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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
”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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Singletrack Issue 1 Editorial – I’m old enough to know better
I’m old enough to know better… I should know better than to get together with a couple of friends to try and start a mountain bike magazine, published entirely with…
Singletrack Issue 1 – If it’s Tuesday this must be Moab
As we met for a breakfast of omelettes smothered in green chile sauce, Jo and Russell told us about how they’d been up early and seen the Uranium trucks rumbling…
Singletrack Issue 1 Editorial 2
GoFar is pleased to announce the birth of its successor. Well this is a bit of a leap isn’t it? From website to real mag. There’s a sort of inverse…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Michael Bonney (Orange Bikes) interview
Way back, in Issue 1 of Singletrack Magazine, we interviewed Michael Bonney. As friends, family, and the industry mourn his passing, look back fondly as he takes a guess, in…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Singleminded
Words by Steve Delacruz Picture by Seb Rogers First published April 2001 Singletrack. There isn’t a single word in a mountain biker’s vocabulary that evokes as many memories or passion…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Fall Girl
by Myra VanInwegen Mountain biking is risky. Unless you try only the tamest trails and walk even the smallest dropoffs, you will crash. Of course, not all crashes result in…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Bike Test
For the first bike test in Singletrack we decided to do something just a little differently. We’ve not picked three similarly priced hardtails. Nor have we plumped for a range…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Long Term Tests
Easton Monkey Lite bars Easton are best known for their aluminium wrangling, but they’ve branched out into carbon fibre rather well in the last couple of years. Carbon posts, carbon…
Singletrack Issue 1 Exclusive Test – Maverick, the best climbing bike ever?
Words and pictures by Chipps Chippendale Getting the first review of a Maverick bike in the UK, and possibly Europe, took all the string pulling we could muster. But it…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Nuclear Power Play
We've dug back into issue one to bring you Singletrack's very first road trip - must have been fission for themes
Singletrack Issue 1 – Should I stay or should I grow?
There was a Howies advert once with a tag-line that read: “There are more people alive today than have ever died, being alone is going to get harder.” We’d all…
Singletrack Issue 1 – The Armchair feature
This is the part of the magazine where we invite you to make yourself a very large cup or coffee, (preferably Costa Rican or Guatemalan), sit back and take some…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Dostoyevsky’s Bicycle
By Ben Boney M. Books about bicycling are hard to find. I don’t mean ride guides, maintenance manuals, or ‘how to ’handbooks. I mean good books, books that really capture…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Boys on the Hoodz
“Big fat fingers wrapped up in woollen gloves struggled to maintain a grip on the elegant curve of the brake levers. It only took the slightest slither of winter frosty…
Singletrack Issue 1 – Shoes
The subject of shoes seems to stir up some very passionate feelings in people. While you may have many sets of riding clothes, it’s unlikely that you have more than…