We go in search of the seldom seen, the quirky and the downright odd at the Cycle Show...
Pro’s Bikes: Emily Batty’s Trek Top Fuel
While Emily Batty is well known for being ‘the pretty blonde girl who rides for Trek’, she also happens to be a great XC rider with some good results to her name, including a 5th place at the Mont St Anne World U23 Championships this…
Midweek Mini Movies
Wednesday has come round again so it’s time for some tubed video. Chris Akrigg hasn’t done any edits for a bit but he’s not being lazy. He’s gone and taken part in the Cobble Wobble, a timed hillclimb sprint up a cobbled road in Frome…
Cycle Show 2010: Mule Bar Kick gel
While at the Cycle Show we get Dom John to test the new Mule Bar gel out...
Kona Oktoberfest This Weekend
Mike reports with news of the autumnal brother of the popular Bristol Bike Fest – Oktoberfest: Just a little more than a week to go before the Kona Oktoberfest powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport will open shop at the event village in Ashton Court, Bristol.…
Online Grouptest: Flat Pedals
A selection of flat pedals tested, just in time for the season of slip sliding in the filth...
Cycle Show 2010: Suntour, Woodman and Yakkay
We have a look at the keenly priced 2011 Suntour forks, Woodsman Components and helmets with a difference..
Fresh Goods Friday
Here at Singletrack, the postman always rings twice (and then beats on the door just in case...)
Break-in at Hotlines’ London Show
Yep, the scumbags have been at it again. This time stealing some rather distinctive bikes.
Interbike 2010: Niner, Revelate, Voodoo and 661
29ers, hot lids and the funkiest stem we've seen for years...
STW FTW – We’re BikeBiz Award Winners AGAIN!
Two years on the trot for The Consumer Magazine Of The Year.
Interbike 2010: Point1 and NS Billet
A couple of smaller companies at the more rugged end of things.
Midweek Mini Movies
Welcome to this week’s edition of video distraction. Red Bull Rampage has been and gone, but we’ve there’s still plenty of video of the sheer madness of it all. Here’s the finals video… Danny MacAskill has gone quiet for a bit but that’s because he’s…
Interbike 2010: Poc, Royal, Formula, The Hive (e13) and more
It’s taking a while to get through all our shots from Interbike. Here’s another 50 or so. There are still plenty more where they came from. So, without further ado, and in no particular order we present: Royal Racing – there were some great, vibrant…
Be A Better Rider Part 4: Heels
Part 4 with Campbell Coaching is all about heels and why you should drop them...
Marc Beaumont rides for charidee
No, not him, the other one. The downhill racer goes for a JOGLE for a good cause.
Cycle Mechanic Apprenticeship Scheme for London
Good news if you want to gain bike shop qualifications in London...
Fresh Goods Friday: NukeProof, Trek, Syncros, Race Face…
EXCLUSIVE: The new Nuke Proof Mega lands for us to test, Trek Fuel, plus much more...
A Wheely Good Ride…
Since returning from Canada and the World Champs Mountain Bike experience the Potters have been busy as ever on the AQR guiding front. Ian is starting to feel the effects from not only guiding full time this year and taking up more of the work…
Trek 2011: The new Top Fuel
Just before Interbike, Trek Bikes kidnapped Chipps and bundled him into a van, releasing him several hours later in the high mountain resort of Brian Head, Utah. The reason was to show off its two new race bikes: The Session downhill bike, as ridden to…
Interbike 2010: Sock Guy sock monkeys, Knog and Keen
Here’s a little non-tech respite before we get back to the full-on tech-fest of Interbike. It’s time to look at some socks, shoes and locks… All presented a little differently.
Long Termers: Jon’s Ghost AMR Lector 7700
Jon tries to make the Ghost a little bit radder without ruining its mile munching ability...
Midweek Mini Movies
This week's video contain mental big mountain riding, amazing golden light and much more..
Online Feature: Access All Areas Part 2
Reproduced from Issue 58, Dave continues his fight to have land access in the UK reformed.
Bikesoup Site Launched
New online, bike-specific classified website aims to take the hassle out of selling..
Interbike 2010: Answer, Manitou and more
A new Manitou fork or two, new Hayes brakes, Answer bars and stems, new wheels too. The Hayes group's been busy.
Interbike 2010: Showers, Eddie, Oakley, Saddles and metre wide bars
More shiny things from Interbike. All this and $10 sandwiches.
It’s a crazy place, but I’ll miss it…
Chipps says goodbye to 12 years of Interbike (and exploding fountains) in Las Vegas. Next year, LA.
Interbike 2010: Accessories, lights, locks, bars, cameras, colours
The first of many reports from the indoor bit of Interbike.
I’m Back
19 weeks and 5 days have passed since that day. Today I went back out on my bike for a proper ride. I awoke to a beautiful day, the sun was shining, there was a cool crispness to the air and I knew I had…
Online Armchair Feature: Headcase
In our regular series of wordy-features for the web, Geoff Marriott tells how he rode to keep himself sane as well as healthy through tough times but found himself in a lot of trouble after his regular off-road commute to work went awry. Put the…
Nicolai Helius AC – Part Deux
So, the initial build was ok but it needed some changes if I was going to take it to Morzine for a week. The 69degree head angle was fine with the Fox Talas 32s but the 32s were not enough for some of the brake…
Fresh Goods Part 2
Part 2 has what you want - Matt models Alpinestars, plus more from Endura, Halo and a bat
Fresh Goods Part 1
FG is in two parts this week because it's HUGE. Kit from Santa Cruz, Niner, Syncros, Clif...
Women On Wheels Returns
The ladies-only weekend of riding, coaching and a bit of racing returns from the 1990s...
Ruthin MTB Marathon Report
News from the final round of the MTB Marathon in North Wales, plus info for next year...
British Explorer Launches Trans-Oz Ride
Massive Antipodean 3,200km epic race being launched with £5,000 cash prize for the winner...
London Cycle Show
The UK's biggest bike show returns to London on the 8-10th October - and we'll be there...
Interbike 2010: KS, Crank, Salsa, Knolly and more…
Noel and the team at Knolly have been busy. They have a brand new model, the Chilcotin, and finally have production models of the Endorphin SL that we showed you in prototype last year. dag
Interbike 2010: Tracy Moseley’s Worlds Bike
A quick tour around Tracy's world-championship winning machine.
Interbike 2010: Jones Bikes, King, Ellsworth and magic RST forks
Affordable Jones steel frame and a wireless lockout from RST.
*PREMIER* Interbike 2010: Premier Users’ Preview
Below, Premier users get a first look at the raw, unedited shots from Dirt Demo before they get edited and turned into stories for the rest of Singletrackworld.com to enjoy.
Interbike 2010: Turner Bikes and Belt Drives
...though not both at the same time. The new DHR, new RFX and split Gates belt