All you can see for now is a sneak peek of a teeny tiny trailer, but we’re told there’s a documentary called ‘Vision’ coming this summer, and we’re pretty damned excited to see it. Promising to be an action focussed documentary about bringing her dream…
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.
Building Our Test Bike | Stanton Switch9er FS – Full Suspension British Steel
Any new bike day is pretty exciting, even if it is a test bike that you’re going to have to bid adieu to in due course. This one, however, is a little more exciting than some – it’s not every day you get to have…
FGF 439 | Where Have All The Good Words Gone? At Least We Have The Goods. It’s Fresh Goods Friday 439!
Where is Barney when you need him? We need words of wonder and wibble to kick this thing off here, and if you’re looking in ST Towers for them, you’re looking in the wrong place. We have used all the words. We’re left with the…
FGF 438: The Elbows Out And Lean In Edition of Fresh Goods Friday
What a week. Totally Mega. Chipps was away at something secret. At least he says he was. Being at something secret would be good cover for just lounging around in a hot tub. The rest of us have been beavering away at our computers, and…
Mike Hall: Coroner’s Report Makes Recommendations For Safety Improvements
The Coroner of the ACT Australian Capital Territory) Magistrates Court, Bernadette Boss, has published her report on the inquest into Mike Hall’s death. The endurance cyclist and Singletrack Legend award winner was killed early in the morning of the final stage of the Indian Pacific…
Gallery | Pirelli Launches First MTB Tyres With Calendar Worthy Photos
Pirelli today reveals its first mountain bike tyre, the Scorpion MTB, following a launch event in Sicily that Stu Taylor checked out for us. You can read his first ride review here. The Scorpion MTB is a tyre that Pirelli claims works equally well in…
Chris Porter wants you to race (with) your kids in the new Mojo Racing Series
The new Mojo Racing series set up my suspension supremo, Chris Porter, allows parents and kids to race together. Bike racing can be an antisocial affair if you’ve got a family. Either you leave them at home while you go and do your thing, or…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 122 : Editorial
finding your place Words hannah Chipps is away. He’s off on sabbatical to what he calls ‘his favourite place in the world’: Moab, Utah. Now, I’m not going to argue with him – Moab is probably wonderful, and there are some ancient petroglyphs there that…
Video: We Still Ride On – We Still Care, We Still Progress
Sometimes the internet is a good place. As part of my ‘learning how to jump’ efforts this year, I bought a BMX. When I posted it in Fresh Goods Friday, a reader recommended I join ‘Ride On BMX’, a Facebook group for BMX riders over…
Win A Santa Cruz Bronson, Help Overcome MS – Only £5 To Enter
We’ve worked with Andy McKenna in the past, and his features have been in the magazine. If you’ve ever had the chance to meet him, you’ll know he’s one of the friendliest guys you could meet. The press release accompanying today’s announcement describes him as…
How Sam Pilgrim Made Me Jump
While wandering around Eurobike last year I found myself being introduced to Sam Pilgrim, YouTube personality and former Freeride Mountain Biking (FMB) World Champion. As you do if you’re a bike journo meeting someone (fairly?) famous, I sat him down for a quick interview. It…
5 Thoughtful Valentine’s Gifts For Cyclists
There are a thousand cheesy bike themed things you might be tempted to get your cycling loved one for Valentine’s Day. But before you get them an ‘I ♥ Bikes’ sign for their shed, or love sausage, or a picture frame made out of a bike…
#DarkFEST Course Preview – With Mum Commentary
There’s something called #DarkFEST happening in Stellenbosch, South Africa. It’s not an event for those of you with a sensitive disposition. We’ve already ignored the press release titled ‘Sam Reynolds Injured’ with a link to ‘Instagram Crash Clip‘, because, eew. Who wants to see that?…
Fresh Goods Friday 434 – The Ross Isn’t Our Friend Edition
Chipps is still on holiday, none of the rest of ST Towers cares. Except maybe Amanda, who is falling out of love with Jess The Love Croissant Very Naughty Dog. Techno Pigg is too poorly to care, the only bit of him that isn’t dying is…
SRAM AXS: Ditch The Cables And Go Wireless
Having pretty much convinced us all that life is a lot easier when your thumbs have less to think about, SRAM is today launching its next development which aims to keep the tiny brains in our thumbs from having to think too much. AXS is…
Fit For Alien 7? Trust Message linkage fork – First Look
We had wind that something was coming from the minds of Dave Weagle, Hap Seliga, and Jason Schiers. Respectively, these guys are: arguably one of the brains behind modern mountain bike suspension and inarguably the DW-link; co-founder of Competitive Cyclist; and co-founder of EDGE (ENVE) Composites.…
Video: Shifting Perceptions – A new dawn for women’s MTB?
Crankworx today presents the first episode of a new three part series looking at women in mountain biking. The press release reads: “It’s a time in mountain bike history like no other. For years, women were outnumbered and underrepresented. Their accomplishments, understated. Through it all,…
The Return Of Ragley – Old favourites, favourable pricing
Riders around Singletrack Towers are familiar with the likes of Mmmbop and Blue Pig as local trail names. However, thanks to their origins with local designer Brant Richards, these are also bikes in the Ragley (Woods, to us locals) line up. Old favourites that have…
Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards – Hannah’s Top 4 Picks Of 2018
Over the last year, our writers have tested a bucketful of bikes, a barn load of clothing and gear, and attended a bookcase full of cycling events. Which of these, though, have tickled their fancies enough to warrant the bestowing of a coveted Singletrack Editors’…
Fresh Goods Friday 432 – The ‘Was That Winter?’ Edition
Arriving a little later in the day than usual, it’s Fresh Goods Friday. But fear not, the goods are still fresh. And our fingers are burning, after such frantic typing efforts. Or maybe it’s chilblains. Yes, we’ve had winter. Or some of it. Was that…
First Ride Review: Islabike Jimi – A Mountain Bike For Those Who Refuse To Grow Old
Islabikes is best known for making good quality children’s bikes. Owner, Isla Rowntree, developed the children’s bike range when she found her friends’ children needed bikes, but that there wasn’t anything out there that met their needs. A similar desire to meet an unmet need…
Islabikes Launches ‘Icons’ Range Of Bikes For Over 65s
That headline isn’t a typo. The brand best known for changing the face of the children’s bike market has launched a range of bikes specifically for the older rider. Owner, Isla Rowntree, first designed her range of children’s bikes having discovered that the market lacked…
With Extra Bundles Of Joy – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 431
There are nerves in the office. A substantial number of staff are all on holiday. But it’s not the extra workload that’s worrying us – it’s the wellbeing of our absent colleagues. It’s a heady concoction of injury potential that’s scattered around the globe right…
Subscribe Today To Get Singletrack Issue 123 Delivered!
Everything is going downhill. The end is in sight. But in a good way. We’re over the hump of winter, it hasn’t been too unkind, and we’re nearly ready to send our next issue of Singletrack to the printer. Subscribe To Singletrack from as little…
Miranda Miller Joins Kona: “me is a little weird like them”
After a difficult couple of seasons, former DH World Champion Miranda Miller has moved from Specialized to Kona, and with that is shifting her focus to the EWS and – it sounds to us – more fun. The press release announcing the move includes this…
Pro’s Pedals: YT’s Erik Irmisch talks about the perfect pedal/shoe pairing
Out at the launch for the new YT Jeffsy last year, I spotted some unusual looking pins on the pedals of a bike on the uplift trailer. It turned out they belong to Erik Irmish, one of YT’s sponsored riders. Erik rides a lot of…
There’s More To Life Than Shredits: Singletrack’s Top Ten Videos Of 2018
Where we list our most popular Singletrack videos of the year featuring our resident token attractive Australian.
2019 YT Jeffsy Range Revealed!
We’ve been playing you. Sorry, but it had to be done, because some things have to be secrets. Yes, when the new YT 2019 line up was launched, we knew fine well what was coming with the Jeffsy because we’d already ridden it. Sneaky, aren’t…
YT Jeffsy CF 29 Pro Race 2019 – First Ride Review
It’s the first few minutes of a bike launch and I’m having to try quite hard not to weep. The scepticism brought about by predictably dramatic music, followed by an unexpected big name actor are gone. Instead I’m lost in wonder at how the copywriter…
Fresh Goods Friday 430 – The Mid January Thoughts Edition
Dry January. Veganuary. Januhairy. Dogs are for life and not just for Christmas, but lifestyle choices are seemingly only for January. Or possibly just the first fortnight of January. Apart from Januhairy. That one requires the expending of less effort and is much easier to…
Less Roost, More Pow: The new Singletrack Snow Channel is live!
Apparently quite a lot of you like the white powdery stuff. And the harder, treated and prepared white stuff too. Every year there is a huge long thread on the Forum about it. What are we going on about? Snow! You love snow, and skiing,…
YT Jeffsy 2019: Video Teaser Released
We ran a story earlier this week on the new YT range, where we noted that there was a rather big Jeffsy shaped hole. While there are still no details on what the fine details of that hole might be filled by, it’s clear that…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 122: In My Shoes
Products aren’t just for testing – they can find their way into our lives, our stories and our hearts. In the first of a new series, called Still Going, Hannah tells us about life in her shoes.
Interview: Dan Stanton – redefining how we build and buy bikes?
Rather than just waiting for her Stanton Switch9er FS test bike to turn up by courier, she went off for a day in the Peak District to see the bike being made, and even ‘helped’ with a couple of bits. While she was there she…
Good Bye 2018, Hello Fresh Goods Friday 428
Here we go here we go here we go, it’s the last Fresh Goods Friday of 2018. A year that started with Wil freezing his toes off in our studio building a bamboo bike, and ends with him sweating his toes off Down Under among…
Review: 2018 Cube Reaction TM – a ready to roll package
Cube has a reputation for well priced bikes – you get a decent amount of bike for your money. It’s a brand you’ll find in many a local bike shop, and as a result you’ll probably see a decent number of them out on the…
Video: Jeff Kendall-Weed Gets Retro In Durango
He might look like an accountant or an attorney, but once he's on a bike Jeff Kendall-Weed is all style. Even when he's on a bike from the mid-ninetees. Dammit.
First Look: RevGrips – Shock Absorbing Grips For A Penny Under £100
Price: £99.99 From: Cyclorise We’re well used to squawks of ‘how much?!’ in response to Fresh Goods Friday, but even our eyebrows raised when these grips arrived in the office. £99.99 for grips? Why? The grips are designed with an inner sleeve of a larger…
The Great Singletrack Christmas Giveaway – What’s Coming This Week?
We’ve another week of our amazing giveaway coming up. If you’ve not yet won anything, don’t be sad, because we’ve got plenty more for you, including the Mega Sack, which will contain one of everything we’ve given away. Yes! You read that right! Come along…
Christmas Countdown Day 14: Win A Lapierre Edge AM 727
Wow, today we’re giving away a whole bike! This is surely going to make someone very happy. Hannah is certainly rather excited about it in the video. Read on to find out what you could win, and how to win it… Holy mackerel! A whole…
Christmas Countdown Day 13: Win A Set Of TRP Quadiem G-Spec Brakes!
Stop what you’re doing and get entering day 13 of our giveaway! Stop! We said STOP! (Brakes, stop, geddit?) TRP Quadiem G-Spec Brakes Price: £400 (£200 each end) From: Upgrade Bikes The name Aaron Gwin is synonymous with World Cup Downhill success – once again,…
Two Bikes, Many Clothes and A Pair of Juicy Nipples – Fresh Goods Friday 426
The Fresh Goods Friday you’re about to see, Was written by journos, numbering three. They’re OK at bikes, and photography But their poetry sucks. You can blame Barney For setting the challenge to introduce This week’s crop of goods, the golden goose, Of Singletrackworld. This…
Interview: Taking On Tahnee – Maya Atkinson Moves Up To Elite
Maya Atkinson has twice won the Junior British Downhill Championships and has competed in the EWS and World Cup races. This coming year she will be moving up to the elite category, competing for a new team and hoping to hold her own against what…
Quality Singletrack Gifts For The Mountain Biker In Your Life (Or Just Treat Yourself)
We've got everything you need to make the mountain biker in your life happy, right here.
The Great Singletrack Christmas Giveaway – What’s Coming This Week?
We’ve already given a huge pile of swag, but fear not, we have plenty more great prizes to be won. Yes! PRIZES to be WON by YOU! It’s very easy to enter – just watch our daily Facebook Live Videos and follow the instructions. But…
Interview: Chris Porter – ‘The bicycle fork is so close to its design limit’
Chris Porter recently made the trip up to Singletrack Towers to deliver a bike for the bike test of Issue 123 of Singletrack Magazine. Since he’d come all that way, we thought we’d make the most of his time, so after a quick lunch and…
Buy It While It’s Hot! Singletrack Issue 122 Has Landed – With Free Calendar
What? You haven’t already got your copy? In that case you must have forgotten to subscribe! It’s not too late though, you could subscribe today and you’ll be able to access the digital archive of the magazine, and you’ll start the year with Issue 123…
Interbike 2019 Cancelled – What Now For The US Bike Industry?
The US bicycle trade show Interbike will not be taking place in 2019, it has been announced. Organisers Emerald Expositions made the announcement in a press release, saying: “The past four years have been difficult for the U.S. bicycle market,” said Darrell Denny, Executive Vice…
Pick Your Nation State – Sixth Element Limited Edition Carbon Wheelsets
Perhaps you’re just feeling patriotic and you’d like to fly the flag for your country, or maybe you want to look like you’re a pro level rider representing your nation. Sound like you? Then hop on over to Sixth Element before midnight on Friday 4th…
Video: Jordie Lunn Rough AF 3 – With Mum Commentary
We saw this video being teased on Instagram, and we knew it was going to be pretty nuts. But then it was released, and…well…it’s pretty nuts. A bit hard to watch in fact, and it brought out Hannah’s ‘Mum’ side. You could just watch the…
Reviewed: Endura MT500 Plus Flat Pedal Overshoes – Come with a free yoga workout before every ride.
It is one of the great mysteries of the mountain biking world: why are there no flat pedal deep winter boots? In recent years we have seem some efforts at warmer shoes, or even waterproof hi-tops, but we’ve yet to experience some true winter boots…
