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The latest stories from the world of mountain biking.
Cycle Show Randoms
A quick first look at some things that have caught our eye at the Cycle Show. Stay tuned for more, James is beavering about with his camera… Cotic also have…
Whyte 2010 at Cycle Show
Whyte will officially launch their 2010 range at the Cycle Show this week.
Wade Simmons and Darcy Turenne video
Wade Simmons and Darcy Turenne riding at BIKE Festival, Willingen, Germany
Merida Brass Monkeys
Introducing the Merida Brass Monkeys.
Relentless 24 Happens This Weekend!
Places are still available for the last 24 hour race of the season up at Fort William.
Ibis Gets New UK Distributor
Ibis Cycles now have a new UK distributor as of about now. Here’s their rather amusing press release on the matter. Look for a couple of Ibis bike tests in…
Transition Bikes Have New Distribution In The UK
Following a visit to Whistler last season and a chance meeting at Eurobike, Surf Sales Ltd are pleased to announce plans to distribute Transition Bikes in the U.K. and Ireland
Cumbria’s first MTB School to open at Whinlatter
Cumbria’s first dedicated mountain bike coaching trail will be opened to the public on the Forestry Commission estate at Whinlatter Forest, near Keswick on Saturday 17 October.
Tom Deacon Wins NPS DH
2Stage sponsored rider delivers the goods.
Nutcase Helmets
Nutcase Helmets are a range of headgear by former Creative Director for Nike, Michael Morrow.
SiDi turns 50
SiDi will turn 50 in 2010 and will celebrate the milestone with the introduction of some flamboyant new MTB models.
“End of Summer” Chris Smith Video
A cool little video for a chilly Monday.
Isle Of Man End to End Challenge
Article written by John Watterson, a reporter from Isle of Man Newspapers.
Fresh Goods
More goodies
From The ST Archive: Nightstalker
A world of calm and peaceful riding in the very middle of chaos
Alpkit’s Birthday
2009 camping goods at 2005 prices
Lambretta’s Bicicletta
Yes, Paul Weller has one.
Dorel Industries buys UK distributor Hot Wheels. And Charge Bikes.
The company that owns Cannondale, GT, Sugoi and Mongoose has now bought UK distributor Hot Wheels.
Cheap Chumbas
This just in from Simon at Progressive Bikes.
Whinlatter Off Road Duathlon
W.O.R.D.
Cotic to have actual new product at the Cycle Show
We’ve just had word over the Bat Laptop that Cotic will be making it worthwhile you coming to the Cycle Show next week – lots of brand new models to…
Hope XC Race Series Race Report
The Brownbacks Team write… After the great success of the previous race on the 6th September the bar had been set high for the Brownbacks team. The introduction of a…
Final Merida Marathon series in Ruthin
All done for 2009 – but there is more to come in 2010.
Mo’ Morzine Movies
Yet more helmetcam footage from Morzine.
Cycle Show 2009
Enjoy a day out at the Cycle Show at Earls Court 1 London. See all the latest bike launches before they hit the high street, get advice and order your…
Interbike Eight: Ellsworth to Colnago
Ellsworth, Pearl Izumi, Pedro's, Knog, Genuine Innovations, Twin Six, Vicious, Salsa, Bianchi, Chrome, Camelbak and, er, M&Ms
Interbike Seven: The show goes on…
We're back from Interbike, so the flow of stories can continue...
Nice work Nick
We’d just like to say we’re very happy that Nick Craig has won the 2009 Three Peaks Cyclocross race 🙂 In a closely fought race from the off, Nick and…
Interbike Four: See? We’d just forgotten to post it.
We hope you didn't think that that was the end of it. There's plenty more still...
From The ST Archive: Fitness – Illness
Singletrack’s fitness guru, Matt Hart looks into preventing colds this winter – and what to do if you get struck down. He also controversially volunteers that it’s probably satsumas that…
Interbike Video Diary 5
Camelbak’s new UV Water Purification bottle and a new rack from Thule that we really liked a lot.
Interbike Video Diary 4: Surly
We love the Surly guys. They have a slightly more laid back approach to what they do.
Interbike Six: Tyres, Turners and POC
Another ‘fill in your own captions for now’ piece while we take in the last day of the show. More thorough captions will appear once we’re not actually still trying…
Interbike Five: More from the floor
Another 40 or so pictures from today's Interbike show in Las Vegas.
Interbike Part Three: More from the desert
Brand new Titus bikes in Ti and carbon, Smith, 3speed fixies, Felt and more
MSC Descent-Gear NPS Round 5 – The Final
The final round is back at Rheola in South Wales.
Appeal For Staffordshire Trail Volunteers
The search is on for volunteers of all ages to help complete part of the West Midlands’ newest mountain bike trail Cannock Forest.
Hope XC Race 1 Report and Race 2 Preview
Continuing their drive to get the North West XC Race scene back on it’s feet the Brownbacks team are back again with another race series.
The Bike Licker
The 2009 Mudplug X-country MTB race will take place on Sunday 18th September 2009. The race is brought to you in partnership with The Dales Bike Centre.
The MaXx Exposure
An epic night enduro sponsored by Exposure Lights is taking place from the 26th to 27th September along the South Downs Way.
Kona Cheddar Bikefest 2009 – The Aftermath
Sunshine, a super dry yet physically and technically challenging course with most of the old favourites and a laidback atmosphere and were the ingredients to the third Kona Cheddar Bikefest.
British Mountain Bike Series – Series Final – Newnham Park 26th Sept
Grab your bike and head for Newnham Park for the chance to rub shoulders with one of the Worlds most iconic mountain bikers… Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesja is in town!
2009 Scottish Cyclocross Series – Get Yer Race On
The Scottish Cyclocross Series returns this autumn with 11 rounds of the funnest, friendliest, cheapest and most accessible type of bicycle racing around.
London Bicycle Film Festival
A packed schedule of events about all types of cycling, from film screenings to a BMX street jam and a bicycle polo tournament, to name a few
Interbike: Camelbak
Geeky about water? So is Camelbak with a digi flow meter and a water purifying system - that uses UV light in a bottle!
Cannondale ‘Simon’ at Interbike 2009: Video Diary 3
In the absence of any really groundbreaking product launches from the bike industry (most of it was done at Eurobike it seems) Cannondale have today told us they have invented…
Interbike 2009: Video Diary 2
Interbike is a trade only show, which means only people with some (often vague) connection to the bike industry get to go. So here’s a bit of quick helmetcam footage…
Commencal 2010
Blitzkrieg Bopping with Commencal.
Interbike Report Two – More Dirt Demo stuff
Come and roast with us in the desert and check out new stuff plus Peaty's World Championship bike.
Interbike 2009 – Day 1 Video Diary
Mark and Chipps ride bikes, try on sunnys and get all excited about half a bash ring and thixotropic jelly. The bike Mark was riding was this one… It’s the…