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(Nearly) goodbye from me

stwhannah · 2025-05-27T14:11:21Z

After something like 65,000 words in newsletters, well over 2,300 web articles, hours of video and podcast waffle, and a stack of magazine words, I’m off to pastures new. You may have noticed me banging on about the brilliance of pumptracks (when built properly) and I’m off to put this belief into action while working for Velosolutions. Which is very exciting, but also slightly scary, as sending words off into the world feels a whole lot less tangible than building a bike track. I strongly suspect that someone will notice should a promised pumptrack or trail fail to appear as planned. I’ve been at Singletrack for nearly 10 years. Long enough for my kids to grow up quite a lot, my hair to go grey, and for the passage of quite a lot more life besides. I really appreciated having you along for the transatlantic Covid rom-com/disaster movie and second wedding (not a disaster movie!). I have always enjoyed that the Forum and the Singletrack community has been about more than just the bikes. Bikes bring us together, but it’s the chat we have along the way that keeps us coming back. Thanks for having me along for the ride, and often making me feel a bit less mad and alone. Chipps will now be riding tandem with Heather, Heather being in charge of seeing that work gets done, Chipps doing the editorial direction type stuff. I’ll leave them to figure out who gets to sit on the front! Benji remains in charge of tech and testing. I’ve a few more weeks here yet, but since my work life and personal life are so intertwined I wanted to let you all know before you read it somewhere else. It might seem a bit odd, but everyone who has ever sent an email or posted a comment that’s directed at me or something I’ve written has very much felt part of my personal life, so I’m hugely grateful to all the people who have said nice things along the way. Partly because I’ve sought only ever to publish words I believe in, and partly because I really do want everyone to enjoy riding bikes, being at Singletrack is not something I’ve left in the office at the end of each working day. I can’t imagine it’s something I’ll leave in the office at the end of my last day either. Luckily for me, you’ll still all be here, in the Forum - and out on the trails. See you out there and in here!

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the-muffin-man

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Are you back on the payroll Hannah or just freelancing?

Only ask as I've seen your name tagged to a few features in the last week or more.

Posted : 14/07/2025 1:35 pm

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