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Contents

Contents9.Editorial. How well do you know your bike? Better than you think, reckons Chipps

10. The Long Steep Road Of Trips. Planning a road trip? Let these guys tell you how it’s done. Kind of…

18. Road to Hell. Riding the coffin or ‘corpse’ trails of the Lakes with Dave Anderson

24. Interview: Steve Peat. His 2009 Worlds win behind him, how is Steve looking to the future?

30. Blame the Dog. Mike Ferrentino’s wacky look at the world. This time: how many bikes do you need?

35. Bike Test: Tapered head tubes. Three bikes from Ghost, Orange and Saracen with the new tapered head tube ‘standard’.

44. Column: Faye Stewart. What happens when you can’t afford to ride? Do you ride anyway?

46. Access All Areas. What’s wrong with riding on footpaths? That’s Dave Anderson’s controversial conversation piece for this issue.

52. Column: Philip Diprose. Philip charts trail destruction- and rebirth.

54. Through the Grinder. Ten pages of real world products tested through the ‘dust’ of spring.

66. Head to Head: Cube Stereo vs Rose Janitor. Two 140mm, carbon, German wünderbikes put up against each other.

70. Competition Win £750 worth of kit from Upgrade!

72. Mojo Trail Diaries. What happens when you pitch incredible riders against everyday trails? Something special. Sim is still in shock.

78. Singletrack Propaganda. Do you have some Singletrack socks? Why not? We do…

80. Grouptest: XC Race Forks Five of the best 100mm forks for XC racing tested and rated.

90. Dalby World Cup Gallery A special event came to North Yorkshire this spring, and we were there to photograph it: The UCI Cross Country World Cup

96. Ends of the Earth Real adventure riding in Siberia. It’ll put your next ‘epic’ ride into perspective.

104. Singletrack Premier. There are many benefits to being a Singletrack Premier Member.

110. Fitness Answers with Matt Hart. Real-world reader fitness queries answered by our resident fit-guy, Matt Hart of Torq

116. Route Guide – Ben Lomond. You know those lovely mountains that you ignore on your way to Fort William and beyond? Now you can stop off and ride them.

127. Bert. A page dedicated to a special mountain biking friend of ours.