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2025 EDITORS’ CHOICE
EVERY YEAR, WE QUIZ OUR EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO FIND OUT WHAT GEAR, WHAT BIKES, WHAT MOMENTS MADE THIS YEAR FOR THEM. THOSE THAT LIT OUR FIRES IN 2025 GET A COVETED SINGLETRACK EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD.
Fabulous Fernie.
THE FIRST STOP ON THE CANADIAN TOUR FOR OUR THREE PALS WAS FERNIE, NESTLED IN THE EAST KOOTENAY REGION OF SOUTH-EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Rossland
The Great Unknown
Getting There
Caveat: All prices here are indicative only and based on September 2026.
Bike-specific travel insurance shouldn’t be an afterthought
Mark looks at why your household insurance might not cover that freeride adventure holiday you have planned.
Revel! Stoke!?
COULD THE THIRD STOP ON THE TRIP BE THE BEST ONE YET? BIGGER, BETTER, BERMIER? SANNY WAXES LYRICAL AGAIN.
Guiding Lights
IN A WORLD WITH FEW REMAINING SECRETS, WHY ARE MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDES STILL IN DEMAND? CHIPPS INVESTIGATES.
NOW HERE TO HIDE
TOM’S NOT SURE ABOUT THE MINIMALIST, CLUTTER-FREE DESIGN OF NEW BIKE SHOPS.
EDITORIAL
TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP OFF THE CLIFF
Chipps wonders if ‘too much’ will always be just enough, or if too much is actually too little?
INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURE
More than the Patagonia of Asia
Kyrgyzstan? Can’t spell it, can’t find it on a map… let’s ride it!
RIDING THE LITTLE YELLOW TRAIN
I think it’s pretty common to look around
Oh Canada!
JOIN SANNY, MARK AND MJ AS THEY TAKE ON AN EPIC, MOUNTAIN BIKERS’ CANADIAN ROAD TRIP.
The Big Freeze
Markus Stitz has to throw all of his gear, experience and resolve at surviving a sub-zero, 700km tour of Norway in January.
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