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.
Ben Haworth
185cm tall. 74kg weight. Orange Switch 6er. Saracen Ariel Eeber. Schwalbe Magic Mary. Maxxis DHR II. Coil fan.
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.
Fort William World Cup – Results and Freecaster Videos
NISSAN UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Fort William 4X-DH. Minnaar and Jonnier take the DH wins. Graves and Kinter dominate the 4X.
Faction Bike’s Zeitgeist 22″ Wheel Bike
Here's another wheel size for y'all...
10 Under the Ben: Race Report, Pics and Video
Three downhill specialists from Fort William - Alistair MacLennan (ex Masters Downhill Champion), Joe Barnes (2nd NPS Downhill Series 2008) and Liam Moynihan – beat off the strong competition from cross country endurance riders to win the Male Trio category of the Benromach 10 Under…
Hope Race Series Round 4, Lee Quarry – Race Report
Short sleeves and sunscreen were the order of the day for racers and spectators alike, as the fourth and final round of the Hope Race Series got under way on Sunday. Race report and pics by Jenn Hopkins.
Strathpuffer Lite, June 27th
The 'Puffer Lite', a summer version of the gruelling Strathpuffer all night winter endurance race, is set to take place on Saturday 27th June.
Making Hay
Even though I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday messing about on two wheels under scorching sunshine I still felt the urge to "play out" on Sunday afternoon...
Crickhowell Merida MTB Marathon Series 2009 – The Aftermath
The weather turned the already challenging trails into an extra tough ride but that didn’t stop almost 900 riders entering the event.
Hope Race Series Round 3, Lee Quarry – Race Report
With June and the start of the British summer proper winching ever closer, it was touch and go whether the charm of the previous rounds would hold for the racers at Lee Quarry. Race report and pics by Jenn Hopkins.
Where You Can Buy The Mag – Singletrack Magazine Stockist Listing
For those of you who have yet to work out where your nearest stockist of Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine is, we've created a handy online listing of them all.
The Singletrack Classic Weekender – Update
Camping, car parking, insurance, security, toilets, fire, water, uplifts, demo bikes, timetable, catering... Now with videos of the downhills course and the 'Classic' trials competition. It's going to be the chilled-out event of the summer, oh yes.
MSC/Descent-Gear NPS Rd 2 at Llangollen, May 30th-31st
Round two is going to be off the Richter Scale and will go down in the history books as the hardest track in the U.K to race on. Steve Parr and his trail fairies claim to have "set the benchmark" and completed a "masterpiece"...
Singletrack Trail Guide – The Gower
Benji and trusty lieutenant JonWIII travel to the southerest, westerest bits of Wales in search of fresh trails. And they find them, nestled among the gales.
Did You Enjoy Summer?
Well, I’m glad I made an effort to do a lot of riding during the decent weather we had through April. But… CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A SUMMER THIS YEAR FOR GOD’S SAKE??? That is all.
Is This The New Orange Patriot?
Jonny "The" Woodhouse has sent us some spy shots over from Switzerland...
Watch Steve Peat Make History at The Vallnord DH
Watch Steve Peat make DH history. WOOP!
Lee Quarry Hope Series Race 3 Preview
After surviving the weather in race 2 here’s race 3! Entry levels are good and they are still accepting entries on the day. Registration opens at 08:30.
2nd Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series Just Around The Corner
With the trails drying out quickly and the vegetation doing overtime the conditions out there getting better by the minute. Only a couple of days now before the 2nd round of the Merida Bikes MTB Marathon round will kick off at the new location in…
MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com NPS Downhill Rd 2
The race is already fully booked with 300 of the top UK riders who have all had to qualify regionally so these really are the cream of the crop. Advertised as "harder than the legendery Champery" this will not be one to be missed so…
Hope Race Series Round 2, Lee Quarry
Race organisers Brownbacks were playing a risky game staging round 2 of the Hope Race Series on a Bank Holiday Monday but the Bacup micro-climate played into their favour this time around. Words and pics by Jenn Hopkins.
Killer Driver Escapes Prison Because Cyclist Wasn’t Wearing A Helmet
CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation has condemned a judge’s decision to reduce the sentence handed down to a driver because the cyclist he killed wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Dales Bike Centre Picks Up Environment Award
Newly opened Dales Bike Centre in the Yorkshire Dales National Park last week picked up the Yorkshire Post’s 2009 Environment Award for building projects under £1million. The centre based in Fremington, Swaledale is a dedicated cyclist facility comprising of accommodation, cafe, bike hire, bike retail…
Kielder Gets A Purple Mountain
The Kielder Partnership has revealed that Purple Mountain has been awarded the contract to run the £250,000 Kielder Water & Forest Park Bike Centre.
