Podcast

Mark has been to Utah to check out something he still can’t tell us about. It was his first time there – did he have any fun? Chipps and Hannah join the conversation to discuss whether mountain biking needs a rebrand or has an image…

In this week’s podcast we’re joined by Anthony de Heveningham, fresh from a trip to the Developing Mountain Biking In Scotland conference. He gives us a debrief on the key issues, including a likely new policy from the forestry world that has worrying implications for…

In this week’s podcast, Hannah, Mark and Benji are joined by award winning freelance photographer Pete Scullion to talk about the highlights of the week, including the new KIS system from Canyon. Watch out for a great Singletrack membership offer in there. ps. There’s a…

Join Mark, Amanda, Chipps and Sanny as they talk about the issues of the week. What does Mark think about the British Cycling/Shell sponsorship bombshell? What piece of suspension tech from the late 80’s seems to be making a comeback? Why does Amanda need so…

Hannah, Mark and Benji regroup after a summer break. On the agenda: our failures as parents, Mark’s triumphant return to racing, Hannah’s misgivings about exclusivity, and Benji’s favourite stem. Plus, an interview with Tracy Moseley, how to ride tight corners uphill on an e-bike, and…

Don’t call it a comeback… On this episode of the pod George, Jack and Emilie wrap up the final weeks of the season, chat with Amaury Pierron about his amazing 2022 season, and Magnus Manson about his career so far and his recent cancer battle.…

Luca Shaw talks life on and off the Syndicate, training with Jolanda Neff and that 2018 season when he seeded first at three World Cups.

On this action packed episode of Making Up The Numbers, George apologises to the fastest woman in the world right now, Camille Balanche for not making her the favourite in Leogang; we catch up with Florent Payet who recently announced his retirement at the end…

Hannah, Benji and Mark sit down for a chat about the news you may have missed and the news that got them thinking. Benji likes Strava, Hannah is pretty sure she doesn’t. Is racers being cautious about injuries a new and emerging trend? Expect diversions,…

Isla Short is doing things differently. Rather than chasing a Factory Team signing and riding whichever products that salary comes with, she’s hand picking her sponsors. It means more admin for her, but it also means she never has to pose for social media posts…

When Aneela McKenna won the Singletrack Reader Award for Most Outstanding Human, we invited her to come and talk to us for a podcast. However, rather than talk about herself, she decided she wanted to bring some friends along and collectively chat about making mountain…

In the last two seasons Benoît Coulanges has jumped from the world’s top 30 into the top 10 & is now a podium threat at every race. Along the way he’s pocketed a silver medal at the 2021 World Championships & the 2020 & 2021…

They’re the two young guns taking the DH World Cup by storm, but their 2021 seasons were diametrically opposed! Thibaut Dapréla started the season strong, podiuming at each of the first four rounds but crashed out in Snowshoe and lost his grip on the overall.…

He might not consider himself the man to beat at World Cup level but we certainly think he is and this is his first solo podcast! We’re delighted to welcome ‘The King Of Maribor’ Trek Factory Racing DH’s Loris Vergier to the show. Social stuff…

Here’s something a little bit different! As well as racing the GB National DH Championships this weekend, George took a mic along & chatted to some of the riders. Starring, in chronological order: Dan Slack, Connor Smith, George Gannicott, Danny Hart, Adam Brayton, Ian Warby,…

This episode of the pod has everything! Florian Nicolai is the most consistent finisher in the EWS in recent times, having finished in the Top 3 in each of the last 3 seasons. Isabeau Courdurier is the 2019 EWS Champion having won every round delivering…

The Duke, The Bike Ban and The Taxman is neither an episode of Poirot nor a jazz band. It is in fact a tale of access – or lack thereof – that highlights some wider issues around the rights of the public in England to…

Let’s go racing! The 2021 Downhill World Cup is about to get underway and in this season preview episode of the pod George and Jack catch up with Reece Wilson, Nina Hoffmann and Jamie Edmondson. Reece Wilson Image credit: Ross Bell Nina Hoffmann Image credit:…

In this week’s podcast we have Andi talking about the Orange Phase that he reviewed recently. This EP8 powered enduro beast isn’t going to win any prizes at the ‘lightest eMTB’ contest, but that’s not really the point, is it? We also chat to Lauren…

This week’s podcast sees Hannah reveal her trail dog anxieties while Chipps and Charlie try to persuade her that she should be more welcoming of trail friends who lick you. The team tries to think of when you might want a smart inner tube, and…

On April 1st, 2001 (no, really…) Singletrack Magazine and its website singletrackworld.com were launched. The website evolved off the back of the original GoFar-MTB mountain bike website, but it was relaunched as Singletrackworld.com on the first of April to coincide with the launch of the…