Amanda is curating Fresh Goods Friday this week. Let’s see what’s in store… Am I actually the last person in the UK that’s still running tubes in my tyres? This week I’ve been riding to work, rain or shine. Wind or… not wind. It’s not…
Cycling UK: Government law review ‘ignores the main cause of road danger’
Here at Singletrack we’ve been following Government policy on cycling because most of us don’t just ride off road – we ride on roads to get to trails, work, the shops – and our loved ones do the same. Bez has written extensively on road…
Review: Oxford Products makes a killer digital tyre pressure gauge for under £30
Just how important is it to set your tyres to the right pressure? According to Wil, it is VERY important, and it can make a huge difference to how your bike rides on the trail. In a quest to find the best tool for the…
Review: The Schwalbe Airmax Pro may be the cheapest pressure gauge on test, but its damn useful
Just how important is it to set your tyres to the right pressure? According to Wil, it is VERY important, and it can make a huge difference to how your bike rides on the trail. In a quest to find the best tool for the…
Exposure Joystick MK13 Now Available In Carbon Fibre!
Carbon fibre is everywhere, from frames to rims and even fancy seat rails on uber expensive saddles. Carbon is now finding its way into the light market with UK brand Exposure announcing the release of the Joystick MK13 with lightweight carbon body. Exposure says the…
These Are Our Top 12 Orange Bikes From The Past 30 Years
With the 30th Anniversary of Orange Bikes fast approaching we thought we would look over the past 3 decades and pick the Orange models that meant the most to us. Below are 10 bikes which we either lusted over, owned or have reviewed from the…
Review: Lezyne’s Digital Check Drive is a new standalone tyre pressure gauge
Just how important is it to set your tyres to the right pressure? According to Wil, it is VERY important, and it can make a huge difference to how your bike rides on the trail. In a quest to find the best tool for the…
Review: The Fabric Accubar is very close to being our favourite tyre pressure gauge
Just how important is it to set your tyres to the right pressure? According to Wil, it is VERY important, and it can make a huge difference to how your bike rides on the trail. In a quest to find the best tool for the…
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…
Review: The EVT Bleedin’ Gauge is the most expensive tyre pressure gauge we’ve ever tested
Just how important is it to set your tyres to the right pressure? According to Wil, it is VERY important, and it can make a huge difference to how your bike rides on the trail. In a quest to find the best tool for the…
Review: Julbo Renegade and Resist Glasses – ‘They’re Better Than My Eyes!’
Julbo designs its glasses high in the Jura mountains of France, gets its frames made in Poland, and then makes all its lenses and assembles them with frames in its Jura factory. It’s one of very few glasses brands that are still independent, and personally…
Review: SRAM Guide T Hydraulic Disc Brakes
Announced earlier this year as a brand new entry-level hydraulic disc brake from SRAM, the Guide T slots into the current line as the cheapest option to wear the popular Guide label. Whereas the Level brake series is targeted towards XC riding and racing, and…
Singletrack Recommended: We review the superb Enduro Backpack from Henty Designs
Bum bags (or Fanny Packs, as they’re also affectionately known) have evolved to become one of the hottest trends in mountain biking of the past few years. Though fashion surely has had a lot to do with it, bum bags and fanny packs aren’t just…
New Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt Alloy Launched. A Whyte T-130 Killer?
Following on from the release of the Instinct Alloy 50 BC Edition earlier in the month, Rocky Mountain has revealed the launch of another all alloy bike in the form of the new Thunderbolt. This 2019 version of the Thunderbolt rolls on 27.5in wheels with…
Review: Is The Hunt Trail Wide The Best Wheelset You Can Buy Under £400?
Hunt is a wheel and components manufacturer started by a bunch of industry vets who weren’t able to find the products they wanted readily available on the market. This team of buyers, designers and marketers decided that the only way they could get the wheels…
Hope Pre Peaks – 70km of cake-fuelled cheeriness through the Dales
It wasn’t a surprise to the weather pessimists among us that the one day you need clear, calm weather to go and enjoy 85km around the Yorkshire Dales, you get the tail end of a tropical storm, with all-day mizzle and winds. However, that didn’t…
Mountain Mayhem Announces Lower Pricing For Early Birds: UPDATED
UPDATE SATURDAY AM: Following the rider feedback after the original press release (below) the organisers have returned with a rethink on pricing and have gone for an, ‘ain’t broke don’t fix’ approach by returning to the same pricing structure as the last 2017 event. They’ve…
Aretha Franklin: A Playlist For Mountain Bikers
Here at Singletrack Towers we’ll take any excuse to play a tune to everyone in the office. There’s a fair amount of track sharing goes on, whether it’s new and cool stuff, or golden oldies we’d forgotten about. While choosing today’s Fresh Goods Friday tune,…
Review: At nearly a thousand pounds, the new Lyrik had better be good.
The Lyrik sits at the top of the RockShox single crown tree and is its top flight, big-hitting enduro fork. For 2019 there’s an addition to the line-up that features a brand new damper – the Charger RC2 – that provides different damping adjustment options…
A Yeti, 2 Bears, and a Giant Hannah: Fresh Goods Friday 409
How are you? Do you need a little therapy? Have you discovered that your planned spare room is going to be occupied for at least another year while its inhabitant does resits, or pursues alternative school-of-life type educational experiences? Or are you now steeling yourself…
Wash Your Bike, Save Tweedlove Trees And Trails
Tweedlove organisers have issued a statement urging riders to clean their bikes and kit before and after riding in the Innerleithen area, following the discovery of a disease which kills larch trees and will necessitate the felling of many trees in the area. We’ve heard…
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…
David Turner E-bike Interview: ‘This is an opinion on our nature, which of course is arguable to the end of time.’
When Hannah was in Idaho for the Impact Sun Valley Media Event she caught up with David Turner to talk about his new all-road titanium drop bar bike. Somewhere along the way, Hannah asked him about e-bikes. If you want, you can watch the interview…
Trans Angeles: Rock and rolling across the Angel’s city: From Issue 120
Hans Rey shepherds legends from wildly different backgrounds on a trip across his adopted home of Los Angeles.
Slip Slidin’ Away – #MakingUpTheNumbers At HSBC National DH Series – Round 4, Rhyd-Y-Felin
“Is it impolite to hurry the pharmacist along?” I message Mrs MakingUpTheNumbers. The response comes quickly “Can you check if the missing box from my online order has arrived?” If we all had a special superpower, I have no doubt Mrs MakingUpTheNumbers’ would be making…
Poll: It’s #CycleToWorkDay – Why Don’t You?
Today is Cycle To Work Day in the UK, and we’re all being encouraged to try riding to work. Yes, you all ride mountain bikes (if you don’t, how did you get here?). But we wonder if you ride to work? And if you don’t, why? [poll…
Trail Hunter, The Quantock Hills: From Singletrack Issue 120
It’s rare that a good idea is found at the bottom of a bottle…
Curtis Has Made Frames Since 1979, Now It’s Launching Its First Complete Bike
Curtis has been manufacturing steel bicycle frames in the UK since 1979 and has made everything from BMX race frames, and hardtail downhill race bikes, to 160mm travel single pivot Enduro bikes over that time, but it’s only now, in 2018 that the company has…
Downhill’s Most Outspoken Pro: Amanda Batty Announces Retirement
If you follow Amanda Batty on social media, you’ll be well aware that a few weeks ago she crashed and injured her lower leg in ways that are not only leg threatening, but life threatening. Having just undergone another round of major surgery to install…
Beyonduro – Three big bikes that don’t fit under any label. So we made one up: Singletrack issue 120
Three big bikes that don’t fit under any label. So we made one up.
First Ride Review: 2019 Orbea Oiz
After fourteen years and only two generations of the Oiz, it was time for a change. Orbea has done just that with a host of improvements for the new 2019 Oiz platform, with one model in particular that will be of huge appeal to the…
Jessica Brousseau – Bike mechanic, pro wheel builder and free spirit
I’ve recently spent some time in British Columbia on a press launch, courtesy of Liv Bikes. From the moment I stepped foot outside the airport, I’ve been overwhelmed with beauty. Driving through Vancouver and seeing the landscape change from a bright, vibrant city to a…
Uncharted British Columbia: From Singletrack Issue 120
A week of riding timeless, un-timed singletrack through unknown British Columbia with the BC Bike Race crew: From Singletrack Issue 120
Don’t call it a heatwave, just call it summer: From Singletrack issue 120
Chipps has vowed to only ride if it’s sunny. Unfortunately, this means he’s not stopped since early May. From Singletrack issue 120
Land of the midnight sun: From Issue 120
Pete Scullion heads to the northern tip of Scotland in search of midnight sunlight and spectacular trails. From Singletrack Issue 120
When did it all get so good? Chipps’ Issue 120 Editorial
I took a trip back in time recently, revisiting a place I used to ride when I was just starting out. Back then the mountain bike world was a rich, but obscure landscape. I’d not ridden in many places and I didn’t have many riding…
UK Gravity Enduro Announces Cancellation. BEMBA Steps Up With 2019 National Series.
Coming so soon off the euphoria of the successful running of the ‘Ard Rock Enduro last weekend, the UK enduro scene was greeted this morning with a sad announcement from Steve Parr, the man behind the UK Gravity Enduro Series, where he announced that the…
GT Fury Downhill Bike Returns!
Today, GT Bicycles has announced a new GT Fury downhill bike. Taking design and suspension cues from the complete revamp that the rest of the trail bike range (the Force and the Sensor) has had, this sees GT take on a more conventional-looking (and riding)…
Singletrack Issue 120 Classic Ride | North York Moors
Olly Townsend takes us on a tour of this epic northern landscape. Words & Photography olly townsend “That was where I nearly met my maker,” said Mike. I craned my neck to try to see where the trail went next. It looked like the perfect…
Fresh Goods Friday 408: Helmets, Hoes and Gloworms
The Fresh Goods fairy godmother has been a little lax this week, only delivering a handful of nice shiny new kit for us to fight over. This is partly good news, as it means we can all spend some time on the kit we already…
What Did You Do On Your 40th? Alan Horton Started A Bike Brand
If you had wanted to start your own bike brand just a few years back you might have looked into complex moulds, carbon layup or simply outsourcing manufacture to the Far East, all quite expensive prospects. The recent popularity of steel bikes, both hardtail and…
UK Government Launches Entirely Unnecessary Consultation Into Active Transport.
Hannah’s had enough with Government transport planners. Again… I’m going to scream. Actually, I did, though it was more of a desperate guttural groan of suppressed rage and frustration. Why? Because the Transport Committee of the UK Government has launched an inquiry into Active Transport.…
Video: Watch this custom Santa Cruz Blur frame turn into a complete bike
Earlier this year I was given the opportunity to check out the brand new 3rd generation Blur from Santa Cruz Bicycles. Following a 5-year hiatus, the Blur has returned to the Santa Cruz lineup for 2018 as a thoroughbred XC race whip, plugging a gap between…
Liv welcomes the Intrigue back to its line-up, only this time it’s advanced
The Intrigue Advanced is the new all-mountain trail bike from Liv (the women-only offshoot of Giant Bicycles). It first appeared in 2014 and disappeared from the line-up in 2016 when Liv introduced the Pique XC and Hail Enduro bikes. Given the popularity of the Intrigue,…
As Seen In Singletrack Issue 120: Yorkshire Cycle Hub
In Issue 120 of Singletrack Magazine, our Classic Ride writers stayed at the Yorkshire Cycle Hub. Here’s what’s in store if you choose to do the same. “I’d like a pink gin and tonic” said my wife. Good choice, I thought, I’ll have one of…
Spied: Sonder’s 29er Full Suspension Bike Edges Closer To Production
At the start of this year, we managed to take a trip out to the Peak District with the chaps from Sonder and ride a few of their current bikes. While we were with them we also had the chance to check out a prototype…
Limited Edition Raleigh Chrome Aero Pro Burner Coming Autumn 2018!
One of the hottest bike launches last year wasn’t some exotic carbon full suspension bike costing a £ bazillion, it wasn’t even a mountain bike, nor was it new. Cast your mind back to July 2017 and you may remember that Raleigh announced plans to…
A hundred grand for a bike rack? That’s what Tailfin has raised in a week
A Bristol-based company has just launched an innovative rear luggage rack on Kickstarter and has seen it raise nearly a hundred grand in a couple of days. The Tailfin rack mounts to a rear skewer (even thru-axles, but more of that in a minute) and…
Top 10 Kids Bikes 2018: Stop Playing Fortnite And Start Shredding Dirt!
There really hasn’t been a better time to get your kids into mountain biking, or cycling in general. More and more bike brands are designing quality bikes for young riders that handle like proper bikes, come with kid-friendly components and don’t weigh the same as…
Kona Finally Announces Carbon Process 29ers For 2019
It was only a matter of time really before Kona released a carbon version of the Process 29, so while it’s exciting news that they have done so it’s hardly surprising news. The Process 153 CR 29 is new to the Kona Process range for…
Affordable Rocky Mountain Instinct Alloy 50 BC Edition Revealed
At the start of the year, we tested Rocky Mountain’s Instinct BC Edition, featuring a carbon frame and lively paintwork. We loved the fact that the longer travel bike managed to remain fun and playful on the trail and we liked that fact that Rocky…