025 Mountain Bike World Series claims 56 million cumulative views

2025 Mountain Bike World Series claims 56 million cumulative views

Mid-season figures taken from January 1st to August 1st 2025

Merida DIRT 26in wheel singlespeed (dirt jump bike)

Merida DIRT 26in wheel singlespeed (dirt jump bike)

Those with longer memories might remember the United Merida Freeriders from the early noughties

Fresh Goods Friday 767: The Careful Axe Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 767: The Careful Axe Edition

Songs. Puns. Songs and puns. That is the contents of my mind. Most of the time.

2026 World Series to visit South Korea and Utah

2026 World Series to visit South Korea and Utah

The Race of South Korea will kickstart the 2026 season.

Reader’s Ride: Tom’s BTR Gasser

Reader’s Ride: Tom’s BTR Gasser

Tom Howard's BTR Gasser that was acquired despite/because of a particularly boozy event the night before.

Red Bull Hardline Wales results, report and replay vid

Red Bull Hardline Wales results, report and replay vid

It's fair to say that history was made this weekend in Wales.

Bike Industry Bike: Tom Simpson’s Deviate Claymore

Bike Industry Bike: Tom Simpson’s Deviate Claymore

Continuing our series of Bike Checks, here’s Deviate's Production Manager and his Claymore.

Lou Ferguson becomes first woman to qualify for Red Bull Hardline

Lou Ferguson becomes first woman to qualify for Red Bull Hardline

Scottish mountain bike rider has made history in Wales.

What Happens After Bikes – photo gallery

What Happens After Bikes – photo gallery

Bonus imagery from David 'The Gnome' Herbold who found himself jobless, homeless, but still riding a bike.

Fresh Goods Friday 766: The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 766: The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II Edition

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to this week's Fresh Goods Friday.

New Merida XC hardtail range starts from £575

New Merida XC hardtail range starts from £575

The new Big.Nine and Big.Seven range tops out at £1,250 and comes in a whopping seven sizes.

What’s in the August issue of Singletrack Magazine?

What’s in the August issue of Singletrack Magazine?

The deadline date to subscribe is Friday 23rd July at High Noon.

Why aren’t people mountain biking?

Why aren’t people mountain biking?

New guide from Reframing MTB offers practical solutions to remove barriers within the mountain biking scene.

Wacky Races – photo gallery

Wacky Races – photo gallery

Bonus Bespoked backyard jamming, we want bike races to involve fewer clipboards and more pallets!

Peak District MTB calls for right-to-ride suitable footpaths already in informal use

Peak District MTB calls for right-to-ride suitable footpaths already in informal use

Peak District MTB has submitted a call for reform to the UK Government’s inquiry on outdoor access.

Fresh Goods Friday 765: A Head Full Of Speed Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 765: A Head Full Of Speed Edition

New stuff! Also, school's out for summer! Yay and/or boo!

Merida eOne-Sixty SL 6000 review

Merida eOne-Sixty SL 6000 review

Merida eOne-Sixty SL 6000 is only a handlebar swap away from being pretty much perfect.

Andorra DH World Series Rd6 results, report and highlights vids

Andorra DH World Series Rd6 results, report and highlights vids

The sixth World Cup DH of the year took place in Andorra. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids.

Bike Industry Bike: Scott Belshaw’s Kona Process 153

Bike Industry Bike: Scott Belshaw’s Kona Process 153

B. Ling! Here’s Kona UK head honcho's Trigger's Broom Process 153 CR/DL

Fresh Goods Friday 764: The Very Stabilised Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 764: The Very Stabilised Edition

What is the best drink to have when the sun is very out? Probably not Bovril.

Single pivot is good, hi-mod carbon is bad: Podcast with Lauf CEO

Single pivot is good, hi-mod carbon is bad: Podcast with Lauf CEO

Benedikt Skúlason is the main man at Icelandic bike brand Lauf Cycles and he's not shy of opinions.

Staff Bike Check: Benji’s Calibre Bossnut (FFWD Upgrade Project)

Staff Bike Check: Benji’s Calibre Bossnut (FFWD Upgrade Project)

Just how far can you upgrade a so-called budget bike?

La Thuile DH World Series Rd5 results, report and highlights vids

La Thuile DH World Series Rd5 results, report and highlights vids

The fifth World Cup DH of the year took place in Italy. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from La Thuile.

A Journey to the Falkland Islands – photo gallery

A Journey to the Falkland Islands – photo gallery

Delicious leftovers from John Hellowell’s epic Falkland biking odyssey on the far side of the world in Singletrack Magazine Issue 161. International Adventure: Mountain Biking at the Bottom of the…

Fresh Goods Friday 764: The Bat Releasing Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 764: The Bat Releasing Edition

Mark has got bats in his belfry. Partly literally. Just substitute 'belfry' for 'walls'.

Nukeproof announces UK distribution

Nukeproof announces UK distribution

The brand brought back by Belgian Cycling Factory confirms availability in the UK once more.

Help me build a Downcountry bike (so you don’t have to)

Help me build a Downcountry bike (so you don’t have to)

The urge returns; there's something about the coming of summer that instigates New Bike ideas

Bike Industry Bike: Sim Mainey’s Scor 2030

Bike Industry Bike: Sim Mainey’s Scor 2030

Kicking off a new series of Bike Checks, here's a friendly freelance photographer's Not Yellow Bicycle.

Issue 161: An Englishman On New Dirt

Issue 161: An Englishman On New Dirt

Benji invites you to celebrate soil, in (almost) all its forms.

Fresh Goods Friday 763: The Keeping The Peace Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 763: The Keeping The Peace Edition

As we say goodbye to June - which is a disappointing month every year - let's stare at some new stuff.

Issue 161: Post-Backpack Hydration

Issue 161: Post-Backpack Hydration

Without a bladder on your back, you need a different way to carry your water.

12 bike brands using the DJI Avinox motor

12 bike brands using the DJI Avinox motor

AKA the DJI Dozen. Here is the list of significant eMTBs using the Avinox system.

Crankbrothers Guardian Universal Handguards review

Crankbrothers Guardian Universal Handguards review

Haters gonna hate. Mockers gonna mock. But I love pinky protectors at this time of year.