For the past two months, I've been testing out a 2019 Canyon Neuron CF as part of an upcoming review. Watch out for the Kangaroos!
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The latest stories from the world of mountain biking.
SRAM AXS: Ditch The Cables And Go Wireless
Having pretty much convinced us all that life is a lot easier when your thumbs have less to think about, SRAM is today launching its next development which aims to keep the tiny brains in our thumbs from having to think too much. AXS is…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 123 : Bohemian Rhapsody
Tom Hutton goes deep into the Czech Republic to discover a world of epic trails and amazing scenery. And the odd earworm too. Words & Photography tom hutton Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, with no escape from…
Here’s your chance to become a pro DH racer with the YT Mob World Tour
The YT Mob, in association with their main sponsors (YT of course), have set out a 3-year plan to discover new racing talent to join their World Cup squad in 2019. It could be you.. If you were born in either 2002 or 2003 that…
Saddleback Takes Over UK Distribution Of PUSH Industries
UK distributor Saddleback has just announced that it will be the official home for all things PUSH Industries in the UK. As well as producing aftermarket fork seal kits, shock hardware upgrades, and a range of suspension tools and service kits, PUSH Industries has been…
Atherton Bikes Announces 2019 Team and Sponsors
Atherton Bikes has announced it's complete team lineup and sponsors, or as they like to call them "product development partners".
Video: Craig Evans Shows Us What The Carba-Carba-Carbon Chameleon Can Really Do!
You’ve seen the launch video for the Carbon Chameleon, Oh, you’ve not? Well, you can watch it here then come back. Ok, so now you’ve seen the launch video for Santa Cruz’s new carbon hardtail, now it’s time to see just what the bike can handle.…
Cedric Gracia Leaves Santa Cruz. Could He Be Doing An “Atherton”?
Flamboyant Frenchman, Cedric Gracia announces his move away from Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has lost another of its larger than life celebrities this week with news that Cedric Gracia will lave the company. Gracia announced in an Instagram post that he will miss riding for…
2019 Burgtec Houseshow Highlights, From Burgtec, Fox Clothing and Santa Cruz
While half of the Singletrack crew suffered in the office with sniffles and coughs, Andi and Ross escaped the lurgy filled environment and took shelter at the 2019 Burgtec Houseshow. This was the first time that Burgtec had put on their very own show, and…
We’ve Updated The Homepage So You See Everything
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Video: Shifting Perceptions – A new dawn for women’s MTB?
Crankworx today presents the first episode of a new three part series looking at women in mountain biking. The press release reads: “It’s a time in mountain bike history like no other. For years, women were outnumbered and underrepresented. Their accomplishments, understated. Through it all,…
100% crashes into the armour market with new knee and elbow pads
100% branches out into the armour market with 4 new sets of knee/elbow pads to suit all riders and all budgets. Already well respected in the goggle, helmet and glasses markets, 100% boosts its range of offerings with new knee and elbow armour products for…
Santa Cruz Has A New Carba-Carba-Carba-Carba-Carbon-Chameleon
Here’s some news that we think a lot of you are going to be quite interested in; Santa Cruz Bicycles has a brand new mountain bike. Arriving as the Californian brand’s first official bike release for 2019, this one is made from carbon fibre, which…
When Niches Collide: Norco Launches The Bigfoot VLT – A Big, Fat e-MTB
Canadian brand, Norco Bicycles, has just announced a brand new 2019 mountain bike called the Bigfoot VLT.
The Return Of Ragley – Old favourites, favourable pricing
Riders around Singletrack Towers are familiar with the likes of Mmmbop and Blue Pig as local trail names. However, thanks to their origins with local designer Brant Richards, these are also bikes in the Ragley (Woods, to us locals) line up. Old favourites that have…
First Look: Brand New Hope HB.130 29er
Back in 2017, Hope Technology launched its first ever bike, the HB160. With an eye on racing top level EWS events the HB160 was a big travel pure enduro bike. Fast forward to 2019 and lurking in plain sight on the Hope stand at Core…
UK’s First Indoor Bike Park Set To Open In Manchester This February
We’ve just received some very exciting news from a crew called Dirt Factory, who are set to open the UK’s very first indoor bike park – right in the heart of Manchester city centre! The Dirt Factory Indoor Bike Park will be built inside a disused…
Renthal Goes Stealth With Black On Black Fatbars
The Renthal Fatbar (and Fatbar 35) is an iconic bit of kit, used by downhillers, trail riders and enduro elites alike
Atherton Bikes Exclusive Interview: We Speak With, Rachel, Gee and Dan at Atherton HQ
We visited Atherton HQ where Andi had an exclusive interview with Rachel, Gee and Dan about Atherton Bikes. So it wasn’t Marin, Norco, YT or Merida. No, today’s news is much more exciting than that. If you missed the official Atherton Bikes Press Release take…
Breaking News: Atherton Bikes, The New Home Of Atherton Racing And The UK’s Latest Bike Brand
News just in that the Athertons have launched their own high-tech mountain bike company. Atherton Bikes will produce titanium lugged, carbon tubed downhill bikes to race on and to sell. In what is possibly going to be the biggest story of the year, Rachel, Gee…
Islabikes Launches ‘Icons’ Range Of Bikes For Over 65s
That headline isn’t a typo. The brand best known for changing the face of the children’s bike market has launched a range of bikes specifically for the older rider. Owner, Isla Rowntree, first designed her range of children’s bikes having discovered that the market lacked…
Marzocchi Returns To Rear Shocks. Affordable Shocks From This Legendary Company.
Marzocchi is back in the rear coil shock game, with the newly announced Bomber CR shock. In keeping with the re-launch of the Bomber fork, Marzocchi (which is now owned by Fox) is aiming the Bomber at the more affordable end of the rear shock…
Updated: Aaron Gwin, Neko Mullally and Jack Moir Make Up The Official 2019 Intense Factory Racing Team
now the news is 100% official! Aaron Gwin, Neko Mullally and Jack Moir will ride for Intense Factory Racing in 2019!
2019 Orange 329 29er Downhill Race/Park Bike Released
2019 Orange 329 gets a big wheel upgrade but promises to handle like its smaller wheeled stablemate. Orange Mountain Bikes has announced its latest, made in the UK, single pivot full suspension bike, and this time it’s a big wheeled downhill monster. The 2019 Orange…
Video: Watch Amaury Pierron Ride Reunion Island Trails So You Don’t Have To.
Many of us have awoken this morning to see the ground covered in a few CM of snow. We’ve had the pleasure of dashing out into the cold, dark morning to defrost our windscreens, enjoined the traction-less slush covered roads, and even part-taken in a…
Top 10 Most Read Articles Of 2018. You Guys Really Like 12 speed and 29ers…
We’ve done our top 10 most read reviews, and we’ve done our top 10 most read videos, now feast your eyes on the 10 most read articles on Singletrackworld.com of 2018. Can you guess what will be number 1? 10. First Look: Shimano Introduces 12-Speed…
Win £2600-Worth Of Entries To The UK’s Newest Multi-Day Race – The Wales360!
There’s a new multi-day mountain bike event in the UK, and we’ve got one free pairs entry for the 2019 event to give away to a very lucky Singletrack reader! The Wales360 is a six-day mountain bike stage race and brand new for 2019, and…
Subscribe Today To Get Singletrack Issue 123 Delivered!
Everything is going downhill. The end is in sight. But in a good way. We’re over the hump of winter, it hasn’t been too unkind, and we’re nearly ready to send our next issue of Singletrack to the printer. Subscribe To Singletrack from as little…
Guy Martin Wants To Degrease You
Proper Degreaser, or to give it its full name, “Proper Degreaser from Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin” is released today and joins its existing (and successful) stablemate, Proper Cleaner in a growing range of bike cleaning potions from the Orange-bike-riding, beanie-wearing, Hope-braking modern day Fred…
All You Need To Know About The 2019 Canyon Strive
After many months of building anticipation, Canyon has finally updated its popular Strive enduro bike. The big news is the move up to 29in wheels, which are increasingly becoming the preferred choice for high-level racers on the Enduro World Series circuit. There’s been a massage…
Miranda Miller Joins Kona: “me is a little weird like them”
After a difficult couple of seasons, former DH World Champion Miranda Miller has moved from Specialized to Kona, and with that is shifting her focus to the EWS and – it sounds to us – more fun. The press release announcing the move includes this…
2019 Team News: Joe Barnes and the Hazzard Racing team on Orange Bikes for 2019
Well, this one came out of left field, after slapping a muddy rut and hitting sender only a mad man/woman would ride! After Joe Barnes posted on social media that he was leaving Canyon we all had our theories as to which team he would…
2019 YT Jeffsy Range Revealed!
We’ve been playing you. Sorry, but it had to be done, because some things have to be secrets. Yes, when the new YT 2019 line up was launched, we knew fine well what was coming with the Jeffsy because we’d already ridden it. Sneaky, aren’t…
Less Roost, More Pow: The new Singletrack Snow Channel is live!
Apparently quite a lot of you like the white powdery stuff. And the harder, treated and prepared white stuff too. Every year there is a huge long thread on the Forum about it. What are we going on about? Snow! You love snow, and skiing,…
YT Jeffsy 2019: Video Teaser Released
We ran a story earlier this week on the new YT range, where we noted that there was a rather big Jeffsy shaped hole. While there are still no details on what the fine details of that hole might be filled by, it’s clear that…
Athertons Officially Leave Trek, But Who Will They Join?
Another one of 2019’s well-documented #racerumours becomes official today as Atherton Racing and Trek officially part ways. The split was confirmed in the following press release in which it’s also revealed that Kade Edwards will remain with Trek for 2019. It’s rumoured that Kade will…
Ratboy To Cannondale Is Officially Mountain Biking’s Worst Kept Secret
After months and months of speculation, and then a video practically announcing it, we have confirmation that Josh Bryceland aka Ratboy will be riding for Cannondale in 2019. It’s been almost 4 months now, but confirmation finally arrived with us today along with the news…
2019 YT Range Launches But Where’s The Jeffsy?
YT bikes have updated its complete range of bikes for 2019 and have already posted them to the official YT website, well they’ve all been updated bar one. 2019 YT Capra The Capra heads up the 2019 range of YT bikes, with all new colour…
Welcome To Bendigo & The Singletrack Southern Headquarters!
Only a few weeks ago, my partner and I arrived back in my hometown of Bendigo in Australia. Following two and a half years of living and working in the UK, for various family and work reasons, we decided it was time for us to…
The Post Is Back To Normal And We’ve Got a Bunch Of Parcels! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 429
It's the first Fresh Goods Friday of 2019 and our hangovers have subsided enough that we are comfortable looking at screens once more.
Team Rumours Part 2: Miller, Atwill, Agassiz, Gwin, Harrison, Atherton and more 2019 team news
We’re in the thick of 2019 Team Rumours, with riders finally announcing that they’ll be leaving current contracts and are heading to pastures new.
Bird Cycleworks Pumps Up Aeris 120 Trail Bike With New ‘LT’ Option
Bird Cycleworks is celebrating the New Year in style with a new full suspension trail bike
BikeYoke Wants You To Whack A Willy On Your Bike In 2019
German component manufacturer, BikeYoke, has ushered in the New Year with 3 new components to help you get the most from your dropper post. BikeYoke is best known for its Revive dropper post which offers a clever “self-healing” system meaning that you’ll never need to…
Video: Ratboy Takes His Cannondale Habit For a New Years Ride
We’re still a little while away getting a full on confirmation that Josh Bryceland has joined Cannondale, but this video posted on his Instagram earlier today certainly seems to confirm the move. The video shows the Rat treating his new ride to a spot of…
2019 Team Rumours Roundup, Who’s Going Where Next Season?
We discuss a few of the major 2019 MTB team rumours, some of which are all but confirmed and others that are not.. yet
Breaking News! Pace Cycles Reveals RC295 Carbon Full Suspension Frame
Sure it might be Christmas Day, but that doesn’t stop the news from rolling and this piece is a doozy! After 3 days of social media teasers, Yorkshire’s Pace Cycles has just revealed its latest mountain bike frame, and it’s carbon! Although the Pace brand…
Christmas Countdown Christmas Eve Megasack Winner
We've picked a winner. Well, Mark did from beside his fireplace and tree live on Facebook. If you didn't catch it and you want to know if you've won then watch the video
Christmas Countdown Day 21: Win USE Ultimate Boom Bar And Vyce Stem
Our final Christmas Countdown Giveaway prize comes from USE and includes their wonderful looking carbon Boom Bar, and innovative looking, UK made, Vyce stem! Win them both here. Ultimate BOOM Bars Price: £134.99 From:USE These massive carbon handlebars (800mm width, 30mm rise, for a 35mm stem) have…
Christmas Countdown Day 20: Win Gussett S2 Swag
Win this selection of designed in the UK components from Gussett including Gussett S2 saddle, handlebar, grips and a chunky 35mm diameter stem! Gussett S2 Bundle Price: £44.99 (Saddle), £69.99 (Stem), £16.99 (Grips) £54.99 (Bars) From: Ison Refresh your cockpit and saddle with this bundle of products from Gusset,…
Aaron Gwin and Neko Mulally Officially Off YT For 2019
Did you enjoy watching Aaron Gwin and Neko Mulally racing the DH WC on YT bikes for the past few years? Well, we hope you truly savoured those days as they have officially come to an end. The following text is from this Facebook post…
