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Singletrack Kitchen: Air Fryer Cheesy Courgette Balls

Say everybody have you seen my balls? They’re big, cheesy and hot! I think they might also be good for you too. Cook these in an oven or an air……

Spanish Bikepacking Diary: Day One

This 17 day series of Amanda’s first ever multiday bikepacking trip is exclusively available to Singletrack World Members. It gets more scenic as the journey unfolds, so stay tuned for……

Bike Check: Benji’s Stif Squatch

I got the Stif Squatch frame in to act as a testbed for the sort of stuff that wouldn’t quite suit my other longer-travel full-sus testbed. There\'s more to this…

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Can You Ebike a 100 Mile Bikepacking Route?

Ebikes are great when it comes to allowing people to do things they don’t normally do. Look at all the 50+ people returning to mountain biking with the help of……

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead: Holiday Club

Dieter is a mechanic who will always fix things if he can. With his spare parts bin and Dremel, he’ll breathe life back into almost any bike. Join us for…

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Singletrack Kitchen: Wild Garlic Soup

Let’s get this out the way right from the start. You are probably wondering why there is a wild garlic soup recipe on your favourite mountain bike website. Science and……

Spotted At Sea Otter: Freaks, Geeks and Retro Bikes

Sea Otter is a bike expo and festival of racing that takes place in Monterey, California each year. We didn’t make the trip over there for 2023, but our US…

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead: Breathing life into a Lizard

Dieter is a mechanic who will always fix things if he can. With his spare parts bin and Dremel, he’ll breathe life back into almost any bike. Join us for…

Santa Cruz and Chris King Builders’ Bike Show

In advance of Sea Otter, Santa Cruz and Chris King hosted an event for builders to show off their wares. Our American correspondent Fahzure Freeride (and my soon to be…

Bike Check: Chipps’ 1994 Fuquay Logic Prestige

This 1994 Fuquay Logic Prestige was custom-built for Chipps in 1994, after a full measuring-up session with Mr Fuquay. There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US…

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Know Your Trail Users

Charlie takes a light hearted look at the wonderful variety of people we share the trails with. It’s that time of year again when the clocks go forward, the sun...

Bike Check: Ted James’ Ti Bride Custom DH Bike

Have you placed your credit card at a safe distance away from your current position? Then you may be safe to read on. Custom, titanium, BMX, EXT, DH, Ted James,……

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Bike Check: Hannah’s Schwinn Traveler

This is my 1964 Schwinn Traveler, given to me as a rather special 40th birthday present from my partner. I did protest that he shouldn’t give it to me, as…

New Rider (battery provided)

A new reader and rider sent us this piece, before he’s even hit the trails. Welcome to mountain biking, Gareth, we hope you like what you find. So I’ve just……

How Much?! Why we should care about the closure of Kitsbow

If you’re in the UK, there’s every chance you’ve never heard of Kitsbow, so why should you care that they’re closing? And who even are they? Kitsbow were (or, until……

The Answer To Everything Is…

This piece was originally published as the editorial in our Weekly Word – a newsletter which brings you a piece like this, plus a round up of news, offers, and...

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Singletrack Kitchen: Pub Bike Gumbo

By popular demand, here’s another recipe from Charlie to warm you up and fill you up after a ride. This is a really efficient recipe as it is great for……

After Slashing Active Travel Funding, Government Keeps £4.8 billion Fuel Price Discount

Hannah argues that the 2023 budget is taking us in the wrong direction. There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US TO UNLOCK IT AND MORE FOR…

Retro Ridgeback gallery and video walkthrough

2023 marks Ridgeback’s 40th anniversary and Madison had a bunch of retrobike beauties on display at their recent iceBike* trade show. For those who couldn’t attend the show, here’s our…

Women and Bikes: How Far Have We Come?

Hannah charts the advance of women in the bike industry, as she sees it. Are you as optimistic? What changes have you seen? Apparently I am now long in the...

From The Archive: Womens’ Specific Bikes – do we need them?

Back in issue 15 of Singletrack Magazine, in 2004, we reviewed three of what were then a new development: women’s specific bikes. We followed it up with a head to...

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27.2 Dropper Posts: 15 Options For Skinny Seat Tubes

27.2 dropper posts are not common but if you have a bike frame with a skinny seat tube you can still take advantage of the benefits.

Quiz: Do You Know Your Bike Acronyms?

CNC’d XC BSO with ETT of 571 and BSA fitting… we’ve all scanned our way through the spec list of a new bike and read the letters, but do we……

11 Things That Should Be Standard Issue, Not Special Feature

We’ve rounded up some of those product ‘features’ that we think should go without saying. Feel free to disagree, or add your own below! When you’re looking at products, especially…

Reyt Good Bikepacking: Rider Kit Lists

Some of you who enjoyed our A Reyt Good Time Bikepacking in the Dales article will no doubt want to know what sort of kit the riders used.

Dieter Back From The Dead

How Long To Rebuild A Bike? – Back From The Dead

Dieter is the kind of bike nerd mechanic that every good bike shop should want. He is endlessly enthusiastic about getting people of all kinds onto bikes of all sorts.…

Do we need trail maintenance trousers?

Rapha has launched a limited edition collection of clothing. It’s a collaboration with ‘Brain Dead’, a trendy LA-based international fashion collective.  With its disruptive, graphic-led approach, Brain Dead takes its……

15 Ways To Spend Less On Mountain Biking

Mountain biking is not cheap. You’ll never ‘save’ money as a mountain biker. But you can stop a lot of avoidable spending if you’re canny. There\'s more to this story...…

Taiwan: A storm brewing for the bike industry?

Remember when that ship got jammed in the Suez, and goods shipped around the world got stuck? Remember when Covid disrupted the natural flow of shipping containers and products, and……

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Best Mountain Bike Saddles: Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Saddle pain can affect both new and experienced riders: so here\'s our guide to the best mountain bike saddles.