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Chipps
With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994.
Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.
NAHBS – Photos from the Handbuilt Show Pt1
Loads of photos of incredible hand-crafted bikes from the NAHBS show.
Sir Jimmy and the front-flip…
Jimmy Savile has been promoting Fort William - with the aid of some familiar stuntmen...
Nick Craig appearing at SHAFF tomorrow!
See the 'nicest man in MTB' interviewed at the Sheffield Adventure Film Fest tomorrow
Hit the North 2.5
The 5th and therefore confusingly-named Hit the North 2.5 took place on Saturday 12th February and according to all who took part, it was another big success. The unique ‘mountain bikes mixing it with cyclocross bikes’ format for two hours on a very varied four…
Mountain Biking Weekends for Singles
...and apparently they always get more women than men booking in.
News Just In – Govt. to axe forest sell-off
That's what 38Degrees are claiming and the BBC agrees
Midweek Movies
It’s a mixed bag of seated suffering and massive hucking this week, with some fast stuff inbetween. First up we have Leigh Timmis, who sent us the first video of his, charting his attempt to ride around the world, as covered in his website www.pedal360.com…
Indulging a passion
I’m off on holiday next week – going to visit the girlfriend’s parents in Germany, but first – we’re going to be going to Belgium. Yep, we’re off to see some cyclocross! I did exactly the same last year, and wrote about it in our…
Midweek Mini Movies! 1/11
Let's start the new year with some video fun!
Newsflash: Liam Killeen signs for Giant
...for two years, which'll take him up to the next Olympics.
24 & 12 Hours of Exposure 2011 – Defence of the Jerseys
The UK 12 and 24hour solo-only champs scheduled for May 2011. Get training!
Magura’s Secret New Brake Revealed
Some official and some unofficial spy shots of the German giant's new brakes.
The Steeps of San Francisco…
Scot 'Chuck Ibis' Nicol riding ALL the steepest hills in San Francisco!
(Snowy) Midweek Movies…
It's cold outside but we're keeping the internet tubes warm with streaming video
If you go down to the woods today…
...if you go to Dalby anyway, you'll probably bump into the Pace lot - as they've just moved there!
SPAM Winter Challenge (SWC) 2nd January 2011 – BIKE RACING WITH TANKS!
Well, not actually racing against tanks but you get our drift. Everyone loves tanks, don’t they? Anyway, the nice folks at SPAM Biking have just been in touch about the traditional year starting event on January 2nd. Event entries are open at www.spambiking.co.uk for the…
Singletrack’s Midweek Mini Movies
Another midweek chance for your boss to catch you watching bike films in work time
Seb Rogers Limited Prints – with added triptychs…
Could this be the first mention of the 'C' word on Singletrack this year?
London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike Course Preview
Yesterday, Chipps headed down to South Benfleet, Essex, to see how things are coming on with the 2012 Olympic mountain bike venue. (Note, pictures have been shrunk a little to fit in our new page – click them for a supersize pop-out though) The construction…
British Events Scoop UCI Awards
Fort William wins again and newcomer Dalby wins in its first year. It only cost £200,000 too!
Pro’s Bikes: Emily Batty’s Trek Top Fuel
While Emily Batty is well known for being ‘the pretty blonde girl who rides for Trek’, she also happens to be a great XC rider with some good results to her name, including a 5th place at the Mont St Anne World U23 Championships this…
Break-in at Hotlines’ London Show
Yep, the scumbags have been at it again. This time stealing some rather distinctive bikes.
Interbike 2010: Niner, Revelate, Voodoo and 661
29ers, hot lids and the funkiest stem we've seen for years...
Interbike 2010: Point1 and NS Billet
A couple of smaller companies at the more rugged end of things.
Interbike 2010: Poc, Royal, Formula, The Hive (e13) and more
It’s taking a while to get through all our shots from Interbike. Here’s another 50 or so. There are still plenty more where they came from. So, without further ado, and in no particular order we present: Royal Racing – there were some great, vibrant…
Marc Beaumont rides for charidee
No, not him, the other one. The downhill racer goes for a JOGLE for a good cause.
Trek 2011: The new Top Fuel
Just before Interbike, Trek Bikes kidnapped Chipps and bundled him into a van, releasing him several hours later in the high mountain resort of Brian Head, Utah. The reason was to show off its two new race bikes: The Session downhill bike, as ridden to…
Interbike 2010: Sock Guy sock monkeys, Knog and Keen
Here’s a little non-tech respite before we get back to the full-on tech-fest of Interbike. It’s time to look at some socks, shoes and locks… All presented a little differently.
Interbike 2010: Answer, Manitou and more
A new Manitou fork or two, new Hayes brakes, Answer bars and stems, new wheels too. The Hayes group's been busy.
Interbike 2010: Showers, Eddie, Oakley, Saddles and metre wide bars
More shiny things from Interbike. All this and $10 sandwiches.
It’s a crazy place, but I’ll miss it…
Chipps says goodbye to 12 years of Interbike (and exploding fountains) in Las Vegas. Next year, LA.
Interbike 2010: Accessories, lights, locks, bars, cameras, colours
The first of many reports from the indoor bit of Interbike.
Interbike 2010: KS, Crank, Salsa, Knolly and more…
Noel and the team at Knolly have been busy. They have a brand new model, the Chilcotin, and finally have production models of the Endorphin SL that we showed you in prototype last year. dag
Interbike 2010: Tracy Moseley’s Worlds Bike
A quick tour around Tracy's world-championship winning machine.
Interbike 2010: Jones Bikes, King, Ellsworth and magic RST forks
Affordable Jones steel frame and a wireless lockout from RST.
*PREMIER* Interbike 2010: Premier Users’ Preview
Below, Premier users get a first look at the raw, unedited shots from Dirt Demo before they get edited and turned into stories for the rest of Singletrackworld.com to enjoy.
Interbike 2010: Turner Bikes and Belt Drives
...though not both at the same time. The new DHR, new RFX and split Gates belt
Eurobike: POC, Giant, Renthal and more
Some pretty bikes, some less pretty bikes and can you see a crying face in that POC helmet?
Eurobike: Maverick, Blackburn, Van Nicholas, Chris King
...all this, plus the Toolmanator comprehensive mini-pump
Eurobike: Ragley, Books, Bombers and the return of X-Lite
Rigid carbon forks, kangeroo shoes, tyre tread saddles and green stanchions
Eurobike: Intense, Maxxis, Charge bikes and more
Intense, Whyte, Kenda and Charge bikes are among the latest update.
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Hive’s new chain device – 1×10 is the future… [Updated!]
The Hive/former E*thirteen's new chain device for 1x10 riders. Oh, and an MRP one too.
