Issue 1 – The issue that started it all way back in 2001. Not just any date in 2001. Oh no! we decided to not only launch the issue on April 1st but also in the middle of a Foot And Mouth epidemic that had closed the entire countryside in the UK. Despite all that, here we still are and for the first time, here is the complete issue 1, remastered in glorious digicolour for your online pleasure.

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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…

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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

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 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……

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……

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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……

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Singletrack Issue 1 – Bike Test

Estimated reading time: 21 minutes 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……

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Singletrack Issue 1 – Long Term Tests

Price: £89.95Distributed by: Extra UK 020 7267 0440 Easton Monkey Lite bars Easton are best known for their aluminium wrangling, but they’ve branched out into carbon fibre rather well in……

Singletrack Issue 1 Exclusive Test – Maverick, the best climbing bike ever?

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 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……

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 There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY…

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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……

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Singletrack Issue 1 – The Armchair feature

Estimated reading time: 24 minutes 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),……

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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

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes “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……

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Singletrack Issue 1 – Shoes

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 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……