Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Open Category’

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Open Category’

Welcome to the Singletrack Forum Photo Awards. This is an idea kicked off in the Forum, partly in response to the Red Bull Illume winners. It’s just for fun – a chance to share and admire a selection of photos and perhaps be inspired to…

Megasack Giveaway Day 15: Altura Dirt Bag

Megasack Giveaway Day 15: Altura Dirt Bag

Thursday 21st December: Altura Dirt Bag This is a waterproof bag for all your gear – put everything in it, loop your helmet through the straps, and know you’ve got everything ready for your ride. Then, after your ride, perform the magic trick of opening…

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Bike Life’

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Bike Life’

Welcome to the Singletrack Forum Photo Awards. This is an idea kicked off in the Forum, partly in response to the Red Bull Illume winners. It’s just for fun – a chance to share and admire a selection of photos and perhaps be inspired to…

Nils Amelinckx, Rider Resilience Founder and all round nice guy: 1987-2023

Nils Amelinckx, Rider Resilience Founder and all round nice guy: 1987-2023

Since his cancer diagnosis, Nils Amelinckx has been urging us to ‘make the days count, rather than to simply count the days’. He certainly did that. We are trying not to be sad, as has been requested, but it has been announced that Nils, the…

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Out There’

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Out There’

Welcome to the Singletrack Forum Photo Awards. This is an idea kicked off in the Forum, partly in response to the Red Bull Illume winners. It’s just for fun – a chance to share and admire a selection of photos and perhaps be inspired to…

Megasack Giveaway Day 13: Tailfin Bike Luggage Bundle

Megasack Giveaway Day 13: Tailfin Bike Luggage Bundle

Forget a sleigh full of toys, your bike could be hauling all your toys with you if you win this bundle! Tuesday 19th December: Tailfin Bundle We’ve got a selection of top tube bags and forks mounts for you from Tailfin, makers of handy carrying…

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Gnarpooning’

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Gnarpooning’

Welcome to the Singletrack Forum Photo Awards. This is an idea kicked off in the Forum, partly in response to the Red Bull Illume winners. It’s just for fun – a chance to share and admire a selection of photos and perhaps be inspired to…

Megasack Giveaway Day 12: Endura Believe Jersey

Megasack Giveaway Day 12: Endura Believe Jersey

Have you been good? Do you believe? Then maybe a UFO full of reindeer will be coming your way soon. Say what now? As well as making waterproof gear that’s been thoroughly tested in some very Scottish conditions, Endura makes custom kit for everyone from…

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Just Riding Along’

Singletrack Forum Photo Awards: ‘Just Riding Along’

Welcome to the Singletrack Forum Photo Awards. This is an idea kicked off in the Forum, partly in response to the Red Bull Illume winners. It’s just for fun – a chance to share and admire a selection of photos and perhaps be inspired to…

It’s the final week of the Megasack daily prizes!

It’s the final week of the Megasack daily prizes!

It’s the final week of us stuffing the Megasack! After that, we’ll have a bit of a break while you go back and check you’ve entered every day, and we try and get that jingle out of our heads. Dum-di-dum-dum-dum-Di-dum Bum-ba-dum-bum-ba-di-bum. Gah. Mark will be…

Bike Names Quiz

Bike Names Quiz

Picking a name for your new bike model must be tricky. Perhaps it needs to convey what your bike is for, or how you want the rider to feel. Maybe you want it to be funny, or memorable? But will it work across the world,…

Megasack Giveaway Day 11: Sinter Brake Pad Bundle

Megasack Giveaway Day 11: Sinter Brake Pad Bundle

Stop what you’re doing. Halt. Arrête! Actually, no, carry on, you’re in the right place. Today’s prize is certainly a show stopper! Friday 15th December: Sinter Brake Pad Bundle Brakes pads from Slovenian friction specialists, Sinter. Who only make organic pads. OK? Organic pads are…

Issue 152 International Adventure: There’s more to Europe Than Mountains

Issue 152 International Adventure: There’s more to Europe Than Mountains

Hannah explores the hillsides of Tuscany, where European mountain bikers are busy having their holidays without you. Words by Hannah, pictures by Hannah or as credited. In my mind’s eye, Tuscany is where middle-class families go for summer holidays in villas. Parents in crisp white…

Women Return to Red Bull Hardline 2024 as Rider List Revealed

Women Return to Red Bull Hardline 2024 as Rider List Revealed

Red Bull Hardline becomes a series – or a pair, at least – for 2024, with an Australian venue added to the Welsh original. It’s just been announced who will be on the start list for both events – interestingly, there are a few big…

Megasack Giveaway Day 9: Ortlieb Seatpack QR

Megasack Giveaway Day 9: Ortlieb Seatpack QR

If you want to go bike packing on the kind of trails that demand a dropper post, today’s giveaway is just the thing. Wednesday 13th December: Ortlieb Seatpack QR You’ve probably heard of Ortieb, German manufacturers of high-quality outdoor equipment and waterproof bags. It was…

How To Read Singletrack – December 2023 Edition

How To Read Singletrack – December 2023 Edition

Our latest magazine is now available – here’s how you can get your hands on it. If you receive a printed copy of the magazine each issue, it’s now in the post – we can’t be sure exactly when it will land with you, but…

What’s in Week 2 of the Megasack?

What’s in Week 2 of the Megasack?

Winner, winner, turkey dinner. Or a nut roast if you prefer. Hold off putting the sprouts on just yet. Fiddly little fart balls that they are to prep. Keep your fingers busy by getting your Megasack entries in every week day. And don’t forget to…

Megasack Giveaway Day 6: Madison DTE Clothing Bundle

Megasack Giveaway Day 6: Madison DTE Clothing Bundle

It’s the fifth day of our Megasack giveaway. Maybe you’re planning a mid-winter escape from the sofa? This is the day for you! Madison DTE Clothing Bundle A whole bundle of ‘Defy The Elements’ DTE clothing from Madison: jacket, trousers, jersey and gloves. You’ll get…

Issue 152 Last Word: Start Something

Issue 152 Last Word: Start Something

Hannah says just get started. It doesn’t matter where you finish.

Canyon MTB Performance Flat Pedal review

Canyon MTB Performance Flat Pedal review

The Canyon Performance MTB Flat pedal is about as sticky as any of the other premium flat pedals. The price is up there with many others too.

Megasack Giveaway Day 5: Lazer Kineticore Helmet

Megasack Giveaway Day 5: Lazer Kineticore Helmet

It’s the fourth day of our Megasack giveaway. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Today’s prize is… a choice! Here’s what you could be choosing from. Lazer Kineticore Jackal or Chase Helmet You can choose from the full face Chase helmet, or the…

Video: Flow – featuring the Trail Rippers

Video: Flow – featuring the Trail Rippers

If you’ve spent any time on social media, at Dyfi Bike Park, or here in the pages of Singletrack World, you’ll surely already know about the ‘TrailRippers’ Nathan and Ruben de Vaux. We first encountered them at Dyfi Bike Park, jibbing around in wellies on…

Megasack Giveaway Day 2: Shimano GF800 Gore Tex Shoes

Megasack Giveaway Day 2: Shimano GF800 Gore Tex Shoes

It’s the second day of our Megasack giveaway. Are you excited? You should be! Going in the sack today, we have… Shimano GF800 Gore Tex shoes Goretex trail shoes for flat pedal riders! Or, shoes with a waterproof sock built in? Or boots? These have…

In Scotland? Funding available for trail projects!

In Scotland? Funding available for trail projects!

If you’re in Scotland there’s grant funding available to help you get trail projects off the ground, or support existing ones. If you’re elsewhere in the UK, feel that salt being rubbed into that open wound of restricted access, and then get yourself to one…

Fresh Goods Friday 681 – The Megasacking Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 681 – The Megasacking Edition

Is it even December? My [Hannah] kids think it is because they are opening their advent calendars. I do not have an advent calendar (Although really, the Wera Tools one is the only one I want. Well, I want ones containing alcohol and/or cheese, but…

Megasack Giveaway Day 1: Unior Pro Tool Kit

Megasack Giveaway Day 1: Unior Pro Tool Kit

The first day of our giveaway Megasack bonanza. And we're kicking it off with a proper doozy of a prize! Unior Pro Kit worth £899.99.

The Megasack Is Coming! Get Ready!

The Megasack Is Coming! Get Ready!

Ho ho ho… We’ve got our first snowfall of the winter at STW towers, just in time for the It’s Definitely Winter month: December. November is a blurry line between autumn and winter. It’s too early for Christmas trees, but might be an acceptable month…

Cyclorise Ceases Trading, and other industry news

Cyclorise Ceases Trading, and other industry news

In a year where it’s hard to keep up with all the industry news, we’ve got a quick round up on recent developments for you: Goodbye Cyclorise First up, it’s been reported that Cyclorise – the UK distributor for Revel Bikes, RevGrips and Timber! Bells,…

Cotic’s Youngest Ambassador Joins Their Award Winning Line Up

Cotic’s Youngest Ambassador Joins Their Award Winning Line Up

Cotic’s brand ambassadors include some very inspiring women. So inspiring, two of them are in this year’s Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling list. Firstly, Jo Shwe is the force of nature behind the Trash Mob Academy – watch this video if you don’t know…

Spot The Suspension – probably our hardest quiz yet!

Spot The Suspension – probably our hardest quiz yet!

Maybe this time we've actually beaten you. Surely this is too hard? Can anyone get more than 20 right?! Phil from Kinematic Bike did a whole pile of sketch studies while he was working on the design for his Coyote FSt (be sure to check…

Kinematic Coyote FSt Bike Check and Quiz!

Kinematic Coyote FSt Bike Check and Quiz!

Phil Thomas is working on prototypes for his Coyote FSt – Full Suspension trail – bike. As part of the process, he’s developed a bunch of suspension path sketches that we thought would make a great quiz. But before you get to that, take a…

Fresh Goods Friday 680 – L’Edition Vendredi Noir

Fresh Goods Friday 680 – L’Edition Vendredi Noir

Drool on this way, peruse the goods, and then head for the door. Make sure you've got some change, just in case there's cake.

Our personal pick from the Black Friday bunfight

Our personal pick from the Black Friday bunfight

Here's the good deals on the good stuff that we think you should know about this Black Friday.

Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling Revealed

Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling Revealed

Some of the most exceptional women in cycling have been revealed by Cycling UK through its annual 100 Women in Cycling list. Here’s the full PR: Each year, the UK’s cycling charity recognises women from all corners of the cycling world who have had a…

GT Goes Grass Roots: No Factory Race Team in 2024

GT Goes Grass Roots: No Factory Race Team in 2024

Confirming what has long been considered a firm rumour, GT has announced the termination of its Factory Race Team programme for 2024. GT has a long history with racing, and has had some great results over the last eight years with the GT Factory Racing…

Podcast with Dave ‘Mr UK Trails’ Evans

Podcast with Dave ‘Mr UK Trails’ Evans

Barely in post a week, we sat down with Dave Evans, Project Manager for the new UK Trail Project, to find out more about the project’s plans. The initial rider workshops are underway, with more online ones due early next year, and a questionnaire to…

Singletrack Subscribers Get Megasack Double Entries!

Singletrack Subscribers Get Megasack Double Entries!

if you're a Singletrack subscriber - or you buy yourself a Subscription - you get twice as many chances to win in the Megasack prize draws!

2023 4X National Champ, Amelia Martin, joins HUNT Bike Wheels

2023 4X National Champ, Amelia Martin, joins HUNT Bike Wheels

If you were at this year’s Malvern’s Classic you might have noticed that Amelia Martin kept making an appearance on the podium. Winning three races, including the National 4X title, she caught the attention of many – especially as she’s only 14 years old so…

2024 British National Downhill Series Calendar Revealed

2024 British National Downhill Series Calendar Revealed

British Cycling has announced the dates and venues for the 2024 British National Downhill Series: Full Downhill calendar:  National Downhill Series Round 1: Rheola, Wales – 13-14 April  Round 2: Fort William, Scotland – 25-26 May  Round 3: Antur Stiniog, Wales – 22-23 June  Round…

What’s The Cheapest Way To Watch Mountain Biking Now GCN+ Is Closing?

What’s The Cheapest Way To Watch Mountain Biking Now GCN+ Is Closing?

If you got the email announcing the end of GCN+ and understood it first time, perhaps you should consider applying your brain to understanding politicians, or solving the Riemann Hypothesis. It’s taken us a bit of figuring out, but we think we’ve got the answer:…

Get Your December Issue of Singletrack Magazine Here!

Get Your December Issue of Singletrack Magazine Here!

If you like riding your bike off road, and you like reading about bikes, and you like not doom scrolling, then we have the perfect thing for you: a magazine full of stories about riding bikes. Whether you opt for digital access only, or the…

UK Trails Project Launches ‘Right Trails, Right Places’

UK Trails Project Launches ‘Right Trails, Right Places’

The UK Trails Project has David Evans in post as Project Manger, and is getting underway with a series of workshops around the country. The project aims to improve the long term sustainability of trails in the UK – and to do that it needs…

Specialized Trail Pants review

Specialized Trail Pants review

The Specialized Trail Pants are so comfortable that Hannah has barely taken them off. The men's version that is.

The Bicycle Industry Vowels Logo Quiz

The Bicycle Industry Vowels Logo Quiz

So you think you know bike brands? Let’s see. Using only vowels – something n shrt spply n th bk wrld rght nw – let’s see which brands you can identify. Good luck!

Fresh Goods Friday 678 – Watching Painting Drying Edition

Fresh Goods Friday 678 – Watching Painting Drying Edition

What is the most bored you have ever been?

Trash Free Trails: State Of Our Trails Report

Trash Free Trails: State Of Our Trails Report

Trash Free Trails has published its ‘State Of Our Trails’ report, what it says is a ‘first of its kind study into the causes, prevalence, composition and impacts of single-use pollution on recreational trail ecosystems’. They’ve analysed data gathered from trail cleans between July 2020…

ABUS Cliffhanger MIPS Helmet review

ABUS Cliffhanger MIPS Helmet review

If you've a narrower shaped head you may find the Abus Cliffhanger fits you better than some models. It's light and airy, and a smart colour.

We’d like to know about your indoor training habits

We’d like to know about your indoor training habits

Do you ride indoors? Maybe only under duress? Or maybe it’s central to keeping yourself fit and sane between rides outdoors? Mountain bikers don’t traditionally have a reputation for ‘training’, but we know from your chats on the Forum that plenty of you are at…

Desert Island Disc Brakes with Charlie Hobbs

Desert Island Disc Brakes with Charlie Hobbs

Charlie Hobbs. Charlie the Bikemonger. Charlie the Merchmonger. Charlie the Bum Butterer. However you know him, you’ll know he’s got stories. Before he set off for the queue at the post office, a blue rinse, and a Honda Jazz, we sat down for a Desert…

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Red Bull Hardline 2024: The biggest DH Race gets bigger, with extra venue added

Red Bull Hardline 2024: The biggest DH Race gets bigger, with extra venue added

Rumours that Red Bull Hardline will become a series have been roaming the internet corridors a while, so it’s perhaps no surprise to have the official news: Hardline will have a date down under, in Tasmania in 2024. It’ll still have the Welsh event in…