Singletrack!

[clarion]

What a wonderfully glossy the latest issue is, with lurvely pics that make you forget just how unpleasant cold, wet, muddy socks are!

And they're giving away £Lotshundred worth of Lupine light as well.  Tis mine, I tell thee!

[Chris N]

Best UK cycling mag, IMO.  In newsagents now, or do you subscribe?

[clarion]

I subscribe.  I went into the noo Seekrit Singletrack Bunker just before I left Tod.  Chipps himself did sort me out.  I did see the bike fettling space and the random heaps of stuff filing system.  I bought a jersey, socks & a subscription

Still kinda proud that summat so specialised and well-executed can come out of such a small town.

[Chris N]

I'll wait until the weekend before I go looking for a copy then.  Singletrack (and other small-ish companies like On-One/Planet X, Cotic, etc.) are a great advert for cycling in the UK.

[Si]

If only there were a road riding version too

[mecwales]

Singletrack's the by far the best MTB mag there is, IMHO. MBR and WhatMTB are OK, and MBUK is the comic of the MTB mag world... though I might have bought a copy yesterday because of the free beanie - in my defence I was in need of a new hat...

[andym]

If only there were a road riding version too

I always wondered whether road.cc was sposed to end up as a mag too, or just a news site with forum.

Currently I have the pdf sub to Singletrack, but may well go for the real thing whenever the renewal comes up.

[clarion]

If only Singletrack could poach Mint Sauce, it'd be perfect

[domesticated ape]

Hmm might have to go and buy one, I need some inspiration to get out and ride my MTB in the cold

[Jasper the surreal cyclist]

Singletrack is the only mtb mag I still buy, although a get some over the tinternet as well. It just seems to be about people and stuff that have the same ethos as I do. There is an eco vibe as well which is nice with some efforts to source print properly (Mrs Surreal approves mightily).

[teethgrinder]

If only Singletrack could poach Mint Sauce, it'd be perfect

Dead right!
Mint Sauce is the best thing from MBUK.
I've only ever bought one Singletrack mag. But it's the best.
All about riding, routes and proper touring stuff.

[mattc]

Singletrack's the by far the best MTB mag there is, IMHO. MBR and WhatMTB are OK, and MBUK is the comic of the MTB mag world...

I think the magazines are a major force putting me off the MTB community!

Read one SingleTrack - head and shoulders above t' rest. Good stuff.

[Jasper the surreal cyclist]

If only Singletrack could poach Mint Sauce, it'd be perfect

Dead right!
Mint Sauce is the best thing from MBUK.
I've only ever bought one Singletrack mag. But it's the best.
All about riding, routes and proper touring stuff.

I will have a word. I go riding with his other half now and again....

[clarion]

Jo Burt is a God!  Mint knows how I feel about riding.

[Si]

I think that getting MS into Singletrack has been discussed a fair few times on STW forum.  MBUK: biggest circulation of bike mags I believe.  ST: much smaller, specialist title, so I'd wonder if they could afford it?

[Riggers]

Got mine! 

[teethgrinder]

I think that getting MS into Singletrack has been discussed a fair few times on STW forum.  MBUK: biggest circulation of bike mags I believe.  ST: much smaller, specialist title, so I'd wonder if they could afford it?

It could tip the scales and be what convinces me to buy more of their magasoines
They could do Mint Sauce merchandise too. I reckon it would be a very big seller.*

I did try and find a Mint Sauce T shirt a few years ago, when I worked for someone called Mr Lamb

[PhilO]

I think that getting MS into Singletrack has been discussed a fair few times on STW forum.  MBUK: biggest circulation of bike mags I believe.  ST: much smaller, specialist title, so I'd wonder if they could afford it?

It could tip the scales and be what convinces me to buy more of their magasoines
They could do Mint Sauce merchandise too. I reckon it would be a very big seller.*

I did try and find a Mint Sauce T shirt a few years ago, when I worked for someone called Mr Lamb

I bought my brother a Mint Sauce Jersey from Thecyclejersey.com. I must get myself one... 

[clarion]

I really oughtta get one of those, what with being the hugest Mint Sauce fan and all, but I ain't sure I can rock the daisies round the collar thing...

[mecwales]

I think that getting MS into Singletrack has been discussed a fair few times on STW forum.  MBUK: biggest circulation of bike mags I believe.  ST: much smaller, specialist title, so I'd wonder if they could afford it?

It could tip the scales and be what convinces me to buy more of their magasoines
They could do Mint Sauce merchandise too. I reckon it would be a very big seller.*

I did try and find a Mint Sauce T shirt a few years ago, when I worked for someone called Mr Lamb

I bought my brother a Mint Sauce Jersey from Thecyclejersey.com. I must get myself one... 

That's weird, I was looking at those earlier today... I was quite tempted, but the flowers, heart and pink detailing were a little too feminine for my tastes!

ETA - Beaten to it by Clarion!

[Si]

I found one of the really old Race'n' Flowers team jerseys in halfords ages ago for only a £10er.  Why oh why didn't I buy it?

[donpedro]

If only Singletrack could poach Mint Sauce, it'd be perfect

Clarion, you  got my vote! 
Quit buying MBUK in the late 90's when they went all DH and ever more brown nosed reviews.
Still buy Singletrack occasionally for the good reviews and great photos, but I really miss good ol' Mint Sauce!

[spesh]

Quit buying MBUK in the late 90's when they went all DH and ever more brown nosed reviews.

Similarly I stopped buying the long since expired Mountain Biker International after a change of editor - it was trying to be a clone of the U.S. rag Mountain Bike Action, again with a DH/"freeride" bias...

Riser Bar Magazine - sorry, MBR - went downhill (as it were) years ago when it decided to chase the same readership as MBUK. 

The reason Singletrack is good is because it's the spiritual successor of Mountain Bike World, which in it's time, was the nearest thing to the thinking riders' MTB magazine.

[bikenerd]

Singletrack is very good and the only magazine I buy relatively regularly.
I was a bit worried that it was going a bit "All Mountain" in the last issue: silly bikes being ridden (only) downhill.  Luckily, the current issue has lots of "real riding" stories.  I especially like the "lost art of carrying" article.  One of my first MTB rides, when I was 16 or so, was riding to the top of Pendle Hill.  At least that's what we thought we'd do when we set off.  Instead we ended up carrying the bikes most of the way and never made it to the top!