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.

Porn Site Sponsors Italian MTB Team

xHamster sponsors Italian biking crew. Wait, what?

Helmets increase risk-taking, study finds

Bath Uni makes it official - safety gear makes you more tightly embrace the gnar

Rumble in the Jungle – now sponsored by Sri Lankan Airlines

Sri-Lankan multi-stage epic gets boost from airline sponsor

Nukeproof Mega 275, Fresh Goods Friday

Fresh Goods Friday 279

It\'s a biggun this week! All of the awesome glitteriness in this edition of FGF! Plus, a dinosaur riding a horse

Stealth cycles

London Bike Show 2016 – Roundup of Win

A selection of aceitude from the London Bike Show, hand-picked just for you

Vaaru

London Bike Show 2016 – Vaaru

Some new bling finishing kit from the Ti masters at the London Bike Show

Sonder Transmitter

The London Bike Show – Sonder

Alpkit\'s Sonder were showing an impressive lineup

Orange p7

New Orange P7 – the London Bike Show

A look at the sweet revamped steel hardtail from the London Bike Show

Wiggle and CRC merge – it’s official

Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles merge - Wiggle Reaction? Chiggle?

Fresh Goods Friday 278

Is it summer yet? No? Boo. Let\'s look at some cool bike stuff instead

Brandon Semenuk Vice Versa

Video: Brandon Semenuk’s Vice Versa

Take one Brandon, a Subaru, a Trek and a great big hill. Add some portentous music and stir

Diamonds from the Core 2016 – Part 3

More missives from last week\'s Core Bike 2016 trade show

Crash Video: Downhill Fails

Ooooh, some of these have got to hurt. And now, posted here for your entertainment!

DVO shock

Diamonds from the Core 2016 – Part 2

Part 2 of our Glorious Gorgeousness missives from last week\'s Core 2016

Diamonds from the Core 2016 – Part 1

Transition, Dainese, Reynolds - loads of cool stuff from Core 2016 last week

DeVinci

Bite-sized Bike Bling from the Bike Place 2016 – Part 2

Part 2 of our round up from the Bike Place

Motorised Madness – the insanity continues

Technological fraud - now, with Parakeets!

Throwback Thursday – Scot Nicol/Chuck Ibis

Chipps takes the wayback machine to issue 39, 2007, when Scot Nicol was about to launch the all-new Ibis Mojo SL There\'s more to this story But it\'s a member-only…

Zaskar

Bite-sized Bike Bling from the Bike Place 2016 – Part 1

Part The First of the stuff that caught our eye at The Bike Place

Mark Wallace

Video: See What Speed Sounds Like

Look, listen. Can you smell something? Mark Wallace shreds in Canada

hope cassette

Core Bike 2016 – Hope Newness

Cassette and seatpost imminent from Barnoldswick\'s finest

Evil Wreckoning

Core Bike 2016 – The Evil Wreckoning

We got a good look at the latest Evil at Core Bike 2016

Niner RKT9

Bike Place 2016 – Niner, BOS, Wickens and Soderstrom

Pretties and newness from Jungle at The Bike Place yesterday

Santacruz Hightower

First Ride: The SantaCruz Hightower – Patagonian adventure

Barney raced the new Santa Cruz Hightower for a week in Patagonia - so that you wouldn\'t have to. Here\'s what he thought of it

Santacruz Hightower

The Hightower – SantaCruz launches new 29in/27.5+ bike

Built to rip, it\'s new SantaCruz time

Orange Four

Bike Place 2016 – NEW Orange Four and revamped Segment

A brand new Orange - the Four - and a makeover for the Segment!

Video: Sam Shucksmith joins Whyte, joins Whyte

Racer/engineer in the perfect double

Drybrow Disposable Helmet Liners Launched

Could sweaty, moist helmets be a thing of the past with this absorbent lid-liner?

Video: Joel Ducrot smashes Squamish

Squamish looks a whole lot of fun right here

Fresh Goods Friday 276

Wooha! Got you all in check! Or something. It\'s Friday, so Here\'s Fresh Goods!