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 290
Don\'t look at the weather out the window! Warm your hands on the internet instead
Review: Morvélo biking tops
Morvélo make great roadie kit - what\'s the MTB stuff like? We investigate
The Devil’s Staircase – The West Highland Way In Snow!
Back to issue 73, and a (nother) snowy April for Jenn\'s microadventure in 2012
Video: Freewheelin’
Awesome meta-retrobiketabulous piece of - er - awesome. Complete with period specific tuneage!
Bespoked Bristol – The Gallery
Oooh, there were some lovely bikes in Bristol last week
Fresh Goods Friday 289
No little red Corvette, but Betcha By Golly, Wow there\'s some lovely stuff in here today
Tom Hill runs London Marathon for St Gemma’s Hospice #FORJENN
Help us (and Tom) to raise money for St Gemma\'s Hospice
Bespoked 2016’s Singletrack Choice Award winners
The three Singletrack Choice award winners from Bespoked 2016
Throwback Thursday – Portrait of a Serial Driller
All the way from issue 69 – here’s an interview with the much-beloved Oaken-Calved Troubador himself, Jon Meredith There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us…
PMBA Grizedale report and video
PMBA\'s Grizedale event went down a storm
Peter Sagan’s MTB Snack Between Roadie Meals
Will Sagan blow the mountain bike world apart?
Cotic’s Rocket Longshot
Cotic\'s collaborative prototype raised eyebrows at Bespoked 2016
Video: Hack Bike Derby
Sweet vid and awesome pics from the inaugural Hack Bike Derby
Mondraker Geometry Guru launches bike brand
Mondraker designer launches UNNO: handmade carbon from Barcelona
Review: Sea Sucker Talon Bike Rack
A neat, discreet way of carting your bike around
Sea Otter 2016 – Formula’s new 2017 Cura brake
A brake for everyone! Now with mineral oil
Fresh Goods Friday 288
Is it new? Yup. Is it shiny? You betcha. It\'s also in the office this week
Hope’s new carbon HB.211 bike – exclusive pics!
We popped over to Barnoldswick to take a look at Hope\'s new 160mm concept bike. And we liked what we saw
Norco announces Optic 27.5 and 29 Trail bikes
New range of alu and carbon trail rippers from Canadia
UK Adventure: Faked Alaska
A welcome return of the Dave and Sim Show from issue 74 There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only story Join us to unlock it and more Singletrack…
Shimano XT goes Electric with Di2, and SLX goes 11speed
Latest announcements from the Big S - more electronics and more 11 speed - win!
Video: Santa Cruz Syndicate Episode 1- Lourdes
In Episode 1, Ratboy, Peaty et al are on pilgrimage to Lourdes to worship at the altar of dirt
WTF – Rendered Bad Bike Drawings
We wish some of these were real
IBIS Announces New Carbon and Aluminium Wheelsets – with UK prices
New hoops from proponents of the wide
Review: USE Vybe Suspension Seatpost
USE\'s Vybe - a post to put a spring back in your saddle
Yeti Launches New SB5.5C – We Ride It!
There\'s a gorgeous new Yeti in town - and we\'ve got a first ride!
Fresh Goods Friday 287
All manner of wondrousness in a mountain bike flavoured stylee in da house this week, innit tho?
OMATA – Analogue GPS now live on kickstarter
Dials on your GPS! Next stop - steampunk
New 1501 Spline One Wheels from DT
New DT wheels to fill all the MTB niches
Video: #adventureNOW – Latest Adventures From Ed Oxley
Ed Oxley and Andy McKenna go all out in Scotland in the \'nineties