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2012 Lapierre Bikes Launch: Spicy and Zesty
Revised Spicy and Zesty all-mountain bikes get Nico-tuned suspension plus slacker and lower geometry
2012 Lapierre Bikes: all-new X-Flow
All new 120mm travel trail bike introduced with Pendbox suspension system from Lapierre DH
2012 Shimano XT Launch: M780 drivetrain, pedals, and wheels
Chainset gains a double option, shifting goes Vivid, pedals split into Trail and Race plus new wheelset options
2012 Shimano XT Launch: M785 Brakes
Our first ride on the new XT groupset, starting with the new XTR-alike brakes
First Ride – New Yeti SB-66 Trail Bike
Yeti has a new 6in travel trail bike out; the SB-66. It looks simple, works complicated and rides great.
Santa Cruz UK launch – 4 more bikes for 2012
So just before deadline we headed up to the rather cosy Dog and Partridge at Tosside to see the new 2012 next-year offerings from Santa Cruz. No Powerpoints in stuffy darkened rooms from these boys, instead two days of riding bikes round Gisburn Forest before…
Premier: Sea Otter Image Dump #3
Here’s some more unedited bling for Singletrack Premier users only to dribble over. Full stories for regular users will follow as soon as we get a minute to write them.
Sea Otter: ‘Shimano’ Electronic Shifting for MTBs
Not from Shimano though, from Ki2Bikes who chop up Dura Ace stuff for you.
Sea Otter: 29er Stuff
Here’s a tie-together of many of the 29er bits and pieces we saw around the Otter. We’ll visit many of them again in future stories, but this is where we’ll keep them all together. Sitting comfortably? Then we’ll start at the top. DT Swiss The…
Sea Otter: Random Roundup #2
New Blur XC-C, belt drives, 29ers from Ritchey, Intense and Charge, plus more!
Interbike 2010: Niner, Revelate, Voodoo and 661
29ers, hot lids and the funkiest stem we've seen for years...
Interbike 2010: Point1 and NS Billet
A couple of smaller companies at the more rugged end of things.
Interbike 2010: Poc, Royal, Formula, The Hive (e13) and more
It’s taking a while to get through all our shots from Interbike. Here’s another 50 or so. There are still plenty more where they came from. So, without further ado, and in no particular order we present: Royal Racing – there were some great, vibrant…
Trek 2011: The new Top Fuel
Just before Interbike, Trek Bikes kidnapped Chipps and bundled him into a van, releasing him several hours later in the high mountain resort of Brian Head, Utah. The reason was to show off its two new race bikes: The Session downhill bike, as ridden to…
Interbike 2010: Accessories, lights, locks, bars, cameras, colours
The first of many reports from the indoor bit of Interbike.
Interbike 2010: KS, Crank, Salsa, Knolly and more…
Noel and the team at Knolly have been busy. They have a brand new model, the Chilcotin, and finally have production models of the Endorphin SL that we showed you in prototype last year. dag
Interbike 2010: Tracy Moseley’s Worlds Bike
A quick tour around Tracy's world-championship winning machine.
Interbike 2010: Jones Bikes, King, Ellsworth and magic RST forks
Affordable Jones steel frame and a wireless lockout from RST.
*PREMIER* Interbike 2010: Premier Users’ Preview
Below, Premier users get a first look at the raw, unedited shots from Dirt Demo before they get edited and turned into stories for the rest of Singletrackworld.com to enjoy.
Interbike 2010: Turner Bikes and Belt Drives
...though not both at the same time. The new DHR, new RFX and split Gates belt
Eurobike: POC, Giant, Renthal and more
Some pretty bikes, some less pretty bikes and can you see a crying face in that POC helmet?
Eurobike: Maverick, Blackburn, Van Nicholas, Chris King
...all this, plus the Toolmanator comprehensive mini-pump
Eurobike: Ragley, Books, Bombers and the return of X-Lite
Rigid carbon forks, kangeroo shoes, tyre tread saddles and green stanchions
Eurobike: Intense, Maxxis, Charge bikes and more
Intense, Whyte, Kenda and Charge bikes are among the latest update.
Eurobike Video: Ison, Kona, Five Ten – *Premier*
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Eurobike Video: Sombrio, Exposure, Ali Clarkson and More
Valley Boy Ali Clarkson, Dave Watson of Sombrio, Rory from Exposure. And love or hate Primal Wear.
Eurobike: Genesis, Surly, Salsa
We have plenty, plenty more Eurobike stories to come, so let’s get things started with a visit to the Salsa and Surly booths. As seen in our Sea Otter coverage, Salsa has some smart new racks coming out that’ll please the bikepackers out there. They’re…
Oranges are the only fruit (in the show anyway)
New frames, flared tubes and a 'pure' version of a classic...
Eurobike Video: The Brits
More from Matt as he talks to the reincarnated X-Lite then goes to see Diamondback and DMR...
Eurobike: Easton bars, stems and wheels
New Easton wheels, stems and bars. Plus the long sock debate.
Eurobike Video: Nico’s Lapierre Zesty
Ten time World Champion downhiller Nico runs us through his tricked out Lapierre Zesty..
Eurobike 2010. Part One – Demo Day
It’s the first day of Eurobike. Well, that’s actually tomorrow, but today is the Demo Day. For many dealers it’s a chance to ride bikes on a not-particularly-challenging mountain bike course and on the roads, but for Chipps and Matt, it’s a chance to have…
XTR 2011 First Look Video
Chipps takes us through the new 2011 XTR groupset, inbetween riding and stroking horses..
Cube 2011 Part 2: Hanzz and the hardtails
While we were in Germany attending Cube Bike’s 2011 product launch we also got a quick look and play on their Hanzz freeride bike. It’s been redesigned for 2011 with the Horst-style four bar suspension using a new one-piece rocker link to drive the re-tuned…
Cube 2011 Part 1: New AMS range
There are lots of things that are big in Germany that aren’t so big over here, David Hasselhof is a good example. Cube Bikes are massive in Germany, but unlike ex-Baywatch stars they’ve been making inroads into the UK lately and for good reason. They…
GT Bikes 2011 Part 3: Zaskar and Karakoram
More from GT Bikes with an up to date version of the classic Zaskar and a very affordable 29er..
GT Bikes 2011 Part 2: Force and Sensor
GT show us what's new for 2011 in their range of suspension bikes made for pedalling up, down and along.
GT Bikes 2011 Part 1: Fury, Sanction and Distortion
We take look at GT's new 2011 range, starting with the Gravity models..
Lapierre 2011: The Spicy
We’ve just returned from Chatel in the Portes Du Soleil, France to attend the launch of Lapierre’s new ‘big mountain’ range of bikes. First up we’ll cover the 160mm travel all mountain Spicy, which has been tweaked for 2011 to further improve on a package…
Lapierre 2011: Pendbox and the DH
New 2011 Lapierre DH bike with Pendbox technology - enlighten yourself here..
PressCamp2010: Intro and Camelbak
Brand new bladders, filters, new bags, new designs, new everything!
Cannondale 2011 – Over Mountain?
We went to see Cannondale's 2011 product launch 6000 feet up a mountain in Utah