by Myra VanInwegen Mountain biking is risky. Unless you try only the tamest trails and walk even the smallest dropoffs, you will crash. Of course, not all crashes result in…
Singletrack Magazine
All the features, tests, opinions and more that have been published in each issue of the printed magazine dating back to 2001
Singletrack Issue 1 – Bike Test
For the first bike test in Singletrack we decided to do something just a little differently. We’ve not picked three similarly priced hardtails. Nor have we plumped for a range…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Long Term Tests
Easton Monkey Lite bars Easton are best known for their aluminium wrangling, but they’ve branched out into carbon fibre rather well in the last couple of years. Carbon posts, carbon…
Singletrack Issue 1 Exclusive Test – Maverick, the best climbing bike ever?
Words and pictures by Chipps Chippendale Getting the first review of a Maverick bike in the UK, and possibly Europe, took all the string pulling we could muster. But it…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Should I stay or should I grow?
There was a Howies advert once with a tag-line that read: “There are more people alive today than have ever died, being alone is going to get harder.” We’d all…
Singletrack Issue 1 – The Armchair feature
This is the part of the magazine where we invite you to make yourself a very large cup or coffee, (preferably Costa Rican or Guatemalan), sit back and take some…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Dostoyevsky’s Bicycle
By Ben Boney M. Books about bicycling are hard to find. I don’t mean ride guides, maintenance manuals, or ‘how to ’handbooks. I mean good books, books that really capture…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Boys on the Hoodz
“Big fat fingers wrapped up in woollen gloves struggled to maintain a grip on the elegant curve of the brake levers. It only took the slightest slither of winter frosty…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Shoes
The subject of shoes seems to stir up some very passionate feelings in people. While you may have many sets of riding clothes, it’s unlikely that you have more than…