Reviews

Shotgun Child Seat for Mountain Biking | Take Your Kids On The Trail

If you’ve been looking for a child seat for mountain biking, could the Shotgun be the answer? I’d always been envious of people with a bike trailer – I had...

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Bike Test | Long Haulers – For Bikepacking In Comfort

Antony de Heveningham looks at three unconventional mountain bikes that come with fitted racks and a sense of adventure. Perfect for bikepacking. Words by Antony de Heveningham. Photos by James...

Bike Test

Trek 1120 Review| Custom Racks For Unbeaten Tracks

First published in Issue 124 of Singletrack Magazine, this Trek 1120 was reviewed as part of our Long Haulers test of bikes with racks. For when you really want to...

Bike Test

Salsa Blackborow | Haul More Junk In The Trunk

First published in Issue 124 of Singletrack Magazine, this Salsa Blackborow was reviewed as part of our Long Haulers test of bikes with racks. For when you really want to...

Bike Test

Mason InSearchOf | A Bike For Going Further

First published in Issue 124 of Singletrack Magazine, this Mason InSearchOf was reviewed as part of our Long Haulers test of bikes with racks. For when you really want to...

Bike Test

Review | Formula Selva R – The most adjustable fork there is?

David rides the highly adjustable Formula Selva R fork. Will he get tweak fatigue, or find his perfect setting for every trail? A little under three years ago, I first...

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Smith Forefront 2 Helmet | Tested, Crashed and Reviewed

Ross tests (perhaps a little too literally) the latest Forefront 2 helmet from Smith Optics The Smith Forefront 2, as the name suggests, is the updated version to Smith’s popular...

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Book Review: Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive

Chipps has got himself a copy of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive, and thinks you need one too. I’m going to annoy loads of people first off by mentioning the ‘C’...

Books, Maps & DVDs 6

Pepi’s Rokkline Tire Noodles

Pepi’s Tire Noodle is another foam sausage designed to fit betwixt rim and tyre, protecting both from those nasty pinch flats and dings. Due to their colour, which is much...

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Evoc World Traveller Suitcase | A portable wardrobe?

Evoc is known for making many kinds of bag – ones to carry your bike in, ones to carry while you’re riding your bike, and, like this ‘Evoc World Traveller’...

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Motion Ride E18 Linkage Fork | Anti-dive That Works

It might look unusual, but how will it ride? David checks out the Motion Ride E18 Linkage Fork. Around 2011, there was a conversation I kept on having over and...

Forks 5

RockStop Tubeless Insert | Review

Can’t Stop The Rock. We’ve been warned repeatedly. It’s been received wisdom for decades, but now, thanks to Rockstop, could Apollo 440 be wrong? There’s a chance. The rock might...

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Goodyear Newton EN Premium Tyres | Review

David checks out this pair of Goodyear Newton tyres, the latest MTB rubber from Goodyear. Despite starting out making bicycle tyres at the end of the 19th Century, from the mid-seventies,...

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Deaneasy ABS Fork Tune | Foam Inserts Reviewed

Foam! Truly this is mountain biking’s era of foam. No longer confined to the bit we sit on, there are now foam tyre inserts, vibration dampening foam-filled bars, rims filled...

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Review | The Bontrager Blaze is the first MTB helmet with WaveCel technology

Antony checks out the new WaveCel technology from Bontrager, as fitted into its Bontrager Blaze helmet. Recently, mountain biking has seen a big increase in the awareness of the long-term...

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2019 Cotic BFe First Ride Review

James Vincent grabs a first ride on the new Cotic BFe hardtail. When launching a new bike, some bike companies whisk a select group of lucky journos off to some...

Bikes

2020 Nukeproof Reactor First Ride Review

Ross throws a leg over the 2020 Nukeproor Reactor then throws it down the nearest rut infested trail to see how it rides. Today sees the launch of the brand...

Bikes 1

Manitou Mattoc Pro Long Term Review

James Vincent checks out the Manitou Mattoc Pro Boost fork – how does it stand up to the competition? Another month, another set of suspension forks for review. No fancy...

Forks 3

Rudy Project Keyblade Photochromic Glasses – Multipurpose frames for many light levels.

Launched today are the latest 2020 products from Rudy Project, including these new Rudy Project Keyblade frames with photochromic lenses, which we picked up at a preview at Impact Sun...

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Sector 9i carbon wheels come with a built-in Suit of Armour first ride review

Wheel maker Sector wants to prove to the world that tough and durable, needn’t mean stiff and uncomfortable with the new Sector 9i carbon wheelset. I was chatting with a...

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Endura MT500 Lite Knee Pads | Review

Wil gives us his review of the new Endura MT500 Lite Knee Pads Just two months ago, Endura released several brand new protective products under the venerable MT500 label. These...

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Juliana Joplin – The Adventure Bike With 10mm More Fun for 2020

First look at the 2020 Juliana Joplin with an added 10mm of travel, updated VPP suspension platform, slacker geo, adjustable dropouts and plenty of build options. The Joplin is the...

Bikes

Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 Review – What Is Extreme Country?

The Tallboy 4 is Santa Cruz’s full suspension XC bike. It’s a 29r and we’ve had our hands on this CC model for the past week to give it a...

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2020 Calibre Bossnut First Ride Impressions – Super affordable fun!

First ride impressions of the 2020 Calibre Bossnut, a bike that proves that you don’t need to spend a fortune to have fun on 2 wheels. I have to admit...

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First Ride Review: Is The Sonder Cortex The 120mm Travel Trail Bike You Should Be Riding?

Andi gets an exclusive first ride review of the latest 120mm travel full-suspension bike from Sonder. Meet the 2020 Sonder Cortex. Sonder, the bike brand of Alpkit, has been making...

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Review | Ti Hard – Sonder Signal Ti

Our very own Bruce Willis lookalike, Andi Sykes, tested out three titanium hardtails from Kingdom, Nordest and Sonder for Issue 122 of Singletrack Magazine. Here is his review of the...

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Review | Ti Hard – Nordest Bardino Ti

Our very own Bruce Willis lookalike, Andi Sykes, tested out three titanium hardtails from Kingdom, Nordest and Sonder for Issue 122 of Singletrack Magazine. Here is his review of the...

Bikes

Review | Ti Hard – Kingdom Vendetta X2

Our very own Bruce Willis lookalike, Andi Sykes, tested out three titanium hardtails from Kingdom, Nordest and Sonder for Issue 122 of Singletrack Magazine. Here is his review of the...

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Longterm Review | 12 months on the Santa Cruz Reserve 27 carbon 29er wheelset

It’s been two years since Santa Cruz announced it would be developing its own carbon fibre mountain bike wheels. Coming under the ‘Reserve’ label, the carbon wheel range hosts a...

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Ritchey Ultra frameset review: a classic reborn in understated steel

Antony reviews the Ritchey Ultra, a relaunched and reworked classic. When it comes to legends of mountain biking, they don’t get more legendary than Mr Thomas Ritchey, Esq. A pro...

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