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How to Thrive, not just Survive, this winter

Benji adopts the slithery path to zen in the darker months Acceptance. Acceptance and change. That, to me, is the key to getting through winter. If done correctly, winter can…

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Issue 157 – Better With Friends

Is mountain biking something best done as a group, or is there a certain singularity of experience to be had in the solo ride? Chipps and Hannah try to see…

Issue 157 Last Word – Catastrophe!157

After a dozen years of incident-free mountain biking, luck ran out for my wife in October and she found her foot pointing sideways after an innocuous slide-out into a gravel…

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Issue 156 – No place for science

Put down your calculators and pick up your pitchforks, because Benji has ideas about where you can stick your science… Despite what this article is called, I am not anti-science.…

Before the Party’s Over

Mountain biking is getting old. It might be time to sit down and talk to our elders. Words Hannah, Illustration James Vincent Remember when you were a kid and every…

Issue 156 Last Word: Know Your Frenemy

Hannah Discovers the impact of mountain bike injuries on your trails and explores how a favorite trail can turn into a nemesis and the challenges it brings. There\'s more to…

Bike Check: ICE Trikes Adventure Trike

Accessibility off-road doesn’t need to mean flat or easy, and challenges are not always physical. Vicky goes on a family ride that makes her rethink her understanding of accessible adventures,…

Debate: Is It Even Mountain Biking?

As part of a new head-to-head debate series, Hannah and Chipps agree to disagree on what constitutes ‘mountain biking’ and, by extension, on what should appear in this magazine. We’ve…

The 502 Club: Special Notice of Appreciation

We wouldn’t be here without any of you and you’re all special, but the folks listed here are particularly special. Thank you to everyone who joined the 502 Club and…

Last Word: Choose Your Own Adventures

Hannah thinks there is much to be said for planning adventures. A friend of mine has just bought a tent. It is a lightweight single-person tent of the type you could…

Issue 154: Tech That Should Have Stuck Around

Benji dons possibly rose-tinted spectacles and brings us the technology that he thinks has fallen undeservedly out of fashion. Inverted forks Kicking things off with a real doozy. What are…

Issue 154 Column: Riding By Numbers

Are you beating the clock or beating yourself up? Vicky struggles to get into a healthy race mindset. Words by Vicky Balfour Trudging along, pushing our bikes up a narrow,…

Issue 154 Last Word: Schrödinger’s Stans Monsters

Chipps gets existential in his tyre swapping. Perhaps those new tyres you had on backorder have finally come in, or you’re simply putting in that pre-summer maintenance where you swap…

Issue 153 Last Word: Weights and Measures

Hannah proposes a new system of measurement, putting quality over quantity. Miles covered and feet gained seem to me an inadequate measure of mountain biking. Kilometres and metres likewise. Hours…

Issue 152 Last Word: Start Something

Hannah says just get started. It doesn’t matter where you finish. There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack magazine…

Singletrack Issue 151: Ydyn ni bron yna?

Chipps wonders what happened to the Welsh Government’s promises for a more accessible outdoors for all. Words Chipps Photography Amanda *Ydyn ni bron yna? = Are we almost there? A...

Singletrack Issue 151: I ❤️ My Night Riding Gear

Hannah brings you the clothing and hardware that keeps her spinning through the long winter evenings. Words Hannah Photography Amanda Night riding… it’s something of a necessary evil in the...

Singletrack Issue 151 Last Word: Favourite Meal

Amanda recalls a favourite, awful, meal. Food is a very important part of riding bikes. Not only for the basic fact of us needing the fuel, but it often can…

Issue 150: A Few Feet Away

Anders measures the gaps between doubts, dreams and delivery.  Words & Illustrations Anders Engberg When I was five years old my dad built a 25ft sailing catamaran in the living…

Issue 150: Chipps’ Summer Ridewear

Chipps gives his top kit tips for those summer weeks (or foreign trips) where the temperatures hit ‘scorchio’ and beyond. I’ve had a long-running debate with American (mostly Californian and Coloradan) bike, clothing and shoe…

Singletrack World Issue 150 Celebration

It’s not always new tyres and perfect corners, OK? Singletrack World Magazine is 150 issues old. That’s no mean feat, and we wanted to celebrate it by bringing you a…

Issue 150 Last Word: How did we get here?

In his Editorial, Chipps says you don’t ‘do mountain biking’, you just ‘are a mountain biker’. I wonder though, how many of you thought you were becoming mountain bikers on…

I ❤️ My: All-Season Ridewear

Amanda shares with us the kit that gets her through ride after ride, day after day, through all the seasons. I’m a big fan of layering and I like to…

Column: Weight For It

Benji argues that weight does matter (but not much). The following column will hopefully unite the warring tribes in mountain biking. From the weeniest of weight watchers, to the whatever-est…

Last Word: Riding with Dinosaurs

Is Ian ‘@hardtail_only’ Storer trapped in the past or revelling in his eternal youth? There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more…

I ❤️ Love My… Bike Reviewing Kit

Benji brings you the details of his hard worn – and almost worn out – bike testing set-up. What’s he using and why? There\'s more to this story But it\'s…

Issue 148 Last Word: Pizza Tokens

Amanda discovers that engineers don’t necessarily make great meal planners. Words & doodles Amanda When you think of bikepacking, you may imagine adventurous riders following their noses, taking the turn…

Issue 147: Vinegar and Brown Paper

A nasty crash has Chad Bean looking at his local trails from a new perspective. Words: Chad Bean Photography: Sam Reed Autumn is upon us, and the routes through the…

Issue 147: Column: What New Standards Have Been Worth It?

Maybe don’t go to the pub with Benji if you’re a bike industry engineer… Words: Benji   When I say ‘new’ I’m going to be talking about any standard that…

I ❤️ Love My… Indoor Training Set Up

Amanda brings you the details of her finely tuned indoor training set up. What’s she using and why? Garmin Tacx Neo 2TIdentiti AKA HardtailTrainerRoadGarmin HRM ProLifeLine Turbo Trainer TableVacmaster Cardio54…