Hundreds of riders took advantage over the weekend of a burst of warm autumnal sun and headed to Tunnel Hill in the first of the two Endura Autumn Classic XC races hosted by those bastions of grass roots racing, Gorrick. The bone dry trails kicked…
Jenn Hill
Jenn Hill was the deputy editor here at Singletrack up until her untimely death from Lung Cancer in October 2015. She was and remains an inspiration to us all here at Singletrack.
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Fresh Goods Friday
The evenings are drawing in and that means only one thing… NIGHT RIDES! We’re gathering lights for our lighting grouptest and the first in were these pre-production samples from Lezyne. Lezyne Lights The Mini Drive (£49.99), Power Drive (£79.99) and Super Drive (£99.99) are all…
Up The Buttress – The Aftermath
There’s been lots of upset on the international race scene recently, what with the Rocky Road/UCI DH debacle and now two rival World Solo Championship races being promoted for 2012. It’s only fair then that our local hill climb joined in, sparking debate over whether…
Fresh Goods Friday
Eurobike is over, Interbike is yet to come – that makes a Web Editor jetlagged and glum. On the plus side there’s some really rather special newness that’s arrived at Singletrack this week… Deputy Editor Jenn Hopkins Jenn is a Great Divide Racer, rider of…
Today we are mostly watching…
…Danny Hart’s jaw-dropping World Champs winning race run. If you missed it, the Giant-sponsored rock star stormed to victory in a wet and slippery Champery to take the 2011 UCI World Championship DH title by eleven seconds. ELEVEN SECONDS! That’s a very big margin in…
Cycle Show 2011
With just under a month to go until the 2011 Cycle Show kicks off in its new home of Birmingham NEC,we thought we’d give you a quick run down on what you’re going to be seeing at the UK’s leading bike show. Open to…
Issue 68 – landing soon!
It’s that particular Friday when we wait on the doorstep for TNT John – issue 68 is just about to land! The digital copy is live in the Mag Archive right now, subscriber copies are in the post and should be arriving on doormats from…
Midweek Movies
A short Midweek Movies this week as we figure that, like us, once you’re done absorbing all the Eurobike coverage you’ll be ready to de-squarize your eyes by actually riding bikes. So here’s something completely different: a short film by Joe Sheffer & Alistair Humphries…
Islabike launch big bikes for big kids
As four-fifths of the editorial team are away at Eurobike this week, we’re taking the opportunity to have a good clear out and tidy up in the office. Here’s a news story which fell down the back of the digital sofa but which we still…
No Fuss Events Benromach Deg Yn Llandegla.
We love No Fuss Events and were sad not to be able to make it to Llandegla this weekend for their first foray south of the border. Thankfully roving reporter RichPips was there to cover it for us… 10 Around Llandegla – what, no haggis?…
Days Six & Seven of the GORE BIKE WEAR® TransWales, powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport – bumper edition!
We hope you had a nice weekend – by the looks of it, the brave folk participating in TransWales certainly did. Here are the reports from days six and seven, plus the final results, in a slightly truncated form to save your bandwidth. Happy vicarious…
The GORE BIKE WEAR® TransWales 2011, powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport – Day Two!
Here’s the report from the TransWales crew on day two’s racing over (and astride) the border. Yes, we know the name doesn’t really trip off the tongue. How about GBWTW2011PBMBVS instead? No? Okay… Day Two: ‘Shake, rattle and roll’ The second day of the…
Day One of the GORE BIKE WEAR® TransWales 2011, powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport
Here’s the first report from this year’s TransWales event, which started yesterday in Builth Wells. It’s a tough event for everyone involved, including the press officer – we hope he’s not actually headed out to ride the quoted height gain himself as we might be…
Fresh Goods – Bumper Edition!
It’s been missing for a couple of weeks thanks to press launches and events but Fresh Goods is back in style with a bumper edition. We’ve got loads to get through so without further ado, in no particular order and with apologies to your employer…
Singletrack Sleepless in the Saddle
We’ve been racing. It was ace! We’ve been down south this weekend for the UK’s most chilled out 24-hour mountain bike race, Singletrack Sleepless in the Saddle. It rained a bit and the unlucky riders caught in the aftermath found themselves battling Catton Park’s infamous…