After circling the Fort Will event village for the 100th time we thought we had seen it all, but out of the corner of our eyes, we spotted this British...
A pre-review, initial look at the spec of new products. Open to all readers.
Shimano XTR M9100 may have only launched a week ago, but already the 12-speed groupset has been making waves amongst the global mountain bike media and on internet forums everywhere....
Shown on the first day of the 2018 Fort William World Cup, the Shug is an all-new steel hardtail from Trillion Cycles. Joining the Prime hardtail (a bike we tested...
Being just the second round of the 2018 Downhill World Cup, there are still new and prototype bikes popping up that we haven’t yet seen in the flesh, and seeing...
Pole, the Finnish mountain bike brand, is up at Fort William this week racing a brand spanking new prototype downhill bike. And it’s rather special indeed. We’re all pretty well...
They’ve only gone and done it! That’s right, Shimano has finally gone 12-speed in one of the most anticipated moves of the millennium. While SRAM has been dominating the drivetrain...
We’ve been working on something special for the upcoming issue of Singletrack Magazine, and we think a lot of you are going to be very interested in this one. Oh...
It was obvious really that Cannondale would choose a World Cup venue and race weekend to launch its new flagship XC hardtail and super, dooper new and improved Lefty fork....
This week, whilst Britain was finally getting to enjoy some glorious spring weather, Cannondale launched the 2019 F-Si XC hardtail at the Albstadt World Cup in rather wetter and muddier...
The historians and fans amongst us will already know that the Lefty has been around for almost 20 years. For those of you who didn’t, you probably just feel a...
Dotted amongst the big brands’ bike livery at the Garda Bike Festival were several smaller German and Italian companies proudly showing their wares. And none caught my eye more than...
Garda Bike Festival has reached the ripe old age of 25. Whilst it may not be as big as its European brother Eurobike and misses out to Core Bike in...
SRAM was out in full force at this year’s Garda Bike Festival with an amazing array of bouncy and stoppy-go-y-ness. For once SRAM wasn’t launching any new products or upgrades...
Last weekend’s Garda Bike Festival saw the launch of the new Felt Compulsion full suspension enduro bike. You rather needed to pay attention though, Felt didn’t so much announce their...
This weekend’s Garda Bike Festival finally saw the long awaited release of the Abus MonTrailer helmet and I was the lucky one who got to go out to the Italy...
Part of the international contingent who turned up to the UK Handmade Bicycle Show on the weekend, Mark Hester from Prova Cycles made a very long trip over from Melbourne,...
Looking for a way to raise the bar on the #coffeeoutside movement? Searching for the ultimate utility vehicle for your trail building ambitions? Well, we might have found the perfect...
Well here’s one package that we didn’t expect to turn up today! It’s a collection of new shifty bits from Taiwanese manufacturer SunRace, which assembled together, give you most of...
Bespoked 2018 was held over the weekend at the Engine Shed in Bristol, where as per usual it provided small, independent bike and accessory companies the opportunity to show off...
To kick off the pre-Sea Otter onslaught, here’s a brand new alloy version of the Pivot Switchblade. Sharing the same geometry, suspension travel and 29/27.5+ wheelsize adaptability as the carbon...
Shimano has some new 4-piston stoppers for 2018, and they’re sliding into the range at the Deore XT level. Rather than being a replacement for the current XT 2-piston brakes...
Adding to its growing line of value-oriented wide-range mountain bike cassettes, SunRace has recently unveiled a brand new 12-speed option called the MZ90. This new cassette will be available in...
We’ve just got our hands on a brand new wheelset from Hunt Bike Wheels, which is due to be available to the public very soon. Up until now, Hunt has...
Yeti-lovers get your wallets ready; there’s a brand new full suspension 29er in town, and it’s called the SB100. Deviating from Yeti Cycles’ current naming structure, the SB100 is labelled...
One of the most iconic mountain bike fork names has returned, and it’s doing so in a typically unapologetic fashion. Yes, after an absence of many years, the Marzocchi Z1...
Today RockShox is releasing the 2019 SID fork range, which includes new World Cup, RLC and RL models. The 32mm chassis’ are largely unchanged for the new model year, but...
If you’re a subscriber and supporter of Singletrack Magazine, there’s a very good chance you’ll already have your hands on a copy of the latest issue, which has just come...
We have very good news for those of you who appreciate locally-made steel mountain bikes. We have just received a new, and very unique full suspension bike in from Swarf...
We may have literally just finished off our longterm review of the 2018 RockShox Lyrik RCT3 fork, but already RockShox is ready to announce the 2019 model – in March....
