Vali Holl will be off the bike for at least 3 weeks following an injury during dual slalom practice at Crankworx Innsbruck. Junior champion, Vali Holl, has taken to Instagram to inform fans that she will have to take some time off the bike after…
Review | Aventyr: A Mountain Bike Board Game
Make even your rest time play time with Aventyr, a mountain bike themed board game. And now for something completely different… a board game? Based around the idea of ‘Trailquest’ or orienteering by bike, Aventyr is a game where players aim to collect points at…
Rich Energy vs Whyte Bikes logo spat descends into name calling
It was just a few weeks ago that we reported on Whyte Bikes court case victory over new energy drinks startup, Rich Energy. Rich Energy, sponsors of a F1 team despite not having any products of their own available to buy yet, were slapped down…
Hope Technology’s Co-Founder, Ian Weatherill, Gets A Gong From The Queen
Ian Weatherill, the co-founder of Hope Technology and the Managing Director has been made a MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Ian (seen above, and below, right) has been recognised for his ‘services to business, innovation and the community in Lancashire’. He founded the…
This is Caminade’s Ti, Asymmetric, Chilleasy a.k.a. “Pleasure Machine”
Boutique French frame maker, Caminade, makes a welcome return to the mountain bike market with the full-suspension Chilleasy. The Caminade Chilleasy is the latest full-suspension frame to be designed and manufactured by the French frame maker. The bike is actually the brainchild of Caminade newcomer,…
Review | Etnies Jameson Mid Crank flat shoe
Hannah checks out the Etnies Jameson Mid Crank MTB shoes, developed with Brandon Semenuk. Suede? Pale grey suede? What kind of mountain biker are these built for? The answer is one who does tricks, probably on dirt jumps (which are a dry weather activity…) and who…
Review | The Stan’s No Tubes Sentry MK3 is a total sleeper wheelset for 2.5-2.6in tyres
Tom tests and reviews the Stan’s No Tubes Sentry MK3 wheelset If you’ve mountain biked for any length of time and even half thought about buying a new wheelset or rims for your bike, it’s more than likely that Stan’s will have been one of…
2019 Leogang DH WC Elite Men Results
Find out the results from round 3 of the 2019 downhill world cup in Leogang. 2019 Leogang DH WC Elite Men’s results below. Before we get into the results of today’s Elite Men’s race from Leogang, let’s take a few minutes to get to grips…
2019 Leogang DH WC Elite Women Results
Although Tahnee Seagrave is out for this round of the UCI Downhill World Cup, the racing was as fast and as close as ever. What a contrast from last week! Leogang is sunny, dusty and midge-fee, but what hasn’t changed since Fort William is the…
2019 Leogang DH WC Junior Results are in
We’re not at Leogang this weekend but we’re still on hand to bring you that latest results from the 3rd round of the UCI Downhill World Cup. Junior Men 2019 Leogang Downhill WC Thibaut Daprela Kye A’Hern Matteo Iniguez Jamie Edmondson Patrick Laffey See the…
Review | Cane Creek eeWings – Titanium. Oh yeah, baby
We gave Barney a pair of Cane Creek eeWings. Is he still soaring? There is something mysterious about titanium. From its use in rockets, spaceships, and military aircraft from the sixties on; its forging by the Soviets in enormous vacuum chambers; its use as a…
The Great Trail Etiquette Debate | Who should give way?
This debate on trail etiquette popped up in a forum thread last week and it got us all debating it in the office. Trail etiquette | Who gets out of the the way? Let’s imagine you are climbing up a narrow, technical and steep trail.…
Review | The 2019 Whyte S-120 C RS is an absolute yahoo-factory
Wil reviews the 2019 Whyte S-120 C RS – a ludicrously fast trail bike with bonkers geometry Brand new for 2019, the S-120 storms into the Whyte lineup as the hotly-anticipated replacement for the popular T-129. Equipped with 29in wheels, 120mm of travel and progressive…
Tested | 12 Top Mountain Bike Accessories To Upgrade Your Ride
Wil tests and reviews 12 top mountain bike accessories for your new (or old) ride New to cycling? Just got yourself a spangly new mountain bike? Or maybe you’ve been riding for years, but prefer to spend your time actually riding and hanging out with…
Fresh Goods Friday 451: The Black, Red and Orange Edition
This week has brought us mixed weather and mixed emotions. We’re very happy to have Wil back in the office! Yet we’re very sad to report that he is walking around in shorts and flip-flops, apparently forgetting that he’s in the UK now. He’s kicking…
Review | The Dakine Split Roller 110L is a rolling duffel bag that’s ideal for travelling riders
Wil experiences a revelation after testing the voluminous Dakine Split Roller travel bag I’ve recently come to the realisation that, for far too long, I’ve been attempting this whole travelling journalist caper completely the wrong way. Over the years, I’ve battled numerous plane, train, ferry…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Padded With Knowledge
Words Chipps There’s a fresh sign that’s recently popped up on a bridleway near me. It’s at a road junction between a very minor road and a bridleway. The bridleway in question is flat tarmac for the first 500m until it goes past the end…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | A day in the life of Bike Park Wales
Sam Dugon goes behind the scenes at BikePark Wales and follows the staff during a typical day. Words & Photography Samantha Saskia Dugon As with all great things in life, the more professional a venue, event or personality appears, the more work has gone in…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | The Art Of The Possible
Has your biking mojo taken a knock of late? No longer quite feeling the love? Sanny reckons you might just need a wee challenge in your life to fire you up. Like a few Scottish Munros. Words & Photography Sanny What is it that first…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Capital To Coast
Max Darkins rides off-road as much as possible from Richmond Park in London to dip his toes in the sea at Brighton beach. Words Max Darkins Photography Matt Pitts With springtime officially sprung and a day of sunny weather forecast, it is decided that Monday…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | With great power comes great grumpiness
Jason Miles has a run-in with the powers that are supposed to be helping him. A few weeks ago a mountain bike race happened in a park just outside Manchester. I’d organised it. It took a long time to get everything sorted out, mainly because…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Chairlifted Orienteering
Chipps takes on a mountain orienteering event in the Italian Dolomites, organised by Germans, where the idea is to hunt for dumplings that don’t actually exist, but which everybody gets at the end. Words & Photography Chipps “Crunch!” And with that, our event was over…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Electric Boogaloo
Chipps infiltrates the underground world of electric-bike-only riding weekends to discover the secret customs and handshakes of this growing mountain bike world. Words & Photography Chipps When you have a ‘special’ hobby, whether it be radio control cars, jigsaws or a rubber fetish, you’re always…
Singletrack Issue 125 | (Not) Catching Up With Peaty
Pete Scullion catches up with Steve Peat, one of the most successful mountain bikers of all time, and a giant of the sport in many ways. Words & Photography Pete Scullion Rolling down Steve Peat’s driveway seems awfully familiar, although I’ve never set foot in…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Jez Avery – Tears Of A Clown
Hannah catches up with Jez Avery, the official joker of the British mountain bike scene and finds a darker side that nearly did for him. Words Hannah Photography Mark and as credited “I love waking up in the mornings.” It’s taken stunt rider Jez Avery…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | The Road To Thundergay
Sanny and Dave explore the western slopes of the Scottish isle of Arran, far removed from the tourist-heavy honeypots of Brodick and Goatfell. Words & Photography Sanny “Is that a dude dressed as Princess Leia?” I expleted, more than a little taken aback when a…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | The Last Word
Swapping cars for handlebars By Mark Alker Mark swaps heated car seats and sunroof for a bike saddle and the open air in a move to become a daily bike commuter. In April I handed back the keys to my car to the guy from…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Making Hay On Wye
Barney takes a trip to Hay, while the sun shines… Words & Photography Barney Marsh This isn’t how it usually works. If you’re a freelancer like wot I is (Barney Marsh, writer of rongs, that’s me), you usually find yourself pitching ideas like a desperate,…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Digital Downloads
Singletrack members gain access to each issue of the magazine in a multitude of formats and options. Read on for shortcuts to the digital extras included with issue 125 of Singletrack magazine. Issue 125 PDF For those digital members who like to read the magazine…
Stan’s & Hope Respond To Shimano Micro Spline Licensing Frustrations
Hub manufacturers express frustration at Shimano’s tightly-controlled licensing over Micro Spline freehub standard Last year when Shimano released the XTR M9100 groupset, it also unveiled a brand new proprietary freehub body called Micro Spline. This Micro Spline freehub body was developed specifically to be able…
Meet the Banshee Paradox – An alloy hardtail that rides like steel
The Banshee Paradox is an ultra-rare alloy hardtail that has been designed to ride with the spirit of a steel bike Banshee bikes aren’t exactly ten a penny in the UK. You might bump into a Spitfire now and then but they’re not the usual…
Review | Who needs carbon when the Hunt Enduro Wide wheelset is as good as this
James gives us his review on the Hunt Enduro Wide wheels after 9 months of punishment What do you do when you can’t find a wheelset with the exact specification that you’re after? Most of us would either compromise or go down the custom route,…
Photo Gallery: 2019 Fort William World Cup Slip ‘N’ Slide
Fort William provided the goods again for this year’s round of the UCI Downhill World Cup, but before we move on to the next leg, let’s check out some the images we caught at the Nevis Range. With a grueling track, extreme weather and crowds…
2019 Fort William World Cup – Elite Men’s Finals Results
Elite Men’s Results Are In For The 2019 Fort William World Cup It’s the third and final day of racing here at Fort William, which can only mean one thing – Finals Time! After two tough days of surviving the notoriously rough Fort William race…
2019 Fort William World Cup – Elite Women’s Finals Results
Elite Women’s Results Are In For The 2019 Fort William World Cup! After a (relatively) dry day during Saturday’s qualifying session, the rain showers returned to the Ben Nevis range for Sunday race day. But while the rock-armoured upper and lower sections of the 3km…
2019 Fort William World Cup – Junior Finals Results
Junior Results Are In For The 2019 Fort William World Cup! It’s the third and final day of the 2019 Fort William World Cup, and the junior field has just finished racing down the mountain. While the rain had mostly held off for the morning,…
Crash Carnage at Fort William WC Downhill 2019
With the finals at the 2019 Fort William DH World Cup just hours away, we take a moment to look back at the past few days and the carnage we’ve witnessed so far. Although the final races at the 2019 Fort William DH World Cup…
2019 Fort William DH World Cup: Spied in the pits part 2
Another day of cruising the pits at Fort William uncovers more surprising new tech and bikes we’ve never seen in the flesh before. Juliana She 10 This beautiful Juliana She 10 is hitting the dirt at Fort William this weekend. Like other Juliana models, the…
Live Q&A On The New Shimano 12-Speed Deore XT & SLX Groupsets
Send us in your questions on the new Shimano 12-Speed XT & SLX groupsets! In case you missed one of the biggest product announcements of the year, Shimano has just announced it will be rolling out brand new 12-speed iterations of its popular Deore XT…
Rotor Introduces Lightest Ever Crankset – The 429g Kapic Carbon
Rotor rolls out Kapic Carbon – its lightest and stiffest mountain bike crankset ever Spanish drivetrain manufacturer, Rotor Components, recently revealed its first ever carbon fibre crankset; the new Kapic Carbon. At just 429g including a 32t chainring, the Kapic Carbon is the lightest, and…
2019 Fort William World Cup – A Day Of Surviving Qualifying
Qualifying results are in for the 2019 Fort William World Cup! It’s Saturday the 1st of June, which is *technically* the meteorological start to the UK Summer. You wouldn’t know it if you were here at Fort William though. But hey, who are we to…
2019 Fort William DH World Cup Gallery: How the pros deal with the rain
The 2019 Fort William DH World Cup is turning into one of the wettest we’ve had to deal with in years, which gives us a great inside look at how the pros deal with the rain and mud. We have more 2019 Fort William DH…
2019 Fort William Course Preview – Gee Atherton takes us for a wet & wild run down Ben Nevis
Watch Gee Atherton deliver a wet & wild practice run for the 2019 Fort William course preview video We’re up in Scotland at the 2019 Fort William World Cup, and today was the first day that riders were able to get out on course to…
The Fastest Riders From Timed Practice At The 2019 Fort William World Cup
Results are in from today’s timed practive at the 2019 Fort William World Cup Well, it’s been a wet ol’ day up here at Fort William for the 2nd round of the 2019 Downhill World Cup Series. After yesterday’s official track walk session, today would…
Spotted At Fort William: The New Commencal Supreme DH bike
Hiding in plain sight at the Commencal Vallnord race pits in Fort William is the latest variation of the Commencal Supreme DH bike. Walking around the pits, and watching the action on track, it’s hard not to be impressed by the number of Commencal Supreme…
Tahnee Seagrave Crashes In Practice at Fort William.
Our Andi is on the hill at Fort William MTB World Cup and has just heard Tahnee Seagrave has crashed! Rumour is she’s injured her shoulder and had to be helped off the hill. As soon as Andi gets any more news to us, we’ll…
Fresh Goods Friday 450: ‘I Thought We’d Be Enjoying Summer By Now’
Remember those school summer holidays where you looked out the window at the rain hammering down and wished it would stop so that you could go out and play on your bike? Well, that’s a bit like how we feel today. Despite the promise of…
Ten Things About Tweedlove’s Transcend Bike Festival That You Need To Know
We’re looking forward to see what Tweedlove has in store for us this year at the newly minted Transcend Bike Festival. It’s basically like a bike race, bike show geek-out, chill-out camping music fest and food & drink festival all squished into one giant weekend.…
First Ride Review | Shimano SLX M7100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes
Wil gets his grubby mitts on the new Shimano SLX M7100 groupset for an early ride review In case you hadn’t heard the news, Shimano has just announced it will be rolling out both new XT and SLX groupsets for 2019. Having launched XTR 12-speed…
Day 1 2019 Fort William DH World Cup: Spied in the pits
We’re here at the 2019 Fort William DH World Cup and although it is absolutely lashing it down, we’ve been through the pits and snapped a few gems for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! Cannondale’s dual shock downhill bike As soon as we arrived at Fort…
First Ride Review | Shimano Deore XT M8100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes
Wil gets a first ride review on the brand new Shimano Deore XT M8100 groupset Last year Shimano unveiled its first 12-speed mountain bike groupset; also known as XTR M9100. With two new brake systems, the choice of 1×11, 1×12 and 2×12 drivetrain options, a…