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The Big Walk and Wheel encourages children to walk or wheel to school from 24th March to 4th April 2025. Schools can win prizes – and of course it give you a good excuse to get your own bike out for the school run, or…

Cool but clear. Pretty much anything and everything that is both these things is a positive. From a mountain stream to a point of view, it's clearly cool that it's cool to be clear.

Mountain biking is a broad church and April’s edition of Singletrack World covers many a pew. Submit your tithes to our webshop today and ye shall receive. We’re very excited to have a rare interview with cover star and freerider Brage Vestavik. What else is…

The first MTB World Series events of the year fall into the ‘Endurance’ category and will take place in Brazil on April 3-6 (Round 1) and April 10-12 (Round 2). Under the new arrangements, the ‘World Series Teams’ all get guaranteed entries, while some Wildcard…

Want a great weekend out with a bunch of bike lovers? Head to Bespoked Manchester, 25-27th April. The show’s mission is to support small independent manufacturers and help the frame-building community flourish. Held in Manchester’s Victoria Baths, you can’t fail to find something to love at…

British Cycling has launched a new strategy which sets out the goals it will work towards in the years ahead. On BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme it was heralded by British Cycling as a ‘new era’ for the organisation, where they’re looking to address inequalities…

Ah, the great glowing orb in the sky! We hope it has warmed your cockles this weekend. I (Hannah) spent all of Saturday doing some pretty heavy duty gardening, which was not the best preparation for Sunday’s ride. A step through bike would have been…

I have many misgivings about the flurry of activity around International Women’s Day. I wrote about that back in 2017, and it still stands. However, I am a woman in a (still) male dominated space. What’s more, I have a platform, and I feel like…

The team looking after important sections of Moab’s iconic Whole Enchilada has been let go under Tump appointee Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) cuts, with more cuts affecting other visitor services in Moab. What does politics have to do with…

Riding at Ae Forest? Please avoid the windblown area at Green Hill, where forestry works are being undertaken. Here’s the full press release: Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is calling on mountain bikers riding off trail in Ae Forest to use common sense and stop…

Environmental Education can help tackles issues such as littering. Perhaps what we need is the Department For Education and MTB Skills? We’ve noticed a recent flurry of pleas from trail groups struggling to keep their spots open. On top of all the usual winter and…

The return of Happy Mondays! We're back to ease the pain of the start of the working week. Hey look, the daffodils are finally out too.

Core Bike Show came and went, as did we. Here's the best bits from Benji's memory card.

There are 40 teams across the 'Endurance' and 'Gravity' disciplines, with these 'World Series Teams' being the ones who are guaranteed places at every round.

Hello to the w/c. Here is your regular hurry slurry of things to turn that frown upside down. Happy Monday!

If you’ve ever asked yourself if mountain biking could be ‘better’ – whether that’s more sustainable, more welcoming, more fun for more people, or more available on your doorstep, then Reframing MTB could be the weekend for you. Details of the speakers and workshops have…

With manufacturing based in Scotland, and designed for repairability from the outset, it should tick a few sustainability boxes.

What is a Nannycatch? Being caught by your Nan smoking behind the chip shop? Or when you’re playing a wholesome game of Donkey on the lawn with the person employed to raise you when your parents are busy? Perhaps it’s a mechanism deployed by childcare…

In advance of Red Bull Hardline Tasmania, the Athertons have released this discussion between Dan and Gee, looking back on the years since the first Hardline. Enjoy! Red Bull Hardline: the progression and the pain through the eyes of its founders Dan and Gee Atherton …

Gowaan Fest heads back to Farmer Johns MTB park, just outside Manchester on the edge of the Peak District. This year it’s a festival for everyone – not just women as it has been in the past. It’s built a great reputation for being a…

HM003: Another Monday of compiled merriment, inspiration and time-killing fodder for your delectation!

Bikes vs cars meet in AI driven teenage fever dream… Who would win in a fight between a cow and a platypus? Would you rather have to eat a pickled egg every day, or a slug every week? If aliens came to take you away,…

This is sick AF. 100% good vibes fun. Great riding, fab scenery, turns and tricks, smiles and silliness. More videos like this please. Warning: if you are not under 30 you may watch this and regret your life choices. You might find yourself watching it…

The Reframing MTB Conference is back for 2025, visiting Bristol on the 7th and 8th March. Tickets are now on sale here. Co-hosted by Ride Bristol, Reframing MTB aims to “make mountain biking a better, more inclusive and sustainable, fun experience for all”. Reframing MTB…

Danny MacAskill says watching some of this footage makes him a little uncomfortable, but that it’s quite relaxing while he’s doing the actual riding. The only thing relaxing while we watched this was our bowels. Flipping heck. Don’t try this at home, or on a…

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos, or voted. We hope you enjoyed the injection of scenes and views from out and about. The votes have been counted, and here are your category winners… Just Riding Along: Simon R – Somewhere in Scotland Out There: Sniff…

Another Monday of compiled merriment, inspiration and time-killing fodder for your delectation. Good afternoon and happy Monday to you all! How was your weekend? Did you manage to get out on a bicycle ride? I managed to get out on Sunday and actually rode with…

Join us by midnight on 24th January to have your name on the list to receive a printed copy of February’s magazine. Imagine yourself in February. It’s slightly better than January, but a long way behind March. We’re pretty sure February’s favourite colour is grey.…

New Year, new series. There’s a lot of unhappy news out there these days, so we thought we’d kick off a regular weekly series of positive vibes. We’re calling it Happy Mondays. Because we want the obvious, we get the obvious. In terms of the…