Neko Mulally has taken to Instagram in an appeal to recover his team’s stolen bikes and gear. The van, containing a number of bikes and spares, was stolen from outside a hotel in Milton Keynes as they travelled from the Fort William World Series DH race. The van and some goods were later recovered thanks to tracking devices they had placed on some items, however some very unique bikes remain missing, along with some high end race spares. If you spot any of these items for sale, Neko is asking that you contact them or the police. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Neko Mulally (@nek ..read more

Confirmed by the UK distributor of Giro products, Zyro Fisher. This very convincing website offers up some extremely attractive deals on Giro gear but don’t be fooled. The genuine website for UK customers is giro.co.uk The scam website was first registered in 2023 by a Pakistan based domain registration company called PakNic. The owner of the site remains unknown. Singletrack Forum users reported problems with the site on our sticky offers PSA thread and it’s likely fraudulent too good to be true offers. Don’t go there. girouk.com is a scam site What’s the scam? The website is extremely we ..read more

The first World Cup Downhill round of the year took place in not-rainy Scotland. Here’s the results, reports, highlights vids and some chat. RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Womens UCI Downhill World Cup Fort William: RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Mens UCI Downhill World Cup Fort William: DH World Cup Fort William: results Race reports and photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports: VALENTINA HÖLL AND LOÏC BRUNI KICK OFF UCI DOWNHILL WORLD CUP TITLE DEFENCES IN STYLE Valentina Höll (YT Mob) and Loïc Bruni scored victories in the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Fort William. The reigning UCI Downhill World Ch ..read more

I was going to call this ‘Socks of Sea Otter’, but then I thought ‘shiny boots of leather’ and thought that socks made of Sea Otter would be distressing. Probably waterproof, but all kinds of wrong. Anyway. Yes, my sock drawer needed a refresh. But also, I went on a hand luggage only plane ticket which makes bringing samples of products difficult – and who wants to come away from a trade show empty handed?! Plus, there’s a whole forum thread about buying socks, so perhaps this is in fact the content you need. Qeja qejasocks.com Made in Italy, partially staffed by a Singletrack reader, and ..read more

The road to the Olympics hots up with the European Champions in just over a week in Romania. British Cycling has just announced who will be racing for Britain at this event, and is fielding a particularly strong female team across all age groups. Here’s the full press release: RICHARDS AND ALDRIDGE TO LEAD BRITISH TEAM AT 2024 UEC MTB EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS  British Cycling can today announce the 14-strong lineup that will represent Great Britain at the 2024 UEC MTB European Championships in the first major event of the Olympic year.   Picture by Thomas Maheux/SWpix.com – 10/08 ..read more

In this episode George, Jack and Emilie are joined by the Privateer Project’s Wyn Masters to preview the 2024 World Cup Season… Watch the Podcast Listen to the Podcast Help us make our podcasts even better Take our podcast survey The Making Up The Numbers podcast is sponsored by: Hope Technology www.hopetech.com @hopetech J-Tech Suspension www.j-techsuspension.co.uk @jtechsuspension Revolution Bike Park www.revolutionbikepark.co.uk @revolutionbp Ride Southern Spain www.ridesouthernspain.com @ridesouthernspain Schwalbe www.schwalbe.com @schw ..read more

Phew, by the power of airport internet, jet lag, and many battery pack charges, here’s the second and final instalment of new things spotted at Sea Otter. Look out for more interviews and bike checks to come! Maxxis AspenAspen ST The Aspen ST for short track racing, and the Aspen, are now available in a 170TPI team edition, instead of the usual 120TPI. PNW PNW were teasing a potential limited edition purple dropper, showing their new CNC’d stem (available as 32 or 40mm), and their new 31.8mm handlebar (with the grey grips). The bar is designed to have the same feel as the 35mm bar. Also on di ..read more

The new Saracen Myst uses a combination single pivot, shock link and brake linkage, all made viable by the move to a shock tunnel seat tube design. Here are the edited highlights from Saracen’s press release: Saracen launch new re-designed Myst platform This is the biggest update to the frame since its inception in 2010 with a lowered shock and centre of gravity change, braking characteristics and suspension kinematics all integrated into the new design. Development on this new frame design started back in 2019 with the Madison Saracen Factory Race Team. Focusing on weight distribution, brake ..read more

The second World Cup of the year took place in Brazil. Here are the results, race reports and a highlights video from Araxá. XC World Cup Araxá: results Race reports and photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports: 2024 UCI CROSS-COUNTRY OLYMPIC WORLD CUP: BATTEN AND ANDREASSEN TAKE XCO HONOURS IN ARAXÁ Two adrenaline-pumping elite UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup (XCO) events rounded out the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series double header in Brazil in style this Sunday, as the USA’s Haley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) and Simon Andreassen (Cannondale Factory Racing) r ..read more

Another lap of the stands at the Sea Otter Classic in California, another round of new things. Some are new and available now, some are still to come, and some are still prototypes under development. We’re not done yet, and there’ll be more bike checks, interviews and other things to come. Stay tuned. Cane Creek Let’s start with the stuff you don’t really need but possibly want: a silver edition of their EE brakes (half the weight of a Dura Ace set) joins the line up. OK, it’s road, but look at it (and its multi-coloured siblings might be enough to tempt you to ride road bikes with terrifying ..read more