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Mental Mondays #3 – Crossword & puzzles by Chipps

Chipps is the designer of this week’s fiendishly tricky crossword. You may need to have your MTB historical records to hand to complete this one. Good luck. Todays quiz was...

WTF are Activated Carbon Fork Spacers?

Studio chat between Mark, Charlie and Benji covers everything from concussion protocols to why it’s often better to not understand how a product works before reviewing it. Charlie rants about...

Fresh Goods Friday 643 – The Chiller Aisle Edition

Let’s be truly British and talk about the weather, eh? It seems that no sooner have you been given a glimpse of spring than it all goes bonkers again and...

From The Archive: Womens’ Specific Bikes – do we need them?

Back in issue 15 of Singletrack Magazine, in 2004, we reviewed three of what were then a new development: women’s specific bikes. We followed it up with a head to...

Cheaper Things Tuesday: Discounted E-Bikes Edition

Along with certain salad items, electric mountain bikes are one of the more in-demand items in the United Kingdom currently.

11 Things That Should Be Standard Issue, Not Special Feature

We’ve rounded up some of those product ‘features’ that we think should go without saying. Feel free to disagree, or add your own below! When you’re looking at products, especially…

What We’re Looking Forward To In 2023

Let us raise our spirits, look on the bright side, and feel the warm rays of positivity. 2023 is gonna be great, OK? There are going to be highlights, and………

Christmas MTB Bingo

Oh, we love them, but we also know kith and kin are going to buy us things we don’t want. How many items on our MTB Bingo card will you…

Editors’ Choice Awards: The Best Bikes and Gear of 2022

The products and bikes that made the team’s year in 2022.

Website Update: Forum Thread Notifications Are Back!

Our Tech Team has been working hard, and has a little functionality update for you: Too many moons ago we took the draconian step to remove the ‘Subscribe to a...

Mondraker MIND

Mondraker MIND Telemetry review

Mondraker MIND is a GPS enabled telemetry system. As well as being able to help you set up your suspension it collects data on it.

Reel Around The Mountain – A Mont Blanc Adventure

Originally published in Issue 110 of Singletrack World Magazine, let us take you back in time to the kind of adventure you might well find yourself planning from the comfort...

Not-Bike Objects of Desire: What We’re Looking For

There are things that we lust after too, in our normal daily lives, that don\'t come with stickers or free Haribo.

Balls to the World Cup? Here are 28 bike things that take 90 minutes

We\'ve got a lot of thoughts and ideas about how we\'d like to spend 90 minutes that don\'t involve watching Association Football.

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Making Up The Numbers: Wyn Masters to do World Cup commentary?

Will he or won’t he? In this week’s episode of Making Up The Numbers George chats with Vali Hoell and Thibaut Daprela about some wild & wonderful team rumours. The...

Issue 145: Red Bull Formation: A Foundation For The Future

Red Bull Formation pushes female freeriders into the mainstream. Words Nicole Formosa Photography Katie Lozancich Issue 145 Cover by Katie Lozancich: Casey Brown at Red Bull Formation Katie Holden and I are……

Issue 144 : Excess baggage

Nils takes an unusual packing list to the mountains for an overnight adventure. Words & photography Nils Amelinckx I fumbled around in the last of the light, the cold breeze...

issue 144 cannock chasing time by geoff waugh

Issue 144: Cannock Chasing Time

Two mountain bike races, same venue, 30 years apart. Words & Photography Geoff Waugh Time, he’s waiting in the wings Take a look at the above photos. I took them……

Classic Ride 144 – Ludlow and the Clee Hills

Shropshire isn’t all about the Long Mynd. Steve links up some hidden gems. Words & Photography Steve ChapmanIllustration Beate Kubitz If you’ve heard anything about the riding in Shropshire it’s……

Singletrack World Response to Nadine Dorries’ Comments on Trans Athletes

Singletrack World takes the position that Trans women are women, and cannot support the recent statements by the UK Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries. In the Mail on Sunday, she wrote...

Issue 143: A New Year’s Assault on Ventoux

When your traditional New Year’s ski-tour to a mountain hut won’t work because of the weather, then doing it on mountain bikes is arguably a better choice.  Words & Photography……

Issue 143 Bonus Content! Classic Ride Fuel – Flapjack Recipe

Since Barney made such a fuss over Rick’s flapjack (OOOAAAH), we asked Rick to share the recipe, so you can have your own chorus of angels on your next ride……

Fresh Goods Friday 605: The Highly Erratic Edition

I (Amanda), am in the Lake District with Benji and Mark, fumbling around with bikes and cameras. It’s far too rare an occasion that this job actually takes us outside...

Issue 143: Shiny Happy People

Alf Alderson was enticed to South Carmarthenshire by a local tourist board promotion – but did the riding live up to the hype? Words Alf Alderson Photography Alf Alderson vs……

Issue 143 Hans Rey: Lasting Legacies

Hans Rey learns from new hotshots and old legends to work out his place in mountain biking’s legacy. Words & Photography Carmen Freeman-Rey Looking back on life can be a……

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Flat Pedal Shoes Buyer’s Guide: MTB Kit Essentials

What makes a great pair of flat pedal shoes? And, more importantly, who is delivering? Here are the best flattie pumps around.

O say, can you see Fresh Goods Friday 597?

Apologies in advance for any USA pricing. Hannah is on holiday and can\'t figure out how to get UK websites to display on her laptop.

Classic Ride 142 – The Glorious Peaks

Words & Photography Chipps Chipps takes on a tour around one of Yorkshire’s iconic Three Peaks with a couple of similarly iconic characters.  The other Peaks Planning a decent bike……

Issue 142 Interview: Going Downhill

Steve Chapman chats to the unassuming Pearces who have shaped UK downhill racing. Words Steve Chapman Photography As Credited If you look at the movers and shakers of UK mountain……

Editorial: The Eternal Suffering Of The Spoke

I was once on a Mavic press launch, somewhere in the French mountains. Our merry band of bike journalists was augmented by some of Mavic’s sponsored riders, including Jérôme Clementz……