We’re off to Morzine tomorrow for this year’s Reader Holiday (kindly hosted by Flow MTB). Myself and Matt are just back from a week’s hard riding in Norway. Marky The Mark is just back from a no-bikes-allowed holiday in the Med. Sim and femme fro-rider…
Ben Haworth
185cm tall. 73kg weight. Orange Switch 6er. Saracen Ariel Eeber. Schwalbe Magic Mary. Maxxis DHR II. Coil fan.
GORE BIKE WEAR™ TransWales ’09
The 7 day MTB stage challenge 15th – 22nd August 2009.
Bicycle Film Festival London
The Bicycle Film Festival has become a voice for the culture, history, sport and relevance of the bicycle across the globe. The BFF has played a formative role in modern bike culture, fusing fashion, music and art scenes to different areas of the bicycle community…
661 Mini Downhill, PORC, Kent
It's back. Following the success of the last 661 Mini DH races, Penshurst Off Road Centre is the next place for exciting new way to get into downhill mountain biking.
Kona Cheddar Bikefest ‘09
The format is similar to the Kona Bristol Bikefest but adjusted to the time of year. For the 2009 event there will be the 10 hour enduro on Saturday followed by the 5 hour event on the Sunday. As an extra for the newcomers to…
Singletrack Issue 51 – The Early Edition
The early arrival of this issue came as something of a surprise. A most welcome surprise though. Here's what it looks like and what's inside...
Endura Stramash Freeride Festival
A brand new event will be hitting the Scottish Borders this year on 19th and 20th September. The event is set up in a spectator-friendly format and involves a sensational day of Slopestyle competition, culminating in a floodlit grand finale followed by a day of…
Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti and 66 RC3 Ti
In the heart of the 2010 range is the RC3 cartridge that provides the damping for the 888 (EVO), 66, 55, 44 & 4X models. The Italian made, open bath RC3 cartridge gives a wide and usable range of rebound and both high and low…
Guest Editors / Temporary Promotion
As you may already know, Chipps is having a well-earned rest for few weeks (well, if you can call hauling yourself self-supported across the Pyrenees a “rest”). Which leaves myself and Sim kinda in charge of the next issue. Not sure whether the mag will…
Singletrack Classic Weekender – The “No Love Lost” Category
AKA 'People In The Bike Industry' category.
Premier Demo Series Hits Dalby Forest This Weekend
Your chance to ride a demo fleet for free. The Demo Guys are ready to hit the road for the final time this year to Dalby Forest for a weekend of demoing bikes.
The English Downhill Championships This Weekend
A whole basket full of British Cycling Ranking points are on offer to everyone and custom made Helmet Trophies for the top 3 English Men and Women in each category. To top off the prizes there the Latest £1700 worth of Astrix Havoc downhill Frame…
Marin Dusk ‘Til Dawn 2009 – Entries Filling Up Fast
THETFORD, NORFOLK, JULY 9, 2009: The “Post-Mayhem surge” has seen race entries for the 2009 Marin Dusk ‘til Dawn double, bringing the total currently registered to nearly 500 riders
Marzocchi 44 RC3 Ti and 44 Micro Ti
Is 2010 the return of the "fit and forget" Bomber..?
Are You Tough Enough 2009
Well were you? The weekend was the time to find out as The Army kicked of its second ‘Are you Tough Enough’ in style. 250 riders decided to test themselves over the 8 mile course, based at the popular Porridgepot Hill venue and were rewarded…
July 3rd/4th 2010 – The Singletrack Classic Weekender 2
Yep, that's right. Last weekend's event was such a total success that we've already agreed with the guys at Lee Quarry to do it all over again next year.
Kit Just In – Singletrack Magazine’s Mercedes Sprinter
A long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter 311 CDI with access ramp to be precise...
Singletrack Classic Weekender – The Overall Results
Here is what you've all been waiting for. The overall everything-totted-up results!
Singletrack Classic Weekender – Saturday’s DH Results
Here are the results from the Downhill segment of the Singletrack Classic Weekender.
Marzocchi 888 RC3 Evo WC
For 2010 Marzocchi has taken the 888 back to the drawing board and in doing so have managed to save over 600g in weight.
Singletrack Classic Weekender – Course Maps & Timetable Of Events
Singletrack Classic Weekender - Course Maps & Timetable Of Events.
Kielder’s New Bike Centre
The £250,000 facility - built by the Kielder Partnership - will be operated by Purple Mountain.
Sustrans’ Change Your World Campaign This Week
Nearly one in four car journeys are less than two miles, so Sustrans are asking you to join with thousands of others and swap just one car trip between 29 June – 4 July 2009.
Singletrack Classic Weekender – Info For Racers, Campers, Spectators & Marshalls
Only five days to go until the "event of the year". Here's some answers to some Frequently Asked Questions regarding car parking, camping, spectating, times and so on.
The New Santa Cruz 29er – The Tallboy
Wagon wheel, 105mm VPP travel, carbon fibre, target weight "very light".
Premier Demo Series Hits Afan This Weekend
Your chance to ride a demo fleet for free. The bikes are loaded (nearly) and the van is fueled (half way) and the Demo Guys are ready to hit the road to Wales the Skyline Centre at Glyncorwgg for a weekend of demoing bikes.
Kranked-ReJeKt: Episode 5
ReJeKt is a webisode about the characters of Kranked-REVOLVE. Episode 5 features Rene Wildhaber aka the Piston ReJektd. Here the Bossman (Bjørn Enga) tries to add some excitement by trying a new format.
Singletrack Classic Weekender – The Race Plate Explained
The race plates for the Weekender have been designed. Here's what they look like.
Accrington Bike Fest 2009 – It’s That Macaskill Man Again
The main attraction on the day will be a BMX & Mountain Bike stunt team featuring the YouTube star Danny Macaskill. The event promises to be a great family day out and is open to everyone, not just the residents of Accrington.
The Singletrack Classic Weekender – The Saturday
Rather than wait until the actual weekend itself to "debut" the race format, we thought it might be a good idea to do a scaled down version beforehand. Very scaled down. Just three competitors to be exact.
Maribor DH & 4X World Cup This Weekend – Watch It Live on STW!
This weekend is Maribor in Slovenia for Round 5 of the NISSAN UCI DHI & 4X World Cup. Right now the sun is blazing hot, but heavy rain is forecast over the weekend, so this should make for some exciting racing as last year's Maribor…
Motor Vehicles Allowed Back On Some Yorkshire Dales Green Lanes
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) is disappointed at the outcome of a court case that decided to quash four Traffic Regulation Orders imposed to protect particularly sensitive ‘green lanes’ in the National Park from use by recreational motor vehicles.
New Nicolai – Helius AC
Introducing the 146mm travel Helius AC.
British Mountain Bike Series Round 4 – Crow Hill
After the ups and downs of Dalby Forest and Margam Park, in May, the British Series travels to the slightly less hilly New Forest for Round 4 at Crow Hill.
Guardian Goes All Bikey
The Guardian’s award-winning portfolio of podcasts will soon be welcoming a new addition to its ranks. The Bike Podcast will be the first UK-based podcast to cater for "everyday cyclists". There's not a whole lot about mountainbiking in it (which is fair enough really) but…
Tee Time For Mayhem
Our new T-shirts from American Apparel have arrived just in time for us to take them down to flog at Mountain Mayhem this weekend.
Kona Mash-Up
Over 400 competitors made their way to the 2nd Kona Mash-Up and joined the relaxed atmosphere on the trails surrounding the Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre in Afan Forest
Commencal 2010
PHOTO OVERLOAD!!!
Singletrack Reader Holiday – Demo Bikes and Test Product Update
Here's an update on all the bikes and bits that we're taking with us to Morzine that you'll be able to play with - sorry, help test out. And due to the exchange rate being a bit friendlier recently we've been able to reduce the…
Madison Launches Dedicated Clothing Website
With the launch of the all new Madison clothing range at the iceBike tradeshow in February this year, Madison have launched a new website dedicated to the entire range
Shimano Brake Movies With Shandro, Simmons and Turenne
Shimano has teamed up with Anthill Films to produce a series of videos that showcase its 2009 mountain disc brake technologies through the eyes of some of the best in the sport.
Are You Ready For Mayhem?
With surprise DJs, disco balls and ghosts hidden in the woods at previous Mayhems, this year’s event has even more surprises in store. The nine-mile circuit promises "many more twists and turns".
YouTube Phenomenon Danny MacAskill To Hit Manchester This Saturday
The star of "that" YouTube video is set to demonstrate his awesome riding skills this Saturday at Wright Robinson College in Manchester.
Pace RC405 – Blue, Orange and Khaki
One of our favourite ever mountainbikes is now available with new paintjobs and RockShox rear shock option (as well as DT Swiss). Nice.
Singletrack Classic Weekender News Update
Some info about where we're at with the "event-of-the-season" Classic Weekender that takes place next month. Crikey! That's come 'round fast!
Singletrack Issue 50 – The Big Five-Oh
Yep, it's our half-century. Singletrack issue 50 is also our "Racing" themed edition. Racey bikes, racey tales, racey tyres, racey pics (no, not that kind of racey). Singletrack 50 goes on sale later this week.
Kranked-ReJeKt: Episode 2
ReJeKt is a behind the scenes webisode about the making of Kranked-REVOLVE. Episode 2 features day 2 & 3 of the Williams Lake shoot of James Doerfling. The Coastal Crew gets to work building and shooting lines.
Kona Mash-Up 2009
Only a couple of days now before the 1st Kona Mash-Up 2009 open its doors at the Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre in Afan Forest near Port Talbot. The event is taking place on Saturday the 13th of June with the registration opening on Friday afternoon/evening.
Kona Bikefest ‘09
Challenging conditions, according to the met office a month worth of rain on Saturday night, yet the usual relaxed atmosphere welcomed almost 2000 riders to the Kona Bristol Bikefest 2009 last weekend.
Fort William DH – Two Minute Video
Footage of the World Cup DH racing from Fort William, June 2009.
Fort William 4X – Short Snappy Video For Y’all
Gone in 61 seconds.