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New downcountry and trail bikes from Last
The Last Celo and Last Asco use the same essential frame but with different suspension and…
Factor launch their first ever mountain bikes
The Factor Lando XC full suspension bike and the Factor Lando HT hardtail are outright XC…
Kendal Mountain Festival Tour in Chester, with Matt Pycroft
Fancy a night of adventure? The Kendal Mountain Festival Tour combines adventure films with great speakers…
Lazer KinetiCore offers new type of rotational impact protection
Lazer KinetiCore doesn't use a slip liner or stuck-on elastomery things. It uses an internal crumple…
Nicolai Saturn 16: did someone say water bottle?
The Nicolai Saturn 16 is a new development for the German marque and is designed to…
WTB Volt saddle review: safe bet for biking bums
The WTB Volt saddle is not a new saddle. New aesthetics aside, the shape and construction…
New Pivot LES SL – 300g lighter than before
If you thought that all XC racing was going full suspension, you’d be wrong. Or, Pivot…
We’d like our Instagram account back please
If you follow us on the socials you may already be wondering why we’ve been very…
DH World Cup Round 1, Lourdes – Race Report (Contains Spoilers)
The 30th season of UCI DH is underway and what a race we had in Lourdes,…
Exhibit Fun with Max Nerurkar
Max Nerurkar, also known as 3Dumb, makes art, rides bikes and skateboards, and makes lots of…
2022 ABSA Cape Epic Grand Finale – Watch LIVE
7th Stage: Stellenbosch – Val de Vie. Distance: 68 km. Climbing: 2000 m After 8 days…
2022 ABSA Cape Epic Stage 6 – Watch LIVE
6th Stage: Stellenbosch – Stellenbosch. Distance: 76 km. Climbing: 2700 m Boasting more singletrack per kilometre…
Inside The Line – DH World Cup through the eyes of a coach
This new video series from e*thirteen will look at each of its sponsored teams, with their…
2022 ABSA Cape Epic Stage 5 – Watch LIVE
5th Stage: Greyton – Stellenbosch. Distance: 115 km. Climbing: 2400 m Rusty Gate is, unquestionably, among…
Fresh Goods Friday 593: Sunland vs Iceland edition
I would write a slightly longer introduction to this week's FGF but... the sun's out. I'm…
When & how & who to watch at Lourdes DH World Cup on Sunday
For race fans, the week preceding the first World Cup of the season is perhaps the…
2022 ABSA Cape Epic Stage 4 – Watch LIVE
4th Stage: Greyton – Greyton. Distance: 82 km. Climbing: 1650m The second day on the trails…
Lapierre XRM and XR: Cross Down Country
Lapierre XRM bumps the rear travel up to 110mm and sports a 120mm travel fork up…
2022 Absa Cape Epic Stage 3 – WATCH LIVE
3rd Stage: Greyton – Greyton. Distance: 101 km. Climbing: 2250 m In 2022, the Absa Cape…
60 bike companies pledge to increase sustainable packaging use
Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) and Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) have launched an industry-wide…
Kendal Mountain Tour – bringing the mountains to a town near you
Maybe you didn’t make the main Kendal Mountain Festival event in…er… Kendal? Fear not! Kendal is…
2022 Absa Cape Epic Stage 2 – LIVE
2nd Stage: Lourensford Wine Estate – Greyton. Distance: 123 km. Climbing: 2350m Stage 2 of the…
Continental Der Baron Projekt tyre review
Continental Der Baron Projekt is made of their 'secret sauce' Black Chili compound, which you’ll only…
2022 Absa Cape Epic Stage 1 – LIVE
1st Stage: Lourensford Wine Estate – Lourensford Wine Estate. Distance: 92 km. Climbing: 2850m The first…
Quick thrash on the Privateer 141 Öhlins edition
Here's a quick braindump about the prog rocking Scando-Brit colab called the Privateer 141 Öhlins edition.
50 minutes of Reece Wilson: The Flying Scotsman
To help tide us all over until World Cup racing resumes, here's a 50 minute film…
2022 Absa Cape Epic Prologue Stage – LIVE
Stage: Prologue: Lourensford Wine Estate Distance: 24 km. Climbing: 700m After eight years the Absa Cape…
Back From The Dead: A Custom Toolbox For Every Eventuality
Be still your beating hearts, because for this edition of Back From The Dead, Dieter is…
Benji’s Turbo Mega Birthday Deal Thing.
Singletrack’s leading bike tech botherer, Mister Benjamin Haworth, is celebrating his birthday this weekend. Benji has…
Lightfall – A Journey in Photography with Sterling Lorence
What does it take to get a great photo? Pete Scullion gave us some insight in…
Fresh Goods Friday 592: Too many birthdays edition
What is it with March? It seems like it’s someone’s birthday every day. Well, obviously it…
POC Consort Dungarees – A Review Revisited
When I reviewed the POC Consort Dungarees I’d been wearing them for two months. You can…
Video: Fergus Ryan Joins Privateer
With Matt Stuttard off to throw new shapes at Polygon, we knew Privateer and Hunt Bike…
New Uncaged versions of YT Decoy MX and Capra MX
The Decoy and Capra Uncaged 9 bikes are basically Öhlins equipped (RXF 38 m.2 fork and…
Forum Sentiment Analysis: The mood of the ‘nation’ in 1 graph
The Singletrack Forum is really quite a thing to study. In the last 14 years its…
Trash Free Trails: One Bag Challenge
Trash Free Trails launches Spring Trail Clean with a ‘One Bag Challenge’ to riders, runners and…
Become a sponsored privateer with Vitus and the DirtFund Project!
The DirtFund Project is a volunteer and a completely non-profit effort, established in November 2020 by…
And the winner of the £500 Altura voucher is…
The lovely folks at Altura gave you the chance to win a £500 voucher to spend…
Pivot Shadowcat first ride review: lightly outrageous
Pivot’s replaced the 5.5 Mach with a smaller, lighter, upright suspension trail killer. It it enough…
How Do Brakes Work? The Science of Stopping
If you’ve ever wondered just how mountain bike brakes work but been too afraid to ask,…
SRM Power Meter Flat Pedals are not an April Fool
German power pedal specialists SRM have released SRAM X-Power Flat pedals with power meters in them.…
Don’t Miss Out On The Next Magazine – Singletrack Issue 142
Whoop! We’re getting more daylight any day now, lambs are bleating, and flowers are flowering. If…
Making Up The Numbers Podcast with Matt Walker and Izabela Yankova
We’re on the cusp of the 2022 DH World Cup Season and there’s much to talk…
Bikes and Bags: Fundraisers For Ukraine
If you’re feeling a little helpless, here are two bike related fundraisers you might like to…
Singletrack Members Can Win Shimano Shoes!
If you’re a Singletrack Member you can sign up to our monthly newsletter. And you should,…
It lives! Tame Valley Loop to open March 19th
The Tame Valley Loop (TVL) is a 29km predominantly off-road route situated to the east of…
Accu-Gage tyre pressure gauge review
The Accu-Gage is the most important tool in my drawers, so to speak. And it's certainly…
This Is Freedom Road: wheelies down Bealach na Bà
If you read our article about BikeStormz last summer, you’ll know that there’s a whole urban…
2022 Downhill Season Preview – Get hyped!
The 2022 DH World Cup season starts relatively early this year, with the season opener taking…
The Longest Climb: 1600m on a handcycle
We’ve talked before to Bowhead bikes founder Christian Bagg about the development of the Bowhead trikes.…
Is This Custom Built eBay Treasure?
Jo Burt spotted it first, so we suspect him of having an eBay alert for ‘custom…