Welcome to Day Ten of our big Goodbye to 2020, Hello to 2021, Advent/Christmas/New Year Daily Countdown Giveaway. Today, as with every day in our GHACNYDCG, you have two chances…
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Christmas Countdown Day 9 | Serious Security with Hiplok
Welcome to Day Nine of our big Goodbye to 2020, Christmas And Beyond Giveaway. Today, as with every day in our festival of good things to all riders, you have…
Singletrack Podcast – The riding bikes indoors on Zwift can be fun episode
This week sees the final race in the Forum organised Autumn Zwift series 2. Last week, Mark & Chipps both decided to see what all the fuss was about. Chipps…
Christmas Countdown Day 4 – A Continental Breakfast
Welcome to Day Four of our big Goodbye to 2020, Hello to 2021, Advent/Christmas/New Year Daily Countdown Giveaway. Today, as with every day in our GHACNYDCG, you have two chances…
Christmas Countdown Day 3 – Stans DART Tool and Refill
Welcome to Day 3 of our Big Giveaway, making sure we end 2020 on a high. Today, as with every day, you have two chances to win – either the…
Christmas Countdown Day 2 | The Kona Care Package
Welcome to Day Two of our big Goodbye to 2020, Hello to 2021, Advent/Christmas/New Year Daily Countdown Giveaway. Today, as with every day in our GHACNYDCG, you have two chances…
Singletrack Podcast | The one where Chipps talks to Hans Rey
In this week’s episode Chipps take time to talk to Hans Rey across the Atlantic from his California home about what has kept his career going for so long. It’s…
Christmas Countdown Day 1 – Win Guy Martin’s Proper Cleaner
Welcome to Day One of our big Goodbye to 2020, Hello to 2021, Advent/Christmas/New Year Daily Countdown Giveaway. Today, as with every day in our GHACNYDCG, you have two chances…
Win DMR V11 Pedals | We have 5 pairs to give away
Earlier this week DMR launched their new composite flat pedals based on the classic and very popular DMR Vault platform. Today, you have a chance to win a set of…
MTB Personality of The Year | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Who has worked the hardest, raced the fastest (not much of that going on this year though), championed the most or just helped enable more of us to get out…
Best UK Trail Centre | Singletrack Reader Awards 2020
Which destination has it all? From the best trails to the best cake in the cafe afterwards. We are looking for the ultimate all-rounder. Think trails, facilities, location… Which centre…
Best Image | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Singletrack Magazine has always prided itself on the quality of its photographs and the skills of its contributors. In a time where a truly incredible photo can appear in a…
Best Author | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Whose words switched something on inside your head that had you reaching for the kit drawer before heading out to get on your bike? Or was it a feature that…
What’s Zermatter With You? Singletrack magazine issue 129
Emma and Carly head off to a different part of the mountains in their home-made camper. This time, it’s Zermatt and the Matterhorn that are getting all the attention. Only…
The Saga of Magnus | Singletrack magazine issue 131
A haphazard retracing of St Magnus’s last journey by bike seemed a fitting farewell to the island of Orkney. Somehow, Adam had neglected to tell his friend Jack that it…
Best Bike Shop | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
For that personal face to face service, this Best Bike Shop category is for the UK shop you visit and hand over cash to a person across a till. Which…
Best Video | Singletrack Reader Awards 2020
A new category for this year, it’s Best Video. Did it make you laugh, teach you something, wow your eyes, or touch your soul? To qualify, it must have been…
Best Bike Under £4500 | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
It’s that time of year when the best sub £4500 bikes duke it out to see which will take home the 2020 Singletrack Readers Awards. These finalists are all extremely…
Best bike under £2k | Singletrack Reader Awards 2020
You shouldn’t have to drop thousands on a bike that will take a beating off road. Modern components are stronger and work better than they’ve ever done and increasingly the…
Best Hardware | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Vote for your best hardware product in the 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards. Will be be Rockshox, Nukeproof or Shimano? It’s time to take on the most important vote of the…
Best Software | 2020 Singletrack Reader Awards
Software is all the stuff that goes on the rider, not the bike. It’s keeping you safe, warm, cool, dry, visible, and everything in between. We all have different requirements…
Singletrack Podcast | The why do we not stick to talking about bikes episode
Welcome to our weekly podcast. This week Hannah is back in the hosting chair and talks about the differences between plans and goals and recounts the time she went to…
Singletrack Podcast | The who wants to be an event organiser these days episode
This week’s episode kicks off with a chat between Chipps and Amanda on what it’s been like to get away from the local trails for a bit. Then Hannah steps…
Win a set of Ritchey 10D Rizer Bars
10D RIZER HANDLEBAR With a lifetime of experience of riding and winning on trails and racecourses around the world, the Ritchey tradition of designing ideal handlebars continues with the introduction…
FGF Podcast 511 | Recorder music, hardtail shortages and Hannah’s #vanlife
Hannah is back but she’s not really back. She’s roughing it the back of her van with love of her life Fahzure as she travels around Wales having riding adventures.…
2 Bikes, 3000 Midges, 1 Puzzle | Fresh Goods Friday 510
Fact: 3000 midges makes a meal for a bat. This means that on Tuesday night there was enough food in Todmorden to feed every bat on earth (this is also…
Masks of Singletrack | Here’s how the staff are helping curb the spread of COVID19
This is a public service broadcast! Masks are now required to be worn in shops, on buses and trains and in the commission of bank robberies. Here at Singletrack we…
FGF Podcast 509 | Post Covid future of the Enduro World Series with Chris Ball
This week Hannah bends the ears of our very own Charlie and Chipps about their experience of organising events and what they think the future holds for the social side…
FGF Podcast 508 | Trash Free Trails & building a bike from only European parts
This week Andi talks to Hannah about the European Bike Project – a project to build a full suspension mountain bike from entirely European sourced frame and components. Sounds easy,…
Podcast 507 | The rescued cow & Huhn Bikes mountain chicken episode
Andi chats with Ralph Holleis of Huhn Bikes about his inspiration and skills that have lead him down the path of combining art with bike building. Huhn is Chicken in…
FGF Podcast 505 | Barbed wire hands and Chloe Taylor interview
This week Hannah grills Amanda about her recent incident with a barbed wire fence before Andi chats to Chloe Taylor about her life as a pro racer under lockdown conditions.…
FGF Podcast 504 | Jamie Knight, Lion And Being An Autistic Mountain Biker
This week the Singletrack podcast gang of Hannah, Chipps and Andi talk about the latest output from SRAM plus the weather. That’s then followed by a truly fascinating chat with…
FGF Podcast 503 | Van Gals, Scottish MTB and news from Andi’s shed
This week Hannah leads the chat across the board starting with stars of the latest copy of Singletrack magazine, the Van Gals. We’d encourage you to answer the Developing Mountain…
Classic Ride 131 – Todmorden and beyond
With travel a little limited right now, we decided to give you a look at some of the lesser-known riding on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border above our Todmorden base. Words Hannah…
#Blackouttuesday
It shouldn’t need saying, which is why it absolutely does: As the editor of a mountain bike magazine - a hobby dominated by white, middle class people - I wanted…
Fresh Goods Podcast 497 | The Bike Connection interview and dangerous badger episode
It’s been another curious week for the Singletrack team – we have tales of long distance separation mixed with a dash of new kit and product news and all finished…
Classic Ride 130 – Bennachie Bash
A classic ride in the wide open spaces in the middle of Aberdeenshire. Words Gavin Baxter Photography Alex Doig The deep, dark winter can be a pretty bad time of…
FGF Podcast 496 | The one with bird song and Nick Craig’s guide to building a garden sauna
Once again, under lockdown, we’ve been remotely recording ourselves doing the things that have kept us entertained and sane for another week. This week Hannah has resorted to recording the…
FGF Podcast 495 | The forking forks are everywhere episode
In this week’s episode Hannah is outed as a cheat in our colouring competition, Charlie tells us a story about the time he met the late Lord Bath and Andi…
FGF Podcast 494 | The travels, surf and cravats of Charlie episode
In this week’s episode Hannah talks to Charlie about his eventful return from Costa Rica, Andy tells us about all the secret things he’s got at his house and Chipps…
FGF 494 – Newsflash: Today is Friday
Yes, we know that this may come as a shock but today is Friday. It is distinguishable from all the other days in that it comes before Saturday, which is…
Cotic Flare Ridden And Rated – Now in 135mm Option
Words Daz Hall Photography Chipps First published in Singletrack Magazine issue 126 Price: £3,249.00 (as tested) From: Cotic, cotic.co.uk On a recent holiday to California, I was brutally reminded of…
UPDATED! The Singletrack Guide To Riding During COVID-19
Thinking of riding during COVID-19? Read this first. UPDATED March 23rd 8:45pm Boris Johnson has announced new sweeping restrictions on the public that include only leaving the house for very…
Fresh Goods Podcast 492 | The hunker down for the long haul edition
This week Chipps beams his editorial and comment from isolation and Andy starts to sniffle. Amanda boils down the entire issue 130 contents to just 30 seconds and Mark explains…
Fresh Goods Podcast 491 | The this week we have been mostly working from home episode.
In this week’s episode Hannah takes control as she guides you through submissions from the editorial staff who have been mostly working from home. We’ve got the latest news roundup…
A Day In The Life Of… Fort William World Cup
This article was originally published in Singletrack Issue 126 and has been available to subscribers via our online archive – we’re republishing it publicly for International Women’s Day. Singletrack doesn’t…
Singletrack Podcast 489 | Shimano Patents, Print and the Corona Virus
This week Hannah talks to Andi about Shimano’s latest patent filings, electronic dropper posts, the Corona virus and carbon rims that can’t possibly exist. Then Mark tells us all bout…
Tahnee Seagrave Breaks Her Ankle Putting Her Season In Doubt
Pro DH star Tahnee Seagrave has announced she’s broken her ankle while riding this weekend. Her Instagram account detailed her time in hospital and includes some unpleasant images and video…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 129 : One Last Run
Tim Oates looks at why you should never give in to that one extra run after you’ve stopped for the day. Words Tim Oates If I get out early in…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 129 | Ode to climbs
Self-confessed climb-lover Rich Rothwell reckons that you’re missing out on half the fun if you don’t learn to love the ups as much as the downs. Words Rich Rothwell