There’s an App for reminding you to drink enough water, there’s an App that can add a lifelike crocodile into your riding photos and there was even a social networking app that lets you find people who simply want a cuddle (we kid you not!).…
Andi Sykes
Andi is a gadget guru and mountain biker who has lived and ridden bikes in China and Spain before settling down in the Peak District to become Singletrack's social media expert. He is definitely more big travel fun than XC sufferer but his bike collection does include some rare hardtails - He's a collector and curator as well as a rider. Theory and practice in perfect balance with his inner chi, or something. As well as living life based on what he last read in a fortune cookie Andi likes nothing better than riding big travel bikes.
10 Super September Sales Bargains
Summer is over, you’re back to work and the kids are in school. You owe yourself a treat. Something shiny and new. Something cheap! Here are 10 bicycle bargains for September 2018. All links below are affiliate links. SRAM Guide RSC Disc Brake – £89.99…
Review: Bluegrass Skinny D30 – Your Knees Are Worth It!
Bluegrass offers two versions of the Skinny kneepad, one is the regular Skinny, and the other is a premium kneepad called the Skinny D30. We’ve been sent the upmarket version of the pad to test, which along with D30 protection also features a reinforced Kevlar…
Bike Check: Richard Baybutt’s Murdered Out Longshot Cotic Rocket
Richard Baybutt is Cotic’s marketing man, he’s also a wheelie machine and Megavalnche slayer, and this murdered out Longshot Cotic Rocket is his current ride of choice. Richard didn’t know he was going to be doing this bike check with us when he arrived at…
Review: The 661 Reset Helmet Is A Totally Tropical Full Face At A Great Price
After a bit of a hiatus 661 is back and with an all-new full face helmet named the Reset. As the name suggests, this updated lid shows a new direction in helmet style and design for the widely known brand. Not only is the Reset…
EWS Rider Jared Graves Diagnosed With A Brain Tumour
Sad and shocking news this morning. Specialized rider, Jared Graves has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The EWS rider is currently in hospital and will undergo surgery within the next 10 days. The following text is from Jared’s Instagram; “Some news of the not…
BLUEGRASS LEGIT Carbon Full Face Helmet Now Official
We saw a lot at Fort William this year, but one item that managed to remain under our radar was the prototype carbon BLUEGRASS full face helmet. We blame the fact that UR Polygon, the team running the secret lid were all on secret bikes and…
GoPro Hero 7 Leaked In White, Silver And Black Variants
Guess what the new GoPro action camera is going to be called? If you guessed anything other than “GoPro Hero 7” then you have a lot more imagination than the people at the action camera maker. Now, any ideas what it’s going to look like?…
Review: Spank Spike 35 Vibrocore Bar – Big, Burly, Comfy – And 820mm Wide!
Back in January, I tested a set of Spank bars with the company’s Vibrocore foam filling. Those were standard 31.8mm diameter bars, and I found that the foam insert did, in fact, make them more comfortable over rough terrain than a standard bar. Now a…
Twiddle My Joystick, Is This The Last Fresh Goods Friday Of Summer? – FGF 411
We’re a little worried, the weather is turning, it’s getting colder, we’ve received winter clothing in the mail. Is this really the end of our glorious weather? Is this the last Fresh Goods Friday of Summer? Let’s not dwell though, instead feast your eyes on…
These Are The 8 Bikes To Get Fox Live Valve First For 2019
After years of speculation and rumour, Fox finally announced Live Valve this week. If you want to know what Live Valve is and what it does we have a full write up here, or you can watch our video explanation below. Basically though, the system senses…
Spied: Sunn Kern Will Get 29in Wheels And A New Carbon Frame In 2019
If you have been involved in mountain biking as long as we have then you’ll remember French cycling brand Sunn, but if not here’s what you need to know. Way back in the day Sunn was a bike brand force to be reckoned with. Not…
Sick Bicycles High Pivot Gearbox Bike Receives 70% Funding In A Matter Of Hours
Today the 180mm enduro bike edges closer to production with a, so far, successful Indiegogo campaign that has secured 70% funding in just a few hours.
Pivot Cycles Breaks The $11,000 Barrier With Fox Live Valve equipped Pivot Mach 5.5!
Pivot Cycles is the first bike brand to send over a press release announcing it’s bikes with Fox’s new Live Valve suspension system.
First Look: Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race. The Bike Starsky And Hutch Would Ride
Here’s one for you XC racers, or for anyone with a soft spot for lightweight and racy full-suspension bikes. This all-new Canyon Lux arrived in the office last week and ever since it was unboxed we’ve been waiting for David Soul or Paul Glaser to…
Exposure Joystick MK13 Now Available In Carbon Fibre!
Carbon fibre is everywhere, from frames to rims and even fancy seat rails on uber expensive saddles. Carbon is now finding its way into the light market with UK brand Exposure announcing the release of the Joystick MK13 with lightweight carbon body. Exposure says the…
These Are Our Top 12 Orange Bikes From The Past 30 Years
With the 30th Anniversary of Orange Bikes fast approaching we thought we would look over the past 3 decades and pick the Orange models that meant the most to us. Below are 10 bikes which we either lusted over, owned or have reviewed from the…
Watch The Official Video Of The 2018 Pivot TwentyFour 12 Here!
A couple of weekends back, Wil and Mark, headed over to the annual Pivot TwentyFour 12 race held in Newnham Park, Plymouth. The event isn’t your usual 24/12 race, as the organisers put on plenty of activities on for all the family no matter their…
New Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt Alloy Launched. A Whyte T-130 Killer?
Following on from the release of the Instinct Alloy 50 BC Edition earlier in the month, Rocky Mountain has revealed the launch of another all alloy bike in the form of the new Thunderbolt. This 2019 version of the Thunderbolt rolls on 27.5in wheels with…
Review: Is The Hunt Trail Wide The Best Wheelset You Can Buy Under £400?
Hunt is a wheel and components manufacturer started by a bunch of industry vets who weren’t able to find the products they wanted readily available on the market. This team of buyers, designers and marketers decided that the only way they could get the wheels…
Mountain Mayhem Announces Lower Pricing For Early Birds: UPDATED
UPDATE SATURDAY AM: Following the rider feedback after the original press release (below) the organisers have returned with a rethink on pricing and have gone for an, ‘ain’t broke don’t fix’ approach by returning to the same pricing structure as the last 2017 event. They’ve…
August Summer Savers! Up to 50% off Fox Clothing, Bargain eMTB, and deals on Five Ten
Don’t let the slightly wet weather dampen your spirits, in fact, you should grab a summer bargain while you can and get out and ride more! Just a friendly notice that the links provided below are affiliate links. Five Ten Impact Low From £49.99 CRC…
Curtis Has Made Frames Since 1979, Now It’s Launching Its First Complete Bike
Curtis has been manufacturing steel bicycle frames in the UK since 1979 and has made everything from BMX race frames, and hardtail downhill race bikes, to 160mm travel single pivot Enduro bikes over that time, but it’s only now, in 2018 that the company has…
Fresh Goods Friday 408: Helmets, Hoes and Gloworms
The Fresh Goods fairy godmother has been a little lax this week, only delivering a handful of nice shiny new kit for us to fight over. This is partly good news, as it means we can all spend some time on the kit we already…
What Did You Do On Your 40th? Alan Horton Started A Bike Brand
If you had wanted to start your own bike brand just a few years back you might have looked into complex moulds, carbon layup or simply outsourcing manufacture to the Far East, all quite expensive prospects. The recent popularity of steel bikes, both hardtail and…
Spied: Sonder’s 29er Full Suspension Bike Edges Closer To Production
At the start of this year, we managed to take a trip out to the Peak District with the chaps from Sonder and ride a few of their current bikes. While we were with them we also had the chance to check out a prototype…
Limited Edition Raleigh Chrome Aero Pro Burner Coming Autumn 2018!
One of the hottest bike launches last year wasn’t some exotic carbon full suspension bike costing a £ bazillion, it wasn’t even a mountain bike, nor was it new. Cast your mind back to July 2017 and you may remember that Raleigh announced plans to…
Top 10 Kids Bikes 2018: Stop Playing Fortnite And Start Shredding Dirt!
There really hasn’t been a better time to get your kids into mountain biking, or cycling in general. More and more bike brands are designing quality bikes for young riders that handle like proper bikes, come with kid-friendly components and don’t weigh the same as…
Kona Finally Announces Carbon Process 29ers For 2019
It was only a matter of time really before Kona released a carbon version of the Process 29, so while it’s exciting news that they have done so it’s hardly surprising news. The Process 153 CR 29 is new to the Kona Process range for…
Affordable Rocky Mountain Instinct Alloy 50 BC Edition Revealed
At the start of the year, we tested Rocky Mountain’s Instinct BC Edition, featuring a carbon frame and lively paintwork. We loved the fact that the longer travel bike managed to remain fun and playful on the trail and we liked that fact that Rocky…
Giant Launches All-New Trance 29: A Mid-Travel Trail Smasher?
The Giant Trance 29 is pegged at the type of rider who wants to head out on an epic all day ride, one day, then hit an Enduro stage the next. It’s an all-rounder, and although it’s labelled as a “Trail” bike, Giant is keen…
First Look: X-Fusion TRACE 36 HLR Big Travel 29er Enduro Fork
X-Fusion is looking to boost its big wheel Enduro credentials with its latest 36mm fork, the TRACE 36. You may have already seen this fork in Fresh Goods last week, and like many of you, we’re pretty excited to see how it performs so thought…
Fresh Goods Friday 407: The “There’s only 2 of us in the office” Edition!
With the summer holidays now in full swing we’re down to a skeleton crew here at Singletrack Towers, but that’s good news for Andi and Chipps who get to go through all these cool new arrivals and choose who get’s what and which they’re keeping…
First Look: Mondraker Foxy 29
We were a little sad when we had to say goodbye to our bright red Mondraker Foxy RR test bike a few weeks ago, but we can barely remember what that 27.5in bike looked like now that this beauty has arrived. This is the all-new…
Review: Mondraker Foxy RR: The Long, Low, Slack Do-It-All Bike
Look at any press release for a new bike and chances are that the bike company will shout from the rooftops are that they’ve gone longer, lower and slacker, but it was Mondraker that did it first. Over the past five months, I’ve been riding…
Review: The Giro Riddance flat pedal shoe uses a Vibram Megagrip sole for #flatpedalthunder
Brand new from Giro for 2018 is the Riddance – a flat pedal specific shoe that comes into the range one step above Giro’s current Jacket shoe. Designed for aggressive riders, the Riddance was developed in collaboration with top-class trail and freeride legends Kurt Sorge,…
This Is Not A Joke! Ibis Launches Adjustable Handlebars!
Each year at April Fools we see stories of adjustable handlebars, but the joke is now officially over with the launch of the new Ibis handlebar system. The Ibis adjustable handlebar is basically a 750mm carbon that can be used as is, or ‘extended’ with…
7 Essentials For Riders With Tiny Hands
Oh my god it’s Friday, easily the best of all the days, Friday, Friday, Friday. Did you know that we actually invented the word Friday? It’s the greatest. So to make Friday great again, we’ve put together a super listicle so incredible that your neighbours…
Top Eurobike Tech Randoms: Lasers, Cheap 12 Speed, Proto Pedals, 998g Forks And More!
As usual, Eurobike has delivered ALL OF THE GOODS. Below we’ve listed some of the best random bits and bobs from the show. Some are quite obviously pieces of Eurobike Gold and whereas others are, well, a little odd. Read through our finds and let…
Magura Celebrates 125 Years With LTD Edition MT1893 Disc Brake, Plus More From Eurobike
Magura really pushed the boat out for Eurobike 2018, unveiling not one or two new brakes, but seven new or updated disc brake solutions of all price points, oh and Danny Macaskill was hanging around from time to time also. The big news for Magura…
You Won’t Know Wolfpack Tires Or Wolfgang Arenz Yet, But You’ve Probably Already Ridden His Inventions
We’re fairly certain you won’t have heard of Wolfpack Tires, or Wolfgang Arenz the man behind the brand, but you will most certainly know some of the products he helped develop. Wolfgang is a compounder, basically, someone who works on mixing different rubber compounds to…
Commencal Announces The “Arrogant, Impulsive, Manipulative” Clash
After 3 days of Eurobike fun its hard to believe that there are bike brands not represented at the Messe (yeah, we speak German now), but plenty do choose not to participate and while we run around chasing the latest news these non-Eurobikers simply slip…
Mega Gallery: 29 Top Bikes Of Eurobike 2018. How Many Of Them Will Be e-Bikes?
For 3 days we have haunted the halls of Eurobike, powered by nothing more than strong coffee and salty pretzels. Actually, that’s a complete fabrication of the truth. Eurobike 2018 has been amazing, there has been plenty to see, some good food, genuinely good coffee…
Lone Bicycles Beretta Sticks A Middle Finger Up At Standards
Lone Bicycles is a new French mountain bike brand owned and operated by the same people behind HXR, those clever chaps who invented the Easy Shift system. The Beretta is the first bike designed by Lone Bicycles, and at Eurobike we managed to take a…
Oakley Teams Up With Minnaar To Create DRT 5 Helmet With “Eyewear Landing Area”
Oakley’s first ever mountain bike helmet has been unveiled and with the help of world-class downhill racer, Greg Minnaar, the DRT 5 is as stylish as it is safe and practical. After years of being known primarily as a sunglasses brand, it makes sense that…
Prototype Orange Strange Crush-E. The First Hardcore e-MTB Designed For The UK?
The Orange Crush 29 isn’t the only new hardcore hardtail from the British bike maker at Eurobike, they also have this prototype Crush-E on display too. If you hadn’t already guessed it, the ‘E’ in Crush-E means that this hardtail comes with a motor attached…
Orange Crush 29er Spotted At Eurobike
The Orange Crush is the bruiser in Orange’s hardcore hardtail line up, it’s also the only alloy framed hardtail that the British brand has in its range (if you don’t include the new kids bikes). It’s aimed at riders wanting to get rowdy and not…
Bionicon is back and so is its cool geometry adjustment button
We don’t know what it is, but this year’s Eurobike seems to be full of bikes that have geometry adjustment, so it’s good to see that one of the original shapeshifters is back to true form. Way back in the day (hands up if you…
Swedish Huldr A1 Converts From Gearbox DH Bike To 920w e-Beast
We can’t believe that it was only yesterday that we discovered the Kinetic Works Quintessenz, a bike that can easily have it’s BB linkage plates swapped so that either a Pinion gearbox or e-Bike motor can be fitted, now today we find another bike with…
Behold! Limited Edition Gold Leaf Pedroni Lupo Carbon Gara
Pedroni is an Italian bike brand that still manufactures all of its carbon and alloy frames in Italy. Being located right in the heart of Italy’s ‘motor city’, you know where Ferraris and Lamborghini’s are made, the company prides itself on making high-quality products with…
This Sterling Silver Orange Five XTR Is Stunning!
Orange’s stand at Eurobike is full of new colour options for the coming year, but there was 1 bike in particular that grabbed our attention. Can you really say ‘No’ when someone asks if you want to take photos of an Orange 5 dripping with…