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Internal Struggle – making your dreams come true isn’t always easy

This article was first published in Issue 118, and Tom has been nominated for Best Author for the Singletrack Reader Awards 2018. Tom Johnstone rides across Iceland’s interior and learns…

The 7 Top Apps That Will Make Mountain Biking More Fun, Safer, and Social

There’s an App for reminding you to drink enough water, there’s an App that can add a lifelike crocodile into your riding photos and there was even a social networking...

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Bike Check: Richard Baybutt’s Murdered Out Longshot Cotic Rocket

Richard Baybutt is Cotic’s marketing man, he’s also a wheelie machine and Megavalnche slayer, and this murdered out Longshot Cotic Rocket is his current ride of choice. Richard didn’t know...

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These Are The 8 Bikes To Get Fox Live Valve First For 2019

After years of speculation and rumour, Fox finally announced Live Valve this week. If you want to know what Live Valve is and what it does we have a full...

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These Are Our Top 12 Orange Bikes From The Past 30 Years

With the 30th Anniversary of Orange Bikes fast approaching we thought we would look over the past 3 decades and pick the Orange models that meant the most to us....

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Aretha Franklin: A Playlist For Mountain Bikers

Here at Singletrack Towers we’ll take any excuse to play a tune to everyone in the office. There’s a fair amount of track sharing goes on, whether it’s new and...

Slip Slidin’ Away – #MakingUpTheNumbers At HSBC National DH Series – Round 4, Rhyd-Y-Felin

“Is it impolite to hurry the pharmacist along?” I message Mrs MakingUpTheNumbers. The response comes quickly “Can you check if the missing box from my online order has arrived?” If...

Jessica Brousseau – Bike mechanic, pro wheel builder and free spirit

I’ve recently spent some time in British Columbia on a press launch, courtesy of Liv Bikes. From the moment I stepped foot outside the airport, I’ve been overwhelmed with beauty....

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As Seen In Singletrack Issue 120: Yorkshire Cycle Hub

In Issue 120 of Singletrack Magazine, our Classic Ride writers stayed at the Yorkshire Cycle Hub. Here’s what’s in store if you choose to do the same. “I’d like a...

Inspiring Women: Michelle Haigh and the MTB Chix and Trails internet sensation

So far we’ve featured quite a different range of people in our Inspiring Women series. From Rachael Walker in the bike industry at Hope Technology, to the 75 year old…

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Finland. It’s not all about snow (okay mostly…)

This article was originally published in Issue 115 of Singletrack Magazine. Words & Photography by Hannah. Hannah takes a wintery fat bike trip to the Arctic Circle to discover dangerous downhills,…

It’s coming home! – #MakingUpTheNumbers at Masters Worlds 2018 – Vallnord, Andorra

“It’s an honour to ride this track in these conditions!” It’s 11am on Monday morning and Mark Weightman is eulogising. Mark’s one of a kind, like a Graeme Obree of…

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Talking Trickstuff: Factory Tour

Back in Premier Edition issue 116, Team Singletrack caught up with German precision engineering company Trickstuff, in its hidden factory deep in a German housing estate. Photography: James Vincent We’re…

Eurobike: The Predictions That Came True

Before we even scanned our press passes through the gates of Eurobike, we’d looked into our crystal balls and brought you some predictions of what we thought the future held....

19 Brands In 2 Days: CrankTank Impact Sun Valley Round Up

A couple of weeks ago Hannah went out to Ketchum, Idaho, to a new media event ‘Impact Sun Valley’. It was a chance for brands to get a bunch of…

We Asked Rachel, Gee And Dan Atherton 21 Questions They Weren’t Expecting

A few weeks ago, we had a young lad, Aran Francis in on work experience. Along with the regular work experience jobs of going to find some tartan paint, a…

7 Essentials For Riders With Tiny Hands

Oh my god it’s Friday, easily the best of all the days, Friday, Friday, Friday. Did you know that we actually invented the word Friday? It’s the greatest. So to...

Making It Out Alive – National Downhill Series Rd 3: #MakingUpTheNumbers at Rheola

“Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more” Ami Grindley’s fluoro kit pops in the woods. 2nd 19+Women. It’s not often that you hear a bit of Shakespeare in…

What’s going to be hot this year? Here’s our 10 predictions for Eurobike 2018!

Ah, Eurobike. It’s the humongous bike show where tons of brands, media, buyers and even the public come together to check out all that is new in the bike world....

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Throwback: 14 Highlights From The 2017 Eurobike Show

In less than 24 hours, the world’s biggest bicycle industry show, Eurobike, will be kicking off in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Notching up 26 years in 2018, Eurobike is known as THE…

Bamboo, Sweat & Tears: Attempting To Build The Bamboo Bastard

Back in February for issue 117 of Singletrack Magazine, we decided to see if a self-confessed perfectionist who’s terrible at woodwork make a bamboo bike from scratch at home? Well,…

We Bet You Didn’t Know There Was This Much To Know About Fabric: An interview with 7mesh

Enduro baggies, XC lycra, gravel shorts, merino baselayers, merino boxers, waterproof jackets, windproof gilets…the list of possible ride kit is pretty endless. How much of it do you need? How…

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Interview: David Turner – “You’re either ‘enduro’ – or you’re not”

This article was first published in Issue 109 of Singletrack Magazine. Subscribe today from just £1.99 Chipps tracks down the quiet man with his name on the frames at Turner…

Interview: Amanda Tanfield – When Ladies Do DH

We’re now well underway with our series featuring inspiring women (and those that inspire women) in MTBing. If you’ve missed the interviews so far, you can read about HopeTech’s Rachael…

Eating Dust With #MakingUpTheNumbers – Pearce Cycles Rd 3: Bala

They say, ‘if you want to get faster, ride with faster people’ and Lord knows I’m trying. As I sit on the start line for the first of my two…

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The Ten Best Carbon Wheel Crash Replacement Schemes

Lighter, stiffer and more available than ever. Is there anything about a carbon wheelset that there’s not to like…? Oh yes, the fact that they’re monumentally expensive compared to most…

Notes from a small island: A Scottish sea to sky adventure

In association with Canyon UK “So I’m off to Arran for a biking adventure” I said with no small degree of excitement and genuine anticipation to my erstwhile riding companion…

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Stu Taylor’s Highland Trail 550 – Done And Dusty!

This article was written by and stars Stu Taylor. That’s it done, the Highland Trail 550 2018, in 4 days 7 hours and 24 minutes of the most amazing Scottish…

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What’s It Like To Work At Fort William? Amanda finds out

My first Fort William experience was in 2017. I was relatively new to mountain biking, said yes to everything I was invited to and completely ignored the fact I had…

Gallery: Working Fort William – Through the eyes of Mr Love

This is a retrospective look at Round 2 of the UCI Downhill World Cup. The weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of June at Fort William was a great time…