World Champ Gee Atherton meets some proper journos and gets them dirty at Aston Hill whilst we play with alliteration.
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The latest stories from the world of mountain biking.
Hope Race Series Round 3, Lee Quarry – Race Report
With June and the start of the British summer proper winching ever closer, it was touch and go whether the charm of the previous rounds would hold for the racers…
Where You Can Buy The Mag – Singletrack Magazine Stockist Listing
For those of you who have yet to work out where your nearest stockist of Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine is, we've created a handy online listing of them all.
Singletrack Mind Celebrates Ten Years
The south-Wales club that hand-made many of the early trails at Afan is having a party to celebrate ten years since it started. And you're all invited...
The Singletrack Classic Weekender – Update
Camping, car parking, insurance, security, toilets, fire, water, uplifts, demo bikes, timetable, catering... Now with videos of the downhills course and the 'Classic' trials competition. It's going to be the…
MSC/Descent-Gear NPS Rd 2 at Llangollen, May 30th-31st
Round two is going to be off the Richter Scale and will go down in the history books as the hardest track in the U.K to race on. Steve Parr…
Singletrack Trail Guide – The Gower
Benji and trusty lieutenant JonWIII travel to the southerest, westerest bits of Wales in search of fresh trails. And they find them, nestled among the gales.
Is This The New Orange Patriot?
Jonny "The" Woodhouse has sent us some spy shots over from Switzerland...
Cannock NPS Race
It is official - Cannock Chase attracts some of the toughest and most determined mountain bikers anywhere in the world.
Watch Steve Peat Make History at The Vallnord DH
Watch Steve Peat make DH history. WOOP!
Lee Quarry Hope Series Race 3 Preview
After surviving the weather in race 2 here’s race 3! Entry levels are good and they are still accepting entries on the day. Registration opens at 08:30.
Chipps Draws First Blood – Updated
A quick afternoon distraction for you. Chipps has finally (nearly) finished his Orange Blood. Here's a preview of the next issue's Long Termer before it gets dirty...
2nd Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series Just Around The Corner
With the trails drying out quickly and the vegetation doing overtime the conditions out there getting better by the minute. Only a couple of days now before the 2nd round…
European Handbuilt Bike Show
Thanks to our German Reporter, Thomas Paatz, we have a great report, with scores of pictures from the European Handbuilt Bikes Show that took place last weekend in Germany.
MSC Bikes/Descent-Gear.com NPS Downhill Rd 2
The race is already fully booked with 300 of the top UK riders who have all had to qualify regionally so these really are the cream of the crop. Advertised…
Hope Race Series Round 2, Lee Quarry
Race organisers Brownbacks were playing a risky game staging round 2 of the Hope Race Series on a Bank Holiday Monday but the Bacup micro-climate played into their favour this…
Killer Driver Escapes Prison Because Cyclist Wasn’t Wearing A Helmet
CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation has condemned a judge’s decision to reduce the sentence handed down to a driver because the cyclist he killed wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Dales Bike Centre Picks Up Environment Award
Newly opened Dales Bike Centre in the Yorkshire Dales National Park last week picked up the Yorkshire Post’s 2009 Environment Award for building projects under £1million. The centre based in…
Kielder Gets A Purple Mountain
The Kielder Partnership has revealed that Purple Mountain has been awarded the contract to run the £250,000 Kielder Water & Forest Park Bike Centre.
Steve Peat Wins French World Cup!
Peaty takes World Cup win at La Bresse in France this weekend. Tracy Moseley continues to lead the Women's World Cup after a second place.
Welsh Downhill Champs, August 29-30th
Brief details of the Welsh DH Champs. It's an open championship, everyone of all nationalities welcome, however, the fastest Welsh man or woman, will be the category champion.
The Marin Roughride 2009 – Sunday, June 14th
Just a reminder that this year’s Marin Roughride is on Sunday June 14th, one week later than 2008.
SingletrAction Trail News Update and Membership Drive
It’s that time of year again when SingletrAction do their "membership drive". There’s benefits for you and the trails – a win/win situation. The trails you love to ride cannot…
It’s 2009 and singlespeeding’s still not dead!
It’s 2009 and singlespeeding’s still not dead! The upcoming 2009 UK Single Speed Championships at Dalby Forest on the 6th and 7th of June has provided scientific proof that pronouncements…
The Merida o.Nine Carbon – 930g Frame!
That's quite light that is.
Oh Alright Then, Here’s Another Amazing Vid of Danny MacAskill
No doubt you've seen Danny's latest video - which was "YouTube phenomenon" that even your Mum probably forwarded you details of. Here's some more footage of him blowing people's minds...
Gorrick Gore 100 Challenge
Another astounding turn out meant the trails at Swinley Forest was awash with hundreds of happy riders who had decided to partake in the renowned Gorrick Gore 100 Challenge. Joolze…
Aston Hill Chairman Highly Commended at the CTC Awards
The CTC's Awards and Recruitment Committee gave a Highly Commended Award to Richard Abbott for his contribution to cycling in his region.
Mountain Bike World Cup Live on STW This Weekend
During the upcoming weekend, Houffalize, Belgium will experience a big premiere. In addition to hosting its traditional Olympic cross-country race, the town in the Luxembourg Ardennes will also organize a…
2nd Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Only 2 Weeks Away
Only two weeks to go before the 2nd event of Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2009 will open its doors at the new event location of the Glanusk Estate in…
World Cup Course Unveiled in Dalby Forest
The Forestry Commission is putting the finishing touches to a 6.5 kilometre (4 mile) cross-country route on its estate in the 3,440-hectare (8,600-acre) wood, which will be used to stage…
Rachel Atherton Out For The Season
World Downhill Champ Rachel Atherton is having surgery on her injured shoulder which will put her out for most of the season. Undeterred, she hopes to be back in time…
40 High-End Bikes Stolen from Paligap.
Paligap has over 40 bikes stolen. Keep your eyes peeled for dodgy looking folk selling Kona, Merlin, Litespeed and Quintana Roo bikes and frames.
Premier Demo Series Hits Glentress This Weekend
This means that in a couple of days time you could be swinging your leg over demo bikes from Intense, Turner, Lapierre, Cove and Rocky Mountain before heading out onto…
Wiggle Enduro6 Results
The new ‘weather proofed’ course at Catton Park was unveiled at the weekend after much work by the organisers to try and limit the suffering brought about by a good…
Camelbak Mule Lightweight
Richard from Camelbak's UK distributors Zyro has just dropped us a line to let us know that they are running a limited edition Camelbak MULE. Zyro are only bringing in…
UK cycling to school doubled in 2008
Good news! Sustrans has good news for pro-ride to school campaigners. The bad news is that it's still under 10% that ride every day, though 26% ride at least once…
Chumba Back in the UK
News about Chumba Racing's return to the UK.
Sram 2010 Piccies
Just a few pictures from last week's trip to Afan for a hands-on test of some of the new SRAM stuff, with some close ups of bits and bobs and…
Issue 49’s Trailside Bingo Game – How To Play It
In the forthcoming issue of Singletrack there's a tear-out perforated insert devoted to the totally awesome new craze that is sure to sweep the globe faster than you can say…
2009 Kona Mash-Up Rd1
The 1st Kona Mash-Up event of the season is only six weeks away with entries coming in thick and fast. So far the entries are suggesting a fairly even spread…
Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy – Kielder Results
Spain's David Vazquez topped an otherwise very French podium at last weekend's Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy round at Kielder Forest.
Singletrack Issue 49 – The Dirtbag Issue
The Dirtbag Issue: you don't need a fat wallet to enjoy mountain biking, as shown in this cut-price, entry-level, making-do, sleeping on floors issue...
Sram 2009 (or is it 2010? it’s hard to keep up)
Matt and Jonny headed down to Afan Argoed t'other day to be shown some new stuff by Elmar from Sram. Rock Shox Revelation forks, Avid Elixir CR brakes, centre-lock disc…
Car Scrappage Scheme Should Apply To Bicycles
The new government grant that offers £2,000 off a new car when a 10-year-old vehicle is scrapped should be replaced by a scheme for cyclists, according to a leading bicycle…
Sea Otter Eight
Colours from Lezyne, Santa Cruz, crazy military types from Genuine Innovations, the Ibis Tranny in orange, funky vicar bars from FSA, a singlespeed Specialized carbon and carbon fibre dog bowls.
Marzocchi 2010 – Sea Otter Sneak Preview
Chipps got a sneak preview of a good looking and 'back to basics' Marzocchi. They're focussing on their previous strengths with a return to open bath cartridges and coil springs.
Hope Race Series Round 1, Lee Quarry
Sunday dawned bright and early in the Pennines for the 100+ racers descending upon the exciting new venue of Lee Quarry nr. Bacup, Rossendale. Report by Jenn Hopkins.
Singletrack Classic Weekender – Yoofs Over 14 Can Now Enter
It's official: the kids are alright.
Spooky Horror Taxi
Russ from Wight Mountain has just sent us some pics of a new Spooky Horror Taxi. Can you spot what's different about it...?