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Fresh Goods Friday 716: The Icelandic Edition
It’s oh so quiet. There’s just me (Mark) in the office today. That’s not actually unusual as we run a hybrid home/office deal at Singletrack and Friday’s are my usual days in at my desk. But apart from me there’s just Zoe on duty today.…
Say hello to the new Maxxis High Roller III
You may have seen the new Maxxis High Roller III on various World Cup DH racers, often obliquey referred to as the “intermediate” tyre. (Or just all-out named as the new High Roller by less careful vlogging racers!) UK SRP is £74.99 for the DH…
Maxxis Shorty Gen 2 review: the best just got better
After waiting the best part of a year for a Maxxis Shorty Gen 2, I managed to get one and quickly put it through its paces.
Fresh Goods Friday 594: The Fifth Season
Here we are, back to winter, just in time for our energy bills to rise an unfathomable amount. So get your insulated jackets out, your merino base layers, your buffs and your fleece-lined hats. What you save on energy bills, you can spend on your…
Celebrating 20 Years of the Maxxis Minion
20 years of the Maxxis Minion. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Just like us at Singletrack, Maxxis are celebrating 20 years in 2021. It’s a good year for certain things. To celebrate Maxxis released the original design. Pretty cool to see how some…
The 'We're Clinging On' Edition | FGF 486
Mark has been ill, Hannah has been broken, Chipps is on a road bike, Amanda had a nap in the office, Ross hasn’t broken anything, Andi has been going for walks, Tom has been making something exciting, Andy has been listening to Roy Orbison, Charlie…
FGF 469 | Crashes, Crime and CSI
First things first! This was stupid right? Things we have learnt this week… getting your bike nicked sucks. There are stages of grief. Obviously there’s the initial horror as you chase your bike down the street as a man in a balaclava hangs out a…
Fresh Goods Friday 442 | Tyres, flat shoes and bikepacking goodies
We’ve handed over control of Fresh Goods Friday 442 to Young James, our work experience stooge for the week… Hi, I’ve been on work experience this week with Singletrack, I’ve been asked to bullet point a few things I’ve learnt whilst here: It is really…
Enduro Rubbers – 4 Maxxis DoubleDown Tyres Reviewed & Compared
Maxxis has a growing range of Wide Trail (WT) mountain bike tyres, including several options with the more robust DoubleDown casing. To make sense of the range, we gathered the Aggressor, Minion DHF, Minion DHR II and Shorty in their respective WT DoubleDown outfits, and…
Review: Maxxis Shorty 2.5 WT DoubleDown Tyre
Maxxis has a growing range of Wide Trail (WT) mountain bike tyres, including several options with the more robust Double Down casing. To make sense of the range, we gathered the Aggressor, Minion DHF, Minion DHR II and Shorty in their respective WT Double Down…
Review: Maxxis Minion DHR II 2.4 WT DoubleDown Tyre
Maxxis has a growing range of Wide Trail (WT) mountain bike tyres, including several options with the more robust Double Down casing. To make sense of the range, we gathered the Aggressor, Minion DHF, Minion DHR II and Shorty in their respective WT Double Down…
Review: Maxxis Minion DHF 2.5 WT DoubleDown Tyre
Maxxis has a growing range of Wide Trail (WT) mountain bike tyres, including several options with the more robust Double Down casing. To make sense of the range, we gathered the Aggressor, Minion DHF, Minion DHR II and Shorty in their respective WT Double Down…
Review: Maxxis Aggressor 2.5in WT DoubleDown Tyre
Maxxis has a growing range of Wide Trail (WT) mountain bike tyres, including several options with the more robust DoubleDown casing. To make sense of the range, we gathered the Aggressor, Minion DHF, Minion DHR II and Shorty in their respective WT DoubleDown outfits, and…
Fresh Goods Friday 430 – The Mid January Thoughts Edition
Dry January. Veganuary. Januhairy. Dogs are for life and not just for Christmas, but lifestyle choices are seemingly only for January. Or possibly just the first fortnight of January. Apart from Januhairy. That one requires the expending of less effort and is much easier to…
2018 Christmas Countdown Day 3: Win Maxxis Assegai Tyres
It’s time to get a grip on Christmas! Win a pair of maximum grip Maxxis Assegai tyres as developed my mountain biking legend Greg Minnaar! Maxxis Assegai Tyres Price: £69.95 From: Maxxis UK, maxxis.co.uk Designed in conjunction with Greg Minnaar and named after the iron-tipped spear used by the…
Review: The brand new 29×2.6in Maxxis Minion DHF is an absolute monster of a tyre
The Minion DHF may be a classic tyre for Maxxis, but this 29×2.6in size is brand spanking new. In fact it’s so fresh, that it isn’t even on the Maxxis website yet. They are on the way though – stock is due to arrive in…
Cannondale’s New Habit 29er. The Trail Bike For You?
Cannondale has completely reinvented its 29in wheel Habit trail bike – from the ‘not quite a race bike, not quite a trail bike’ Habit model of old and come out with a bike that is very similar in silhouette to many of its rivals, but…
Wide tyres, huge towels and a small bike with big wheels – Fresh Goods Friday 405
Not only are our fellow Union compatriots, the Scots, laughing at us because they can ride all the trails, they’re also a fair chunk into their school summer holidays and they’ve had all the weather. Fingers crossed as us sassenachs head for the motorway queues…
Rubber Round-Up: New Tyres Of Eurobike
‘Are you interested in e-bikes?’. It was hard not to roll your eyes when being asked this again. It’s where the market is at, everyone is trying to cash in, and that includes the tyre manufacturers – which isn’t surprising, as tyre choice has certainly…
Is This The Goldilocks Casing? Maxxis Launches EXO+
Maxxis has announced a brand new casing option, which we think is going to get a lot of you quite excited. It’s called EXO+ and it’s designed to close the gap between Maxxis’ existing EXO and Double Down models. Maxxis has already had the EXO…
Fresh Goods Friday 403: Apparently this is the underwear and gardening tools issue
Between the heat, the many (many) products, and the excitement about football Eurobike, we can barely think. SOme of you are probably past thinking anyway, since the Scottish school holidays have begun. The rest of us are frantically searching for improbable costumes for end of…
Maxxis Launches Rekon Race: An XC tyre for modern XC courses
Over in the dust of Sun Valley, Idaho, Hannah got the chance to ride the hot off the production line new Maxxis Rekon Race. This is a new XC race tyre aimed at catering to the modern aggressive race courses. The tread pattern is born…
Review: You want aggressive plus tyres? We test the Minion DHR II & High Roller II 27.5×2.8in tyres from Maxxis
Up until recently, the options for plus tyres have generally left a lot to be desired for riding anything beyond hardpack and dry, rocky trails. Thankfully for us British folk, Maxxis released its versatile High Roller II, and aggressive Minion DHR II tread patterns in…
2.6in Tyre Grouptest – Maxxis Minion DHF EXO 3C Tyre Review
The venerable Maxxis Minion DHF tyre has been shaped and moulded into a wealth of different sizes over the past decade, though more recently the blocky tread pattern has been adapted for the new-school 2.6in width. With more volume than ‘regular’ tyres, but purportedly fewer…
The new Maxxis Assegai is a mashup of the Minion DHF & DHR II tyres
More pre-Sea Otter new product madness, though this time it’s from Maxxis in the form of a brand new tyre called the Assegai. Designed in conjunction with some guy called Greg Minnaar, the Assegai is a full-blown 2-ply downhill tyre that will be available in…
Wireless Shifting Is Here! As Is Wide Rubber! Pumps! Bikes! Shoes! Glasses too! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 388!
No one ever reads this bit, but how else will they know they're missing Fresh Goods Friday 388?
Wil’s Top 5 Products Of 2017 – The Singletrack Editors’ Choice Awards
Our Technical Editor's favourite products of 2017
Is This The Best All Rounder 29er Tyre? Reviewed: Maxxis High Roller II
Somewhere in the middle when it comes to grip, width and weight - but are they top performers?
Maxxis Slashes Tyres. The Price, That Is
Our second price-drop story of the day? Is this a sign of things to come?
Fresh Goods Friday 372
A rigid bike, a smooth fork and some knobbly tyres - it must be Fresh Goods Friday!
Review: High Tech Trail Tyre Group Test
James put 10 burly trail tyres to the test. Few survived. Read the full results to find out which ones he recommends.
Review: Going 26+ With Maxxis’ Minion DHF & DHR II 2.8in Tyres
If you own a 27.5in mountain bike, going 26+ is increasingly becoming a valid option. After converting his hardtail to 26+, David gives us the lowdown.
Eurobike 2017: Maxxis Show 29er Downhill Tyres And 26+
26+ tyres from Maxxis, plus a special tyre made just for Nino Schurter
Maxxis Minion DHF tyre review
Maxxis answers the wide-rim movement with a range of WT tyres. Wil tests and reviews the 3C versions of the Minion DHF and Minion DHR II
Fresh Goods Friday 351
It's time to get on with the Goods of Freshness! What shiny things have shown up at Singletrack Towers this week?
Whyte S150, S Is For Switch
Last week we posted our first look at the all new Whyte S150, and today we can reveal more about this long travel 29er
Review: Maxxis Pace & Race TT Tyres
As the trails dry out, is it time to change tyres? Rachel gives us her review of the lightweight Race TT and Pace tyres from Maxxis
Review: Maxxis Minion DHF 29 x 2.5in 3C DH Tyre
Is the 2.5in Minion DHF the burliest 29er tyre out there? At 1300 grams, Barney thinks so. But it's also one of the grippiest too
Fresh Goods Friday 341
It's Fresh Goods Friday time! New aggro plus rubber, a brand new carbon dropper post, brand new SPD shoes and some very trick tools
New Rubber From Maxxis Tyres
Maxxis commits to the emerging 2.6in tyre trend, along with more plus options and Wide Trail tyres for use with wide tubeless rims
Fresh Goods Friday 319
The goods of the Friday are coming into your peepers via this very handy internet web page. So get your eyeballs lubed for some Fresh Goodness!
Eurobike 2016: New 29+ & 27.5+ Tyres From Maxxis
In keeping up with demand, Maxxis have dropped new 29in and 27.5in plus tyre options such as the High Roller II and the Minion. Ooh, and gumwalls too!
Sea Otter 2016: Random Finds
The Sea Otter is a while ago now, but we thought you'd like to see these odds and ends from the show
Does Mountain Biking have a Sexism Problem?
The mtb industry is amazing, but sometimes it can show an ugly face, as Kane Allen explains
Bite-sized Bike Bling from the Bike Place 2016 – Part 1
Part The First of the stuff that caught our eye at The Bike Place