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Flying the flag for British design – a visit to Ison Distribution – Part 2 – Halo wheels.
Flying the flag for British design - a visit to Ison Distribution - Part 2 - Halo wheels.
These Are The 3 Cheapest Ways To Upgrade Your Bike To 12-Speed
So your current drivetrain is in dire need of replacing. Your chain has stretched, your rear mech has more play in it than a Hillman Imp gearbox, and a hen has sharper teeth than your cassette. If you find yourself on a 10 or 11…
Discovering the undiscovered – Finding new trails on your doorstep
In association with… I thought I knew all my local trails I had a revelation a month or so ago. I discovered a local trail that I’d never ridden. Finding local trails is always a beautiful thing but I was filled with equal amounts of…
October Online Deals – Save Up to 73% Off RockShox Forks!
October looks like a great time of year to pick up a new pair of suspension forks, save on bike lights or pick up some water repellent gear. 2017 RockShox Sid World Cup Solo Air Boost – £299.99 These 100mm travel RockShox SID forks did…
Flying the flag for British design – a visit to Ison Distribution – Part 1 – Gusset Components.
The skies are bigger and there seem to be people everywhere. It’s not somewhere that I would have expected to find one of the UK’s most progressive and innovative bike manufacturer and distributers.
Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori Take Fans On An Epic Adventure Around Graubünden
Superstars Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori take a group of fans for an epic ride on the trails around Graubünden, while taking in some of the locations used in the video “Home of Trails”. With over 17,000 kilometres / 10,500 miles worth of trails to…
Scottish Moto Extravaganza! – Episode 1
Merge together a love of exploration, motorbikes, mountain bikes and down right good times and this is exactly what comes out of the other side. With nothing but a throbbing 125cc between our legs and the open road stretching out in front of us we…
10 Super September Sales Bargains
Summer is over, you’re back to work and the kids are in school. You owe yourself a treat. Something shiny and new. Something cheap! Here are 10 bicycle bargains for September 2018. All links below are affiliate links. SRAM Guide RSC Disc Brake – £89.99…
Watch The Official Video Of The 2018 Pivot TwentyFour 12 Here!
A couple of weekends back, Wil and Mark, headed over to the annual Pivot TwentyFour 12 race held in Newnham Park, Plymouth. The event isn’t your usual 24/12 race, as the organisers put on plenty of activities on for all the family no matter their…
August Summer Savers! Up to 50% off Fox Clothing, Bargain eMTB, and deals on Five Ten
Don’t let the slightly wet weather dampen your spirits, in fact, you should grab a summer bargain while you can and get out and ride more! Just a friendly notice that the links provided below are affiliate links. Five Ten Impact Low From £49.99 CRC…
Bike Check: Two Custom UK-Made Steel Hardtails From Islabikes
The 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12 was held over the weekend down at the historic Newnham Park venue in Plymouth, and despite the wild weather that rolled in through Sunday morning (and the resulting early finish for the race!), the event proved to be a roaring success…
Entries still available for the Hope Pre Peaks Yorkshire Dales
The Pre Peaks is a grand day out in the Yorkshire Dales courtesy of Hope Technology.
8 Bikes From The 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12
Of the hundreds of competitors that turned up for the 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12, there seemed to be just as many different bikes. Singlespeeds, fat bikes, full suspension enduro bangers, retro rigs, clapped-out 26in bikes with v-brakes, lightweight carbon hardtails and high-end kids bikes all mixed…
Go on board for a course preview of the Pivot TwentyFour12!
This weekend, Newnham Park in Plymouth will play host to the 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12. This is the 13th edition of the event, which encompasses a whole host of races and events centred around the main 24-hour mountain bike race. There are kids races (both time…
The Hope PrePeaks. The non-competitive, grand day out in the Yorkshire Dales
In association with Hope Technology Hope Technology’s PrePeaks is a non-competitive event that offers a challenging loop of the Yorkshire Dales this August. To find out more, we sent Chipps and Barney for a look at some of the terrain with local lad (and current…
How Far Can You Go? A myth busting e-MTB adventure
In association with Canyon Bikes UK This is not how I imagined it. I’m pedalling hard, e-assist off, into a rain-bearing headwind, downhill. Not pedalling downhill in a full-enduro race-face way, but in a the-wind-is-blowing-me-up-the-hill kind of way. And my face is more of a…
Wanna win a £2700 Pivot 429 Trail Frame? Enter the 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12 right here!
Looking for that ideal MTB party weekend for you, your family and friends? Then look no further than Twentyfour12! The event is a 4 day festival of fun, centred round a little bit of mountain bike racing. There’s something for everyone; young and old, slow…
Notes from a small island: A Scottish sea to sky adventure
Sanny and friends head to the Isle of Arran in search of big mountain adventure. But is it a ridge too far?
Get Your Grip On..!! Not long to go to Northern Grip 2018
Northern Grip returns to Stubbylee Park and Lee Quarry in Bacup, Rossendale on Saturday the 7th July for its third year, promising to be bigger, bolder and even better than ever. Northern Grip is an annual celebration of Mountain Bike culture which last year attracted…
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POSITION: SENIOR BIOSTATISTICIAN Do your interests include; cycling, walking, climbing, water sports and/or skiing? Would you like the opportunity to combine an exciting professional career with excellent quality of life in the Cairngorms National Park area of Scotland? Then Frontier Science is looking for a…
Victorious Underdogs – Number 2 Plates Rule Tweedlove’s British Champs
What a Tweedlove finale! Crowning the midsummer cycling festival (that actually starts in March and finishes at the end of August…) of Tweedlove this year was the British Enduro Championships. And in true nail-biting finale style, it came down to the wire in both of…
Water Pistols, Demos And World Class Enduro. Tweedlove 2018 Fires Up.
The jewel of the Tweedlove festival – the big weekend of the Whyte British Enduro Championships is well underway and we’ve been running around, getting a full taste of things. It’s not just about enduro racing though, there’s a whole weekend of events going on.…
Get A Grip! Northern Grip Festival Coming Soon!
If you love the North, Mountain Biking, Music, and a festival vibe then the Northern Grip Festival is the one place you need to be! Northern Grip returns to Lee Quarry and Stubbylee Park for 2018 with more of the same and a whole lot…
Crankworx World Tour Arrives In Innsbruck 13th-17th June
Innsbruck is once again the home to Crankworx this time around it will be the 2nd stop in the Crankworx World Series with events kicking off on the 13th June running through to the 17th. The bike festival will cater for all genres of mountain…
Exclusive First Look: The New Cotic Solaris Max
Cotic’s new Solaris MAX launches today. And it’s in stock. And we’ve ridden one. It’s always an exciting day for British mountain bikers when Cotic releases a new model. And while its full suspension bikes are great, we reckon it’s an even better day when…
The Need For Tweed: The Scottish Valley With The Best Mountain Biking In the World?
“If you asked me where the best riding was, anywhere in the world, I’d have to say the Tweed Valley.” The man making this bold statement is Neil Dalgleish, a man who believed enough in the place to leave a career in marketing and design…
TweedLove festival and demo – uplift now available all weekend!
TweedLove organisers have just announced that they have partnered with Adrenalin Uplift to provide transport services up into Glentress and Innerleithen over the TweedLove Festival weekend. The uplift bus stop is part of the expo village, in the town centre of Peebles, and will be…
TweedLove Bike Festival unveils its full line-up
Now almost ten years old, TweedLove Bike Festival seems to keep on growing. Held annually in the Scottish Borders’ Tweed Valley, more new events have been added, and the demo/expo is attracting more and more big name brands. Taking place over the weekend of June…
Could this be the final nail in the coffin of online scammers?
Produced in association with YOTI Enter the Ejit – like Enter the Dragon with neither the Kung Fu nor the intelligence! I will hold my hands up from the start. When it comes to smart phones and digital technology, I have a skill level somewhere…
London Bike Show 2018: We chat with Orange about the new Stage 4
Produced in association with Orange Bikes How much travel is too much travel? Is there such a thing? Surely it’s always better to have more travel than you need, not less, right? Those are all very good questions, and depending on where you live, where…
What goes into designing a new bike? Cy of Cotic Bikes chats to us about the 2-year design process behind the new Rocket
In association with Cotic Unveiled over the weekend at the 2018 London Bike Show, the 3rd generation Rocket full suspension enduro bike is the latest model to be born from the mind of Cy Turner – owner and lead design engineer behind Peak District-based Cotic…
10 February Online Deals – Snowmageddon Savings!
Half price dropper posts, 70% off helmets and Transition frames from only £400!
They don’t call it ‘Titani-Yuck’ do they? Check out the stunning titanium Atalaya from J.Guillem
And now for something completely different
Video: UK made and fully suspended – Dan Stanton tells all about his brand new Switch9er FS
Take the steel front end of a Switchback hardtail, add in a custom alloy swingarm and CNC machined linkages, and you end up with this
A Grand Day Out With Canyon
When Jack from Canyon turns up to go for an easy spin, it's best to pretend that you're out
Who says you need to travel far to have a big sky adventure?
Sanny heads out from his front door to prove you don't have to travel far to have adventures.
Getting up close and personal with JOBY Gorillapods
Sanny took the entire Joby range of mini phone and camera holders out on the trails to see just how creative they allowed him to get.
Mountain Days and Bothy Nights – at home in the outdoors with Lyon Equipment
A trip to outdoor maestros, Lyon Equipment, gives Sanny the perfect excuse to go on a microadventure in the heart of the Lakes.
We look back on 2017, forward to 2018, and reveal the Mega Sack winner.
Prizes and predictions galore in today's Facebook Live broadcast - are you feeling lucky?
Win This And Start Winning Races! Kinetic Trainer Bundle up for grabs in our final Giveaway!
Today's giveaway comes with a 20% discount code for Kinetic - available to all viewers!
Box of Delights! Win the Unior Pro Home Toolkit in Day 21 of our Advent Giveaway!
Never pay for bike maintenance again! Win this Unior toolkit and do it yourself!
Win the ultimate cycle goodies bundle from Fabric in Day 20 of our Singletrack Advent Giveaway
Enter here and win this bundle, worth over £250!
Win these HT T1 Pedals and pedal Like Jerome Clementz! It’s Day 19 of our Advent Giveaway!
We can't promise that winning these will make you as good as Jerome Clementz!
Get A Grip! Win Floaty Light Grips in Day 18 of the Singletrack Advent Giveaway
Win grips. But also, win everything. The lot. It’s all up for grabs. You have to be in it to win though. So watch and learn.
The FINAL Week of Our Advent Giveaway: Don’t Miss Your Chance To Win These AMAZING prizes!
Prizes so great we can't quite believe them ourselves!
Raccoon Not Included! But what IS in Day 16 of our Singletrack Gift Giveaway?
Don't be a sleepy head, enter today's giveaway to kick start every morning
Win, win and be like Aaron Gwin! TRP Slate G-Spec brakes up for grabs in Day 15 of our Giveaway!
Another killer prize from the folks at Upgrade Bikes, you could win this pair of TRP Slate G Spec Brakes
Two Ways To Brighten Your Day! Win this light from Lezyne with the Singletrack Gift Giveaway Day 14!
Enter Here To Win A Lezyne Deca Drive in the Singletrack Gift Giveaway Day 14!
How To Win A Praxis Cadet M30 Crankset in the Singletrack Gift Giveaway Day 13
You could win this great prize from Praxis in Day 13 of our Gift Giveaway!
Could You Be Our Lucky Winner? DMR Goodies up for grabs in the Singletrack Gift Giveaway Day 12!
Enter Here To Win Great DMR Goodies in the Singletrack Gift Giveaway Day 12!
