Reviews

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Review: Scott MTB AR BOA – Clip-In Shoes With Flat Benefits

Scott is well known for making quality bikes across the MTB spectrum, from Nino Schurter’s multiple World Championship wining Scale to Brendan Fairclough’s Gambler. However, the Swiss brand may not...

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shredmate gps computer app

Review: The ShredMate Computer lets you know how rad (or not) you really are…

ShredMate recently introduced a GPS sensor designed for your mountain bike, but as it turns out, this ain’t no ordinary trip computer. As well as recording your riding speed, distance...

Computers & Navigation 3

First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Chameleon C SE 29 Reserve

There can’t be many models of mountain bike out there which can claim to have the longevity of the Santa Cruz Chameleon. It’s been around since 1996, when it burst...

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magura brake lever

Review: The Magura HC 1 – Finger Brake Levers Change The Way Your Brakes Feel

A lever blade may seem like an odd thing to review, but as one of the contact points for your bike, it’s important. Magura started offering these single finger HC...

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First Ride Review: Islabike Jimi – A Mountain Bike For Those Who Refuse To Grow Old

Islabikes is best known for making good quality children’s bikes. Owner, Isla Rowntree, developed the children’s bike range when she found her friends’ children needed bikes, but that there wasn’t...

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panzer tubeless insert tyre cutaway

Review | Panzer Rim Protection takes on the big guns of the tubeless tyre insert world

Tubeless tyre inserts claim to offer additional protection for your mountain bike rim, so you can run lower tyre pressures for improved traction. The Panzer insert is one of the...

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whinlatter sonder evol intense primer bird aeris 145

3 Consumer-Direct Mountain Bikes Tested & Reviewed

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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sonder evol

Review: The UK-designed Sonder Evol aims to deliver maximum grins-per-mile

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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intense primer

Review: The Intense Primer Expert comes with extra enthusiasm as standard

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

Bikes
bird aeris 145

Review: The Bird Aeris 145 GX Eagle is uber-long and uber-fast

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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canyon lux

Review |Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race – Mile-Muncher For Mortals

The Lux isn’t just Canyon’s latest XC ripper – it’s also the lightest and most advanced full suspension race bike that the German brand has ever produced. We put one...

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The Polaris Aquanought Hydration backpack is ready to face the filth

Winter in the UK can be a problematic time to ride a bike. The daylight seems to last for an hour or two at most, the temperature has plummeted, and...

Backpacks 6

2019 Canyon Strive First Ride Impressions with Shapeshifter 2.0

To say I was surprised when I laid eyes on the 2019 Strive is an understatement. Of course, we’d had an inkling that we would be meeting the updated Strive...

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cane creek coil helm fork

Review: The Cane Creek Helm Coil Fork – Is it better than the Helm Air?

Shortly after releasing its very first mountain bike suspension fork, the Helm, US brand Cane Creek brought out a coil-sprung version. And having amassed no fewer than 7 months of...

Forks 10

YT Jeffsy CF 29 Pro Race 2019 – First Ride Review

It’s the first few minutes of a bike launch and I’m having to try quite hard not to weep. The scepticism brought about by predictably dramatic music, followed by an...

Bikes 6
santa cruz highball cc x01 reserve

Top 10 Most Read Singletrack Reviews Of 2018, And Number 1 Isn’t an eBike

Last year was pretty full-on for reviews. We tested some of the hottest bikes on the market, both standard and e-MTB types (GASP!), we reviewed the latest clothing, accessories, brakes,...

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PNW loam lever review

Review: PNW Component’s Loam Lever Upgrades Your ‘Good’ Dropper Post To a ‘Great’ One

We’re a varied bunch here at Singletrack Towers. We have riders who prefer carbon and others who prefer steel. Some of us ride on flat pedals and others ride clipped...

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Chrome Barrage Cargo Backpack – For Commuters With a Heavy Load

Well what a deceiving pack this one is. I wasn’t supposed to be testing this Chrome Barrage Cargo backpack, it was sent in for Chipps, but late one day in...

Backpacks 5
santa cruz blur fox 34 wil

Review: With a 120mm fork, the Santa Cruz Blur is a pocket rocket trail bike

As far as contemporary XC bikes go, the latest generation Blur from Santa Cruz Bicycles ticks a lot of boxes. Plugging an important gap that the Tallboy left behind as...

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fix it sticks tools

Review: The Fix It Sticks Mountain Kit brings shop tool functionality to the trail

Having launched a wildly popular Kickstarter campaign way back in 2013, Fix It Sticks went on to successfully bring its clever modular tool system into a market that, up until...

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rotor crankset chainring power meter

Review: Are the Rotor 2INPower MTB Cranks worth £999?

For many mountain bikers, the mere mention of ‘power meters’ is enough to make our eyes glaze over. As Rachel Sokal discovered though, there’s a bit more to these 2INPower...

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Review: 2018 Cube Reaction TM – a ready to roll package

Cube has a reputation for well priced bikes – you get a decent amount of bike for your money. It’s a brand you’ll find in many a local bike shop,...

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hayes dominion disc brake

Review: Hayes’ new Dominion A4 may just be some of the best 4-piston disc brakes we’ve tested

Hayes recently debuted a brand new hydraulic disc brake called the Dominion A4. Designed as a powerful 4-piston disc brake for trail, enduro, downhill and e-MTB use, the Dominion A4...

Brakes 3

Review: The All City Electric Queen Puts The ‘Oh!’ In Retro

An exercise in style over substance, or a capable trail bike

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waist pack hip waist bum backpack hydration frame bikepacking

Packing Light – 12 Minimalist Packs Tested & Reviewed

Not everyone wants to ride with a big ‘n’ heavy backpack, so we’ve been testing a variety of different options for the minimalist mountain bikers out there, including waist packs, frame...

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wingnut backpack

4 Mini-Backpacks Tested & Reviewed For The Minimalist Mountain Biker

Not everyone wants to ride with a big ‘n’ heavy backpack, so we’ve been testing a variety of different options for the minimalist mountain bikers out there, waist packs, frame bags...

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alpkit possum frame bag pace hardtail

Get that weight off your back and down low on the bike – We test & review 4 frame bags

Not everyone wants to ride with a big ‘n’ heavy backpack, so we’ve been testing a variety of different options for the minimalist mountain bikers out there, including waist packs, frame...

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evoc bum bag waist pack fanny

4 Waist Packs Tested & Reviewed

Not everyone wants to ride with a big \'n\' heavy backpack, so we\'ve been testing a variety of different options for the minimalist mountain bikers out there, including waist packs, frame…

Backpacks 3
unsprung heroes rigid bike test

Unsprung Heroes – 3 Fully Rigid Bikes Tested & Reviewed

Chipps rides three fully rigid bikes from Kona, Pinnacle and Surly. Words Chipps Photography James Vincent I always like to wear a watch. I’m lost without one and don’t like to...

Bikes
unsprung heroes rigid bike test surly ecr

Review: Surly you can’t have fun without suspension? We test the fully rigid ECR

 Surly has always been individual and self-confident in its outlook. From pioneering the first production singlespeed (the 1×1, which pre-dated even Kona’s Unit and the On One Inbred) to...

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