Launched in 2018, Ride Concepts are the new kids on the MTB shoe block, but can their kicks take on the establishment? Had you asked me just a few years ago which flat shoe I would recommend, I would probably tell you to look at…
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.
Coronavirus means you could be fined €3000 for cycling in Spain
Spain has joined Italy on its ban of cycling during the Coronavirus outbreak with Police handing out fines of up to €3000. UPDATE: We have had reports stating that Italy hasn’t banned cycling however these reports contradict those statements. Cycling Weekly Bicitv.it Italian Government (Italian)…
Fort William DH World Cup Hasn’t Been Postponed … Yet!
The event organisers of the Fort William Downhill World Cup have posted a statement telling that the race is still on, at least for now. As events around the world are put on hold, we’ve been speaking to people in the know about the possibility…
Friday 13th and something Evil has arrived! V3 Evil Following launched
The third generation Evil Following had dropped with a Friday 13th compatible frame, geo and features. If you didn’t already know that a new version of the Evil Following was on the way, then you haven’t been keeping an eye on the homepage of Singletrack.…
4 Mudguards tested | 4 effective face fenders
Spring was due right around now, and this time last year we were riding summer tyres, still, you can ride and not get covered in crap with these 4 mudguards. Mudhugger FRX Price: £25.00 From: Mudhugger What do Loic Bruni and Andi have in common?…
London Bike Show Postponed due to … you already know!
Another of the year’s big bike bonanzas has been postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. London Bike Show won’t go ahead as planned. The London Bike Show is following in the same footsteps as the first round of the downhill WC, the first two rounds…
Vee Tire Snap Trail Review: Downhill inspired sticky trail tyres
Trail ready Thai tyres built on trickle-down downhill race tech. We test that fast-rolling Vee Tire Snap Trail Top 40. Vee Tire Co. has been growing in popularity at a very steady and consistent pace over the past few years, and that’s a pretty outstanding…
Lone Parabellum Review | Poppy and playful standards smasher
Lone Bicycles lent us their refreshingly unique Lone Parabellum to test against the UK finest winter weather. Romain Olmos is a French mountain bike legend who once shared sponsors with Darren Berrecloth, Anne Caroline Chausson and Neil Donoghue. Known for his stylish 4X wins and…
Sea Otter Classic Rescheduled to October 1-4
The new dates of the Sea Otter Classic have been announced with the show now taking place in the first week of October. The coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt the mountain biking calendar, the latest event to be postponed being the first round of the…
Breaking: Has the first round of the 2020 WC in Lousã been postponed?
Rumours are doing the rounds that suggest the first round of the UCI Downhill WC have been postponed in Lousã. We have no official word from the UCI yet, but rumours are spreading that the first round of the downhill WC to be held in…
Orange Pro Line Bikes Focus on Suspension Performance and Price
Orange has announced a new Pro Line build for the Orange Five and Alpine 6 that focuses on suspension performance and affordability. You know how it can be. You want a certain frame, with a certain level of suspension, but to get it you have…
These 3D printed disc callipers weigh under 60g!
We’ve had 3D printed bikes, and 3D printed components, but these Radic Performance callipers are the first 3D printed disc brakes we’ve seen. Spotted at Crankworx Rotorua, these 3D printed brake callipers are designed and manufactured in New Zealand by Radic Performance. Radic Performance is…
Millyard Racing downhill bike making a comeback with HyperRide Suspension?
Almost a decade and a half ago, Allen Millyard built a one-off custom downhill bike that was lightyears ahead of what was on sale, and now new social media posts suggest it could be making a return. Allen Millyard is an engineer with a passion…
Sea Otter Postponed due to Coronavirus
Sea Otter is the next major cycling event to be postponed due to Coronavirus. First, it was the Tapei Bike Show, then Mountain Mayhem and now Sea Otter, all now postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. These haven’t been the only cycling casualties though as…
VeeTire SNAP Trail released
Thai tyre makers, Vee Tire Co. releases the new Vee Tire SNAP Trail based on the popular Flow SNAP WCE. Vee Tire Co. is very much an up and coming tyre maker. The Thai based manufacturer is headed up by Bike Sukanjanapong who has been…
Jordie Lunn Memorial Bike Park Announced
Langford, Vancouver Island will be home to the new Jordie Lunn Memorial Bike Park set to open later in 2020. The new bike park was announced earlier this week and is set to open in Langford later this year. Named the Jordie Lunn Memorial Bike…
Shimano Patent describes automatic wireless dropper post
A recent Shimano patent describes an automatic dropper post with additional wireless control. Yes, automatic and wireless! Electronics are being integrated into bikes at a much faster rate than ever before. There are eBikes of course, but we’re also seeing technology shift and migrate to…
Chile’s Majin Cycles will build you one of these for $350
Majin Cycles from Chile isn’t likely a name that you’ve come across before, but fans of steel suspension bikes should give them look. It was a few years ago when I wrote about Marino Bikes from Peru and their bargain-priced custom steel frames. It was…
Video: This trick was 7 months and 35 attempts in the making!
Paul Couderc should now be called “Mr. Perseverance’ after attempting this ballsy trick 35 times over 7 months before nailing it! Ever tried a jump or trail section a few times and fail each time? How many times did you try before you gave up…
Actofive Cycles P-Train mixes steel, high-pivots and CNC alloy in one sexy frame
German fabricator Actofive Cycles reveals the P-Train our new favourite niche machine! We all know that mountain biking follows certain trends. From anodised purple parts, Judy yellow kit, and MotoX inspired riding kit, to more recent trends like low shock positions, wider range gears and…
When and where are the 2020 UCI MTB World Cup and World Champ Races?
Here are all the dates, and places of the 2020 UCI MTB World Cup and World Champs races. While writing up this story, I realised that we’re only a few weeks from the start of the UCI MTB World Cup season but where and when…
Fresh Goods Friday 488
“Splish, splash, sploosh… whirr… whirr” – which is either the sound of the endless rain here, combined with the TurboTrainer Of Desperation… OR it’s the sound of espresso being delivered into our new mugs to the sound of the Wega coffee machine’s resilient motor… This…
Dorval AM Team announces 2020 sponsors
Just when you thought DH Team news was coming to an end, Dorval shows up with a host of new sponsors. The Dorval AM Racing DH Team has announced it’s full roster of team sponsors for the 2020 season, reminding us that the world of…
Crankbrothers launches affordable Alloy Synthesis Wheelsets for XCT, Enduro and E-Bikes
Crankbrothers has added an alloy version of the Synthesis wheelset to its range offering tuned wheel action for riders not wanting carbon. It was around this time last year that I headed to Innerleithen to join the launch and ride on the new carbon Synthesis…
Exclusive: Kilian Bron’s travel diary to the Eolian Island Volcanoes
Kilian Bron recently shot an epic video on active volcanoes with Commencal. Read his adventure diary from that trip here. We often tend to travel to the other side of the world to deliver media projects, but this time, we opted to go somewhere closer…
Commencal / Muc-Off Team Plans to clean up in 2020!
Commencal and Muc-Off have teamed up for the 2020 WC Downhill season. Will they clean up? Commencal has parted ways with Vallnord to form a new partnership with Muc-Off, makers of the pink soapy stuff many of us use to keep our bikes clean, lubed…
Commencal Updates The Supreme And It's Up For Pre-Order Today!
Remember back at Fort William in 2019 when we reported on a prototype Commencal Supreme? Well, that bike has proven so successful that it has gone into production. The Commencal Supreme with it’s high-pivot and idler has become a bit of an icon on the…
5 Minutes With Kilian Bron The Volcano Runner!
Hot off the back of his latest video epic with Commencal, we managed to sit Kilian Bron down for a quick 5 minutes with interview. Kilian Bron is best known for shaking up YouTube with epic videos featuring a unique blend of incredible cinematography and…
Review: Burgtec Penthouse Mk5 Pedal “Is it possible to make a better pedal?”
Burgtec Penthouse MK5 pedal reviewed. Burgtec takes flat pedal design to the limit. It was around this time last year that Burgtec thoroughly impressed me with the composite version of the Penthouse flat pedal. That nylon/fibreglass pedal proved to be such a good product that…
2020 Burgtec House Show | 4 bikes we wanted to take home
For its 2nd year, the Burgtec House Show has grown to include more brands, house more products and serve up better food and coffee than ever before! Well ok, the excellent coffee was at last year’s show too. The 2020 edition of the Burgtec House…
Watch Kilian Bron being chased down an active volcano with racing drones!
YouTube sensation and the latest signing to the Commencal Crew, Kilian Bron, plans to go viral with this epic volcano video. Kilian Bron is best known for taking his two-wheeled companion to the outer reaches of the world and creating video sensations, capable of breaking…
Core Bike 2020 Randoms – Patriotic saddles, Boa, Body Armour and more!
Core Bike 2020 was filled with lots of flashy new goods to have us reaching for our wallets, but here are a few of the items that really grabbed our attention. Fabric Flag Saddles Price: £74.99 Fabric were displaying a new version of their fantastic…
Core Bike 2020 | Scratch Cover stanchion repair kit
Scratch Cover from France provides you with everything you need to repair your scratched fork stanchions and make them like new again. Scratching your bike is just a part of mountain biking, sure it sucks but your bike is going to get beaten up a…
Core Bike 2020 | Nukeproof Kids Bikes, Updated Pedals and More!
Nukeproof had a bunch of great new products to show us at Core Bike 2020 ranging from hardcore hardtails designed for kids, to new and improved flat pedals! Nukeproof Horizon V2 Pedals Price: £84.99 With a little help from flat pedal fan Sam Hill, Nukeproof…
Fresh Goods Friday 484 | Flashy bike, full-face, and spendy rims!
Another riveting episode of Fresh Goods Friday featuring spendy carbon bits, the latest head protection, and powerful new Shimano stoppers. This week’s episode stars the Orbea Occam M10, a beautiful carbon-framed all-mountain bike, that plans to tempt Ross away from his newly acquired Mega Tower!…
Prime Bicycles wants to compete with Santa Cruz on and off the track!
Prime Bicycles, a new bike brand focussed on gravity bikes, is heading to the market and want to take on the establishment. You would think with so many bike brands and so many models of bikes already available that it must be a pretty crowded…
Eye Spy a Pipedream Full Moxie full-suspension steel bike
It’s no secret that Pipedream is working on a steel full-suspension bike, but could this be our first glimpse of the slender suspension gem? Pipedream put themselves on the map with the Moxie, a hardtail that has proven that long, low, and slack needn’t be…
Andreu Lacondeguy signs for Commencal
Andreu Lacondeguy has signed a 2-year contract with Commencal but will he be riding bikes or playing football? Towards the end of last year, Andreu Lacondeguy announced that he would be leaving YT and no longer be riding his Tues in freeride events. The Spanish…
Interview | 5 minutes with Alex Marin
After announcing he would be riding for The Brigade in 2020 we took 5 minutes to chat with Alex Marin to get to know him better. -Tell us who you are, what you do and why we should go for a bike ride with you……
5 minutes with Rudy Cabirou the newest member of The Brigade Team
The Brigade Team has announced its second elite rider for the 2020 season, 25 year old Rudy Cabirou. The announcement from the team about their latest signing has only been announced but we’ve already managed to sit down with Rudy for a quick “5 minutes…
Breaking | Alex Marin Joins The Brigade Team, the most exciting new downhill team of 2020
Thought the 2020 Team Rumours season was getting stale? Well, let’s inject some excitement with the announcement of The Brigade Team, an all-new downhill team. Many people following the 2020 team rumours threads around the web have expressed disappointment with the year’s rumours, but for…
Rob Warner Joins Vitus For 2020
We reported the rumour late last year now we have the official word on Rob Warner joining Vitus Bikes. Press Release Follows Vitus are stoked to announce that Rob Warner will be joining the Vitus family in 2020. Rob Warner needs no introduction, from being…
Fresh Goods Friday 482 – Who wants to test bulletproof goggles?
We have waterproof, abrasion-proof, shockproof and even bulletproof products in this week’s edition of Fresh Goods Friday. Jump in and bath in xxxx-proof goodies. Leatt Velocity Goggle Price: £73.00 From: Hotlines The Velocity goggle from Leatt comes in a huge range of strap designs and…
2020 YT Bike Range reveals new colour options
YT has refreshed its complete line of bikes for the 2020 season with fresh new colours. The YT Bikes lineup is already pretty well rounded, being made up of every bike we can think of to keep a gravity junky smiling for a whole year.…
Video: Watch Danny MacAskill head to the gym the only way he knows how!
Danny MacAskill kicks off the New Year with a new training regime that only he could think of! We all start the New Year feeling a little groggy with promises that we’ll keep fit and even head to the gym more often, but have you…
Tahnee and Kaos Seagrave Post Videos Riding new Canyon bikes
Still no official confirmation from FMD Racing about the new Canyon Collective FMD deal, but these videos are yet further proof. Ok ok, we already know that Tahnee, Kaos and FMD will be riding Canyon Bikes in 2020, but without any official confirmation, these videos…
Rudy Cabirou leaves Propain Factory Racing 'New Year New Start'
French rider Rudy Cabirou bids farewell to Propain Factory Racing for 2020 and promises a new start. Another downhill rider reveals a change of team for the 2020 season. This evening Rudy Cabirou used his social media accounts to announce his departure from Propain Factory…
Tahnee Seagrave teases Canyon Collective FMD
If those British Cycling leaks weren’t proof enough, now Tahnee Seagrave herself has teased the Canyon Collective FMD. You saw our story about British Cycling publishing the Canyon Collective FMD name earlier in the week, now Tahnee Seagrave has posted a little teaser of her…
Breaking: InSync leaves Downhill Racing for 2020
We’ve just had word that the Insync Downhill Race Team will not be entered in the 2020 UCI World Championships! Insync will not be entering the 2020 Downhill World Champs this year it has been revealed. The breaking news was given to us today after…