Pole Stamina New Machined Big Travel Big Wheel Bike From Finland With New Sizing

Finland’s Pole Bicycle Company was best known for its progressive geometry and clever folding frame designs, now, however, the brand is also known for calling out Chinese carbon frame makers...

2019 Canyon Neuron Gets 130mm Travel, New Geometry And Starts At Just £1,449

In a break from the normal fanfare and pomp that comes with a new bike launch, Canyon has quietly updated its website to include the 2019 Neuron, a bike so...

Singletrack Issue 121: XXC: Cross Country Extra

Three bikes that take the short travel full suspension bike to another world.

Stu Taylor HT550

Battle of the Kit: Bike packing sprint versus bike packing marathon

Whilst sitting back enjoying some much-needed rest and recuperation on a small Greek Island Stu Taylor took time to reflect on what has been a pretty crazy few months, during……

Cannondale Habit. First Impressions Of A Very Important Bike

Cannondale Habit, first impressions. While I’m not, for a minute, going to think that I can get away with complaining about riding secret new bikes on wonderful trails with great...

10 Outerbike Bicycle Innovators

Our roving (raving?) US correspondent, Fahzure, has been on the road again, this time he headed to Outerbike. Outerbike is a bicycle consumer demo event and party that takes place……

robot r130

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Robot R130 Review

Robot Bike Co. first shot to fame at the 2016 Fort William World Cup when it debuted a stunning full suspension mountain bike called the R160. Made from carbon fibre...

cotic rocketmax 2019

Cotic Brings Manufacturing To The UK With 2019 Cotic RocketMAX. Full Details.

Cotic has done it again! Yup, a last minute email about another bike launch, but we forgive them because this is the bike many of us have been waiting for,...

Wearables for the body and the bike. Plus a free poem! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 416

This week at Singletrack there has been some drama. Someone used the last of the oat milk without saying anything, there was a birthday cake with no candles, and thanks...

orange stage 4 rs

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Orange Stage 4 RS Review

When it comes to UK-made full suspension bikes, there was one brand that was always going to be in this grouptest. Put simply, few manufacturers can rival Orange Bikes’ rich...

2019 DVO D1 Fork Range Announced Along with Topaz And Garnett Updates

For the 2019 season DVO, a brand made up of ex-Marzocchi employees has created a whole new premium range of suspension forks named D1. D1 forks have already been spotted...

2019 Norco Fluid FS 1

Norco Reckons The 2019 Norco Fluid FS 1 Is The Best Bike Under £2000 They Could Be Right

Canadian brand Norco reckons it’s on to a winner with the 2019 Norco Fluid FS 1 and we might have to agree. For 2019 Norco continues to work closely with...

shand shug

The Trillion Shug Becomes The Shand Shug And Shand Cycles First Hardcore Hardtail

Are you looking at the ‘new’ Shand Shug and thinking to yourself “Huh, I’m sure I’ve seen this before” well that’s because you probably have. You see that Shand Shug...

New Ibis DV9: A carbon hardtail you can pay for with your summer job?

Ibis has just announced the launch of its new carbon hardtail, the DV9. Following the current trend for XC-but-slacker (which Ibis is calling Downcountry), this new bike will be offered...

Intense Tazer Relaunched! But As A Full Suspension Enduro e-MTB

After months of being teased with Instagram posts by Mr. Steber, today Intense has officially released details of its brand spanking new, and first ever, Tazer e-bike.  Currently only available...

Review: Commencal Meta Trail V4.2 Race 650B: Fun and confidence inspiring

When the bike first arrived, aside from being blown away with just how damn good the bare aluminium with orange and black graphics looked, I was puzzled; Commencal Meta TR...

The Cotic Soda – Flagship Titanium Hardtail – Returns! Longshot, but Limited

New Cotic Soda They’re like buses, eh? New bikes… You turn your back for a minute and a load have turned up without you noticing – and now you have...

Review: Cotic FlareMAX. Is Longshot Geometry a step too far or a step in the right direction?

The Cotic FlareMAX 29in/27.5+ was first introduced by the Peak-district based purveyors of made out of metal bicycles, in 2016. This bike here is the second iteration of Cotic’s 120mm...

Whyte G170 C Works 29er

2019 Whyte S120 and G170 C Works 29er First Look

More hot new bike news from the Cycle Show and more from the Whyte stand with a first look at the brand spanking new Whyte S150 and Whyte G170 bikes....

Cycle Show 2018: Whyte T120 A Proper Kids Full-Susser First Look

We saw lots of nice new bikes over on the Whyte Bikes stand at the 2018 Cycle Show yesterday including the all-new Whyte S120, updated T130 and updated G170, but...

pace rc627 2019

2019 Pace RC627 Pushes The Geometry Envelope With Huge Updates!

Details of 2019 bikes are pouring in thick and fast with most brands upping reach numbers while dropping standover height, and Pace is no exception. Well, actually we suppose they...

Salsa Cycles update All Road line up

Whole range gets a refresh for 2019, with a few surprises in there.

First Ride Review: The new generation Specialized Turbo Levo

The new Turbo Levo has been extensively redesigned, with manufacturers Specialized saying it has more in common with the Stumpjumper than its e-bike namesake. Tom Johnstone took to the trails...

Launched: The All New Specialized Turbo Levo

Three years on from the first Levo, Specialized is back with an all new, designed from the ground up addition to the world of e-bikes. The new Turbo Levo shares...

Sportline Show 2018: Longer, Slacker Lower Saracen Hardtails.

It wasn’t all huge travel big bikes at the Sportline show last week Saracen also launched a brand spanking new hardtail – the Mantra LSL. Available in two sizes the...

Best Bike Under £1500 – Singletrack Reader Awards 2018

Tough competition for the best of our budget bike picks this year. We have two extremely capable full-suspension bikes up against a versatile steel hardtail, all of which are designed here...

Best Hardware – Singletrack Reader Awards 2018 Finalists

We’re in sync people! The 3 final nominations for the Best Hardware Award, chosen by you, are 3 products that we all love here in the office too! Thank goodness...

It’s Not Friday The 13th But It Is Fresh Goods Friday The 413th – The No Shock Or Gore Edition

After the shock and Gore of last weeks Fresh Goods Friday we decided to tone things down a little for this week with a few nice items, a lovely looking...

Review: Simplon Cirex 120 – Slammed and svelte, but not just for suffering

As I’m sure everyone has noticed, there’s been something of a change in mountain bike geometry in the last few years. The longer-lower-slacker trend has become de rigueur, and aside...

Review: Is Kona Still Ahead Of The Curve? We Get To Grips With The Satori DL

The Satori is a bike that’s returned to Kona’s lineup after a lengthy leave of absence. It was originally released back in 2012 when longer travel 29ers were considered a...

Pole Stamina New Machined Big Travel Big Wheel Bike From Finland With New Sizing

Finland’s Pole Bicycle Company was best known for its progressive geometry and clever folding frame designs, now, however, the brand is also known for calling out Chinese carbon frame makers...

2019 Canyon Neuron Gets 130mm Travel, New Geometry And Starts At Just £1,449

In a break from the normal fanfare and pomp that comes with a new bike launch, Canyon has quietly updated its website to include the 2019 Neuron, a bike so...

Singletrack Issue 121: XXC: Cross Country Extra

Three bikes that take the short travel full suspension bike to another world.

Stu Taylor HT550

Battle of the Kit: Bike packing sprint versus bike packing marathon

Whilst sitting back enjoying some much-needed rest and recuperation on a small Greek Island Stu Taylor took time to reflect on what has been a pretty crazy few months, during……

Cannondale Habit. First Impressions Of A Very Important Bike

Cannondale Habit, first impressions. While I’m not, for a minute, going to think that I can get away with complaining about riding secret new bikes on wonderful trails with great...

10 Outerbike Bicycle Innovators

Our roving (raving?) US correspondent, Fahzure, has been on the road again, this time he headed to Outerbike. Outerbike is a bicycle consumer demo event and party that takes place……

robot r130

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Robot R130 Review

Robot Bike Co. first shot to fame at the 2016 Fort William World Cup when it debuted a stunning full suspension mountain bike called the R160. Made from carbon fibre...

cotic rocketmax 2019

Cotic Brings Manufacturing To The UK With 2019 Cotic RocketMAX. Full Details.

Cotic has done it again! Yup, a last minute email about another bike launch, but we forgive them because this is the bike many of us have been waiting for,...

Wearables for the body and the bike. Plus a free poem! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 416

This week at Singletrack there has been some drama. Someone used the last of the oat milk without saying anything, there was a birthday cake with no candles, and thanks...

orange stage 4 rs

UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Orange Stage 4 RS Review

When it comes to UK-made full suspension bikes, there was one brand that was always going to be in this grouptest. Put simply, few manufacturers can rival Orange Bikes’ rich...

2019 DVO D1 Fork Range Announced Along with Topaz And Garnett Updates

For the 2019 season DVO, a brand made up of ex-Marzocchi employees has created a whole new premium range of suspension forks named D1. D1 forks have already been spotted...

2019 Norco Fluid FS 1

Norco Reckons The 2019 Norco Fluid FS 1 Is The Best Bike Under £2000 They Could Be Right

Canadian brand Norco reckons it’s on to a winner with the 2019 Norco Fluid FS 1 and we might have to agree. For 2019 Norco continues to work closely with...

shand shug

The Trillion Shug Becomes The Shand Shug And Shand Cycles First Hardcore Hardtail

Are you looking at the ‘new’ Shand Shug and thinking to yourself “Huh, I’m sure I’ve seen this before” well that’s because you probably have. You see that Shand Shug...

New Ibis DV9: A carbon hardtail you can pay for with your summer job?

Ibis has just announced the launch of its new carbon hardtail, the DV9. Following the current trend for XC-but-slacker (which Ibis is calling Downcountry), this new bike will be offered...

Intense Tazer Relaunched! But As A Full Suspension Enduro e-MTB

After months of being teased with Instagram posts by Mr. Steber, today Intense has officially released details of its brand spanking new, and first ever, Tazer e-bike.  Currently only available...

Review: Commencal Meta Trail V4.2 Race 650B: Fun and confidence inspiring

When the bike first arrived, aside from being blown away with just how damn good the bare aluminium with orange and black graphics looked, I was puzzled; Commencal Meta TR...

The Cotic Soda – Flagship Titanium Hardtail – Returns! Longshot, but Limited

New Cotic Soda They’re like buses, eh? New bikes… You turn your back for a minute and a load have turned up without you noticing – and now you have...

Review: Cotic FlareMAX. Is Longshot Geometry a step too far or a step in the right direction?

The Cotic FlareMAX 29in/27.5+ was first introduced by the Peak-district based purveyors of made out of metal bicycles, in 2016. This bike here is the second iteration of Cotic’s 120mm...

Whyte G170 C Works 29er

2019 Whyte S120 and G170 C Works 29er First Look

More hot new bike news from the Cycle Show and more from the Whyte stand with a first look at the brand spanking new Whyte S150 and Whyte G170 bikes....

Cycle Show 2018: Whyte T120 A Proper Kids Full-Susser First Look

We saw lots of nice new bikes over on the Whyte Bikes stand at the 2018 Cycle Show yesterday including the all-new Whyte S120, updated T130 and updated G170, but...

pace rc627 2019

2019 Pace RC627 Pushes The Geometry Envelope With Huge Updates!

Details of 2019 bikes are pouring in thick and fast with most brands upping reach numbers while dropping standover height, and Pace is no exception. Well, actually we suppose they...

Salsa Cycles update All Road line up

Whole range gets a refresh for 2019, with a few surprises in there.

First Ride Review: The new generation Specialized Turbo Levo

The new Turbo Levo has been extensively redesigned, with manufacturers Specialized saying it has more in common with the Stumpjumper than its e-bike namesake. Tom Johnstone took to the trails...

Launched: The All New Specialized Turbo Levo

Three years on from the first Levo, Specialized is back with an all new, designed from the ground up addition to the world of e-bikes. The new Turbo Levo shares...

Sportline Show 2018: Longer, Slacker Lower Saracen Hardtails.

It wasn’t all huge travel big bikes at the Sportline show last week Saracen also launched a brand spanking new hardtail – the Mantra LSL. Available in two sizes the...

Best Bike Under £1500 – Singletrack Reader Awards 2018

Tough competition for the best of our budget bike picks this year. We have two extremely capable full-suspension bikes up against a versatile steel hardtail, all of which are designed here...

Best Hardware – Singletrack Reader Awards 2018 Finalists

We’re in sync people! The 3 final nominations for the Best Hardware Award, chosen by you, are 3 products that we all love here in the office too! Thank goodness...

It’s Not Friday The 13th But It Is Fresh Goods Friday The 413th – The No Shock Or Gore Edition

After the shock and Gore of last weeks Fresh Goods Friday we decided to tone things down a little for this week with a few nice items, a lovely looking...

Review: Simplon Cirex 120 – Slammed and svelte, but not just for suffering

As I’m sure everyone has noticed, there’s been something of a change in mountain bike geometry in the last few years. The longer-lower-slacker trend has become de rigueur, and aside...

Review: Is Kona Still Ahead Of The Curve? We Get To Grips With The Satori DL

The Satori is a bike that’s returned to Kona’s lineup after a lengthy leave of absence. It was originally released back in 2012 when longer travel 29ers were considered a...