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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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First Look: BTR’s Brazed-on Steel Brake Lines. Taking Integration To Another Level.

Michael Braybrook caught up with Tam from BTR to quiz him about his prototype, integrated brake line, hardtail. Tam and Burf of BTR Fabrications quickly made a name for themselves...

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Curtis Has Made Frames Since 1979, Now It’s Launching Its First Complete Bike

Curtis has been manufacturing steel bicycle frames in the UK since 1979 and has made everything from BMX race frames, and hardtail downhill race bikes, to 160mm travel single pivot...

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Orange Crush 29er Spotted At Eurobike

The Orange Crush is the bruiser in Orange’s hardcore hardtail line up, it’s also the only alloy framed hardtail that the British brand has in its range (if you don’t...

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Sub £1000 Mountain Bikes That Aren’t The Calibre Bossnut

Following on from our list of full-suspension bikes that you can buy for under £1200, we thought we would cast our net out again and see what we could catch...

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New Airdrop Bitmap: UK designed hardcore hardtail

Airdrop Bikes, a small Sheffield based brand led by Ed Brazier, has until now had just the one bike in the range: the Airdrop Edit. It’s gone through a couple...

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From Mood Board To Muddy Bike – the birth of a dream bike

You may have seen ‘Andy’s Hardtail’ by Mercredi in Wil’s round up of mountain bikes from Bespoked this year. You may also have dribbled a little bit when you saw……

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Niner Shows Integrated Luggage And Teases Full Suspension Gravel Bike

Niner, which many people know for its fast race mountain bike hardtails and full suspension bikes has been developing a few new products to appeal to those with a less...

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Kona’s 2019 Newcomers Go Big On 29ers

Kona is 30 years old this year and has many treats in store for you. There are new carbon bikes, new steel hardtails, new drop bar bikes and new e-bikes....

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Review: 2018 Whyte 909 Hardtail – A contender for the one-bike shed?

When the Whyte 909 turned up at Singletrack HQ, there were two riders particularly keen on riding it. Hannah already owns a Whyte hardtail, albeit a slightly older 901 hardtail,...

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If you like Orange Bikes & titanium, you better get in quick – there are only 15 of these worldwide

No, this isn’t breaking news. But when we’ve got all these pretty pictures to show off, do you think we give two hoots about that? Pah – just look at this...

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Ditch The Twitch – 14 Ways To Turn Your XC Bike Into A Confidence-Inspiring Rad Machine

Got an XC bike? Want to make it more capable, more comfortable, and more versatile? Here are 14 tips on how to do just that. There\'s more to this story...…

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Video: Killer Hardtails

We test and review three bikes as part of our Killer Hardtail group test. And now you can watch each video in full, right here!

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Cotic Unveils The New Soul

The very latest steel frame from Cotic is a beauty

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Forget Black Friday Bird Goes Stealth With 2018 Zero AM Boost

Bird brings Boost the the Zero AM hardtail while also going longer and slacker than before.

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Commencal Whips Up New 29/27.5+ Meta HT AM Hardtail

You like your hardtails big-forked and big-tyred? Commencal has just the maniac-mobile for your needs; the new Meta HT AM.

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Review: Canyon Exceed CF SL 7.9 Di2

The Canyon Exceed is a light, fast and beautifully smooth carbon hardtail. Then we added a dropper post and fat tyres to see how hard we could push it.

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Production Privée Launch The All New SHAN Hardtail

Andorran steel frame and retro race car lovers, Production Privée has announced an update to their enduro SHAN hardtail.

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Caminade’s Stunning Bonded Alloy Race Hardtail Prototype

A small French manufacturer is bringing a unique frame building technique to an alloy race bike that features a 29in front wheel and 27.5+ rear

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First Look: Canyon Exceed CF SL 7.9 Di2

Is this the stealthiest carbon hardtail we\'ve ever had in for testing? We get acquainted with the new sub-10kg Exceed CF SL 7.9 Di2 from Canyon Bikes

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First Look: Canyon Exceed CF SL 7.9 Di2

Sometimes there just ain’t no better tool for the job than a screamingly fast XC hardtail. Arriving at Singletrack Towers this week to sate our carbon fibre appetite is this...

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Zombie Apocalypse Bike Review: BTR Ranger

Would you pick a UK-made steel hardtail to survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Wil tests the BTR Ranger to see if it can outrun the undead

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Found: New Alloy Procaliber From Trek Bikes

Spotted on the Trek USA website is the all-new Procaliber alloy. Complete with IsoSpeed technology and Boost 148x12mm spacing

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First Look: Nukeproof Scout 290 Race

Joining the 27.5in model, the Scout 290 from Nukeproof is designed as a tough alloy 29in hardtail for pummelling down challenging terrain

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Specialized 2018: The All New Chisel Hardtail

Specialized have launched a new alloy hardtail modeled on their top of the line carbon Epic

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Lapierre Makes XC Comfortable With ProRace Carbon Hardtail

XC bikes are changing. A lot. Case in point, the new ProRace SAT hardtail from Lapierre, which uses the clever SAT design for more comfort

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First Ride Review: Lapierre Prorace SAT 729 2018

Olly Townsend gives us the first ever ride review of Lapierre\'s new softtail XC race bike

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