With the 1st event of the Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series 2008 been and done the focus turns to the 2nd round in Ruthin on the 24-25th May and the 1st ever round of Gore Bike Wear Road Sportive Series 2008.
A sellout crowd packed into the Imbibe bar in central London last Saturday as more than 70 riders lined up for the first leg of the Rapha Roller Race International Series. With rising track star and reigning world junior team sprint champion Pete Mitchell among the favourites, the prospect of records tumbling was good and the capacity audience didnt leave disappointed.
Less than two months before the Kona Bristol Bikefest gets going in Ashton court on the 7-8th June.
We get inundated by requests from charity cycling campaign PR people, but this personal plea from a Singletrack contributor, who is riding Sleepless in memory of a friend, caught our attention.
From issue 42 Singletrack will increase its cover price for the first time in over two years from £3.99 to £4.25. The reason for the price rise is to partly fund the switch to FSC managed paper sources in order to reduce the negative impact of magazine production on the environment.
With round 1 of the 2008 British National Points Series and Whyte Enduro Series now history, round 2 moves to the incredible backdrop of the Drumlanrig castle in Scotland on the weekend of May 10/11.
Top American mountain bikers continued their quests for Olympic start spots this weekend with round two of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Offenburg, Germany. Adam Craig posted the top American finish with an eighth-place effort against 230 rivals in the elite menandrsquo;s event while Georgia Gould was again the top U.S. rider in the elite womenandrsquo;s event, finishing 13th in the 120-woman field. The Offenburg World Cup was the second of five that factor into Olympic selection, along with the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships later this summer in Italy.
Frames, stems, bars, seatposts, hubs and loads more from proud-to-be-Taiwanese company
Connecticut bike brand joins forces with Berkshire event organisers