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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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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...

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,…

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Neil Sutton’s 2021 Sonder Evol Dream Build

Neil Sutton, the designer of the Sonder bike range, shows off his newly built 2021 Sonder Evol boasting electronic shifting and kitchen tune suspension. For 2021 Sonder has updated the…

12 Things That Mountain Bike Magazines Need To Stop Doing

Oi! Stop it! The response to our ‘Ten things the bike industry needs to stop doing’ feature a couple of years ago has been very good, with readers outraged and…

Identiti AKA Bike Check: Versatile Hardtail For Trails or Tracks

Here we have another hardtail build by Amanda, only this time she’s gone alloy with the Identiti AKA. For her first stray away from steel, she’s gone for ultimate comfort…

North American Scrap Lumber Bicycle Symposium | Bike Check

Pushing the boundaries of bicycle technology, taking innovation to the next level, and setting new standards, it\'s Hannah and Fahzure\'s lockdown creation. No, it\'s not a baby, a sourdough loaf,…

10 Mistakes We Made When We Started Mountain Biking

Antony brings us some tips for new mountain bikers (and perhaps old hands too) that he thinks will help add fun to your off road rides. We’ve all been there....

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Masks of Singletrack | Here’s how the staff are helping curb the spread of COVID19

This is a public service broadcast! Masks are now required to be worn in shops, on buses and trains and in the commission of bank robberies. Here at Singletrack we…

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Diversion Diary | In The Zone

Hannah’s partner, BK, lives in the USA, and lockdown has kept them apart. Each week in the Diversion Diary she has brought us some lonesome ramblings, plus a selection of…

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Making Up The Numbers | Making Up The Races

Are you missing the race season a bit too much? Our George might not be much of a podium contender, but in lockdown he’s discovered that racing is about much…

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Cycling Geeks Unite! Shimano Celebrates 25 Years Of The SPD Sandal

There’s no easier way to suddenly age 25 years than by putting on a pair of these beauties! And in a timely coincidence, the venerable SPD Sandals are now celebrating…

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Diversion Diary – The Final Countdown?

Hannah’s partner, BK, lives in the USA, and lockdown has kept them apart. Each week in the Diversion Diary she brings us some lonesome ramblings, plus a selection of internet…

Ticks and Lyme Disease: Advice for Mountain Bikers

The charity Caudwell LymeCo brings us important information about ticks and Lyme Disease for mountain bikers. Exercising outdoors is great for physical and mental health, but as we move into…

30 Days of Biking Packhorse Trail

Diversion Diary – Know Your Place

Hannah’s partner, BK, lives in the USA, and lockdown has kept them apart. Each week, she brings us some lonesome ramblings, plus a selection of internet finds. This week she’s…

10 Vegan Trail Snacks | Bake or buy, we’ve lots to try!

Veganism is on the rise, and the availability of vegan snacks and ready meals is ever growing. It’s getting to the point where we’re actually spoiled for choice… but some…

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Bike Nerd Bingo | Linkage Driven High Single Pivot Steel Full Suspension Prototype!

We get a bit hot under the collar over this linkage driven high single pivot steel full suspension prototype – because that sentence is like bike nerd bingo. Oh my,…

Diversion Diary | Up Fish Creek Without A Saddle

Hannah’s partner, BK, lives in the USA, and lockdown has kept them apart. Each week, she brings us some lonesome ramblings, plus a selection of internet finds. This week she…

Diversion Diary – Lockdown Birthday Mixtape

In this week’s internet round up, Hannah has a lockdown birthday party for one. Warning: this is almost entirely a bike free zone. One of the many things I enjoy…

Diversion Diary – A Different Focus

The news itself has diverted attention away from the virus. There can only be one theme for this week’s round up, and I don’t think you need a bunch of…