''Singletrack'' is a UK-based

mountain biking Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...

magazine and web site. The magazine is aimed at more mature mountain bikers and intended to provide a counterpoint to magazines such as

MBUK ''Mountain Biking UK'' (often shortened to ''MBUK'') is a British mountain biking magazine. It is published by Our Media, an Immediate Media group company, and is currently the UK's best-selling mountain bike magazine, with a circulation of 2 ...

which are aimed at a younger audience. It is based in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.

History and profile

''Singletrack'' was founded in 2001 by

Chipps Chippendale Chipps Chippendale (real name William Henry James Chippendale III) is a mountain biking journalist in the UK. After working as a bicycle messenger, his journalistic career started in 1994 with the UK magazine ''MTB Pro'', on which he worked ...

, Mark Alker and Shaun Murray. The magazine is currently published six times a year in both print and a variety of digital formats. In 2011 Singletrack published its first eBook - a collection of the previously published columns of Mike Ferrentino. ''Singletrack'' grew from an earlier web site, GoFar, an acronym for 'Get Out For A Ride', which ran from 1998 to 2001 and was founded by Matt Wenham along with many contributors from the uk.rec.cycling Usenet newsgroup including Shaun Murray, Callum Wilson, Tony Raven, Russell Pinder, Myra VanInwegen and others, and from outside Usenet, Mark Alker, Carvel Lonsdale and many more. GoFar was largely a reaction to the death of the Future Publishing magazine ''Mountainbike World'' on which

once worked. ''Singletrack'' magazine won th
Best Cycling Magazine award in 2009
and 2010 - Awarded by Bikebiz trade magazine. In 2011 ''Singletrack'' also won the Northern Sports Awards, Best Website category. In May 2012 the Specialist Media Show awarded Singletrack a Media Pioneer Award for its approach to combining digital and print into a combined publishing strategy. Singletrackworld.com wo
best website 2013
awarded by Bikebiz trade magazine.

References

Bikebiz Award Winners 2009

External links

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