Well it’s been a while since my last blog and mixture of progress and epic fails.
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Fresh Goods Friday 164
It's time to check out the pretty things - posh pedals, clothing for introverts, protection plus a new standard lands
Singletrack go racing again – Peaty’s Steel City DH report
Matt, Benji and Jon head to the woods to settle scores - and remind themselves why they don't race
Singletrack Issue 73: Download it now!
The latest issue of Singletrack is ready to be read on your pick of digital viewing devices
iXS MacAvalanche is this weekend!
Your last chance to get in on the action at Britain's maddest mass start DH race
Rab’s World: Getting the racing bug
Rab kicks off the cross country racing proper by heading to Israel to pick up points...
Midweek Mini Movies 96
Stop! Don't look out the window, you'll just upset yourself - look at some sunny, dusty riding fun instead
Thieves steal Nigel Page’s bike collection
Scummers broke into his Merseyside home yesterday afternoon, taking BMX, MX, road and mountain bikes
Steel City DH kicks off tomorrow
Head down to Greno Woods, Sheffield to experience the North's answer to the Sea Otter - Steel Badger?
Hope XC Race Series 2012 entries open!
The Brownbacks resume their race series at Lee Quarry, Lancashire
Fresh Goods Friday 163
A Mega bike, some bright threads, new shoes, some sunnies for grey skies and a load more...
Tribe of Yetis to descend upon Shropshire
Annual Yetifan free-for-all weekend of riding set for Long Mynd on 23/24th June
CRC MTB Marathon Rd 1 report: Builth Wells
Straight outta Builth Wells - a weekend of remarkably well weathered marathon fun
Grafham Cycling to host 29er-only love in
...and they want you to come and try them, plus the chance to win one of your own.
Midweek Mini Movies 95
Akrigg returns, the world's worst bike thief, the Huck Wizard cometh - it's time to slurp tea and look busy
Two of ‘Three Ten’ mountain bike races cancelled
Kirroughtree and Llandegla rounds cancelled but Fort William will go ahead
Fancy a job? Guide needed in Bulgaria…
Fancy spending summer on your bike in the hills by the side of the Black Sea? Course you do.
What’s in Singletrack Issue 73? A sneak peek…
Amongst other things we've got urbane urban riding, morning light, Majorca hols without the package, Texas trails and the West Highland Way
Mavic to be headline sponsor of 2012 Trans-Provence
French company to provide neutral tech support for truly epic all-mountain race
Fresh Goods Friday 161
We're On-One with some big wheels, there's a new tiny large person in the valley, clothes from Vaude and more..
Ian Alexander from Whyte Bikes talks bike design
Ever wondered what influences a bikes handling? It's more to do with personality than engineering.
Review: Whyte 146 S
Jon tests the most affordable Whyte 146 model, a UK designed lightweight carbon trail bike with new school geometry
Santa Cruz launch Tallboy LT range
This is real. A pair of 135mm travel, big wheeled bikes from California, one made from carbon, one aluminium - now with UK prices
Santa Cruz release Rotobeef 29er slopestyle bike
APRIL FOOL: The Californians reckon the future of slopestyle spinning has big wheels - witness it here
iXS MacAvalanche returns!
One of our favourite events of last year returns to Glencoe, bigger and better than before
New trail centre for Lee Quarry?
Rossendale Council looking for people to develop a 'centre for trails' in area
Orange roll out Gyro 29er bouncer
Big wheeled trail bike to offer 110mm rear travel with 120mm up front. First run of 50 bikes now available.
Midweek Mini Movies 92
Fixed gear gladiators, riding against depression and sinuous singletrack in Stockholm. It's your lunchtime entertainment
CRC MTB Marathon Series Guidebook released
Guidebook to marathon series is now available in a load of digital formats
Fetish UK Gravity Enduro Series Rd. 1 Results & Report
Jerome Clementz and Tracy Moseley take victory in a sunny Scottish opening round in Innerleithen. James Green reports...
Welsh Environment Agency go fat biking
Ride the fatbike, save the world. Well, figure out how to improve seawater quality near Swansea at any rate
Female stunt rider needed to join The Clan
Bike display team need a lady who can flip, whip and do loads more tricks
Issue 72 Extras: Dream Bikes
The Singletrack staff wax lyrical about the bikes they've always lusted after
Midweek Mini Movies 91
The Germans go steep, Canucks mercilessly destroy loam and hairy faced men make us envious in the south of France
Pin It to Pitch It! Martin from Hotlines
You've got to give action to get action - and that involves plummeting down some stuff on your bike in the Valley
JD Cycles launch ‘Ultimate’ Demo Day
You'd be a fool not to head to Ilkley, West Yorkshire, on the 1st April
Ben Cathro launches ‘Sick Skills’
He's promising unnatural radness, sensational confidence and mild arousal amongst other things
Greg Minnaar & Tracey Hannah win UCI DH World Cup Rd1
Santa Cruz Syndicate rider takes victory at home in South Africa, Tracey Hannah returns to victory after four year gap
Fresh Goods Friday 158
Loads of good stuff for your Friday, including hats, FSA bits, mags, Genesis - but no Phil Collins
Rab’s World: It’s night and day
Our Rab hits Innerleithen to turn up the heat on training, before getting stuck into some enduro racing
Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon Series kicks off
Series kicks off with Builth Wells round in 7th April
Midweek Mini Movies 90
The GT Factory team strike some poses, Danny Hart gets feature length and some fat bike fun
Purple Mountain lose Dalby Bike Centre and Cafe tender
..and they're quite annoyed about it. Pace Cycles & CTC to run shop, Compass Group to provide catering.
The Making of Singletrack Issue 72
Sim and Mark head to the Midlands to feel the thickness and admire the quality of the freshly printed Issue 72