Video

We’ve not done a video round up for a while, but maybe you’ve finished Netflix, or you’ve only got a cheap subscription and the kids are watching Frozen, again, so you’re twiddling your thumbs. Let us help you out with your viewing pleasure. Gold Standard…

Are wheels the single most important component on your bike? Safe to say that wheels are almost certainly in the upper echelons of importance.

What makes for a good flat pedal? Are metal flatties better than plastic flatties? Thick pins? Thin pins? Loads of pins? Minimal pins?

Should a mountain biking waterproof jacket have a hood? We think so! Benji wrote a review about a waterproof jacket and outrage ensued because he spoke of hoods in a positive light. So Hannah and Benji sat down to chat in defence of hoods. Hoods…

The weekend of 11th June saw the first grand depart of the inaugural Frontier 300, a supported coast to coast allroad event which encompasses one (short) hike-a-bike section, ten different forests and twenty gravel sectors woven together with stunning minor roads into a 300km journey from…

Well, that’s the evening viewing sorted then…The second serving of Tea and Biscuits is available in full, for free from 8pm UK time on Friday 17 June. Is that Sam Hill? Yeah, that’s Sam Hill. And he’s joined by countless legendary stars and rippers in…

Need to feel better about life? Watch this video and enjoy the overwhelming emotion of ‘Ah yes, bikes are great’. There is an art to building a bike trail on the rugged terrain of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. It takes a lot of hard work…

Sit down for an unscripted delve into Benji’s mind, and all that he knows about tubeless set up, and tips for getting the most out of it. Benji and Hannah talk about the kit you need – and some you maybe don’t – for a…

Know the complexities of thought that go into tyre choice, what makes a good tyre; why one might be good sometimes and not others.

Imagine how your grandparents must have felt the first time they saw a microwave. Remember how you felt when you saw those SpaceX rockets landing, perfectly balanced on their ends? Watching this video might just make you feel old, like science fiction has become reality,…

Catchier than everything at your kid’s nursery, here’s your anthem for the summer, your earworm for the climbs, and that song that will creep into your head just as you’re trying to go to sleep. Yes, it’s actually an advert from Pit Viper – makers…

Where is the weather as bad as in the UK? Ah, look. Bellingham. Riders here have to endure winter weather conditions like us here in the UK. In fact, our weather and the Tea and Biscuits film inspired this film, which is a joyous mashup…

If you’ve ever wondered just how mountain bike brakes work but been too afraid to ask, this video might just bring you some answers. Although it’s from SRAM, it’s not telling you to go and buy their brakes. Instead, it’s telling you that the brake…

If you read our article about BikeStormz last summer, you’ll know that there’s a whole urban riding scene where riders are really really good at wheelies. This film takes some of those riders, including Miles ‘Daddy Milo’ Carter, who contributed to the BikeStormz article, off…

We’ve talked before to Bowhead bikes founder Christian Bagg about the development of the Bowhead trikes. Ebike technology is allowing him not just to make throttle assisted machines, but also hand cycles, where the rider gets a workout just like any other ebike rider. Or…

If you read our feature in issue 140 of Singletrack World Magazine, you’ll know that the Capital Trail can be ridden over a leisurely-ish couple of days in the company of friends, food, pubs and the like. Or, you could decide the the 240km 5,200m…

This film, ‘Resilience’, is a promotional video from the Lapierre Zipp Collective team, but it’s worth a watch as a documentary of being on the race circuit. The film looks at the EWS season for Isabeau Courdurier and Adrien Dailly, and how their lives away…

There’s a vulnerability and honesty to this Wahoo Frontiers: Tahneé Seagrave video that we think you’ll appreciate. Tahneé Seagrave talks about the changes in perspective she’s experienced following some significant injuries, and with this comes some depth of character and thought that perhaps we haven’t…

There are a lot of hours of footage to be viewed, so which ones have stood out from the crowd? Here are our team's pick of the bunch. Enjoy!

I first saw this film at Kendal Mountain Film Festival and enjoyed the insight into different ways of riding long distances, plus the gentle pace of the scenic footage in the Cairngorm. Lucky for you, the film is now available on YouTube. ‘Mind Over Mountains’…

Danny MacAskill was out to watch the 2021 Red Bull Rampage, but before the big day he lined up a gang of local riders to go seek out some local trails. You might recognise one of them – Chelsea Kimball, our rider and writer at…

There’s more to life than trails. Just as once you start to look, you’ll see plants growing in every nook and cranny of the urban world, there’s a way of looking at the built environment that sees ride lines, jumps and drops. Here’s a collection…

Don’t worry, we’ve got two videos for you from YouTubers that don’t involve implausible poses by the edge of a pool, careful product placement for smoothies made with five kinds of grass, or food made by making a mess on a kitchen worktop. Instead we…

Two very different videos for you – maybe you’ll love both for different reasons? Or maybe one will bore you silly and the other have you reaching for your bike? Both make for long viewing, so grab a cuppa and take them in. Shared Territory…

Two new video releases from this week – which gets your adrenaline pumping, your feet carrying you to the shed, your braking fingers twitching? Wild West 2 First up, Tom Van Steenbergen’s follow-up to his September 2020 Wild West video, by Calvin Huth. Wild West…

This video features two Kiwi riders Khulan Tumen and Viet Tieu, coming together to ride Aotearoa/New Zealand’s latest purpose built alpine bike packing route, The Paparoa Track, on the west coast of the South Island. The two riders took on the route on a pair of fully rigid 2022…

We’ve got videos from many different mountain bike disciplines for you here. Watch them all, or pick the ones that match your interests. Then get out and ride! Who Stops You – Loic Bruni Loic Bruni may have had a dream result, but it wasn’t…

What tyres for… back flipping off a cliff, hitting the lilypad, then heading straight into a sui? Our man on the ground at the Red Bull Rampage practice days, Fahzure Freeride, talks suspension settings, contact points, and brake set up with five Rampage hopefuls. The…

This might not be Three Things Thursday – it might be Tech Tuesday, or Whoop There’s New Kit Wednesday. Ideas welcome. But what this is, is a run through the features of some products with something in common. This week, it’s back packs with built…