''Singletrack'' is a UK-based

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magazine and web site. The magazine is aimed at more mature mountain bikers and intended to provide a counterpoint to magazines such as MBUK which are aimed at a younger audience. It is based in

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History and profile

''Singletrack'' was founded in 2001 by Chipps Chippendale, 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

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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 Chipps Chippendale 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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