Vote Here! Singletrack Forum Photography Overall Winner

We’ve been through all the entries and got it down to a shortlist of three finalists in each of our categories. It’s been great to look through all the images,...

Gravel biking: How it started, how it’s going…

Gary ‘Rocketdog’ Walls from the UK Gravel Collective (and regular Forumite) has shared this article with us about where he thinks gravel came from, and where it (should be) going....

Trash Free Trails: State Of Our Trails Report

Trash Free Trails has published its ‘State Of Our Trails’ report, what it says is a ‘first of its kind study into the causes, prevalence, composition and impacts of single-use...

We’d like to know about your indoor training habits

Do you ride indoors? Maybe only under duress? Or maybe it’s central to keeping yourself fit and sane between rides outdoors? Mountain bikers don’t traditionally have a reputation for ‘training’,...

Make winter riding actually fun with these

I genuinely love winter mountain biking. Here are the items that help me maintain my loving relationship with The Filth.

Vote Now! Best Mountain Bike Personality – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Who has worked the hardest, raced the fastest, championed the most or just helped enable more of us to get out and ride this past year

Singletrack Issue 151 Purposeful Adventure: Friends in High Places

Pete goes in search of the dabs of colour that cling to life in the Scottish mountains. Words & Photography Pete Scullion Heading north and west into a little-known corner……

Vote Now! Best Image – Singletrack World Awards 2023

This is a simple concept: what’s the best image published in Singletrack – print or web? Thanks for all your nominations, now comes the hard part: choosing your winner! 147...

Vote Now! Best Article – Singletrack World Awards 2023

The best piece of writing you\'ve read this year, either in print or this here website.

Vote Now! Best UK Riding Destination – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Put simply, where do you think is the best place to ride in the UK?

Vote Now! Community Builders Award – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Vote for the projects, campaigns or other initiatives that are helping build the MTB community.

Vote Now! Most Desirable Brand – Singletrack World Awards 2023

We might hate to admit that marketing works but... which brand makes you want to wear their logo with pride?

Vote Now! Most Desirable Mountain Bike – Singletrack World Awards 2023

In a bumper year for brill bikes we’ve got five finalists for you in this category – we just couldn’t narrow it down any more.

Fresh Goods Friday 672 – The Metal Mullets Edition

Russet ferns, dusky pink sunsets, snuggles in front of log fires, mists, mellow fruitfulness, conkers for goal posts... that sort of thing.

Government Prepares To Favour Motorists – Again

To anyone following active travel or environmental policy developments in the UK, the news that the government is preparing to announce a ‘Plan For The Motorist’ will likely come as...

SRAM Powertrain motor is a game changer

Regardless of how it performs, the new SRAM Powertrain motor means the bike industry has more of a one-stop-shop than ever before when it comes to speccing their e-MTBs. Shimano...

Cycling in England Down 5% Since Last Year

Cycling UK has issued a press release saying ‘‘Depressing’ new figures reveal urgent funding boost needed for government to achieve cycling targets in England.’ The latest statistics show that there...

NBD: US-only Santa Cruz Skitch, Uncaged 11 YTs, Canyon Neuron AL LTD…

... new Mycle The Cargo, Esker x MRP Colab and something called the 3D Mountain Bike Configurator!

NEW Cycling UK Route: Traws Eryri

Traws Eryri, meaning Trans Snowdonia, is a new 200km predominantly off-road cycle route in Wales, connecting Machynlleth to Conwy. Ideal for a bike-packing trip or tour of some of the...

MTB court

Am I Being Unreasonable? MTB Court now in session! #Case002

One couple is struggling to ride together as family dynamics have changed their lives. Can it be like it was in the beginning, and who needs to change their expectations?……

MTB court

Am I Being Unreasonable? MTB Court now in session!

You be the judge! James and Dave have different perspectives on what their group ride is about. Who is right? There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN…

Chris King Coffee Tampers: Love it or Hate it?

Usually the argument for buying something as high end as a Chris King component goes something like ‘it’ll last much longer than anything else’ – but when was the last...

Fresh Goods Friday 659 – The Fiddle Edition

Hannah here, fresh from a podcast recording which has left me full of beans and bike enthusiasm. Assuming I haven’t screwed up the technical side of recording, you should get...

NBD: Wyrm Racing Lab, Tacky Chan, Cotic E-Scapade Concept…

... CushCore E-MTB, Schwalbe Green Marathon and the new Commençal Meta 5 all feature in this week\'s news round-up.

Fresh Goods Friday 657 – The Hand Dryer Edition

Hannah says: I have a conundrum of the most modern and first world variety. I need to decide what to do with my name when I get married next week....

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………

Issue 148 Purposeful Adventure – Beyond The Blues

Trash Free Trails A-Teamers Pete Scullion and Ali Hair give a cold ride a warm glow by adding purpose to their adventure. What if our adventures not only sustained us……

Sleeping Out: Bonus Content | Hannah

What’s the chief thing you look for when choosing kit? I look for budget options that will also be useful for family camping trips, sleeping in my car, trips to……

What MTB Marketing Works On You?

Of course, you’ll probably say ‘none of it’, right? But something, somewhere, informs your buying choices, and you have to hear about a product in the first place to know……

Vote Here! Singletrack Forum Photography Overall Winner

We’ve been through all the entries and got it down to a shortlist of three finalists in each of our categories. It’s been great to look through all the images,...

Gravel biking: How it started, how it’s going…

Gary ‘Rocketdog’ Walls from the UK Gravel Collective (and regular Forumite) has shared this article with us about where he thinks gravel came from, and where it (should be) going....

Trash Free Trails: State Of Our Trails Report

Trash Free Trails has published its ‘State Of Our Trails’ report, what it says is a ‘first of its kind study into the causes, prevalence, composition and impacts of single-use...

We’d like to know about your indoor training habits

Do you ride indoors? Maybe only under duress? Or maybe it’s central to keeping yourself fit and sane between rides outdoors? Mountain bikers don’t traditionally have a reputation for ‘training’,...

Make winter riding actually fun with these

I genuinely love winter mountain biking. Here are the items that help me maintain my loving relationship with The Filth.

Vote Now! Best Mountain Bike Personality – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Who has worked the hardest, raced the fastest, championed the most or just helped enable more of us to get out and ride this past year

Singletrack Issue 151 Purposeful Adventure: Friends in High Places

Pete goes in search of the dabs of colour that cling to life in the Scottish mountains. Words & Photography Pete Scullion Heading north and west into a little-known corner……

Vote Now! Best Image – Singletrack World Awards 2023

This is a simple concept: what’s the best image published in Singletrack – print or web? Thanks for all your nominations, now comes the hard part: choosing your winner! 147...

Vote Now! Best Article – Singletrack World Awards 2023

The best piece of writing you\'ve read this year, either in print or this here website.

Vote Now! Best UK Riding Destination – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Put simply, where do you think is the best place to ride in the UK?

Vote Now! Community Builders Award – Singletrack World Awards 2023

Vote for the projects, campaigns or other initiatives that are helping build the MTB community.

Vote Now! Most Desirable Brand – Singletrack World Awards 2023

We might hate to admit that marketing works but... which brand makes you want to wear their logo with pride?

Vote Now! Most Desirable Mountain Bike – Singletrack World Awards 2023

In a bumper year for brill bikes we’ve got five finalists for you in this category – we just couldn’t narrow it down any more.

Fresh Goods Friday 672 – The Metal Mullets Edition

Russet ferns, dusky pink sunsets, snuggles in front of log fires, mists, mellow fruitfulness, conkers for goal posts... that sort of thing.

Government Prepares To Favour Motorists – Again

To anyone following active travel or environmental policy developments in the UK, the news that the government is preparing to announce a ‘Plan For The Motorist’ will likely come as...

SRAM Powertrain motor is a game changer

Regardless of how it performs, the new SRAM Powertrain motor means the bike industry has more of a one-stop-shop than ever before when it comes to speccing their e-MTBs. Shimano...

Cycling in England Down 5% Since Last Year

Cycling UK has issued a press release saying ‘‘Depressing’ new figures reveal urgent funding boost needed for government to achieve cycling targets in England.’ The latest statistics show that there...

NBD: US-only Santa Cruz Skitch, Uncaged 11 YTs, Canyon Neuron AL LTD…

... new Mycle The Cargo, Esker x MRP Colab and something called the 3D Mountain Bike Configurator!

NEW Cycling UK Route: Traws Eryri

Traws Eryri, meaning Trans Snowdonia, is a new 200km predominantly off-road cycle route in Wales, connecting Machynlleth to Conwy. Ideal for a bike-packing trip or tour of some of the...

MTB court

Am I Being Unreasonable? MTB Court now in session! #Case002

One couple is struggling to ride together as family dynamics have changed their lives. Can it be like it was in the beginning, and who needs to change their expectations?……

MTB court

Am I Being Unreasonable? MTB Court now in session!

You be the judge! James and Dave have different perspectives on what their group ride is about. Who is right? There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN…

Chris King Coffee Tampers: Love it or Hate it?

Usually the argument for buying something as high end as a Chris King component goes something like ‘it’ll last much longer than anything else’ – but when was the last...

Fresh Goods Friday 659 – The Fiddle Edition

Hannah here, fresh from a podcast recording which has left me full of beans and bike enthusiasm. Assuming I haven’t screwed up the technical side of recording, you should get...

NBD: Wyrm Racing Lab, Tacky Chan, Cotic E-Scapade Concept…

... CushCore E-MTB, Schwalbe Green Marathon and the new Commençal Meta 5 all feature in this week\'s news round-up.

Fresh Goods Friday 657 – The Hand Dryer Edition

Hannah says: I have a conundrum of the most modern and first world variety. I need to decide what to do with my name when I get married next week....

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………

Issue 148 Purposeful Adventure – Beyond The Blues

Trash Free Trails A-Teamers Pete Scullion and Ali Hair give a cold ride a warm glow by adding purpose to their adventure. What if our adventures not only sustained us……

Sleeping Out: Bonus Content | Hannah

What’s the chief thing you look for when choosing kit? I look for budget options that will also be useful for family camping trips, sleeping in my car, trips to……

What MTB Marketing Works On You?

Of course, you’ll probably say ‘none of it’, right? But something, somewhere, informs your buying choices, and you have to hear about a product in the first place to know……