There was a danger it might not, but it will - so get training!
Chipps
With nearly 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is 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. Over the last 32 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)
Cyclocross = cheap, fun cycling
A quick look at the other end of the cyclocross scale...
Cyclocross = expensive, fun, pain.
'It will have been great' - describes most cyclocross racing, reckons Chipps
Camelbak’s new ultra-light HAWG
Super light, limited edition of the Camelbak HAWG
Liam Killeen To Leave Trek World Racing
That fast British guy with the blonde surfer hair is taking 2010 off to recover from a recurring back injury...
Vids, Vids, Vids!
The weather's rubbish at the moment, so if you're wussing out of riding, you might as well enjoy it. New World Disorder 10 now in our shop!
Ride Journal, issue 3 out soon.
The Ride Journal are proud to announce the launch of issue 3.
Scottish Film Premiere – Nov 19th!
Foot Out Flat Out 2 : Fast and Loose and MADE Scottish Premier
Bikes Stolen From 18 Bikes. That’s it – they’re closing tonight.
18 Bikes shuts shop following break in...
Danny MacAskill In VW Advert
More stunning trials rider from the cheery Scotsman
British Cycling To Create Cycling Hall of Fame
BC are looking for nominations of cycling greats to be inducted into their new Cycling Hall of Fame in February.
Dark nights, dark beer, lasting memories…
OK, so we do bang on about it a bit, here at Singletrack: the fact that you need to keep riding through the winter, whatever the weather. And we do…
Go Where – Your guide to Scottish trails
Andy McKenna, all round nice guy from Innerleithen, is branching out into driving mountain bikers around to the choicest trails.
‘Renegade’ Signs Brighten Up the Lakes
Cumbria Tourist board commissions some 'unofficial' (but official) fun outdoor signs in its bid to become the UK's adventure capital...
SAFETY RECALL – Sunline V1 Carbon Handlebars (31.8mm version)
Sorry to say, if you're running Sunline CARBON V1 bars, then you're going to have to swap 'em for a new pair. So not all bad then....
A Friday Vid for you
A good parcours video to help you while away the afternoon.
Relentless 24
The closing 24 hour of the season had great crowds and some fine weather.
Vandals Damage Trails at Coed Y Brenin
Vandals have ripped rocks up from the trail and pulled down signs at Coed Y Brenin's trails.
And now it’s my turn…
Issue 53 has gone to the printers and Chipps and team are happy.
Fresh Goods Friday
It's time to have a look to see what's turned up this week. The answer is 'lots...'
Singletrack Scoops Top Honours In Industry Awards!
Singletrack Magazine voted 'Best Consumer Magazine' by the bike trade. Woohoo!
Relentless 24 Happens This Weekend!
Places are still available for the last 24 hour race of the season up at Fort William.
Ibis Gets New UK Distributor
Ibis Cycles now have a new UK distributor as of about now. Here’s their rather amusing press release on the matter. Look for a couple of Ibis bike tests in…
Dorel Industries buys UK distributor Hot Wheels. And Charge Bikes.
The company that owns Cannondale, GT, Sugoi and Mongoose has now bought UK distributor Hot Wheels.
Cotic to have actual new product at the Cycle Show
We’ve just had word over the Bat Laptop that Cotic will be making it worthwhile you coming to the Cycle Show next week – lots of brand new models to…
Interbike Eight: Ellsworth to Colnago
Ellsworth, Pearl Izumi, Pedro's, Knog, Genuine Innovations, Twin Six, Vicious, Salsa, Bianchi, Chrome, Camelbak and, er, M&Ms
Interbike Seven: The show goes on…
We're back from Interbike, so the flow of stories can continue...
Show’s over = Autumn
Chipps is back from Vegas and looking forward to some murky weather.
Interbike Four: See? We’d just forgotten to post it.
We hope you didn't think that that was the end of it. There's plenty more still...
Interbike Six: Tyres, Turners and POC
Another ‘fill in your own captions for now’ piece while we take in the last day of the show. More thorough captions will appear once we’re not actually still trying…
Interbike Five: More from the floor
Another 40 or so pictures from today's Interbike show in Las Vegas.
Interbike Part Three: More from the desert
Brand new Titus bikes in Ti and carbon, Smith, 3speed fixies, Felt and more
Interbike: Camelbak
Geeky about water? So is Camelbak with a digi flow meter and a water purifying system - that uses UV light in a bottle!
Interbike Report Two – More Dirt Demo stuff
Come and roast with us in the desert and check out new stuff plus Peaty's World Championship bike.
Interbike Report One: Let’s take a look round.
Race Face, King, Giro, WTB and more.
SSWC 2009 – the tattoos and the basketball decider
The venue for SSWC 2010 was decided by a basketball match
SSWC 2009 Durango – Results and everything!
Well, the race is over, the results are in.
Kona Cheddar Bikefest
Michael Wilkens reports from the Kona Cheddar Bikefest held at the Broadway House Caravan Park on the 12-13th September.
Eurobike 2009
Another collection of shots from the huge Eurobike show. This time: Intense, Breezer, Kali, Morewood, Industry Nine, Lynskey, Lupine, Tange, Mavic, Giant and Syntace.
Gurt Big Hills
Chipps muses about those really, really big mountains you find on the Continent.
Eurobike Twelfty – There’s more…
More from the Eurobike memory cards. Here's Tomac, Cannondale, Formula, Ritchey, Shimano, Magura, Pronghorn, Middleburn and more.
Ae All Abilities Day
The 7Stanes venue of Ae is hosting a day for ALL ability riders to come along and try riding in the forest on Sept 12th. Everything from mobility scooters to…
Eurobike: We’ve still got loads of stories left
More from Eurobike. This time from Lapierre, Canfield, a Ritchey tandem, a 30 speed Specialized MTB, Troy Lee and a pair of bib shorts designed just for women.
Eurobike: New Pace forks, new Ibis, DT wheels, Exposure lights, Camelbak, Charge Bikes, Lezyne…
Loads more supersize pictures from Eurobike. Here's a look at the new Pace forks, DT wheels, Lezyne tools and bags, Exposure lights, a new 160mm Ibis and much, much more.
Eurobike: Bell, Giro and Kona
Another photo love story from Eurobike. This time we have some huge shots from Kona, Specialized, Five Ten, Giro, Bell, Yeti, Chub and more...
Eurobike Day One Part Two
Eurobike 2009, and Matt and Chipps are over there looking for the new stuff. Here's the first of their photo reports from the show: First-off we're featuring new stuff from…
Trek Remedy Goes Carbon
The Trek Remedy all-mountain bike is now 150/150mm and gains two OCLV carbon models and two aluminium ones, plus magnesium rockers ABP plus rear pivots and lots of good stuff.…
Trek 2010
Trek's 2010 bikes - new carbon stays on the Fuel EX line, plus a brand new Fox shock, new shock on the Top Fuel too. And how about that OCLV…
Hub Guide To The British Champs
The Hub in the Forest have made a guidebook for this weekend's British Champs
Partnership agreement ensures Aston Hill’s future
CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation, Aston Hill Mountain Bike Club and Forestry Commission have joined forces to create a special CTC membership package that provides access to and…