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Readers’ Rides: TJ’s Shand Bahookie

Some of you will have previously spotted this bike on the Forum, or possibly on Shand’s Instagram. But it’s such a beautiful bike with such a bittersweet tale behind it……

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead – Rabbit Rubber Attack!

It’s been a weird and sad start to the year at Happy Days this year. On the first day back after Christmas our beloved shop dog Charlie wandered off on……

15 signs you have an unhealthy relationship with your bike

Yes, it’s February the 14th. Time for some sort of crowbarred themed listicle! No matter what happens just remember, we will always love you. There\'s more to this story... BUT…

Internet Rummagings – The Italian Job

Ciao ragazzi e ragazze! For this months delve into the internet bike shop back room, we shall be staying primarily in Italy, a country steeped in cycling history and tradition,……

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead – Retro Dropper Remote

Before we get going with this issue of Back From The Dead, Dieter has been inventing. Maybe you’d like to have a guess at what it is? Hmm…ponder that and……

100 Things To Slightly Improve Your Bike Life Without Really Trying

The Guardian published a list of 100 Things To Slightly Improve Your Life Without Really Trying. We thought we’d bring you our own list of marginal gains. Organise a Monday...

Internet Rummagings | New Year, New Parts

Happy New Year one and all, if your new year’s resolution is to hang some nice shiny parts off your MTB (and if it isn’t, it should be) then you……

Spotlight Interview: Neil Russell – handcycling off the beaten track

El Jaskowska is a rider and passionate advocate for broadening participation in mountain biking. In this Spotlight Series, she is interviewing riders from all walks of life and styles of...

2022 Predictions from Singletrack – What’s in the future of MTB?

Every year we play at making like we’ve got our finger on the pulse of the future and have a go at predicting what’s coming in the year ahead. Despite...

Back From The Dead – Christmas Special

Back From The Dead is usually a feature reserved only for our Members, however, in the spirit of Christmas, we’re letting you have a sneak peek behind the paywall, so...

Internet Rummagings 3 – Other Materials Are Available

Welcome to this month’s edition of Internet Rummagings, where I rummage around in the more embarrassing parts of the internet, so you don’t have to! (for clarification, that’s weird and……

MTB Colour Collective: We Are Mountain Bikers – Maybe you are too?

If you’re a social media regular you may have noticed recent posts by a new account called ‘The MTB Colour Collective’, which is a new UK based movement aimed at...

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead – Building Bargain Dirt Jump Bikes

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.…

Spotlight Interview: Digging Deep With Blake Hansen

El Jaskowska is a rider and passionate advocate for broadening participation in mountain biking. In this Spotlight Series, she is interviewing riders from all walks of life and styles of...

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Internet Rummagings | The Pick Your Own Geometry Edition

Welcome to this month’s edition of Internet Rummagings, where I rummage around in the more embarrassing parts of the internet, so you don’t have to! (for clarification, that’s weird and……

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead – Our bike shop doesn’t run like yours

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.…

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Photo Story: Red Bull Rampage

This story looks even better if you’re a Singletrack Member. To view it with larger images and without ads, check out the Members’ Edition. This year marked 20 years since...

Photo Story: Red Bull Rampage – Members’ Edition

This year marked 20 years since the first Red Bull Rampage. Since the Singletrack staff were trapped on this side of the ocean, we asked USA based photographer JP Gendron……

How to buy a second hand mountain bike

Dieter is a bike mechanic at Happy Days Cycles in Sowerby Bridge, where he regularly revives donated bikes to sell to customers, or repairs customers’ bikes with parts retrieved from...

2021 Down Hill Season Review – A Gripping Year!

We’ve asked George to take us back through the 2021 DH World Cup, letting us relive the highs and lows, the dramatic finale, and already turning our thoughts to what...

Dunoon Dirt Dash

Surly Dunoon Dirt Dash or Bramble Bash?

Photography by Markus Stitz “If you sort of straighten one of your legs, push the bike upwards at the same time and immediately apply both brakes, you might be able...

The Tarpless Tour | A Celebration of Mountain Biking Friendships

Up and down the country, clusters of riding friends navigate their way round local trails and personal challenges. The bikes help them fall apart, and stick together. Stephan Fowler brings……

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On the Rampage: Behind Freeride’s Biggest Freakshow

Everyone knows about the riders of the Red Bull Rampage; the drops and hucks. but no one ever sees the hundreds of faithful fans who camp in the Utah desert…

Dieter Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead – How To Fix A Broken Maxle

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.…

How do we improve the domestic XC scene? 

Hannah Collingridge has been enjoying some XC racing, but thinks there is room for improvement, and plenty of room for more riders. How can we make it a more attractive……

Internet Rummagings | Hubs, Brakes and Ti Curiosities

After so much time spent in our Forum, we felt that Tom Howard was well prepared to seek out the furthest niches of the internet. We’ve enlisted him to seek……

Behind the Build: Race Track Design with Léandre Alegri

It’s impossible to mishear the noise in the woods. A commotion growing bigger and coming nearer, the sound turns the heads of scattered spectators on its way through the terrain….…

Readers’ Rides: Tom’s Steampunk Deviate Highlander

What are you all riding? This is where we find out! You send us your submissions, and then we cast our judgemental expert lustful eyes over them and bring them to the world to……

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Readers’ Rides | Anthony’s Zoceli Naosm 29

What are you all riding? This is where we find out! You send us your submissions, and then we cast our judgemental expert lustful eyes over them and bring them to the world to……

How To Build A Pump Track – The Right Way

We reported a few weeks back on what we thought might just be the worst pump track in the UK – a new creation in Carlisle. In looking into what...

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