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Bike Check: Kingdom G 600 Belt Driven Custom Titanium Hardtail

Graham Stock of Sixth Element hasn’t matched his bike to his Porsche – instead he’s had himself a rather nice custom titanium hardtail built, and of course added his own…

Podcast: Bowhead Corp – making bikes for life

A life changing spinal injury is one of those things that we really hope never happens to us – but as mountain bikers we know it’s a risk. When it...

How Does The Female Hormone Cycle Affect Cycling Performance? Part 1

Hormones, the ‘chemical messengers’ that tell our bodies what to do and when to do it, aren’t optional. We can’t turn them off, at most we can try to balance...

Making Time To Ride: a health check for your home

Leave the ‘mum guilt’ and ‘dad guilt’ at home – check your habits and find everyone the ride time and headspace they need. It’s International Women’s Day. In some respects,...

Interview: Making The Earthbound FS Bamboo High Pivot Bike

Building bikes with bamboo isn’t new, but this is a particularly lovely example of what you can do with a little time, patience and a whole heap of skill. Having...

Opinion: The Illegal Trail Builder

Building unsanctioned trails is a touchy subject. But are there shades of grey when it comes to building illegal trails or is it a black and white issue? We talk…

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10 Reasons your bike will cost you more this year

It seems like there’s been a lot of bad news about price rises on bikes and components recently, so we thought we’d look at what’s driving it – and whether...

You Can’t Buy Happiness – but you can buy an eMTB

Hannah explains why she thinks an eMTB should be your next gift to yourself if you want to add a little joy to your life. I have never really ‘had…

Editor’s Choice Awards 2020 – Hannah and Ross pick their favourites

First published in Singletrack Magazine Issue 134. It’s been a ‘special’ year, for sure, but the sun has continued to come up and bikes have still been ridden. We’ve perhaps...

Editor’s Choice Awards 2020 – Mark’s Picks

First published in Singletrack Magazine Issue 134. It’s been a ‘special’ year, for sure, but the sun has continued to come up and bikes have still been ridden. We’ve perhaps...

Editor’s Choice Awards 2020 – Chipps’ Pick

First published in Singletrack Magazine Issue 134. It’s been a ‘special’ year, for sure, but the sun has continued to come up and bikes have still been ridden. We’ve perhaps...

Editor’s Choice Awards 2020 – Andi’s Pick

First published in Singletrack Magazine Issue 134. It’s been a ‘special’ year, for sure, but the sun has continued to come up and bikes have still been ridden. We’ve perhaps...

Editor’s Choice Awards 2020 – Amanda’s Pick

It’s been a ‘special’ year, for sure, but the sun has continued to come up and bikes have still been ridden. We’ve perhaps not been to as many far-flung places...

The Museum of Cycling Curiosities – The Plus Size Brompton

This is the first in a series of articles where Sanny will cast his critical eye over some of the more unusual designs out there. We’re going to be looking…

New To Cycling? Let us help you get rolling over the hills and far away

We welcome you to the gang with some helpful advice for new cyclists. Hopefully actual good advice that makes you want to ride more, further, and off to new places!...

Top 10 Singletrack Forum Threads of 2020

Our Forum is a place where many minds meet. They don’t always see eye to eye, but if you want to know the answer to something obscure, there’s every chance...

Singletrack’s 2021 Predictions

New year, new us, that kind of thing. It’s at this time of year that we ask our team for some predictions for the year ahead. No cheating or open…

The Singletrackworld.com Mountain Bike Quiz of 2020

20 mountain bike news based questions to see whether or not you’ve been paying attention to anything this year! Not sure if you know enough? Why not do a little...

Top 10 Singletrack Podcast episodes of 2020

In 2020 we relaunched our podcast. Relaunched, because according to the Singletrack Magazine Wikipedia entry we were the first mountain bike media to have a podcast way back when podcasts...

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Top 10 Singletrackworld.com Stories of 2020

With millions of readers every month, there are lots of different paths to reading an article on Singletrack. Maybe you come straight to the homepage every morning over your coffee,...

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Top 10 Bike Reviews of 2020

It’s been a pants year for a lot of reasons, but we’ve still managed to test some great bikes. Here are our top 10 bike reviews of 2020. Below are...

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Your Top 10 Singletrack Videos of 2020

What did you watch on our YouTube channel this year? There are plenty of ‘old favourites’ that you keep viewing, plus new videos that caught your attention too. Here’s the…

Deviate Highlander Long Term Test Bike Build

Ladies and gentlemen, please allow myself to introduce… my new Deviate Highlander long term test bike. Or at least it will be once I’ve cut it down from the ceiling...

What’s In A (Bike Company) Name?

The Stories Behind Some of the Bike Industry’s Most Well-Known Monikers Our super-sleuth, investigative reporter, Tim Newcomb has been digging around to find exactly what’s in that company name. Some…

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2020 World Cup Winner, Marine Cabirou’s 5 tips to a successful Winter

Winter’s dark nights, cold weather and dirty trails take their toll on your motivation but Marine Cabirou has a few tips to keep on riding. Sometimes it is super hard...

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British Cycling – Not Stepping Up For Downhill

Racer and team manager Jack Reading explains why he thinks British Cycling is failing its downhill athletes. This article will be accessible by Free Members on the 23rd November. It...

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Charlie And The Search For The Singletrack Members Gin Offer

Part of my job as “Overlord of The Leftovers” at Singletrack is to bravely search the Kingdom for the finest quality product offers to present to you our glorious Singletrack...

Whether you like it or not, bikes are political

Columnist Mildred Locke addresses those who would say ‘stick to bikes, keep politics out of it’ – she thinks bikes are political. Following my last column, there’s another phenomenon I…

Recumbent eBikes: A niche too far?

Sanny takes a journey over to the Dark Side and attempts to leave his preconceptions at the door as he dives headfirst into the world of recumbent eBikes. Was it…

Ling’s Bike Trip – The Pre-Ride Interview With Ling Valentine

There’s no denying that Ling Valentine is quite a character. Her vividly-coloured, car-leasing website, LingsCars.com has been described as ‘contract hire’s RyanAir’ and with a small staff and efficient practices,…