The Finalists – Best Bike Shop 18 Bikes, Hope Valley A regular shop ride, a regular bike shop, and some regular and irregular custom frames – 18 Bikes is not…
Best UK Event, Show or Series – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
Always one of the closely fought and highly campaigned for prizes, we’re looking for you to choose your ‘Best event or series’. Whether it’s the atmosphere, the trails, the charity…
Mountain Bike Personality Of The Year – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
This is a hard one. What is a personality? Is it someone you’d like to have dinner with, because you know it would be entertaining? Is it someone you admire?…
Best Hardware – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
These are the bits you attach to your bike. Maybe they come on a complete bike, maybe you replace something old, or maybe you just upgrade to something even more…
Best Software: Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
Software is all the stuff that doesn’t go on your bike – it goes on you. It probably keeps you warm, or dry, or safe, or sweat-free. Maybe it carries…
Best Bike Over £4500 – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
Imagine for a second that you have unlimited funds, no mortgage, and no bills. It’s dream bike time, but you only have three bikes to choose from. Which will it…
Best Bike Under £4500 – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
If you’re shopping for a bike at this price point then you have our condolences – it’s not an easy job trying to choose just one bike from the 100’s…
Best Bike Under £2000 – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
This was a big year for bikes at this price point, with hardtails as well as some quality full suspension options becoming available, prompting a different sort of ‘How Much?!’…
Best Author – Singletrack Reader Awards 2019 Finalists
Whether it’s an epic tale of derring-do, a bit of thoughtful reflection, a humorous take on life on wheels, or even a technical review, we love a well written article.…
Crankbrothers Reveals New Highline Dropper Post Ranges
More length and different girths – new Crankbrothers Highline dropper range options revealed. When he reviewed the Crankbrothers 160mm Highline dropper post last year, reviewer James Vincent said ‘this is…
2020 Intense Primer comes in 29er, 27.5 and mullet wheel options
The Intense Primer is no-longer available just as a 29er and for 2020 the new Intense Primer range comes in 29in, 27.5in and a mullet option. Intense’s Primer 29er has…
2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 First Look
First look at the 2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 with updated VPP suspension platform, slacker geo, adjustable dropouts, and delicious colours. Santa Cruz’s Tallboy has received a major facelift for…
Juliana Joplin – The Adventure Bike With 10mm More Fun for 2020
First look at the 2020 Juliana Joplin with an added 10mm of travel, updated VPP suspension platform, slacker geo, adjustable dropouts and plenty of build options. The Joplin is the…
Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 Review – What Is Extreme Country?
The Tallboy 4 is Santa Cruz’s full suspension XC bike. It’s a 29r and we’ve had our hands on this CC model for the past week to give it a…
Knolly Launches The All Mountain Warden & Delirium For 2020
Knolly is that small Canadian bike brand you’ve probably heard of but not seen many bikes on our UK trails. They are based in Vancouver and Whistler, which makes us…
What3Words for Singletrack? The navigation app that is saving lives
It’s not a new app but it’s been in the news recently as quite a lot of emergency services are recommending we all download it. The What3Words app segments the…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 126 Is Out Now – Join Us
It’s been 126 issues since we published the very first Singletrack magazine way back in 2001… in the middle of the now historic, Foot and Mouth outbreak where none of…
Making Up The Numbers Episode 4 | Joe Smith
In this episode George Thompson chats race highlights, bike set up, flat pedals and body armour with Propain Factory Racing’s Joe Smith. George catches up with Propain Factory Racing’s Joe…
Fresh Goods Friday 461 | Tangerine Dream & The Wasp Factory
We are all feeling like we have had a very lucky escape. We’ve just opened to the door to our studio and discovered hundreds and hundreds of wasps. Luckily, they…
Trek Fuel EX 9.8 | First Ride Review
Chipps nips over to take in some Italian singletrack and bring you this Trek Fuel EX 9.8 First Ride Review For the first ride launch of the Trek Fuel EX,…
Trek Fuel EX 2020 – The Fuel EX Like Never Before
The 2020 Trek Fuel EX bears little resemblance to the previous model – we take a look at what’s new. The 130mm travel 29er bike is set to be the…
Video | What can a MTBer do to help our planet?
What can a mountain biker do to help our planet? It’s a difficult question with uncomfortable answers, but an easy one is #DitchDisposables Rémy Métailler has produced a video asking…
Video | Dudes of Hazzard – STEALIN’ axles and HOOKIN’ turns!
Take a break and enjoy this video from the Dudes of Hazzard. From the land of dry cake and wicked trails, the Dudes of Hazzard bring us another fun video…
First Look | Cube Stereo 170 – big travel, small price tag
For 2020 Cube has introduced a new big bike, the Stereo 170. With 29 inch wheels and 170mm of rear travel, it’s a bike for fast and steep descents, with…
9 Highlights From the Cube 2020 Bike Range
After viewing hundreds of bikes and accessories at the Cube 2020 Dealer Show, Hannah brings you her pick of the Cube 2020 Bike Range. After a couple of weeks of…
Specialized S-Works Enduro 2020 | First Ride
Specialized Enduro unveiled for 2020 Following 20 years of evolution, the latest iteration of the Specialized Enduro arrives as the biggest and baddest one yet. As EWS stages have become…
The HORROR: 2020 Rocky Mountain Slayer launches in slasher style
It’s a bike that we’ve all waiting to see. The Summer blockbuster is finally here! Meet the re-designed 2020 Rocky Mountain Slayer. That was the official teaser video for the…
Singletrack Issue 126 Classic Ride | Don’t Mynd If I Do
It’s the Long Mynd Jim, but not as we know it. Tom Hutton proves there are still real classics out there just waiting to be discovered. Mountain bikers are creatures…
Komoot updates its Garmin app with new and improved features
If you’re a Garmin user you’ll be happy to hear that komoot has recently updated it’s mountain bike friendly Garmin app to make even better. Komoot is a clever app…
The Loris Vergier Soundboard is the greatest thing to come out the DH WC
The Loris Vergier Soundboard is the gift that keeps giving! The developers of this fun website plan to keep adding more to it as the season continues. There are many…
Fresh Goods Friday 460 – The Austin Powers ‘I’m spent!’ edition
Yes, yes, yes! It’s the end of a dramatic week of weather, of news, of new bike launches and of people being in and out of the office like yo-yos……
Cotic FlareMAX 132 Pack announced with MORE travel
Cotic’s FlareMAX 132 Pack is a shock option that adds 12mm more travel to this sext steel full-suspension bike. Cotic has made a very small but very interesting release this…
2020 Calibre Bossnut First Ride Impressions – Super affordable fun!
First ride impressions of the 2020 Calibre Bossnut, a bike that proves that you don’t need to spend a fortune to have fun on 2 wheels. I have to admit…
First Look: 2020 Calibre Bossnut looks like a million dollars costs £1100
First look at the 2020 Calibre Bossnut. All-new geometry, all new Eagle drivetrain, all-new colours same great value for money. Since 2015 the Calibre Bossnut has been the goto bike…
2020 Calibre Bossnut Launched
The social media teasers kicked off sometime this week, and now the news is official! Here’s the 2020 Calibre Bossnut, a completely new beast! Read our first look here. Read…
Canyon Celebrates Crankworx Whistler With MTB Sale
Crankworx Whistler has been a fixture on the MTB calendar since 2004. Several days, spanning a variety of disciplines, on some of our sport’s most iconic trails – the event…
Sportline Show | New 2020 Saracen And Genesis Mountain Bikes
Sportline is the name of Madison’s company that handles all of its own-brand bikes, like Saracen, Genesis and Ridgeback and every year there’s a separate Sportline Show event held in…
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New DT Swiss 1200 Spline Premium Carbon Wheels Launched
Not only has DT Swiss reinvented its light-but-bombproof star ratchet hubs, but its has now built them into super light wheels with carbon wheels at the new DT Swiss 1200…
Giant Reign Advanced Pro 29 0 | First Ride Review
James Vincent has been to Canada to ride the new Giant Reign Advanced Pro 29. Read on to see what he thought… As new bike launches go, this one has…
Giant Reign 29 | The Reign of 27.5 is over! Long live the 29er!
In a somewhat inevitable and not wholly unexpected move, Giant’s long travel enduro race bike, The Giant Reign 29, will be rolling on 29in wheels for 2020. The new Giant…