Amanda is our resident pedaller, who loves the climbs as much as the descents. No genre of biking is turned down, though she is happiest when at the top of a mountain with a wild descent ahead of her. If you ever want a chat about concussion recovery, dealing with a Womb of Doom or how best to fuel an endurance XC race, she's the one to email.

Scottish Stag-Do – A YT Izzo UK Adventure

Amanda sets out to bag some Scottish Munros, returning instead with epic memories, incredible experiences and more than a few bruises. In association with… YT INDUSTRIES Words Amanda Photography Pete...

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The Big Giveaway Final Week – What Can You Win?

It’s the final week of prize giveaways! Have you finished re-organising your sock drawer to allow for the ones off your nan? Have you run out of turkey and stuffing...

Fresh Goods Friday 529 – The Quiet Mad Friday In Edition

Traditionally this would be ‘Mad Friday’ when everyone would be out on the town being inappropriately over familiar with their office mates while wearing a poor choice of jumper and...

Women’s Endura MT500 Spray Baggy Trouser II

Designed for tough conditions with a performance fit and seat panel waterproofing, the Endura MT500 Trouser seem like the ideal solution for UK winter riding. This is my second year…

Restrap Handlebar Bags: Two Convenient Carriers

Earlier this year I began looking for handlebar bag solutions for carrying a compact camera on rides that I could gain quick, easy access to. In the hunt for the...

Specialized Hotwalk: The £999 Balance Bike

What do two year olds dream of for Christmas? A spaceship? A unicorn? Or something even more unreasonable… like full carbon balance bike? If you’ve got a young one that’s...

How Many Munros is Too Many?

In an adventure supported by YT Industries, Amanda sets out to bag some Scottish Munros, returning instead with epic memories, incredible experiences and more than a few bruises. Not shy...

7 Top Brand MTB Lights: Tested In Singletrack Issue 134

With advances in lights technology, we’re now largely past the point of ‘is it bright enough, does the battery last?’ and into refinements. Does the battery attach neatly to your...

Fresh Goods Friday 521 – The ‘Let’s Get Funky’ edition

Ahh, Friday, the gateway to the weekend and freedom from work. Or not, as seems the case with many of us at the moment. Wherever you are, we hope that...

Fresh Goods Friday 520 – The Take Us To A Quiet Space Edition

Put you left foot in, your right arm out, stick your bum into the air and shake it all about. Never mind tiers, levels, deal or no deal, or clips...

Fresh Goods Friday 518 | The Great British Doorstep Disco Edition

Hurrah! It’s Friday! Go wild, do your hair, get your glad rags on and… erm… sit on the sofa with a takeaway? Humph. What this world needs right now is...

Fresh Goods Friday 517: Autumn is here!

This week has seen the temperature drop, almost overnight, which raises a few points. Have you got a good jacket? Are your socks warm enough? What’s your shoe drying regime?...

Fresh Goods Friday 516 – The ‘Oh no, not again’ edition.

Yep, we’re going to be starting with the news-just-in that us lot in Calderdale, along with the rest of most of the north are locking down again – though not...

Crankbrothers New M13 & M20 Trailside Companion Multitools

Crankbrothers has updated its popular multi-tool line-up with convenient solutions for tubeless repair without having too much to carry. The new M20 and M13 multi-tool include a tyre plug tool...

Steve Peat Is ‘Shocking At Schralping’

In the new Santa Cruz Syndicate video, Steve Peat and Loris Vergier look at a couple of simple bermed corners in the woods above Morzine and debate the merits of...

Fresh Goods Friday 512: It’s Hardtail Season

Let’s start Fresh Goods Friday with some breaking news! Carly, the Scottish half of everyone’s favourite Van Gals, has had her first major crash. Naturally, Emma responded as any good...

Identiti AKA Bike Check: Versatile Hardtail For Trails or Tracks

Here we have another hardtail build by Amanda, only this time she’s gone alloy with the Identiti AKA. For her first stray away from steel, she’s gone for ultimate comfort…

Van Gals VLOG: Dreamy Singletrack in Châtel

By this point, we’re confident you all know who the ‘van gals’ Carly and Emma are. For those that don’t, come join us for a brief recap of the adventures...

Fresh Goods Friday: FGF 511 – The Can-we, can’t we? edition

Crazy times on crazier times. We find ourselves here at Singletrack Towers in the midst of local lockdown where we can’t go to someone’s house or garden, but we can...

The New Giant Talon XC Hardtail

“The call of the trail is real.” says Giant’s new enthusiastic press release about its new 2021 Talon hardtail. To be fair, hardtails are great and they’re all very sharply...

Fresh Goods Friday 511: This Is Summer Edition

Yep, it looks like today is summer! With sucky weather for the last month up here in Singletrack Land, today is the day when the mercury is set to top...

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Video: Van Gals – Tour of the van

Emma and Carly – the ‘Van Gals’ – are two of our newest contributors, but they’ve quickly gained quite a fan club among our readers. If you read their stories...

Fresh Goods Friday 509 – The Well, That’s Another Free Weekend Edition.

With the sad news that the Malverns Classic is definitely cancelled this year and postponed until next year, it looks like we all have another spare weekend to fill with...

Singletrack Issue 132 | Subscribe by 25th July

By the time Singletrack Issue 132 lands on your doorstep, you should be able to do many of the usual things that we look forward to: camping trips to new...

Rate My Gate | 10 of the Best and Worst in Calderdale

Amanda and Hannah think they know what makes a bad gate - and a good one. Here is their appraisal of local gateways. If you have ever ridden the Mary…

It’s a jungle out there! | Fresh Goods Friday 506

Good morning readers! @slimshady I trust you have your scrambled eggs and coffee at the ready? This Fresh Goods Friday comes to you from deep inside a valley that has...

Fresh Goods Friday 506 – The Shall We/Shan’t We? Mid-Lockdown Easing Edition

You can go to the pub. No you can’t. Not yet, but you will. You can queue at Primark. You can probably go camping. You can go to places, but...

10 Vegan Trail Snacks | Bake or buy, we’ve lots to try!

Veganism is on the rise, and the availability of vegan snacks and ready meals is ever growing. It’s getting to the point where we’re actually spoiled for choice… but some…

Matt Simmonds | Privateer 161 Öhlins Build

Earlier this year Privateer rider Matt Simmonds announced he was taking a step back from World Cup racing to focus on Nationals and his new venture, ProLine MTB. To help...

2021 Santa Cruz 5010 & Juliana Furtado: More travel!

The Santa Cruz 5010 and Juliana Furtado are the 27.5in ‘all-rounders’ of each brand. Designed to go up as well as they come down, the nimble trail bikes have had...