We bring you a round up of snack sized information from the big wide bike world that we think you might want to know. Road accident guidelines for reporting People who ride bikes on the road have long been frustrated by the incredible number of…
Hannah Dobson
More than bikes, I like what bikes do. I think that they link people and places; that cycling creates a connection between us and our environment; bikes create communities; deliver freedom; bring joy; and improve fitness. They're environmentally friendly and create friendly environments.
New Reynolds 309/289 XC Series Wheels – with heritage turquoise option
Reynolds today introduces a new range of XC wheels, the 309/289XC. These carbon wheels are aimed at the demands of modern XC racing, and come in four build levels to suit a range of pockets, from $1299.99 to $2099.99. The top priced limited-edition version comes…
Fresh Goods Friday 519 – The ‘Not Van Halen too?’ Edition
Hey! How’s it going? Sorry for the late appearance of Fresh Goods this week, we’ve had a busy old week and there’s a lot of stuff to get through. Grab a brew! (Or a beer if you’ve finished work already…) – oh, and we’ve checked…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 133 Is Here! Get it and member discounts, now.
October’s issue of Singletrack Magazine, Issue 133. has landed! Here’s what’s inside, plus some cunning ways to get the most for your money. There’s no denying it: the leaves are turning, the air has that whiff of over ripeness turning to decay, and the sting…
Never mind Airfix, Build Your Own Cardboard Pumptrack!
If you’ve been thinking of building a pump track in your back garden, maybe this is the assistance you need. Like tracks you may have seen at shows and events, it’s a modular system, but this one from Italian company Easy Pumptracks still needs the…
Must Watch: The Stumpjumper EVO Video is bonkers
Blah blah, shred shred, roost, slo mo. You think you’ve seen it all. And then this lands. Perhaps taking a leaf out of the book of YT, arguably makers of ‘films’ not promo videos, Specialized has gone for it with their video to promote the…
10 Rigid Mountain Bikes For Low Faff Riding
Since Andi put together a list of hardtails for winter riding – on the basis that they’ve less to maintain – I thought I’d make a list of rigid mountain bikes. Less to faff about with in the car park, less to fix and maintain,…
Fresh Goods Friday 518 | The Great British Doorstep Disco Edition
Hurrah! It’s Friday! Go wild, do your hair, get your glad rags on and… erm… sit on the sofa with a takeaway? Humph. What this world needs right now is dancing. How about a nationwide silent disco street party? Saturday night, headphones on so as…
Midweek Movies To Make You Feel Good
We’re not looking out the window because the sun has stopped shining and we’re pretending that there isn’t rain running down it. Aimlessly perusing the internet is dangerous, because it’s full of news, which is mostly bad. So come on in to our screen time…
6 Action Cameras To Record Your Ride
All too often a cycle commute or ride on the road is disturbed by a close pass, an aggressive gesture, or a even collision. A camera won’t stop any of those things happening, but perhaps footage of an incident will help prove your case in…
A Short Story: Don’t Forget To Pedal
In the grand scheme of things, my problems are minor. My financial worries are of the ‘balancing what I want to do vs what I need to do’ variety, rather than the ‘food or shelter?’ sort. My personal life is complicated, but I have a…
Finally, Live Mountain Bike Racing On TV!
In a year when there’s been very little racing to watch, you may be glad to hear that there is live coverage of the UCI World Cup in Nové Mesto. Even better, it’s not hidden away on any pay-to-view channel, and doesn’t need you to…
Dropping In | Short Stuff You Should Know
We bring you a round up of snack sized information of cycling news from the big wide bike world that we think you might want to know. Mitch Ropelato – SLC Urban Assault Santa Cruz Mitch Ropelato hops and leaps his way around Salt Lake…
New ‘Trail’ Model added to Sixth Element wheel range
Manchester based Sixth Element introduces a wheel to offer a balance of grip and speed: the new ‘Trail’ model. Sixth Element established itself in 2015 looking to bring well built carbon wheels to the market at a more affordable price. Since then, they’ve expanded their…
Revolution Bike Park Fills Test Gap with Canyon
Canyon has joined forces with Revolution Bike Park to offer a gravity focused test experience in the UK. It’s perhaps no surprise that Canyon should pick Revs for its first UK gravity test partner – as well as being a previous winner of the Singletrack…
‘Force For Good’ Endura MT500 Waterproofs Update
Bonkers video, sensible product update – it’s the new Endura MT500 waterproof range, with added ‘Force For Good’. While Dan might have spent 2020 digging at Dyfi Bike Park, it looks like Gee has spent it watching Netflix. The Dark meets Stranger Things meets Star…
Nukeproof Sam Hill Oil Slick Edition Components
Decorate your bike and ride like Sam Hill* with these Nukeproof Sam Hill Oil Slick Edition components. (*performance enhancements not guaranteed). Nukeproof has released a Sam Hill edition range of components in oil slick finish, so you can dress your bike up in top notch…
Salsa Cassidy and Blackthorn | Two Bikes, One Frame, All The Mountains
Salsa continues to raise its profile in the mountain bike world with another full suspension bike release. Or is it two bikes? The Salsa Cassidy and Salsa Blackthorn are revealed. Salsa has in recent years been more associated with gravel, the Tour Divide, and the…
Look! Funny Looking Flat Pedals From Look!
Look introduces flat pedals for mountain bikers, city riders, and night riders – some look more conventional than others! If you think of Look, you probably think of clippy pedals, quite possibly with a brightly coloured Lycra outfit not too far away. So it’s a…
Fresh Goods Friday 515 – The Six and Half a Dozen Edition
Six. Six is the number of sausages you annoyingly get in some packets – just the wrong number for a family of four. Give us sausages in multiples of 8! Six is the number of digits Steve Bate nearly has on one hand after an…
Vero Sandler | Builds Her Own Playground
We reckon Vero Sandler is resisting the urge to grow up by spending her summer digging in the dirt and building herself a whole playground. Remember playing in the sandpit as a kid? Or maybe whiling away hours at the beach digging sandcastles? And then…
Vitus 2021 Line-up | Budget friendly bikes with trail ready specs
Vitus reveals its hardtail line up, as well as an update to its very-good-value-for-money Mythique full suspension bike that we tested last year. There was a time earlier this year where it seemed every bike launched started at the price of an eye and went…
Get Your Freeride Hit Here! Audi Nines Course Preview
The Audi Nines – a freeride event for freeskiers, snowboarders and mountain bikers – offers riders the chance to go big. This year, it’s one of very few events still taking place, and we look forward to seeing the full video production that comes out…
EWS Cancels Final Rounds: Competition To End With Finale Double
After a delayed start and a restructured season, the EWS shifts gears again, cancelling the remaining rounds and ending with a finale in Finale. The EWS organisers have announced that the 2020 series will end in Finale Ligure, with two back to back weekends of…
Orange Crush MX – New 140mm Travel Mixed Wheel Hardtail
Orange Bikes announces an addition to its hardtail line up: the Orange Crush MX. The Orange Bikes range of hardtails currently includes the Crush and the P7, both available in 27.5in and 29in wheel sizes. To the mix is added the Crush MX – a…
Red Bull Rampage 2020 Cancelled
Despite hopes that this perfect-for-TV event would go ahead, Red Bull Rampage 2020 has been cancelled. As an invitational event with a major sponsor and significant TV coverage, many had thought that Red Bull Rampage would not fall victim to COVID-19 restrictions. However, ongoing travel…
Wild West | Tom Van Steenbergen gets creative
Tom Van Steenbergen pushes the limits of the plausible in this new video ‘Wild West’. This is not a video in the ‘ooh, nice trails, I could ride that, let’s go there’ category. This is a video in the ‘who cares what product is sponsoring…
Nukeproof Scout 2021 – Coming soon to a bike shop near you!
The Nukeproof Scout doesn’t have all the bounce of its enduro racing siblings, but Nukeproof thinks the ride can be just as exciting. For 2021 the Nukeproof Scout gets new build specs and colours, but the frame stays the same. Is that news? Well, in…
Redhill Extreme | Jump Lines For All!
In the last couple of years, Redhill Extreme has been taken into new ownership and has been given a new lease of life. It’s low key and a relatively small site – basically a big field on the side of a hill, tucked away behind…
Dropping In – Short Stuff You Should Know
We bring you a round up of snack sized information from the big wide bike world that we think you might want to know. Criminalisation of Trespass As highlighted in Cycling Industry News, there’s only a few days left to try and halt the progress…
Åre Bike Park with Manon Carpenter
Recent videos from Manon Carpenter have been less on the shredit side, and more on the commune with nature side. This latest speed has a total absence of hike-a-bike, it’s just top to bottom descending, jumps and turns. Manon says: As we all know, many…
New 7MESH Thunderpants!
If you want to catch our eye in our news inbox, there are two ways: a huge price tag, or a great name. Which is it from 7MESH that grabbed us here? The new 7MESH range for autumn/winter has been released and includes new and…
DMR Rhythm | Jumping to a new beat
The new DMR Rhythm is a 26” wheel aluminium jump/pumptrack/4X/play frame, built for big airs, endless laps, and elbow to elbow antics. When a bike model gets bigger wheels for an update, these days that usually means it becomes a 29er. Not so the DMR…
Gowaan Gals | Morzine Mashup
It seems like there are only two places to be in the world right now if you’re not staying home: the wilds of Scotland, or Morzine. The Gowaan Gals have gone for the Morzine option, so that means we get treated to a mashup of…
A Day Out With Allen Millyard and his Hyper Ride II Suspension
We took a road trip down to the Forest of Dean to meet up with Allen Millyard and his sons Stephen and Sam and check out their latest creation, the Hyper Ride Suspension system. It was a baking hot day in the midst of a…
DJ Khaled: Go Sit On A Log
Watch this, then go grab your bike and head out there to find a log to sit on! DJ Khaled shows us the joy to be found out on the trails. Could this be the best feel good MTB video of the year? No carbon…
Counting The Carbon Cost Of Peak District Fire
A camp fire caused loss of 50 years’ worth of valuable peat in the Peak District National Park. The resulting blaze released greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to running all the homes in a town the size of Bakewell or Hebden Bridge for a year. The…
Revel Bikes Now Available with UK Distributor
While it has been possible to get a Revel Bike shipped anywhere in the world, there’s something comforting about having a UK person to call up and pester with questions and deal with all the shipping and stuff for you. If you’d been eying up…
BikeYoke | New 213mm Dropper and Triggy Alpha Lever
Dig out your tiny frames, prepare to ride in platform shoes: the new BikeYoke Revive 2.0 Dropper is here, with a whole 213mm of drop! Previous testers have found the BikeYoke droppers to be silky smooth, reliable, and with nicely ergonomic and effective actuators. With…
Liv Tempt | A budget hardtail to lure you to the trails
Liv’s update to its entry level series ‘Tempt’ range will no doubt appeal to the many new riders that 2020 has spawned. Available in either 29-inch or 27.5-inch wheel sizes, the new Tempt series is billed as the ideal entry level off-road bike for women.…
What to expect from a day out at Dyfi Bike Park
Could you ride Dyfi Bike Park? Could your kids? We set out to find out what the new Red trails are like. When Dyfi Bike Park opened it quickly gained a reputation for being a place for only the best of riders. These were Dan…
North American Scrap Lumber Bicycle Symposium | Bike Check
Pushing the boundaries of bicycle technology, taking innovation to the next level, and setting new standards, it's Hannah and Fahzure's lockdown creation. No, it's not a baby, a sourdough loaf, or a pizza oven: it's a bike made from wood. With so many cancellations of…
Video: Van Gals – Tour of the van
Emma and Carly – the ‘Van Gals’ – are two of our newest contributors, but they’ve quickly gained quite a fan club among our readers. If you read their stories without laughing, we really can’t help you. We’re pretty sure you’ll be delighted to know…
Pedal Through | A first backcountry adventure
Pedal Through tells the story of novice riders pushing themselves out into unfamiliar territory, and discovering a world that has previously been beyond their reach. This video by Analise Cleopatra might just spur a few of you into action and trying something new. It’s beautiful…
Orbea Alma | Superlight hardtails from £799!
The latest Orbea Alma hardtail offers impressive race ready weights at a price to suit every pocket. Orbea gets 1/3 of its revenue through its XC bikes, so it should be no surprise that they’ve put some effort in to modernising their XC hardtail, the…
New Orbea Oiz | Now even lighter than before!
The latest update to the Orbea Oiz is revealed, and it uses a new OMX carbon which results in what Orbea claims is the lightest frame in its category. The Orbea Oiz has been growing in popularity in recent years, with Orbea reporting strong sales…
Dropping In – Short Stuff You Should Know
We bring you a round up of snack sized information from the big wide bike world that we think you might want to know. Rapha Women’s 100 Every year Rapha promotes the Women’s 100, encouraging women to get out and ride 100km. I did it…
Workshop Dreams and ViceTrackWorld | Brodie Bikes
There is something deeply absorbing about watching someone be deft and capable. And if you’re of a certain persuasion you’re likely to get quite excited about a nicely equipped workshop too. We have both for you here, thanks to Paul Brodie and his new YouTube…
Diversion Diary | In The Zone
Hannah’s partner, BK, lives in the USA, and lockdown has kept them apart. Each week in the Diversion Diary she has brought us some lonesome ramblings, plus a selection of internet finds. But this week, they’re reunited. Sorry this is a bit late, but I’ve…
Take A Minute | A New Short Video Series on Mental Health
Pip Piper, one of the team behind ‘Mountain Biking – The Untold British Story‘, has a new project on the go. This time, it’s a series of short films, made by young people for young people, to highlight mental health issues affecting them. One of…
First Look | Crank Brothers Stamp 2 and Stamp 3 – And Your Chance To Win!
We take a look at the latest flat pedals in the Crank Brothers Stamp range, and give five lucky readers a chance to win a pair. Crank Brothers’ Stamp collection is its range of flat pedals. There are currently five models in the range, with…
