Felt Breed

Steve Makin reviews a big lad\'s bike with shonky brakes, skinny tyres, dodgy bars, a very racy saddle and no gears. Possibly the most fun bike he\'s ridden in years.

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Fresh Goods

It\'s back. More fresh goods from Salsa, Dakine, Royal Racing, Bontrager, Torq, Tektro, Vredestein, Lifeventure, Orange, Outland and Red Bull Rampage...

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Fresh Goods

Your bi-weekly update on what\'s arrived here at Singletrack HQ with products from Rido, Brooks, Royal, Kinky Bikes, Genuine Innovations, VeloSolo, Cane Creek and Yeti.

Lizard Skinz Blizzard Gloves

Lizard Skinz Blizzard Gloves Price: £28.00 From: www.2pure.co.uk A winter glove with neoprene trimmings over the knuckles and round the cuff but despite the neoprene this glove is water resistant...

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Altura Whinlatter Challenge

The Altura Whinlatter Challenge is the 1st mountain bike cross country endurance event to take place, on THE ALTURA TRAIL on Sunday, March 29th at Whinlatter Forest Park, near Keswick.

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Fresh Goods

More new stuff? You bet. Take a look at what\'s landed at Singletrack HQ so far this week with products from Cube, NS Bikes, Charge, Ortlieb, Exped, Panaracer, Bontrager and…

Lifesystems Mountain Thermal Bag

Lifesystems Mountain Thermal Bag Price: £9.99 From: www.lifesystems.co.uk It may not be sexy and you’ll probably never have to use it but this metalised polyester based survival bag should be...

Ortlieb Medium First Aid Kit

Ortlieb Medium First Aid Kit Price: £13.69 From: Lyon Equipment www.ortlieb.com Having a First Aid kit and the knowledge to use it should be something that every mountain biker has....

Sealskinz Technical Mountain Biking Glove

Sealskinz Technical Mountain Biking Glove Price: £37.50 From: Sealskinz 01553 817990 www.sealskinz.com These winter gloves are the highest spec mountain biking glove in the Sealskinz range, they are waterproof, breathable...

Jimi Wallet

Jimi Wallet Price: £12.00 From : 2pure www.2pure.co.uk The Jimi Wallet so the marketing goes is the wallet for people that don’t do wallets. It’s a classic I-generation product. (How...

Crankset Group Test

Benji and the team look at a stingy bakers’ dozen of the latest cranks.

Group Test: Waterproof Jackets

A dozen UK-esque waterproof jackets tested.

Foes FXR 2:1

Foes FXR 2:1 Price: £1,849 frame only From: Balfa.co.uk The Bike The 6in travel ‘aggressive trail’ FXR has been part of the Foes line-up for the past few years. This...

Grouptest: Big and Bald Tyres

Benji and his crack squad of sad rubber sniffing tyre obsessives try to convince you of the myriad splendours of a bunch of funny looking fat tyres with bugger-all knobs…

Scott Spark 10

Scott Spark 10 Price: £3799 or £1949 frame only From: Scott 01670 712129 There’s no doubting that this is a machine made for going a long way fast. The cockpit...

Group Test: Boots

We’ve rounded up an even ten boots – from rugged summer numbers to depth of winter monsters and given them a thrashing.

Genesis iO

Fully rigid steel singlespeeds, eh? Nice looking and everything but a complete nightmare to write a review about. Well, a review that isn’t full of quasi-mystical gibberish about ‘purity’ and…

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Fresh Goods

Our weekly roundup of the stuff that\'s arrived in the Singletrack Office this week...

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More Fresh Bike Stuff

The bikes for the next issue are nearly all in now, so here’s a quick peek at some of the machines that’ll be out on the hills this weekend… So...

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Fresh Goods

Here\'s a rundown of various bits and bobs that we\'ve been sent for test this week.

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Pace Demo & Exhibition Series at Dalby Forest

Come and visit the Pace Demo and Exhibition at the Dalby Forest Visitor centre. On display will be the full range of 2009 Pace frame models as well as 2009...

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First Gorrick of the New Year this weekend.

Here\'s the location and timings of the first Gorrick Winter Series Race of 2009

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Athertons on TV

Forget that lie in, or work out how your recording box works. There\'s a half hour programme about the Athertons on Channel4 this Sunday!

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Wiggle Enduro 6 & Thunder Run 10k 2009: Entry Forms

The weekend of mountain bike and running mayhem is set to return on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26 this year at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, near Tamworth. It will be...

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Singletrack Mag Goes Up To 8 Issues For 2009

Singletrack Now Published 8 Times Per Year Rather than cutting back or downsizing, Singletrack Magazine is bucking all the current “credit crunch” trends and increasing its productivity for 2009. It...

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Registering Your Bike With Immobilise

Create a FREE private and secure portfolio of all your personal property (bikes, ipods, phones, laptops and so on can all be registered). If it is then lost or stolen, use Immobilise...

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2009 Kielder Marathon Season

Beat the chill and work up a sweat by taking part in a mountain bike event in Kielder Water & Forest Park. The Forestry Commission is hosting the first leg...

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The Singletrack magazine Nice Price Special (NPS)

Pat and his batman Ag write... Over the weekend of 16th & 17th May 2009 Pro Velo Support brings you two days of unbeatable value mountain bike racing at Cannock...

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Parts of Cannock Closed

According to a BBC report, parts of Cannock Chase are closed to walkers and riders because of the spread of a fungal disease among plants there...

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Commencal Supreme DH WC Ltd Edition

The Press Release states… “After Gee and Rach’s outstanding double win at last summer’s World Championships in Val di Sole Italy, Commencal set the gears in motion to do produce...