Andi has been made the new keeper of a 2020 Patrol E-Six eMTB and he has wasted no time customising this Indonesian eBike to make it his own. I can feel pretty confident in saying that it’s very unlikely that you’ll see another of these…
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.
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…
E-MTB Cross-country World Cup announced by UCI
e-MTB fans have a few more dates to add to their calendar with the announcement of the UCI e-MTB Cross-country World Cup! Race fans will be happy to learn that another e-MTB race series sanctioned by the UCI has been revealed. The UCI E-Mountain Bike…
Forestal Begins The Big Tease With New Images
That secretive tech/bike company, Forestal, have begun a series of teasers on social media leading to speculation that a bike launch might be over the horizon. For those of you who haven’t been keeping a close eye on them, Forestal is an Andorran based mountain…
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…
Review | Kinesis Rise E-Trail Hardtail
The Kinesis Rise E-trail is an e-Bike like nothing else I’ve ridden before, so what did I think of its lightweight approach? UK brand Kinesis has taken the idea of a hardcore hardtail and combined it with a lightweight motor package to create an e-Hardtail…
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…
Meet the all-wheel drive, 68lbs Abominable e-fat bike!
Our favourite purveyors or wacky 2wd bikes are back at it with a new twist on their AWD fat bike. That’s right, Chirstini have taken its all-terrain fat bike to new levels by adding a motor to it! The motor system used for this snow…
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…
Hope Technology Releases Microspline Hubs
Hope Technology has started the New Year with the release of Microspline hubs designed to work with the latest Shimano 12 speed cassettes. At the time of launching its first 12 speed drivetrains, Shimano had limited the manufacturers it would work with to supply compatible…
Top 10 Most Read Singletrack Stories of 2019 | Hacks, reviews, and tech
With another year behind u, we delve into data to bring you the 10 most read Singletrack Stories of 2019! This will be a Top Of The Pops style Top 10 starting with the 10th most read and ending with the number 1 most read…
2020 Team Rumours| Matt Simmonds 'heading in a new direction for 2020' what does this mean for Cannondale's DH Team?
Matt Simmonds could be the next racer to announce his exit from the DH World Cup for 2020, but what will this mean for the Cannondale downhill team? Cannondale Downhill came back with a bang last year with the ingenious dual shock bike which we…
2020 Team Rumours: Joe Smith Off Propain And Looking For A New Ride!
If you happen to be building a new World Cup Downhill Team and are looking for talented riders get in touch with Joe Smith. Joe Smith has revealed that he won’t be riding for Propain Factory Racing this coming season but worryingly has also revealed…
10 of the best e-Bikes Tested in 2019
E-Bikes are here to stay and if 2019 is anything to go by then we’re going to see even more electric mountain bikes launched in the coming 12 months than anything else. With the boom in e-Bike development and the considerable increase in electric mountain…
Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards | Andi
Over the last year, our writers have tested a bucketful of bikes, a barn load of clothing and gear, and attended a bookcase full of cycling events. Which of these, though, have tickled their fancies enough to warrant the bestowing of a coveted Singletrack Editors’…
Singletrack's Top 10 Most Popular Videos of 2019
Over the past 12 months, the Singletrack Team has recorded, edited, and uploaded more than 145 videos to our YouTube Channel generating a whopping 1.6 million views! As the year is coming to a close, we took the time to pick out our most popular…
2020 Team Rumours: Canyon Collective FMD leaked by British Cycling
The Canyon Collective FMD team has been leaked by a listing found by eagle-eyed downhill mountain bike fans on the British Cycling website. Perhaps the worst kept secret of silly season is the rumour that Tahnee Seagrave and the FMD crew would ride on Canyon…
2020 Team Rumours: Chris Akrigg Leaves Mongoose After 12 Years!
Chris Akrigg announces he is leaving Mongoose after 12 years with a mega video edit! Akrigg hasn’t confirmed who he has signed for his next chapter of sick edits and crazy stunts but we’re sure to find out in the next few days! NEW VIDEO.…
2020 Team Rumours: Alex Marin Poses For Monkey Sauce with mystery bike!
Alex Marin poses for Christmas with a bottle of Monkey Sauce cleaner, a new bike and a host of new components, but what is this mystery new team? It’s no secret that Alex Marin won’t be riding for the Madison Saracen Team for the 2020…
Christmas Countdown Day 21 | Win an Invisiframe kit, decals and a hat!
Happy Christmas! Tune in now for your chance to win another Christmas Countdown prize from Invisiframe! Today you could win an Invisiframe kit to suit your fame, plus a set of custom-designed fork decals and even a bobble hat to keep warm too. Invisiframe is…
