In terms of combining big hit, big wheel ability with value for money, the Remedy 9 is one of the best bikes on the market.
Mark Alker
Mark has been riding mountain bikes for over 30 years and co-owns Singletrack, where he's been publisher for 25 years. While his official title might be Managing Director, his actual job description is "whatever needs doing" – from wrangling finances and keeping the lights on to occasionally remembering to ride bikes for fun rather than just work. He's seen the sport evolve from rigid forks to whatever madness the industry dreams up next, and he's still not entirely sure what "gravel" is. When he's not buried in spreadsheets or chasing late invoices, he's probably thinking about his next ride.
Fresh Goods Live – Episode The Third
This week featuring stuff from Datatag, Merida, PRC Components, Great Rock and more.
Light and Motion Seca 2000
There are a handful of truly amazing high-end lighting systems available nowadays that allow you to ride at daylight speeds for hours on end and this is definitely one of them.
Sombrio Kettle women’s softshell
As a person who hates draughty riding, this weatherproof jacket keeps out the cold with style. As soon as I put it on it felt great. The cut is flatteringly tailored and the stretch enhances this, allowing free movement without bagginess. The jacket is usefully…
Convicted Driver Emma Way’s Twitter Account Reactivated
Forum regular Allthegear gains control of @emmaway20 twitter account on the day Emma Way is convicted
Trail42 bamboo tech tee
Trail42 tech tees are difficult to find fault with. The selling point of bamboo shirts is that they don’t show sweat patches when you’re getting moist. But there’s a host of other reasons why you might choose a Trail42. The fabric is as soft as…
Throwback Thursday 10 – Too Much of a Good Thing
All the way from Issue One, an enforced driving ban leads to a year of riding
Sombrio Birm Queen Shorts
The Birm Queen is a great cross-country short with a flattering, slimmer cut. Though relatively heavy for hot and sunny summer trail riding, discrete mesh-lined and zipped thigh vents add some cooling. The mid-weight fabric does, however, give the feel of an ultra-durable short with…
Altura Quantum X Shorts
The velcro waist adjustment on the back draws the spare fabric away from the snag zone and together with the four-way stretchy yoke keeps the waist secure even when hanging off the back of the saddle. Long zipped air vents on the outer thigh allow…
Throwback Thursday 9: Dr Jon Portrait Of A Serial Driller
Going back to the summer 69 is the inspiration for this weeks Throwback Thursday as we decided to dig out this article from issue 69. Enjoy!
Up The Buttress 2013 – Enter Now
Yorkshire's Premier cobbled hill climb event - Orange Clockwork 29r Prize Pot News
CamelBak All Clear Microbiological UV water purifier
A clean water source for adventures? the good DrJon investigates
Singletrack Editor Interviewed On BBC Radio Leeds
Today at 2pm. Listen live as it happens here The One On One programme airs at 2pm and is an hour long spot lead by Nick Ahad. The programme states that it is dedicated to ‘the great and the good of Yorkshire’. Chipps is today’s…
Updated: Stolen Trek Madone Spotted at Ride London Event
Police are looking for the rider of a bike reported stolen hours before it was snapped by an official event photographer
Issue 83: Islabikes Beinn 29
Isla added the Beinn 29 to the range because lots of parents who’d bought her age-specific bikes wanted a bike of the same quality for themselves.
Issue 83: Surly Krampus
We often wonder how mountain bikes might have looked if they’d been designed from ground zero rather than having a junkyard heritage of rescued beach cruisers dictating most things. How large would the wheels and tyres have been? How much suspension would they have had?…
Issue 83: Pivot Les
The Pivot Les (see what they nearly did there?) is partly here to show that a fixed blade fork can be plugged into any hardtail. Okay, the Les isn’t just any hardtail. It’s the first cross-country trail hardtail produced by Arizona suspension masters Pivot Cycles.
Has Contour Cameras Gone Bust?
Doors are locked on employees at the Seattle based versatile video camera company.
Singletrack Contributor and Forum Regular Writes A Novel
John Metcalf, sometime writer of travel features in the pages of Singletrack has told us he’s written a book and unusually it’s not a travel book or a guide to here and there – No, this is a proper work of fiction. An actual Novel.…
Singletrack Nominated In 3 Award Categories
It's awards time once again and we've just heard that we've been nominated in three categories in this year's Bikebiz awards.
Giant Trance X 29er 1 Long termer
A couple of months in, how's Sanny getting on with his Trance X 29er
The ST Video Archive
Inspired by the the fact the most popular search term in our recent Wiggle Mountain Mayhem rider gallery was ‘crash’ we were reminded of some of the videos we had tucked away in our Vimeo archive
Trek Remedy 29r
Mark traveled to Sedona, Arizona to continue his journey into the erosion of all his anti-29r excuses.
New Bontrager Wheelworks Rhythm Elite & Comp Wheels
About to hit the shops are these all new wheels from Bontrager Wheelworks
Bontrager Rhythm Elite Wheelset – 30 Second Interview
With just 30 seconds on the clock it's tough to fit everything in but that's all we gave Michael Browne
New ‘Hinged’ SE4 Tyre from Bontrager
We sent Mark to find out where our summer has gone. As part of his research he went to Arizona and called in at the home of Frank Stacy, designer of all things tyre like and Bontrager labelled.
Wiggle Mountain Mayhem 2013 – Course Preview
Mountain Mayhem has been a regular June resident at Eastnor Deer Park for 9 years but this year it has moved ever so slightly east to Gatcombe Park
Canyon Nerve AL 8.0
In the UK you buy Canyon bikes via mail order. Whether you agree with the concept of direct sales bikes or not, they aren’t going to go away. There's only going to be more and more brands following this business model.
Singletrack Enduro 6 2013 – Results
The sun shone. There was dust! It got really quite warm and there were more than a few new twists in the course at Catton Park.
Situation Vacant: Art Director
Come and work for us! The most creative position at Singletrack towers is now up for grabs.
Issue 81 Wallpaper and GPX File
Wallpaper images and route guide files made exclusively available to our subscribers
Throwback Thursday 3: The Steve Worland Interview.
Back to the sunny summer of 2003, when we interviewed bike industry veteran, Steve Worland for issue 10 of Singletrack Magazine
Singletrack Breaks 1 Million Threshold
Over 1 million unique users visited Singletrackworld in the last month according to Google
New Year, New Free Gift with a Sub
Subscribe to Singletrack and get a free Charge Spoon Saddle worth £25
Burry Stander Killed In Vehicle Collision
South African and Olympic mountain biker Burry Stander has been killed in a road accident involving a taxi while out on a training ride.
Mudtrek & Bionicon Launch Trail Test Centre
If you’ve ever wanted to have a proper test ride on a Bionicon with it’s on-the-fly geometry adjust control and see what it’s like to switch from steep climbing goat to a downhill slacker at the push of a button, then now you can. MudTrek…