It’s the middle of summer and we’re currently camped out at the Pivot TwentyFour12 event in Newnham Park in Plymouth. This is the 13th edition of the TwentyFour12, which has grown a reputation for not only its flagship 24-hour mountain bike race, but also numerous…
Events
Bikes, Beers and Dust: Northern Grip 2018
Northern Grip bills itself as a mountain bike festival: a mix of social rides, bike demos and all the fun and distractions you’d expect to find at a decent sized mountain bike race, minus the actual racing. For its third edition the festival returned to…
Longest Day, Longest Ride – the British 24 hour race championships were epic!
Held this year on 17 and 18 June, Longest Day, Longest Ride is an annual 24 hour endurance race which also doubled as this year’s UK championship. 24 hour racer and new dad Matt Jones was there to try for the title, and sent us…
Get Your Grip On..!! Not long to go to Northern Grip 2018
Northern Grip returns to Stubbylee Park and Lee Quarry in Bacup, Rossendale on Saturday the 7th July for its third year, promising to be bigger, bolder and even better than ever. Northern Grip is an annual celebration of Mountain Bike culture which last year attracted…
1500 People Can’t Be Wrong: Another great year for MTBMeetup
‘What a great vibe!’ ‘How cool is this?’ ‘We’ll be back next year’ Now its 5th year the award nominated charity event MTBMeetup is a fun and friendly free weekend of riding and socializing for all the family. Over 1,500 people headed through the gates…
Beers, Bikes And BBQ… Spin Up In A Brewery Returns For 2018
After taking a short break since the last event in 2015, “Spin Up in a Brewery” is back by popular demand! Established in 2012, it is again a collaboration between two West Sussex based companies, the craft brewery Dark Star and bicycle brand Kinesis UK.…
Fort William Timed Practice Results
The weather has held so our dry spell (ooh er misses) is now at a full three days of bright sunshine here at Fort William, meaning super dry dusty trails for timed practice today. Riders hit the dirt from 3:30-onwards, where they let rip down…
Before The Race – 2018 Fort William World Cup Randoms
Race day is almost upon us here at the 2018 Fort William World Cup. The crowds are building and the atmosphere is rising. It’s hard to believe that just a few days ago the Nevis Range was almost empty, with teams starting to arrive to…
Course Preview: Fort William World Cup 2018
Blue skies and dusty trails at Fort William (for now…). We welcome you to take a walk down the world cup track with Ross and James as they consider line choices, calculate what percentage of the track they could actually ride, and meet some familiar…
Get A Grip! Northern Grip Festival Coming Soon!
If you love the North, Mountain Biking, Music, and a festival vibe then the Northern Grip Festival is the one place you need to be! Northern Grip returns to Lee Quarry and Stubbylee Park for 2018 with more of the same and a whole lot…
Will This Be The UK’s Ultimate Mountain Bike Festival? Malverns Classic Returns
Mention the Malvern Classic and Chipps goes a bit misty eyed. It was obviously an influential event. A recent ‘were you there, what do you remember?’ thread on his Facebook page elicited a similarly excitable response. And quite a lot of debate – what year…
Crankworx World Tour Arrives In Innsbruck 13th-17th June
Innsbruck is once again the home to Crankworx this time around it will be the 2nd stop in the Crankworx World Series with events kicking off on the 13th June running through to the 17th. The bike festival will cater for all genres of mountain…
The Boltby Bash Enduro 2018 brings dust-in-Yorkshire shocker!
Implausibly for some there was an era of mountain biking that existed before Enduro racing. Let’s call this time BE, Before Enduro. In these times gone by, not only did we ride rigid bikes (or maybe if we were lucky had an elastomer suspension fork),…
TweedLove Bike Festival unveils its full line-up
Now almost ten years old, TweedLove Bike Festival seems to keep on growing. Held annually in the Scottish Borders’ Tweed Valley, more new events have been added, and the demo/expo is attracting more and more big name brands. Taking place over the weekend of June…
What happens when you let a South African trailbuilder loose in the no-rules mountain kingdom of Lesotho?
If you’ve already got your hands on the brand new issue of Singletrack Magazine, you’ll have likely read about Kristi Stump’s wild adventure racing the 6-day Lesotho Sky event. If you haven’t, then the good news we have for you is that you can grab…
The 15 Bikes That Caught Our Eye At Core Bike 2018
15 pieces of bike eye-candy that had us stop in our tracks at Core Bike 2018
15 Of The Hottest Products From Core Bike 2018
We've circled the show floor at Core Bike 2018 to bring to these hot new bikes and components.
Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns To UK For 2018
Mountain Film Festival returns for a second tour of the UK - with new locations
Northern Grip Festival Returns for 2018
Mountain bike festival coming back to Lee Quarry with all the pomp and glory you've come to expect
Transcape Event To Allow Ebikes
Ebikes allowed on the Transcape event, "as long as they don't interfere with the racing"
Scottish Mountain Bike Awards Announce 2017 Winners
Scotland's best and boldest honoured - read the full list of winners here
2018 Tweedlove Enduro Tickets Go On Sale This Week
Dates and details for Tweedloves 2018 Whyte Enduro races inside - tickets go on sale this week!
Ski-An-Duro Entries Are Open
Your opportunity to race above and below the snowline, in the UK next March
Red Bull Foxhunt 2017: Event Report
Hannah is still washing the mud out of everything, but here's her report from this year's Red Bull Foxhunt
Singletrack Reader Awards 2017 – The Winners
Fashion highs and lows (well, mostly lows) and big winners - check out the Singletrack Reader Awards results here
Video: Nine Knights 2017 Highlights
Video highlights, including a first-person quintuple barspin, from Nine Knights 2017
Nominations Open For The Scottish Mountain Bike Awards
If you're doing something with mountain biking in Scotland, you could win an award, or attend the ceremony in Glasgow
Video: Atherton Diaries, Red Bull Hardline
Rally driving, shoulder surgery, and the Red Bull Hardline in this episode of the Atherton Diaries
Enduro World Series Preview: Finale Ligure
Unlike here in the valley of Singletrack Towers, in finale Ligure it does not look like Autumn at all
Red Bull Hardline 2017: The Results
Big air, big drops, and lots of slither - this year's Red Bull Hardline results are in
#MakingUpTheNumbers: Borderline Rd 4 – Revolution Bike Park
George is feeling less than race fit, but that doesn't stop him racing
Gallery: BC Bike Ride
Planes, tents, and hundreds of kilometers of trails greeted the BC Bike Ride this month
Gallery and Results: Crankworx Garbanzo Downhill
The Garbanzo is a monstrous 6.5Km endurance downhill. Marcello Guttierrez managed it in just over twelve minutes
Brighton Big Dog Gets Underway
The Brighton Big Dog racing and general shenannigans has just got underway. Tom Hill was just live from the start line.
Enduro World Series 2018 Calendar Released
A short overview of the 2018 Enduro World Series calendar, plus reveal video.
SKI-AN-DURO Announced: Ski And Mountain Bike Enduro
New Scottish race will have riders switching from bikes to skis (or boards) and back
The British Downhill Series Needs You In Llangollen
The BDS add a Trail Bikes category and appeal for more entries
Seagrave And Gwin For The Win At Mont-Sainte-Anne
Another Saturday UCI Worldcup Downhill has passed us by and once again the results are helping this season to be one of the most exciting for a while.
Islabikes 12/24 Kids Endurance Race
The 'Dirty Dozen' was measured in minutes and not hours at the Islabikes 24/12 kids racing at the Pivot TwentyFour12 race
Pivot TwentyFour12 Race Celebrates 12 Years
It was subtitled 'The Dirty Dozen' for its 12th birthday. It turned out to be more on topic than anyone could have imagined.
Gallery: Enduro World Series Round 6
Photos and a brief report from the EWS Round Six; from Aspen, Colorado
Pivot TwentyFour12 Roll Call! Catch Up With Us This Weekend
This year’s Pivot TwentyFour12 kicks off this weekend and we want every Singletrack reader taking part to come by and say hello!
Enduro World Series Preview: Aspen
Photo gallery, a short video, and a write up of the next EWS stage in Colorado
Islabikes Sponsor Twentyfour12 Junior Stage Race
New stage race at the Pivot Twentyfour12 takes place this weekend, sponsored by Islabikes
Video: On Track With Curtis Keene, Season 4
Curtis Keene gives us a look right inside the Enduro World Series Stage 1, in Rotorua
