It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to issue 150 of Singletrack World Magazine. Whether you’re a new reader in print or online (or both), or an old hand who’s been around since our first issue back in 2001, I’d like to thank you…
Singletrack Magazine Issue 150
Published August 2023
Issue 150: Limestone Cowboys
Can you really enjoy the delights of a new country when you’re racing through it at high speed on a stage race? There’s only one way to find out… Words Franky Simmons Photography As Credited If you have been lucky enough to have ridden mountain…
Issue 150: Full Time Tinkering
Steve Chapman talks to the man who makes your suspension work better than when it left the factory. Words Steve Chapman photography Sarah Barratt I’ve been harbouring a secret for a long time and I feel like I want to get it off my chest:…
Issue 150: A Few Feet Away
Anders measures the gaps between doubts, dreams and delivery. Words & Illustrations Anders Engberg When I was five years old my dad built a 25ft sailing catamaran in the living room of our apartment. Other kids’ parents were dodging Jurassic Park figures and pieces of…
Issue 150: Purposeful Adventure – Land Lost
Pete Scullion looks at some of the industrial scars that mark the ‘unspoiled beauty’ of England’s Lake District. But it’s not all bad… far from it. Words & Photography Pete Scullion For this latest Purposeful Adventure, I find myself undergoing the trial that is trying…
Issue 150: The Three-Wheeled Amigos
Antony finds out the unique challenges that taking a trike around an event like the Dirty Reiver poses. Words Antony de Heveningham Photography As Credited We’re in a van heading up to Kielder Forest, and my mate Rik is a tad stressed. He’s the manager…
Issue 150: Chipps’ Summer Ridewear
Chipps gives his top kit tips for those summer weeks (or foreign trips) where the temperatures hit ‘scorchio’ and beyond. I’ve had a long-running debate with American (mostly Californian and Coloradan) bike, clothing and shoe designers about designing mountain bike gear that only works in hot, dry lands, as they clearly have no…
Singletrack World Classic Ride 150: Ben Mac Do It
Each year my friends and I take a trip to Scotland for a week during May bank holiday to enjoy the freedom of wild camping, the right to roam and Empire Biscuits. The tradition is to visit new places and our list was a healthy…
Motorhead-To-Head: E-Bike Test
Benji takes his iron fist of judgement to three full-power e-bikes with three very different motors.
Issue 150: ‘Who died and made you Keeper of the Peak?’
Hannah chats with Chris Maloney to find out what keeps him giving up his free time for the benefit of mountain bikers. Words Hannah Photography Alastair Johnstone / as credited I have a standing joke with my American partner: he asks where something is, and…
Singletrack World Issue 150 Celebration
It’s not always new tyres and perfect corners, OK? Singletrack World Magazine is 150 issues old. That’s no mean feat, and we wanted to celebrate it by bringing you a few of the behind the scene stories from the years from some of the team…
Issue 150 Last Word: How did we get here?
In his Editorial, Chipps says you don’t ‘do mountain biking’, you just ‘are a mountain biker’. I wonder though, how many of you thought you were becoming mountain bikers on those first rides. Was there a definite line crossed where ‘riding a bike’ became ‘mountain biking’?…