Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

Justin Leov’s Diary – Episode 6

Musings on crashes and other things from Mr Leov himself

Kask Rex

Kask Conditioned – New Rex Helmet Announced

Rex plus Thuds? Your Block stays Whole. Tenuous, but it\'s the best we could do.

Syndicate Episode 6 – Windham World Cup (VIDEO)

More madness from the good folk who go fast for Santa Cruz

Zoic Uprising Jersey

A clothing manufacturer from Marin county - It has a lot of heritage to live up to.

Corebike2016 Part 2

More pretties from last week\'s Core bike show

BOS Dizzy 29er fork

The Dizzy is BOS’s sole entry into the cross-country fork niche, but how did Barney get on with them?

Mini Test – Helmets

Five helmets on one head. Not at once, though. That would be silly

CoreBike2016 – Part 1

We wandered the rooms of opulence this week at the CoreBike show - here are a few morsels of joy

Charge, Sombrio and Fabric – CSG 2016 (VIDEO)

Cool gear from Charge, Sombrio and Fabric FTW!

The Maiden: Rocky Mountain’s new DH rig (VIDEO)

Maiden Canada. Arf! See what we did there? Maid.. Oh, never mind

2015 FEST series: Nico Vink goes large

I mean come on - this is getting ridiculous

GT 2016 – the CSG Launch (VIDEO)

All new Zaskars, Verbs, Furys and more!

Cannondale 2016: The CSG Launch (VIDEO)

Barney takes a look at what\'s exciting and new from Cannondale for 2016

Shimano XTR Race brakes

XTR brakes - we take a look at the cream of Shimano\'s crop

Fresh Goods Friday 253

Fresh goods friday! Packed WITH WIN

Mont Sainte Anne UCI DH – Video

Some DH video nuggets to let you know what to expect at this weekend\'s Canadian WC DH

The Trail Doctor buys a used bike

What to look for if you don\'t want a pup

The making of Brandon’s One Shot segment

How DID they do it?

2016 Orbea – the Loki

The final, and fattest, bike from last month\'s Orbea press launch emerges from embargo

Leatt Knee Guard 3DF Airflex knee pads.

Leatt’s new all-day knee pad is made from Armorgel, which is a non-Newtonian, shear-thickening gel.

Fresh Goods Friday 252

It\'s Fresh Goods Friday! You ought to know what\'s just one click away

Marzocchi – distributor speaks!

There is hope after all

One Shot – Brandon Semenuk’s unReal segment – Video

One take. Three minutes. Masterful riding. Masterful shooting

NS Snabb E1

Fantastic name - how does it ride?

2016 Orbea Rallon – evolution, not revolution

Orbea\'s Enduro sled is tweaked for more rad

Fresh Goods Friday 251

Hold on to your (pizza-based) breakfasts! It\'s... Fresh Goods Friday! Bringing you reasons to be distracted at work since about 2009!

Oooh! New Shoes from Shimano

New shredding sneaks from the Big S

Focus 2016 – the SAM C Team – VIDEO

A look at the all-new carbon SAM 160mm monsterbike

Is Open Access in Wales a possibility?

Consultation opens for improving access in Wales