Opinion

You may have been wondering why the front page of the site has been quiet this week. Well, we’ve all been in Morzine on the 2009 Singletrack Magazine Reader Holiday…

We’ve a simple rule in our house; If the sun’s shining we’re out riding. And so faced with the prospect of having to sort out the garden fence it was…

We’re off to Morzine tomorrow for this year’s Reader Holiday (kindly hosted by Flow MTB). Myself and Matt are just back from a week’s hard riding in Norway. Marky The…

As you may already know, Chipps is having a well-earned rest for few weeks (well, if you can call hauling yourself self-supported across the Pyrenees a “rest”). Which leaves myself…

Once a year I like to get away from it all. And by that I mean I like to have a week away from bikes! Now don;t get me wrong…

We all know that getting the work/life balance right is important, but I seem to be having problems with my work/work balance at the moment too. I was meant to…

Even though I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday messing about on two wheels under scorching sunshine I still felt the urge to "play out" on Sunday afternoon...

Is it me or are the people posting comments on our stories getting increasingly more negative and cynical?  SRAM launch their 10 speed groupset and within minutes of Dave posting…

Is it that time again? Again?

Well, I’m glad I made an effort to do a lot of riding during the decent weather we had through April. But… CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A SUMMER THIS YEAR…

(£449 RRP from Raleigh) This year’s mantra for me is to learn how to jump properly on proper jumps. It’s a funny old game. You pretty much have to unlearn…

My favourite five minute MTB video ever...

Entries for the Singletrack Classic Weekender are coming in nice and steadily. We’ve probably taken a few more over the Easter break but we passed the 50 mark for processed…

Having been to Canada a couple of times to do mountain bike stuff with the help of the tourist boards over there, I’ve ended up on the mailing list of…

nPower have doubled our office electricity bill because we didn't write a letter to them in September to tell them we were switching suppliers in December, even though at the…

Or 'Sim and I' for those that prefer spaces between words... Yep, it's another 'The mag's off to the printers' blog

.. the Lake District National Park Authority! “As Oscar winning film Slum Dog Millionaire hugs international headlines, Lake District village halls are celebrating their own big cash windfalls. There is no…

It’s kind of snuck up on us again. Taking a week off to go skiing earlier in February, plus our new week-shorter production schedule has meant the usual deadline cram.…

Chipps ponders the ratio of hardtails to suspension in the magazine(s)

Chipps is back from his -9C skiing fun in Italy, but when's the next jolly? He's going to have to invent some more days in the year to get on…

Swearing can be funny, stats are great but not when an insurance company gets hold of them to try and prove that cycling is dangerous and ads are here to…

In the continuing saga of “sorting out downstairs” I’ve been spending a great deal of time shinning myself on lots of random wheels that are littering the Singletrack offices. There…

Our workshop isn’t in the neatest of states at the mo… So with this in mind we’ve just taken delivery of an “Action Station” from PAF Systems. It’s a “work…

A peek into the staff bike shed reveals a lot of changes for 2009. Here's "Part 2" of Benji's thoughts on his Genesis Alpitude ("Part 1" can be found in…

Explored a new (to me) Lakeland bridleway today. It turned out to be one of the best technical trails I’ve ever ridden. Better than the Snowdon Rangers Path? I think…

Just back from the Core Bike show - it was great as always... Now to get some pictures up.

I am really into mountain biking again. And when I say “really” it should say “REALLY”. Times 10. Tuesday night rides, thursday night rides, Saturday techno rides, Sunday social rides.…

A snowy commute made for some late night fixie-fun

Chipps mulls over whether he still qualifies as a singlespeeder...

Some bizarre late night musings...

Frozen byways and far-away pubs made up Chipps' weekend

The forum post frequency is returning to its pre Christmas level now, which is reassuring and I reckon a big indication of a return to normal service is the number…

Chipps borrows a dog...

No sooner had I suggested doing a photoshoot for today – given the run of unbroken blue skies we’ve had recently – than the clouds close in and it starts…