As a part of the GT presence at Mountain Mayhem they will be giving away a limited edition Golden Zaskar. This special edition bike will be awarded, at Midnight on the Saturday of the race, to the rider that posts the fastest lap time prior…
Mountain Mayhem Announces New Sponsor!
Pat Adam's classic midsummer 24 hour race will now be sponsored by the zingy, tangy people at Original Source
Watch TdF winner Carlos Sastre Live on Road.cc Website Today
The chaps from road.cc have just been to the Cervelo Test Team team presentation to interview their star riders Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd, British Olympic medallist Emma Pooley, and Cervelo co-founder Gerard Vroomen. Tune in today at noon when Carlos Sastre tells them about…
Santa Cruz Bikes Unveil First Full Carbon Fibre Bike
It had to happen (or did it?) Santa Cruz has announced that the new Blur XC will be full carbon, with 105mm travel and a 4.2lb frame and shock weight...
Snow!
A snowy commute made for some late night fixie-fun
New Sidi Dragon-II shoes in gloss red…
Gloss red, patent leather? What were they thinking? Bike tarts apply here...
World Champ Dislocates Shoulder in Training Accident
Rachel Atherton collided with a car while training on the road in Santa Cruz and has dislocated her shoulder. Now updated with more details including why she wasn't wearing a helmet...
Yak Attack Drops Entry Fee
They're keen on getting more of us Brits over to race, so the Yak Attack organisers have dropped their entry fee to less than half price thanks to sponsorship by Berghaus.
Yorkshire Dales Green Lane Renovation
A rutted, ankle-twisting ‘green lane’ west of Hawes is open for business again after being transformed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA). The route at Cotter End – know locally as The Highway or the Lady Anne Highway – is ready for visitors…
The 11th Annual Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival
The St. Mary Off-Road Bicycling Association (SMORBA) is pleased to announce that the coolest mountain bike event on the planet is back The 11th Annual Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival is set for February 11-15 in the lush, tropical mountains of St. Mary. The Festival is…
How much do you love your bike?
Jam Price loves Independent Fabrication bikes so much that he's had his iPods, trainers, even his skin branded with their logo...
To singlespeed or not?
Chipps mulls over whether he still qualifies as a singlespeeder...
Pace Demo & Exhibition Series at Dalby Forest
Come and visit the Pace Demo and Exhibition at the Dalby Forest Visitor centre. On display will be the full range of 2009 Pace frame models as well as 2009 DT Swiss Fork and shock range. Sunday January 25th In association with Big Bear Bikes Sunday…
Mash…
Some bizarre late night musings...
First Gorrick of the New Year this weekend.
Here's the location and timings of the first Gorrick Winter Series Race of 2009
Athertons on TV
Forget that lie in, or work out how your recording box works. There's a half hour programme about the Athertons on Channel4 this Sunday!
Oops!
Singletrack mag in print blunder shocker! No really. We are fallible you know. But this one is a harmless but quite a glaring cock-up and just ads to the darkly comic month we’ve been having. If you used our Direct Debit form in our latest…
Wiggle Enduro 6 & Thunder Run 10k 2009: Entry Forms
The weekend of mountain bike and running mayhem is set to return on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26 this year at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, near Tamworth. It will be held at Catton Park where the organisers have been laying some all weather surface in…
A long way for a pub lunch
Frozen byways and far-away pubs made up Chipps' weekend
Singletrack Mag Goes Up To 8 Issues For 2009
Singletrack Now Published 8 Times Per Year Rather than cutting back or downsizing, Singletrack Magazine is bucking all the current “credit crunch” trends and increasing its productivity for 2009. It doesn’t seem all that long ago since we were producing 6 issues every year and…
Registering Your Bike With Immobilise
Create a FREE private and secure portfolio of all your personal property (bikes, ipods, phones, laptops and so on can all be registered). If it is then lost or stolen, use Immobilise to tell law enforcement, your insurer, and the second-hand trade to assist in recovering your…
National Cycle Network to Northampton Waterside
Work began last week to create four kilometres (two and a half miles) of connected walking and cycling routes along Northampton’s River Nene. West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) has invested £400,000 in this section of the national Sustrans Connect2 scheme, which is being delivered by…
2009 Kielder Marathon Season
Beat the chill and work up a sweat by taking part in a mountain bike event in Kielder Water & Forest Park. The Forestry Commission is hosting the first leg of the 2009 Kielder Marathon Season over 33 miles of spectacular Border terrain on Saturday…
The Singletrack magazine Nice Price Special (NPS)
Pat and his batman Ag write... Over the weekend of 16th & 17th May 2009 Pro Velo Support brings you two days of unbeatable value mountain bike racing at Cannock Chase. In the coming months there will be some tough times, but that doesn’t mean…
Parts of Cannock Closed
According to a BBC report, parts of Cannock Chase are closed to walkers and riders because of the spread of a fungal disease among plants there...
Commencal Supreme DH WC Ltd Edition
The Press Release states… “After Gee and Rach’s outstanding double win at last summer’s World Championships in Val di Sole Italy, Commencal set the gears in motion to do produce something very special to commemorate and celebrate the win. Collaborating with Animal Commencal co-sponsors Shimano,…
661 Mini Downhill ’09
Mini Downhill is the new fun exciting way to race downhill. It’s aimed at new riders to the sport to give it a go and there is also the Pro-Am category for the more established racers. You get 2 race runs, a good laugh and…
Business as usual
The forum post frequency is returning to its pre Christmas level now, which is reassuring and I reckon a big indication of a return to normal service is the number of posts involving passioned and often irate posts about tiny, insignificant issues. It feels to…
A (temporary) new arrival
Chipps borrows a dog...
The Slick N Knobbly Cycling Festival, 11th–12th July
Starting Saturday you have the choice of taking part in a 2hr or 4hr enduro in the morning, followed by a short but sharp hill climb in the afternoon and then finally you can blast around a highly competitive Dirt Crit. Then Sunday you can…
Let’s ban photoshoots
No sooner had I suggested doing a photoshoot for today – given the run of unbroken blue skies we’ve had recently – than the clouds close in and it starts sleeting. Typical. Here’s hoping that Friday is better. We have lots of ace bikes to…
ATG Training’s Park Tool School
ATG Training’s Park Tool School course is designed for bike fans and those responsible for looking after other people’s cycles. The two-day course enables participants to gain a good level of ability and confidence in carrying out basic bike repairs and servicing. Run by…
Singletrack Trail Guide – New Mendip Route
As submitted by Stewart Hall… “The Mendip is synonymous with sticky mud and slippery limestone but any criticism you hear of trail conditions belie the variety of riding available. It’s fair to say that it’s best to visit during a dry spell so yes, think…
The 2009 Singletrack Classic Weekender, July 4-5
Get your diaries and your pencils out ladies and gentlemen… On the weekend of July 4th-5th there will be a brand-new old-style event taking place – the Singletrack Classic Weekender! The event will include three mandatory riding disciplines – XC, Downhill and “Classic” Trials. The idea is…
North Downs start for Trail Break 2009 season
First Trail Break events of the season this weekend near Guildford & 2009 calendar announced
Bike Shop Owner Attacked By Sloth
Now the details are a little all over the place at the moment but we have it on good authority that one way or another Jonny Letch from Chelmer Cycles has been attacked by a sloth. This has resulted in it breaking his wrist. His…
Re-introducing The New Singletrack Trail Guide
Shortly before Christmas we put together a list of all the best places to ride in the UK, from trail centres to natural trails. There’s pages and pages of easily digested information designed to give you a flavour of the riding to be had. Go check it…
No Fuss’ 2009 Event Listing
Outdoor event specialists No Fuss Events (Fort William) recently announced their 2009 programme. With nine events across the length and breadth of Scotland. The full programme for 2009: Saturday 7 March 2009 – The Wee Triathlon, Lochaber Kick start your year with a half triathlon…
Another Tweaked Bike From Intense – The New Uzzis
The new Intense* Uzzi in AM and FR guises. Not a whole lotta details at the mo apart from the new Uzzi having two travel-n-geometry options and a 1.5in headtube (unsurprisingly much like their other recently tweaked models). *Other bike brands are available.
Intense Launch The Spider 2
“Building on the success of the Tracer VP, Intense Cycles is excited to launch their second new model featuring the next generation VPP suspension design. The new Spider 2 will bridge the gap between the Spider FRO XC race frame and the Tracer VP Trailbike.…
We’re back?
A quick rundown of what happened: Just before Christmas the site was hacked, and most of it deleted. Due to various security implications we couldn’t put the old site back up. We made a new forum for people to continue chatting. During this time some…
”Messing About On Bikes” Singletrack Video
If you’re in need of something to while away a few more minutes at work until your Christmas holiday begins then give this little video a play… Just a random collection of video footage stitched together with some music slapped on top. The music is…
TransWales ’09
The 7 day MTB stage challenge to take place on 15th – 22nd August 2009 The TransWales Team write… 2008 is slowly coming to an end and the next season is looming around the corner. After weeks of frantically trying to put our plans for…
Hit The North 1point5
The organisers of the inaugural Hit the North didn’t think that the race was muddy enough so they decided to organise another one in the middle of winter. Hit the North – Winter Sprinter is a “Two-hour-plus-one-lap” bike race around Philips Park and Waterdale, North…
Magura Recalls Early Durin Forks
Magura has announce that it is recalling the first production batch of their Durin 80/100 race forks. Here’s what Magura would like to pass on: “In the course of our regular product observation we have discovered that the first production batch of our Durin Race…
Gorrick Spring Series – Now With Added Newness
As 2009 looms ever closer so does Gorrick’s ever popular Spring Series, now with lots of added new stuff: New Year, New Series, New Venue, New Times, New Sponsor! The Gorrick Team write… The Gorrick team have always had a passion for what they do,…
Pace Demo Dalby
Pace Cycles is having a series of demos at their local trail centre of Dalby this winter/spring… So if you fancied a go, get on down. (Now updated with date additions/changes) There are five days arranged on the following dates: Sunday Jan 25th (in association…
Rachel Atherton Wins BBC Award
2008 womens World Mountain Bike champion Rachel Atherton overcame some strong opposition last night to be named BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year. Rachel who was also nominated for ‘Personality of the year’ alongside brother Gee claimed the award in front of a star studded…
New Bike Centre in the Yorkshire Dales Opening Soon
Yorkshire Dales based Dales Mountain Biking is nearing completion of their ambitious expansion plans. Situated in Fremington on the outskirts of Reeth, Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales they are developing a dedicated bike centre. Dales Bike Centre as it is to be known will welcome…
BBC Reports on Builth Merida…
But not for reasons you’d expect. It has published the findings of the The National Public Health Service for Wales who found that ‘contaminated mud’ led to illness… Many riders after the Builth Merida complained of vomiting and diarrhoea, so the NPHS for Wales sent…
Tracy for Trek
Top UK rider Tracy Moseley has signed for the new Trek downhill team. She’ll be joining Justin Leov and Andrew Neethling and others on the newly formed gravity racing team. The team will be riding new Session 88s Today the speculation on the six rider…