Known as one of the hardest mountain bike stage races in the world, the 2019 Absa Cape Epic is currently being raced right now in South Africa. The Cape Epic attracts a combination of the world’s fastest XCO and XCM racers, who team up into…
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Trek’s new WaveCel helmet technology finally unveiled – and it’s not what you think
Trek sent ripples throughout the internet earlier this month, after launching a vague online advertisement that included this rather cryptic message; “Cycling’s most important change in 30 years. On 20 March, we’re unveiling something that will change cycling forever.” That bold message was accompanied by…
All Hail The Megatower – Santa Cruz’ Brand New Long Travel 29er Enduro Bike!
Well a long-travel 29er is THE bike that everyone has been expecting from Santa Cruz Bicycles. But did anyone expect it to be called the ‘Megatower’? Too bad if you didn’t (and bonus points if you did!) because that’s the name of Santa Cruz’ brand…
Stan’s NoTubes Unveils Strongest Rim Yet – The Flow EX3
Sick of trashing rims? Then you’ll be eager to learn more about the brand new Flow EX3 from Stan’s NoTubes – a super tough alloy rim designed for enduro, downhill and e-MTB use. As the newest mountain bike rim to come from Stan’s NoTubes, the…
Video | Veronique Sandler ‘Vision’ Freeride Documentary Coming This Summer
All you can see for now is a sneak peek of a teeny tiny trailer, but we’re told there’s a documentary called ‘Vision’ coming this summer, and we’re pretty damned excited to see it. Promising to be an action focussed documentary about bringing her dream…
Pipedream Cycle’s 2nd generation Moxie hardtail gets new geometry, still bonkers
Pipedream Cycles debuted its prototype long-travel steel hardtail back at the 2017 Eurobike show – in a retina-burning hot pink no less. Designed to accommodate a 140-160mm travel fork, and your choice of either 29in or 27.5+ wheels, the Moxie was pitched as the ultimate…
Atherton Bikes Unveils 2nd model, a Titanium BMX with 22in wheels and disc brake!
Atherton Bikes, or more correctly, Dan Atherton has just unveiled the second Atherton Bikes prototype, a titanium BMX with disc brakes. We didn’t see this coming, but perhaps we should have. After stepping away from racing, Dan Atherton has spent a lot of time building…
Singletrack Newsdesk 3: West Yorkshire’s New Bike Park and more
This week Andi reports on a brand new bike parking opening in West Yorkshire, fills us in on the £2500 Trust Message fork and explains how subscribing to Singletrack Magazine will save the planet. As always you can watch the Singletrack Newsdesk video or you…
Trust Performance Message linkage fork goes on sale in the UK for £2500
The Trust Performance Message linkage fork is now officially available in the UK, but you’ll only be able to buy one at physical bike stores and it isn’t particularly affordable. Like them or not, linkage suspension forks are making a bit of a comeback and…
This 2019 Whyte S-120C RS packages enduro bike geometry into a lightweight 120mm chassis
Some bikes just seem to stand out like a sore thumb. And it would appear that Whyte has developed itself a nasty habit for producing sore thumbs. As the latest full suspension bike from the UK brand, the S-120 is propped up with 29in wheels…
Video| Fire up this miserable Monday with a second Slice Of Ariegeoise Pie
The Commencal crew follow up their Slice of Ariegeoise Pie edit with a second helping featuring World Champ Amaury Pierron, and Commencal riders Thomas Estaque, Hugo Frixtalon, Paul Couderc, Pierrick Lannes and Leon Perrin. Us Brits might be the ones who popularised short video edits…
Forget Trump and Brexit: Niner Has Made A 27.5in Bike! Proof We’re Living In Different Times…
It seemed a normal day at Bike Connection Winter 2019. A day like any other, until we met with Niner. The boys at Niner started showing us the new RIP 9 RDO, covering the benefits of 140mm travel of Niner’s CVA suspension on its flagship…
2019 Sonder Transmitter updated with new geometry, colours and more
Sonder’s highly popular Transmitter alloy frame has undergone a refresh for 2019 with new geometry, a longer reach, new colours and more. The Sonder Transmitter is one of those bikes that spans genres, it’s a bike that appeals to mile munchers, bike packers, park riders…
International Women’s Day: Why We’re Launching Singletrack Women
Singletrack women – A new channel Here at Singletrack we’ve always had women writing about bikes. All bikes – not just ones with women’s specific geometry. We’ve had women working as part of the editorial team for many years, contributing to the daily news, industry…
Singletrack 124 | Subscribe Now And Get A Potato Through Your Letterbox!
We’ve been so distracted with extreme weather changes, new bikes and Chipps’ holiday photos that this issue really has crept up on us. That’s not to say we aren’t prepared though – quite the opposite. This one is a belter! And we’re rather excited to…
Leatt’s New Goggles Are Bulletproof, And That’s Not Even The Best Bit!
Today, Leatt has added to its range of protective gear with some new DH/Enduro/Motocross goggles called the Velocity 6.5. They have been designed from the ground-up with several neat features. There are nine lenses available – from 20-83% light transmission (plus clear, which are 100%).…
Specialized Launches The Outrageous Stumpjumper EVO In Carbon Fibre
In a hotly anticipated (though very much expected) move, Specialized is going all carbon fibre with the raucous Stumpjumper EVO platform. Launched about this time last year, the latest Stumpjumper EVO came screeching sideways into the 2019 Spesh lineup as the foul-mouthed, tattoo-toting, bird-flipping half-sibling…
Marin Mount Vision Returns After Two Years – And What A Difference!
The Marin Mount Vision has been in the range, well, about as long as Marin has been around (and that’s a mighty long time…) But keen eyes will have noticed that the previous Mount Vision had slipped silently from sight in 2017. The return of…
Giant Off-Road Factory Race Team to ride $12,000 Anthem 29er, plus no more DVO partnership
Giant Bicycles has just announced the Off-Road Factory Race Team roster for 2019, with some familiar faces joined by fresh youth talent too. In total, there’ll be 15 riders from six different nations competing in everything from DH through to gravel. Kit Changes There have…
Formula Teases Selva Coil Fork And Confirms New UK Distributor
Everyone loves a ‘Proto’ sticker, don’t they? And seeing the rows of bikes at the Formula truck at Bike Connection Winter, there was definitely something up. A quick glance at the bikes show a telltale ‘Spring preload’ knob on the left hand fork leg where…
Breaking: 140mm travel Pole Bushmaster trail bike is the machined baby brother of the Pole Stamina
Pole Bicycles has kicked off the start of the month with the announcement of another of their radical machined full-suspension bikes. Meet the Pole Bushmaster. Considering that Pole now machines their flagship full-suspension frames in-house at their factory in Finland, they’re pretty hot on at…
Mike Hall: Coroner’s Report Makes Recommendations For Safety Improvements
The Coroner of the ACT Australian Capital Territory) Magistrates Court, Bernadette Boss, has published her report on the inquest into Mike Hall’s death. The endurance cyclist and Singletrack Legend award winner was killed early in the morning of the final stage of the Indian Pacific…
Gallery | Pirelli Launches First MTB Tyres With Calendar Worthy Photos
Pirelli today reveals its first mountain bike tyre, the Scorpion MTB, following a launch event in Sicily that Stu Taylor checked out for us. You can read his first ride review here. The Scorpion MTB is a tyre that Pirelli claims works equally well in…
Get yourself to the Gowaan Gals MTB Festival and win an Ibis frame for a fiver!
The Gowaan als (that’s Go On! in a northern accent and with lots of feeling, or if you need OED pronunciation it’d be something like ɡəʊ ɑːɑːɑː.n), aka Martha Gill and Bex Baraona have announced details of their first women’s MTB festival at Farmer John’s,…
Hope Launches Redesigned Evo Cranks And New Fortus Wheels
We’re at the Bike Connection 2019 gathering in Italy with a load of top brands who all have something special to shout about. First up is Hope Technology (no, the irony is not lost on us about having to go to Italy to find out…
Revel Bikes launches with 2 new suspension bikes, and we’ve already seen them
Rather than just regurgitating the Revel Bikes press release like everyone else has, we’re actually bringing you our own first look images of both the Revel Rail and Revel Rascal. You would think that with the number of established bike brands already selling well throughout…
Canyon Pure Cycling Weekend coming to the UK. Demo MTB, Road and Gravel bikes.
Canyon UK is to hold the first every UK based Pure Cycling Weekend this year out of the Forest of Dean. The event will be based on what Canyon holds over in Germany and will give UK based riders the chance to demo various mountain…
Watch Singletrack Newsdesk | Lyrik Ultimate, Cannondale DH Bike, Good-bye Charge and more
Andi takes us through the latest, most breaking news of the week in our first ever broadcast of Singletrack Newsdesk. Watch the video below, or read the highlights further down the page. Can’t see the video? Click here Cécile Ravanel Crashes During Training …
Video | Watch Brendan Howey freeride Furious on the Sunshine Coast
Watch Commencal freerider, Brendan Howey flow on the Commencal Furious on this home trails. Commencal rider and all-time freeride legend, Brendan Howey hits the trail again with videographer Jean-Baptiste Liautard to bring us this edit from the Sunshine Coast. The trails are actually local to…
Sheffield’s Airdrop Bikes Announces 2019 Airdrop Edit v3 Full-Suspension Frame
Airdrop Bikes has been enjoying a successful teaser campaign on social media drip-feeding fans on its new frame and what it will be made of. Finally, here are the official details. After a few weeks of social media teasers, Airdrop Bikes has finally revealed it’s…
LONE Bicycles Parabellum is a fancy French frame with a clever party trick
Fancy a slice of French frame fun but don’t know if you’ll run 29in, 27.5+ or 27.5in wheels? Not to worry LONE Bicycles Parabellum has you covered with its clever party trick. Cast your mind back to Eurobike 2018 and you may recollect French brand…
Chris Porter wants you to race (with) your kids in the new Mojo Racing Series
The new Mojo Racing series set up my suspension supremo, Chris Porter, allows parents and kids to race together. Bike racing can be an antisocial affair if you’ve got a family. Either you leave them at home while you go and do your thing, or…
On Board | Testing Giant’s Speed-Hungry Trance 29er
Loaded into the Singetrack Grinder for a longterm review is this 2019 Giant Trance Advanced Pro 29er 1. Yeah I know, catchy name right? Because I can never quite remember what order all of those words are meant to be in, I’ve been calling it…
Video: Watch Adam Brayton’s Nukeproof Dissent DH bike get full Hope treatment
Watch Adam Brayton’s custom Nukeproof Dissent WC downhill bike put together with Team Green Hope parts in this new video. Did you see our feature last week about Adam Brayton’s Hope’d out Nukeproof Dissent DH bike? We’ll Hope has now put together the following video…
Video: The Hazzard Racing guide to setting up a race team plus bonus rut slapping action.
Slapping ruts and riding the nuts of some freshly built up Orange bikes is only part of the picture in the latest Hazzard racing video. Joe Barnes and the Hazzard Racing team has put together this insightful video teaching us important lessons on setting up…
Stabbing Your Tyre Is Good For It – And Other Fun Things We Learned At The iceBike Show
Madison’s house show, iceBike* is the traditional early-season chance to see what products are appearing this spring and for Madison – importers of a bajillion different brands – to sneak out a few new brands and product lines. 2019’s iceBike* (the * is compulsory apparently…
Starling Cycles Tease Stainless Steel Murmor, or is it Ti?
Starling Cycles teases yet another new single pivot full suspension bike, but is this Starling Murmur made from stainless steel or titanium? Joe from Starling Cycles always seems to be working on something new. If he isn’t building Murmor frames here in the UK, he’ll…
New Trails Coming To Antur Stiniog Bike Park In North Wales!
We’ve just been sent some fantastic news from our friends at the Antur Stiniog Bike Park, who are announcing three brand new trails set to be built just in time for the Summer riding season! Established back in 2007 just outside Blaenau Ffestiniog, Antur Stiniog…
The £17,000+ mountain bike: This is how to build the world’s most expensive mountain bike
Using 15 of the most expensive parts, a handmade frame, and a wireless groupset you could build a bike worth over £17,000+. You could also buy 2 or 3 cars for that! If anyone is familiar with Viceland, you may know that they put together…
Video: We Still Ride On – We Still Care, We Still Progress
Sometimes the internet is a good place. As part of my ‘learning how to jump’ efforts this year, I bought a BMX. When I posted it in Fresh Goods Friday, a reader recommended I join ‘Ride On BMX’, a Facebook group for BMX riders over…
Nukeproof’s new DH bike finally named. Meet the Nukeproof Dissent!
2019 is a big year for Nukeproof, it’s the year that sees the gravity orientated brand return to the Downhill World Cup, with new riders, and now we can officially reveal a new bike. For this season, Adam Brayton will be aiming to finish on…
Join us for Fresh Goods Downunda LIVE with Wil: Tonight 10pm
Join Wil live from Bendigo, Australia tonight at 10pm - and every Thursday night at 10pm
Win A Santa Cruz Bronson, Help Overcome MS – Only £5 To Enter
We’ve worked with Andy McKenna in the past, and his features have been in the magazine. If you’ve ever had the chance to meet him, you’ll know he’s one of the friendliest guys you could meet. The press release accompanying today’s announcement describes him as…
Marzocchi will give you up to £100 cashback for your old fork, shock or dropper in any condition!
Are you riding around with a squishy rear shock with uncontrollable rebound? Perhaps you have a dropper post that loves to drop, but isn’t really happy rising back to full extension? Or have you recently discovered that your ancient forks are leaking air from a…
Canyon Neuron CF 9.0 SL Full Video Review with Wil
Watch the complete review via the medium of video at 9pm Tuesday evening right here. Wil will be on hand to chat live over on our Youtube channel and then again on Facebook shortly after. While you wait check out his Riding with kangaroos video.…
YT Launches Tues 29er downhill bike but only for tall and experienced riders!
YT Industries released the Tues 29 downhill bike but you have to be 167cm tall and an experienced rider to own one. Although this is the first time that a 29er YT downhill bike has been made available to the public, we already know what…
The 2019 661 Reset MIPS is a £115 full-face helmet with MIPS protection!
661 has taken it’s highly popular and mightly affordable Reset full face helmet and given it a Mips makeover for 2019. Back at the start of 2018 661 launched a bunch of new products, including new gloves and full-face helmet models. The launch was a…
#DarkFEST Course Preview – With Mum Commentary
There’s something called #DarkFEST happening in Stellenbosch, South Africa. It’s not an event for those of you with a sensitive disposition. We’ve already ignored the press release titled ‘Sam Reynolds Injured’ with a link to ‘Instagram Crash Clip‘, because, eew. Who wants to see that?…
Dynaplug now officially available in the UK and Ireland
Way back in issue 110 of Singletrack Magazine, Chipps tested the Dynaplug tubeless repair kit. He was mightly impressed with the simple to use system with his only criticism being that the Dynaplug had to be bought directly from the U.S. Fast forward to today,…
Could these be the worlds most expensive flat pedals? Drift Products Carbon Flat Pedal
How much are you willing to spend on a pair of flat pedals? £50? £70? How about £90? There are plenty of options out there to cover most budgets but we’ll admit to being pretty surprised to learn about the Drift Flat Pedal and its…
