Following the recent rebrand of Beicio Cymru, MB Wales has announced that recruitment is open to support the development of MTB in Wales. MB Wales press release: MB Wales is excited to announce the recruitment of new members for its Steering Group. The Steering Group…
Ben Haworth
185cm tall. 73kg weight. Orange Switch 6er. Saracen Ariel Eeber. Schwalbe Magic Mary. Maxxis DHR II. Coil fan.
Shimano commits $10 million to trail building projects
Shimano Trail Born Fund is a new initiative aimed at increasing and sustaining mountain bike trails and trail access around the world. TRAIL BORN SHIMANO is proud to announce its new Trail Born Fund, aimed at helping increase and sustain mountain bike trails and trail…
Readers’ Rides: Ally’s Resurrected Nicolai Saturn 14
For this edition, Ally Mitchell shares his “resurrected” Nicolai Saturn 14. What made him choose it? “Geometry and sizing mostly”. Bike brand and model Nicolai Saturn 14. Why this bike? What made me choose it? Geometry and sizing mostly, but I’d be lying if I…
Fresh Goods Friday 715 – The Bouncy Bouncy Edition
Hello and welcome to this week’s Eff Jee Eff. The seven hundred and fifteenth edition no less. Come aboard the Good Ship HMS SingletrackWorld as we set sail for shiny stuff. We don’t have any music videos for you today because this week has seen…
How to watch Olympic mountain biking this Sunday & Monday
Want to watch Olympic mountain biking but not sure when it’s on and who’s racing? Here’s a brief guide to everything you basically need to know. Women’s Cross-Country Sunday, July 28 12:10pm (UK) 36 racers Expected race duration: 1hr 30min – 1hr 45min (the number…
Say hello to the new Maxxis High Roller III
You may have seen the new Maxxis High Roller III on various World Cup DH racers, often obliquey referred to as the “intermediate” tyre. (Or just all-out named as the new High Roller by less careful vlogging racers!) UK SRP is £74.99 for the DH…
The new Specialized Status 2 starts from £3000
The new Specialized Status 2 is available in 170mm or 170mm DH option. M5 alloy frame, alloy wheels, stout suspension, powerful brakes.
Fresh Goods Friday 714 – The TMI Edition
Too Much Information. Can you ever have too much information? Almost certainly. In fact, TMI is pretty much The Modern World in a nutshell. We’re afraid we’re just going to go right on ahead and add to your information overload with this week’s Fresh Goods…
Fresh Goods Friday 713 – The Lasting Gasping Winning Edition
Welcome, welcome one and all (not you though) to the internet show your telly was made for: Fresh Goods Friday! Since last Thursday various teams who aren’t really used to winning, have been winning. Not that that includes us. Or you. We’ve always been winners.…
NBD: Flow eBMX, Trek Top Fuel, YT Decoy SN, Kona Process 153 & 134…
… Lapierre Spicy CF, Thok GRAM dk e-MTB frameset, Canyon TEMPR CFR shoes. It’s this week’s New Bike Day round-up! Trek Bikes press release: New Trek Top Fuel Gen 4 Top Fuel is a fast trail bike that’s more capable and forgiving than an XC…
Starling Cycles Mega Murmur review
The Starling Mega Murmur, as you may be able to guess by the name, is the bigger travel Murmur. 165mm of rear travel paired with 170mm travel forks up front. Pros Cons In a market that is utterly swamped with dual-link carbon fibre flavoured mountain…
Les Gets World Cup DH results, report and highlights vids
The fifth World Cup DH of the year took place in France. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from a Les Gets miudbath. RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Elite Women Les Gets UCI Downhill World Cup RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Elite Men Les Gets UCI…
Fresh Goods Friday 712 – The Overlording It Up Edition
A new dawn, a new day, a new batch of bike bits for you to spoil your ballots over. Yes, there’s been a general election but we all know that Chief Lizard Charles is still the real power pulling the strings, don’t we? Don’t we?…
NBD: Merida Big Trail, Hutchinson Eco Tyre, DJI ebike motor…
… Amflow PL, SRAM T-Type expansion, SRAM DB8 brakes, Giant Revolt, TRP x Bosch E-Shift system, Manitou R8 fork and Mara shock, Orbea Rise Alloy, Schwalbe Clik Valve and Fizik One-To-One saddle tech. A big bunch of New Stuff that launched this week. Merida press…
Specialized Stumpjumper 15 Pro: first ride review
The 50th anniversary of Specialized brings us the fifteenth Stumpy: here's our early verdict on the Specialized Stumpjumper 15 Pro.
Fresh Goods Friday 711 – The Open All Hours Edition
This week we have mostly been casting our collective mind back to stuff we no longer have to do.
New Sonder Cortex trail bike launches today
The new Sonder Cortex trail is a short/mid travel trail - with 130mm at the back and 140mm fork up front - with bikes starting from £2,049.
NBD: Fox Purevue, Starling Mini Murmur, Garbaruk cranks…
... EXT Storia & Arma V4 shocks, Crankbrothers cleat tool, DT Swiss 1200 wheels, Magura Gustav Pro brakes. Here's the pick of the week's PRs
Details of the new OneUp hubs
OneUp have a reputation for doing things properly - without being overly expensive - so news of the brand making some OneUp hubs is worth a quick story.
Fresh Goods Friday 710 – The Outdoor Trading Edition
No time for a lengthy waffle intro this week. The sun is OUT and the trails are a-calling! Busy yourself with this week's Fresh Goods and then get back to plotting your ride...
NBD: Specialized Chisel FS, Giant Faith, POC Team Imani Migration…
... Ibis Exie Ltd Ed Team 31 and new DVO Prime shock damper in updated Topaz Air and Jade X Coil shocks.
Our Members can win a Garmin Edge 840 worth £450!
We are rolling out more competitions to our Full Members. This time we have teamed up with Garmin to offer a Edge 840 worth £449.99!
Val Di Sole World Cup DH results, report and highlights video
The fourth World Cup DH of the year took place in Italy. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from Val Di Sole.
Last Coal V4 review
Last Coal V4 vital stats: full 29, 180mm fork, 165mm rear, 63° head angle, 77.1° effective seat angle, 438mm chain stays. How does it ride?
Fresh Goods Friday 709 – The Quiet Roads Edition
This Sunday evening will be a good time to head out. The Euro kickball sportive begins today and Sunday is Engerland's opening lap.
Leogang World Cup DH results, report and highlights video
The third World Cup DH of the year took place in Austria. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from Leogang.
Fresh Goods Friday 708 – The Bendy Bus Edition
Hello and welcome to this week's rundown of shiny bikes and shinier bike stuff. Having said that, most of this has a matt finish.
Fresh Goods Friday 707: The Spot of Bother Edition
Despite there only being 4 days left of this holiday week for things to go wrong in, it’s been a slightly tricky week here at Singletrack Towers. Zoe had a couple of days off doing wedding anniversary and half term type things, and without her…
Orbea Occam LT M-Team review
The Orbea Occam LT is an engaging ride. It requires and rewards an accurate rider who pays attention at all times. Which is not a bad thing.
Fresh Goods Friday 706 – The Three Course Meal Edition
If you had to perform all three of the core dirt bike disciplines one after another, what order would you do them in?
Bielsko-Biala World Cup DH results, report and highlights video
The second World Cup DH of the year took place in Poland. Here are the results, race report and highlights vids from Bielsko-Biala.
Abus AirDrop MIPS helmet review
The Abus AirDrop MIPS is a well made and designed helmet that offers great levels of breathability and forget-you're-wearing it comfort.
Fresh Goods Friday 705 – The Freewheelin’ Edition
Good day to you. We trust this Friday finds you well and that you are suitably pre-amped for the weekend. Not pre-amped in the vinyl hipster stylee. That would lead to a low buzz that would interfere with your tweeter response. And NO ONE wants…
British racer wins opening Enduro World Cup
The first World Cup Enduro of the year took place in the classic venue of Finale Ligure. Here’s the results, reports and highlights vid.
Orbea Occam LT or SL? Here’s how to decide
The latest update to the Orbea Occam sees it become two distinct models – the SL and the LT. Both trail bikes. But very different rides.
Fresh Goods Friday 704 – The Nadir E Me Edition
Welcome to episode 704 of the Freshies, as nobody calls them. Benji is all waffled out, so you can have an opening rant from Hannah instead.
Anyone for Semis? Fort William World Cup DH results & talking points
The first World Cup Downhill round of the year took place in not-rainy Scotland. Here's the results, reports, highlights vids and some chat.
Orbea Laufey H-LTD review
It's just as well the Orbea Laufey H-LTD handles so well because if we turn our attention to the build kit, it's something of a harder sell.
Fresh Goods Friday 703 – The May Day Yay Edition
Happy Bank Holiday to all of y'all. Well, all of y'all who have a Bank Holiday and don't have to show up at work.
Fresh Goods Friday 702 – The Quality Street Edition
Hello to you all and welcome to this week’s edition of stuff-that-has-arrived at STW HQ! Otherwise known as Fresh Goods Friday. What dowe have for you this week? Why, simple take a gander below. All human life is there. Well, the section that rides mountain…
New Saracen Myst starts from £3,599
The new Saracen Myst uses a combination single pivot, shock link and brake linkage, all made viable by the move to a shock tunnel.
XC World Cup Araxá: results & reports
The second World Cup of the year took place in Brazil. Here are the results, race reports and a highlights video from Araxá.
Giant Stance 29 1 review
The Giant Stance 29 1 is a refreshingly affordable mountain bike. Yer classic entry level full-sus trail bike. Alloy, 29in, 125/140mm travel.
Fresh Goods Friday 701 – The Hydrate and/or Die Edition
Hey there gang! We trust you're are acceptably radical and primed for another supremely stoke-filled weekend. That's stoke. Not Stoke.
Festive 500? Nah, this is the Forestry 450
The Forestry 450 involves covering 450 miles exclusively on Forestry England’s cycle trails. You have between now and the end of October.
NBD: RockShox Psylo, Sonder Evol, Digit Ring, Öhlins coil conversion…
New Bikestuff Day is back! Here's the most interesting stuff in our inbox this week (plus a quick debrief of last week's stuff!)
XC World Cup Mairipora: results, reports & highlights video
The first World Cup of the year took place in Brazil. Here are the results, race reports and a highlights video from Mairipora.
Formula Selva C Fork review
This is a 170mm travel Formula Selva C (coil) fork. I went with the 170mm version because Formula forks have shorter axle-to-crown lengths.
The Grinder: Zefal Bike Taxi Tow Rope, Continental Argotal, Fox Dropframe helmet, Zipp 1ZERO HiTop Wheels
Is that creak me or the bike? Real-world product reviews from real-world riders.
Issue 154: Tech That Should Have Stuck Around
Benji dons possibly rose-tinted spectacles and brings us the technology that he thinks has fallen undeservedly out of fashion. Inverted forks Kicking things off with a real doozy. What are upside-down forks? Basically, the stanchion is at the bottom and the sliders are at the…
Fresh Goods Friday 700 – The Padding It Out Edition
What are you lot talking about? Assuming it's neither football nor shopping, dare we guess that you're currently thinking about cycling?
