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.
Fresh Goods Friday 241
This week,we\'ve got goodies from Stan\'s, Met, Morvelo, Nukeproof, Bontrager and more!
New Transition Ripcord 24er – with video
Maximum awesome for kids. Want.
2015 XTR Race drivetrain
Flagship 2015 Shimano groupset - worth the cash?
The Art Of Balance – video
Think you\'ve got skillz? Try riding any of this stuff one handed
New Easton Wheels!
More hoopy roundness with spokes an\' that. From the East(on)
YakAttack Auctions Entry To Raise Money For Nepalese Earthquake Victims
Raising money to aid remote victims
SRAM Rail 40 Wheels Rolled Out
New wheels spin up for release
Fresh Goods Friday 240
Fresh with WOW FACTOR from Turner, Suntour, Lauf, and lots more!
Good Times with WTB and Mark Weir
Get your Friday off on the right foot
Borderline/PMBA Enduro Round 2 – video
Sunshine, ace trails, fine riding - what\'s not to love?
OneUp Components 45 teeth XTR sprocket
The bicycling equivalent of \'this one goes up to 11\'?
Singletrack Sunday Links
Our pick of the stories we\'ve seen over the past week
Montanus – the COLD VEIN
Fatbikes and snow, and big adventure
Niner Air 9 Carbon Frame
A carbon flavoured hyperspeed trail and XC race hardtail - what\'s the score?
Morvelo Battle Royale 2 – video
Fresh Goods Friday 239
What\'s in store this week? in a clickbaity style, you\'ll never guess what\'s in the number 3 slot! It\'s hilarious! etc etc
Scottish style trail access in the Peak – can it work?
Meeting on 25th of April to discuss
Mountain Mayhem allows Yoot for its 18th
16 and 17 year olds can now race too
Cycling investment for YHAs
25 key YHAs to get funding for bike stuff
Wish it was Sun[day]?
Glorious natural soundtrack; glorious riding
Bespoked 2015 – Back in Bristol
Here are just a few of the highlights you can see in Bristol this weekend
Fresh Goods Friday 238
Giant, TSG, DT Swiss, Bontrager and elastic-trickery from Haibike!
Shimano 2016 – 11 speed XT
A potential game changer?
Sea Otter 2015: Intense’s new M16 downhill bike
Neooooooowwww. That is all
Sea Otter 2015: WTB new Riddler Tyre
It\'s a better name than The Penguin
Sea Otter 2015 – Turner Preview
What have Turner got in store for us?
Garmin launches new Virb X and XE cameras
Garmin Virb: new cameras, new shapes
The Lourdes UCI World Cup DH, via the medium of crash
The weekend\'s racing at Lourdes was not without incident
Why Sea Otter? Chipps Reveals All…
Chipps explains why he gets so excited every year
Long Termers: Barney’s Swarf Spline 29
Barney\'s gnardtail monster, built up