Man down :-( RIP Simon F Barnes

Well known Singletrack forum contributor over the years  Simon Barnes has peacefully passed away. Well known for showing off the many trails in the Lake District and surrounding areas and having banter on the forum and having an eye for a good pic. Simon has been in a care home near Windermere for several years now after a incident in which  had lasting effects on him which meant he had to have constant care.

He will be sorely missed by the club he brought to a lot of peoples attention over the years  some good some bad

RIP fella

Rich

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Very sad news indeed. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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Sad news. Ride on, Simon.

RIP 🙁

Aww shit. RIP, SFB

Sorry forgot about the other Simon Barnes!!! who equally has a good eye for a picture

RIP Simon he’ll be a well remembered character.

I did wonder just how he was doing the other day.

Ride in peace SFB

Oh well this year just proper sucks balls. Long time lurker on here and will remember my chats with Simon. May your trails be free of mud and grit and rest well. I have had just about enough this year 🙁

Sad news indeed. As said above, condolences to his family.

He posted some great stuff over the years.

RIP SFB

Simon was a free-thinking argumentative smart alec. I’m glad he’s free of his prison.

Rest in peace simonfbarnes, you annoying swine and ride free.

Sad news. RIP Simon

That is sad to hear. RIP

Seemed a really nice guy, I did wonder how he was getting on, so sad to hear this.

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Sad news. Ride on SFB.

Man, those shorts though…..

Legend on here. RIP

RIP to one of the earliest ‘characters’ of STW. May he trot bogs in peace.

Sad news.

I never new him but appreciated his weekly ride pictures and thread.

Glad he’s at peace now. He was always on great form on this forum back when it was one big forum. I enjoyed his pictures greatly as he just got out there and rode without worrying about the latest tech, something I could learn from.

Are the bogtrotters still around they were quite a clan in the past?

@simondbarnes who was here first, you both must have done over 15 years?

Get up some of his pics if anyone has access?

RIP, may all your trails be dry and dusty with the wind at your back, ride on young man ride on

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R.I.P. Simon. Always liked the photos

RIP SFB.

never met you but you entertained me on the internets. happy trails.

Rest easy

ah man, one of the originals, rest peacfully

Jeez! This year just keeps going, doesn’t it?

RIP sfb

RIP funny guy.

RIP Simon.

Bloody hell. Didn’t see that coming.

That’s horrible news. One of the STW legends.

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I did wonder just how he was doing the other day.

Same here – there was a thread a few months ago when people were looking back at some of the forum characters who were no longer with us, some of them because they’d passed away, others because they simply no longer posted and SFB was mentioned then.

He lived just round the corner from me in Lancaster, I rode with them quite a few times. Simon was one of those people who just kept the club alive. Every club has a member like that – a mix of genuine, passionate and annoying who organises all the rides and events, updates the website and generally does all the crap that no-one else can be bothered with.

RIP Simon and thanks for all the trails (at least half of which were footpaths… 😉 )

RIP, far too early.

RIP sfb.
Contributed loads, both on here and irl, got under a few people’s skin. Loved an argument. Honestly couldn’t believe it when he had that heart attack, he seemed tough as boots, thought he’d go on forever. Missed.

Get up some of his pics if anyone has access?

SFB hosted the website so when he went into care the hosting expired. The club transferred onto Facebook for a while but that has been defunct now for a year or more.

He does have a near dormant Flickr account – it was very rarely used because he just uploaded most stuff direct to Bogtrotters.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonfbarnes/albums

I’m fairly sure I took this one of him

That’s so sad. I somehow missed what had happened to him at the time but was aware of his absence, I didn’t realise it was anything like this. RIP 🙁

Bugger, RIP Simon.

He had a marvellous eye for a photo and a champion of equal opportunity mountain biking.

May all of you hills be down.

My condolences to his friends and family.

😢 RIP Simon, in your honour i will be exploring many cheeky trails across the local landed gentry estate tomorrow 👍