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3 weeks ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Hannah Dobson |Ben Haworth |Ross Demain
When Palestinian cyclist Alaa Al Dali was preparing to compete in the Asian Games, he was shot by an Israeli sniper and as a result of the injuries lost his lower leg. He went on to co-found the Gaza Sunbirds, the Palestinian Para-Cycling team. With the ongoing situation in Gaza, and many of its members now refugees around the world, the Para-Cycling team has shifted much of its focus to aid work.
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3 weeks ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Ben Haworth |Hannah Dobson |Ross Demain
Shown to us at Bespoked Manchester, this is a singlespeed conversion kit for people who don’t necessarily always want to run their hub in a 12 speed configuration and want to go back down to single speed – or vice versa. “A lot of people run single speed in the off seasons to practice and train and they didn’t really have a good way to do it. So we created this kit to convert that SRAM XD hub back down to a single speed kit.”Assembly is pretty simple, without the need for loads of tools.
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4 weeks ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Hannah Dobson |Ben Haworth |Ross Demain
Kata Rasch was at Bespoked Manchester with her steel brazed hardtail. As a new builder landing in a foreign land and having a whole bunch of people ask you about your frame in a second language, it must have been quite an intimidating experience. I persuaded her to submit to a few questions about her work. Kata: I make custom frames, but I just started. This is my second frame and I’m still learning a lot and exploring. How did you end up being a maker of things?
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4 weeks ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Hannah Dobson |Ben Haworth |Ross Demain
Eventually it will be 1.69miles long, but that’s not such a catchy name – the new Mile Down trail at Kielder is a firm reminder that it’s not all gravel riding in that corner of the world. Here’s the official press release to mark the opening:The new “Mile Down” trail at Kielder, createdin collaboration betweenForestry England, Velo Solutions and Northern Downhill (NDH) is a new, red-graded trail with both black and double black diamondoptions.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Hannah Dobson |Ben Haworth |Ross Demain
Gosh it’s hard not to talk about the weather. But we won’t. Instead we’ll simply spray some product at your eyes. Fresh Goods y’all!But yeah, how about this dry spell we’re having eh? Price: £26.00Friom: RTIIIKAYou may recognise this from our Meet The Maker: RTiiiKA’s bike art with attitude article earlier in the week. “I asked about 40 people what helped them get over heartbreak and then I wrote that on all the individual patches.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Hannah Dobson |Ben Haworth |Ross Demain
Rosa Ter Kuile, who works under the name RTiiiKA, was at Bespoked Manchester with her range of bike inspired art, and drawing bike portraits. I’m in awe of anyone who can draw, and I liked the punk attitude in her creations, so I took a moment to ask her a few questions about her work. How did you become a maker of things? Rosa: About seven or eight years ago I went on a long bike trip. When I came back I knew that I wanted to apply myself to learning a creative skill. I wanted to make murals.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Ben Haworth |Hannah Dobson |Ross Demain
Unlike most idler-equipped bikes, the Norco Optic doesn’t have that much travel and its main pivot location isn’t all that high. Brand: NorcoProduct: Optic C1Price: £8,499From: Silverfish UKFun on a stickQuirkyWill get you into troubleThis C1 model is way too expensiveSome iffy spec choicesWill get you into troubleNB: Try to ignore the £8.5k price tag of this flagship ‘hero’ Optic build. It is entirely OTT. There is a Norco Optic C3 with decent build for £4,599.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Ben Haworth |Hannah Dobson |Ross Demain |Mark Alker
For the month of May we are offering new subscribers a choice of long sleeved technical ride jersey from our Ltd Edition range. Lots of colours and sizes to pick from and each is worth £45. All you need to do to is subscribe to our annual print membership plan by the end of the month and you get to pick your jersey colour and size at checkout. This lightweight, technical jersey is ideal as a summer ride jersey or a winter baselayer.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Ben Haworth |Hannah Dobson |Ross Demain
Before you can say “rock me Amadeus”, here’s some deets about the new Falco hardtail from Sonder Bikes. Sonder is excited to launch its new 120mm trail hardtail, the Falco. Designed to bridge the gap between everyday-fun and serious off-road performance, Falco is for the rider who wants a quality bike that will diversify alongside their own levelling up. Featuring trail-ready geometry and a 66° head angle, the Falco is the Goldilocks of Sonder’s hardtails.
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1 month ago | 
singletrackworld.com | Ben Haworth |Hannah Dobson |Ross Demain
DJI comes out swinging saying the new e-bike proposals do not “have a clear theoretical foundation”. The company also appears to accuse Specialized (with its new two-tier Turbo Levo Gen 4 models) of “certain practices within the industry that are exploiting user needs, where certain manufacturers differentiate their products by imposing subscription-based fees or offering superior performance or features exclusively for premium models, despite identical hardware components.
