This week: Irn-bru orange Transition Covert, bargain dropper post, AngleSets, shoes, cables, wheels
Trek World 2012: Superfly 100, Rumblefish and more.
Here’s some more from Trek World in the lovely Austrian town of Mayrhofen… Rumblefish With 120mm of DRCV-controlled travel front and rear, the 2012 Rumblefish aims to convert existing 26” wheel riders to 29” wheels, as well as provide an upgrade for those already on…
Mr “Mojo” Chris Porter House Robbed, Bikes Stolen.
This Just in From Chris at Mojo – A reward is bang offered – keep em peeled. Pictures to follow. We had a break in at home yesterday where the thieves made away with two very distinctive mountain bikes, some riding kit and a trials…
CRC MTB Marathon Series hits Selkirk this weekend
Here’s word from Mike about the Selkirk round of the popular Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon Series powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport. The circus will set up camp at the Selkirk Rugby Club in Selkirk on the 23rd July – 24th July 2011 and he’s…
DeKerf Cycles are back in the UK
Handbuilt Canadian steel hardtails available once again in the UK through Prestige Cycles
Midweek Mini Movies
This week: 116 miles of rain, sunshine, X marks the spot, custom motorbikes and OCD skateboarding
Brownbacks Hope XC Race Series Round 2 this Sunday
Tip-top quality cross country racing action this weekend at Lee Quarry
Trek World 2012: Remedy, Slash, Fuel and Hybrid Air
Sim and Jenn have seen the future - new freeride, downhill and ladies bikes plus much more
661 Gravity Enduro Results – Round 3, Innerleithen
Quick results from a gnarly round at Innerleithen, Chris Ball and Helen Gaskell taking top honours
Endura release Singletrack Sleepless in the Saddle jersey
Less than a month to the UK's friendliest 24 hour event kicks off at Catton Park on 6-7th August
Fresh Goods
This week's deliveries, with new rubber, cameras, carbon brakes, clothing and much more...
Accelerade Advanced Sports Drink (Lemon Lime)
Tim K tests a sports drink that promises increased endurance and better muscle recovery
Midweek Mini Movies
Video distraction, with proper Alaskan adventure, all mountain radness and the many faces of racing
Two New Nicolais – 4X and 29er
Marcus Farley and Tim Spickernell have been pumping the Germans for gossip...
SRAM and Rock Shox 2012 at Pass’portes Du Soleil
New internally routed Rock Shox Reverb Stealth launches plus more detail on SRAM X0 DH
PressCamp 2011: Enve Rims
Enve Rims showed us what is new at last month’s Press Camp event in Deer Valley, Utah. If the name’s not familiar to you, it used to be known at Edge Composites, but apparently someone decided that name was too close to something similar and…
Singletrack Issue 67
The mag has gone to the printers so it's time for a sneak preview of what you have to look forward to...
Singletrackworld Wins Best Sports Website
Singletrackworld scoops Best Sports Website at MBNA Northern Sports Awards
2012 Lapierre Bikes Launch: Spicy and Zesty
Revised Spicy and Zesty all-mountain bikes get Nico-tuned suspension plus slacker and lower geometry
Ride BMC Competition Winners!
In last week’s Fresh Goods we promised 15 lucky Premier Subscribers the chance to win some BMC goodies courtesy of the lovely Bert. Up for grabs were a load of BMC T shirts styled in a homage to hip-hoppers Run DMC and some rather nice…
Fresh Goods
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of high tech synthetic fabric, shinier drivetrains, a bike that shuns suspension and more
J.E James Break-In
Andy ‘Livo’ Liversidge from J. E James has just been in touch about a break-in at their Chesterfield store. Keep ’em peeled people… Our Chesterfield store at Whittington Moor round about was broken into on the 1st July between 2.00am and 2.30am. The bike thieves…
Access. More Thoughts From Mr Porter.
Brace brace brace! When we brought you Chris Porter’s ever so slightly controversial take on the state of Access Rights in the UK it sparked a whole new area of debate on the area. We heard from a Policeman and then from a Rights of…
Long Termer Review: Yeti ASR5
Tom dB's been tweaking his Yeti with new wheels, a single ring setup and new brakes...
2012 Lapierre Bikes: all-new X-Flow
All new 120mm travel trail bike introduced with Pendbox suspension system from Lapierre DH
Midweek Movies Bonus
Renthal just missed the cutoff for Midweek Movies this morning, but we thought you might want to see its new video, shot by Alex Rankin. In it, you’ll get a glimpse of Renthal’s new proto Boxxer stem, Lock On grips and find out what width…
2012 Shimano XT Launch: M780 drivetrain, pedals, and wheels
Chainset gains a double option, shifting goes Vivid, pedals split into Trail and Race plus new wheelset options
Midweek Mini Movies
Skateboarders on bikes, BMXers riding like skateboarders, Dusk til Dawn, and crunchy biscuit bass, it's video distraction time
2012 Shimano XT Launch: M785 Brakes
Our first ride on the new XT groupset, starting with the new XTR-alike brakes
Fresh Goods Friday
Hello. You’re through to Singletrack. The editorial office have all gone off on press trips and aren’t available right now. We’ve managed to round up a selection of fresh goods for this Friday but it’s probably not the enourmo-load you’re used to, sorry about that,…
Blame The Dog – Our First eBook
Mike Ferrentino has done everything in the bike industry from spanner in a workshop to editing one of the World’s most popular bike mags. He’s now working for Santa Cruz Bikes in the marketing department (Marketing being one of his most popular subjects on which…
Mountain Mayhem 2011 – Rider Gallery
If you were there and you can remember your race number then there’s a reasonably good chance you will find yourself in our rider gallery. We took 1700+ shots of riders over the weekend and after some intensive and very boring tagging we’ve got them…
The Orange Patriot Returns
There have been sneak peaks and a host of prototype spy shots but now it’s official; the Patriot is back. Here’s the official press release: The Patriot makes a return to the Orange Mountain Bikes lineup for 2012. Taking up a position between the Alpine…
