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Work Experience Ben has done a ride! He tells us how he felt and how it compares to his local riding. __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: \'atatags-2312417451-6742a5534b31f\', location: 120, formFactor: \'001\',…

Diary of a Megavalanche Virgin Part 2: Skills Time

It’s time to get the skills to pay the bills – or at least to prevent any serious glacier based incidents There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only…

Green’s Gravity Enduro: An introduction

Our new gravity enduro correspondent would like to introduce himself… There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has…

Diary of a Megavalanche Virgin Part 1: A hill in Wales

Jenny’s never raced a mountain bike – what better introduction than the Megavalanche then? There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and…

New Year – New Bike!

I’ve always been a bit of a cyclocross fan (despite there being a spot fine for even mentioning it aloud in the office). I’ve race the Three Peaks three times…

Perpetual Motion

Without fun, we’d all be in a much worse place. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has…

Temperature Regulation

There’s one thing that the last couple of years of odd weather has meant to me – not the thought that we’ve broken the planet’s weather; that’s not in doubt…

Keeping afloat over the dark months

Step away from the cake! There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print and and…

Premier Interbike: Mark’s Blog

Brave roadies out for a spin down the strip Interbike is over and we are just killing time for a day before we fly back to the UK. For Chipps…

Interbike: surely I’ve got the hang of it now?

This is my 17th Interbike – and I’ve yet to master it… There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack…

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Hope you’ve not missed me too much!

Hi all, Well I’m counting down the days. It’s my final week of being a lady of leisure. Looking forward to being back in the office and seeing everyone again.…

Other people’s trails

Nearly in Austria, but still in Bavaria   I reckon 98.5%* of my riding is done on trails in a 20km radius of where I ride, because we’re lucky that…

Guest Blog: Marcus Farley and the lightning.

It seemed like a normal Thursday night ride… There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in…

Guest Blog: Ally at the 661 Gravity Enduro at Kielder

Round two of the 661 UK Gravity Enduro in Kielder came about really quickly for me, I got a new bike (Transition Covert) from the guys at UK importers Surf-Sales…

A different (Mercedes Benz) World…

Jon spends a day out of the office geeking about cars rather than bikes There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and…

Guest Blog: Ally at the 661 Gravity Enduro at Ae Forest

We’ve got Ally from Campbell Coaching to give us her thoughts and impressions as she races her first full season of the 661 Gravity Enduro. She’s no stranger to enduro…

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A NEW START LINE….

WHERE DO I START……my golly gosh I’m well over due in the blogging department. Since returning from guiding and coaching in Portugal it has been full steam ahead in the…

Back in the saddle

Nathan’s back and he’s got a new steed – a single steed! There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack…

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2001… 2011… Beyond

Then. Now. Now then. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print and and online…

Indulging a passion

I’m off on holiday next week – going to visit the girlfriend’s parents in Germany, but first – we’re going to be going to Belgium. Yep, we’re off to see…

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Shiny shiny syndrome

Technology is ace. Most of the time. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print…

Getting back in the Saddle

Nathan needs your help – he hasn’t ridden a bike in 4 months! There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more…

I’ve been science-d!

Chipps goes to Torq for a fitness evaluation… There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in…

Commute Part Two

Keeping the faith. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print and and online since…

Right Tool For The Job

Matt says “Snow is bad!” There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print and and…

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MR POTTER!!!

Xmas is just around the corner, but before the Xmas tree is decorated Mr Potter and I have to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Today we Potters have officially been married…

Keep The Faith

Matt’s not manning the barricades. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine has been in print and and…

Greek Tragedy

Feeling a bit \'hang dog\' about it all You’ve probably heard all about the recent theft of Singletrack bikes and a laptop. We were feeling pretty ‘hang dog’ about it…

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The Site got Updated

A list of things to look out for: Obviously the theme has changed somewhat. The ad-bar at the top means Premier users lose that completely if they reduce the ads.…

A Wheely Good Ride…

Wheely Wheely Trying! Since returning from Canada and the World Champs Mountain Bike experience the Potters have been busy as ever on the AQR guiding front. Ian is starting to…