Grumpy, happy, hairy, overweight and awesome. I started riding offroad in 1978, and never stopped. I was once Charlie The Bikemonger, I invented orienBEERing, the Clunker Classic, and the Dorset Gravel Dash. I own the Bum Butter brand and I'm a co-owner of Dirt Dash Events. I also work at Singletrack, I have the self-appointed job title of "Overlord of the leftovers" and look after the merch shop, and marketing. Other interests include skateboards, surfboards, motorbikes, and cooking (I invented the Beefer Reefer).
Driving Nowhere For Christmas (with Twisted Sister).
This Christmas is looking like it is going to be the weirdest since rock legends “Twisted Sister” started doing Christmas songs. Yes, that actually happened. Will we only be able...
Yet Again Even More Singletrack Member Discounts
Charlie has news for you: “Great news everyone”… Is likely to become my catchphrase at Singletrack Towers. Within moments of the virtual ink drying on one Singletrack Member perk, another...
Madison To Distribute Singletrack Magazine to UK Bike Shops.
When we stopped selling Singletrack on the traditional news stand there were quite a few sad faces lamenting the end of an era. It was great to casually grab a...
Save £££’s With Even More Singletrack Member Deals
If you are a full Singletrack Member, you should check this out. It’s our new members’ section, and we have been a wheelin’ and a dealin’ with a bunch of...
Join us at the GT Malverns Classic.
Let’s All Mess About On Bikes Again. We want being a Singletrack full member to be bigger and better than it’s ever been. Now there is not only the awesome...
Don’t Be A Discount Dick
We have been beavering away at Singletrack HQ, working on a Singletrack Members Area, and it is coming on very nicely. Here you will find a bunch of great perks...
Singletrack On Benefits
Don’t panic. We are not joining the queue at the Job Centre. Mark and I have been going flat out to make being a Singletrack member even better. Members not...
Charlie’s Business Trip To A Brewery
I recently took a short motorcycle ride from Singletrack Towers, over the Pennines, to the rather pleasant Lancashire (No, Charlie, they don’t like that kind of thing up here) er,...
You’re Grounded! Singletrack Deadline Coffee
Lockdown makes me feel somewhat like being a teenager who has been grounded by their parents. Yeah sure I am no longer a teenager, but I still have a bike...
Love Our Lockdown Cover? Get A Piece Of It!
We’re so excited about the lockdown cover that we’ve created a bunch of new products celebrating its awesomeness, and all the different ways you have got yourselves through the last...
Salsa Spearfish | A Really Very Practical Type Of Bike
Charlie checks out the latest Salsa Spearfish, for ‘down country’ riding, and a lot of other stuff too. Down country, what the hell is “Down Country”? A large demo bike...
426er Another Industry Standard
Do you remember how we all debated the 26″ versus 29er wheel sizes around ten years ago. Well, I am afraid those arguments may well be back. You see, at...
Have a fiver on us.
Yes, we want to give you £5.00. It really is almost that straight forward. This Sunday evening everyone on our newsletter list will be sent a £5.00 discount voucher code...
7 Sexy Valentine's Gifts For Cyclists, And There's No Lycra
Choosing a Valentine’s gift for a cyclist can be tricky. So we are here to help ease the burden, suggest a few great products, but also remind you that shopping...
Christmas Shopping In Charlie's Dungeon.
If the mists clear you can sometimes catch a glimpse of Singletrack Towers sitting menacingly on a hill overlooking the Calderdale Valley. The valley folk are people of simple pleasures...
Win £50.00 in the Singletrack newsletter merch give away.
Every few weeks we pick a lucky winner from our Singletrack newsletter list. This week johnnieboy**** has won and now has a whopping great £50 credit on his Singletrack account,...
Flippin’ Heck. It’s The Singletrack Tech… Shirt.
Great news everyone… The near legendary Singletrack Tech shirts are here. The Singletrack long sleeve tech jersey is a highly technical garment, that not only feels like glory, but it...
The Cycle of Good, is rather good.
We are really jazzed to get these new Cycle Of Good Christmas presents into the Singletrack Merch store for you. They are not only awesome Christmas gifts, but they are...
We have another £50.00 Singletrack Merch Voucher Winner. Enter now.
It could be you! Every week or so we pick a winner from our newsletter list, and they get a £50 Singletrack Merch voucher that can be used against subscriptions...
“Lucky Dick” Random T-shirt Sale
That should be lucky “Lucky Dip”, however whilst describing this to Hannah, after a large Singletrack Deadline brew coffee, I slipped up and found “dick” coming out of my mouth....
MTB Legend, Dog Poo and The Singletrack Wisecracker Bottle Opener.
Charlie’s merch is appraised by MTB legend Joe Murray. One of the remarkable things about running the Singletrack Merch store is how it reaches parts of the mountainbike world, that...
Today I have mostly been… | Singletrack T-shirt News
…riding my bike and not dicking around with the environment too much. We have reprinted one of our favourite t-shirt designs on a great quality organic shirt. Using organic cotton...
Want a £50 Singletrack Merch’ Voucher?
Sign up to our Singletrack newsletter and you could win a £50 Singletrack voucher to use in the Singletrack Merch store. Every week or so we pick a winner from...
New Gifts For Mountain Bikers In Our Shop
The Singletrack Merch’ shop is filling up with new products, and is the ideal place to buy gifts for mountain bikers. For many years the Singletrack merch shop has been...
Singletrack Salvation Cycling Chamois Cream– It saves our souls
Do you ever get a sore bottom whilst cycling? Salvation is here in the buttery form of Singletrack Salvation chamois cream. Four ways to avoid a sore bottom when cycling....
Celebrate Mountainbiking With The Singletrack Wisecracker Beer Bottle Opener
You should always be near the ones you love… and that is why you are never that far from your bike or your beer… and now you can always be...
The Bikemonger: “What would Lance do?”
Cheating is bad, kids. Unless you’ve got a reason to do it – then it’s OK There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it…