TRP Slate Evo Disc Brake review

TRP Slate Evo Disc Brake review

The TRP Slate Evo brakes are superlative, wallet-happy anchors. Not be as elegant as pricier brakes but they’re superb, reliable…

OneUp Dropper Post V2 240mm review

OneUp Dropper Post V2 240mm review

The dropper was born, and progression was made. And now we have this – a OneUp Dropper Post V2 240mm…

Issue 148 Classic Ride: Children Of The Dammed

Issue 148 Classic Ride: Children Of The Dammed

Barney takes in some venerable Peak District trails that are anything but old and past it. Words & Photography Barney…

Goodyear Newton MTF and MTR review

Goodyear Newton MTF and MTR review

The Goodyear Newton tyres are as hefty as they are grippy, and as such they represent a solid choice -…

Orbea Occam M10 LT review

Orbea Occam M10 LT review

Orbea Occam M10 LT - an Occam, but more so. It’s a long-legged trail bike with a focus that will…

Simply better than laces: 12 BOA® off-road cycling shoes

Simply better than laces: 12 BOA® off-road cycling shoes

The BOA system has been a replacement technology for laces since the mid 90's but how was it invented and…

Trek Roscoe 24 review: great little trail bike

Trek Roscoe 24 review: great little trail bike

The Trek Roscoe 24 sports fat tyres, 1x drivetrain, wide-range cassette, sloping top tube and rear brake calliper is tucked…

Classic Ride 143 – Scar House Loop, Nidderdale

Classic Ride 143 – Scar House Loop, Nidderdale

A truly Classic day out with big views, plenty of miles, and legendary Scotch eggs. Words & Photography Barney Marsh…

Continental Der Baron Projekt tyre review

Continental Der Baron Projekt tyre review

Continental Der Baron Projekt is made of their 'secret sauce' Black Chili compound, which you’ll only find in their German-made…

Boardman MTR 9.0 review

Boardman MTR 9.0 review

// intro // Pros Cons blah Overall blah Boardman MTR 9.0 specification Geometry of our L size Boardman’s MTR 9.0…

Classic Ride 138 – Cakes and Ladders

Classic Ride 138 – Cakes and Ladders

Barney takes a trip around the shivering mountain to see if some favourite old trails still pass muster on new…

Classic Ride 135 – North of Reeth – The Quest for the Holy Dale

Classic Ride 135 – North of Reeth – The Quest for the Holy Dale

Barney explains why the trails north of Reeth are truly classic – especially if your eyesight is up to the…

Catch My Drift? Singletrack Magazine Issue 131

Catch My Drift? Singletrack Magazine Issue 131

With Barney Marsh In which your intrepid reporter attempts to get to the bottom of certain mountain biking vernacular using…

Merida Matts J24+ | For the Mini-Shredder with Big Dreams

Merida Matts J24+ | For the Mini-Shredder with Big Dreams

Eliza Marsh swings a leg over the Merida Matts J24+ little-hitter from Merida It’d be easy to sweep an abstracted…

Classic Ride 129 – Cornish Classic

Classic Ride 129 – Cornish Classic

Barney journeys back to his Cornish roots to bring you this West Country classic ride. Words & Photography Barney Marsh…

Komoot – what’s Europe’s biggest outdoors app all about?

Komoot – what’s Europe’s biggest outdoors app all about?

Barney takes a look at the ideas behind komoot, and what it can offer the The Modern, Up-To-Date Mountain Biker…

Singletrack Issue 126 | Cornish Fasties

Singletrack Issue 126 | Cornish Fasties

Barney takes a trip where few bike journos have dared to tread – Cornwall. Words & Photography Barney Marsh Ah,…

Review | Cane Creek eeWings – Titanium. Oh yeah, baby

Review | Cane Creek eeWings – Titanium. Oh yeah, baby

We gave Barney a pair of Cane Creek eeWings. Is he still soaring? There is something mysterious about titanium. From…

Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Making Hay On Wye

Singletrack Magazine Issue 125 | Making Hay On Wye

Barney takes a trip to Hay, while the sun shines… Words & Photography Barney Marsh This isn’t how it usually…

Singletrack Issue 124 : Metal Machine Music

Singletrack Issue 124 : Metal Machine Music

Barney visits this machinists’ paradise in Preston to find out what makes Bounce Cycles, er, bounce.  Words & Photography Barney…

Santa Cruz Megatower first ride review – The big wheel Nomad we’ve been waiting for.

Santa Cruz Megatower first ride review – The big wheel Nomad we’ve been waiting for.

We ride the first Megatower in the country!

Review: Vee Tire Flow Snap + Enduro Core 29×2.6in Tyre

Review: Vee Tire Flow Snap + Enduro Core 29×2.6in Tyre

Tyres, as many of you know, represent perhaps the least sexy but certainly one of the most emphatic ways to…

Gnar Gnot Gnecessary: Great rides don’t need bluebird skies

Gnar Gnot Gnecessary: Great rides don’t need bluebird skies

Riding bikes is totally ace, regardless of how techy the trails are. And how bad the weather is.

Cotic-ing all the boxes: An inside look at the Cotic-Fiveland Bikes collaboration

Cotic-ing all the boxes: An inside look at the Cotic-Fiveland Bikes collaboration

Barney takes a trip up to that there Scotland to find out more about Cotic’s venture with fledgling Scottish framebuilders…

Singletrack Issue 121: MIPS: You’re Twisting My Melon Man

Singletrack Issue 121: MIPS: You’re Twisting My Melon Man

MIPS invited us to Sweden to explain its in-helmet safety system in words that non-neuroscientists can understand. Luckily we have…

Singletrack Issue 121: Ley Lines – Don’t Do It!

Singletrack Issue 121: Ley Lines – Don’t Do It!

Barney takes a good hard look at whether the legend of ley lines might hold spectacular secrets of sumptuous singletrack.…

Tyke Packing – A bike packing adventure with kids: from Singletrack Issue 120

Tyke Packing – A bike packing adventure with kids: from Singletrack Issue 120

Barney has taken the – if not impossible – then wildly ill-advised step of actually taking his young kids bikepacking.…

Review: The Nukeproof Horizon Wheelset Costs Less Than £350 And Is Barney-Proof

Review: The Nukeproof Horizon Wheelset Costs Less Than £350 And Is Barney-Proof

Barney does his level best to destroy Nukeproof’s Horizon wheelset. And, as in so many other things he tries in…

Review: Convert Your RockShox Reverb With The Wolf Tooth ReMote Sustain

Review: Convert Your RockShox Reverb With The Wolf Tooth ReMote Sustain

We’ve already become fans of Wolf Tooth Components’ brilliant ReMote dropper post lever, though it’s now available in a kit…

Singletrack Magazine Issue 118: Last Word

Singletrack Magazine Issue 118: Last Word

Train, Train Go Away Barney faces up to the inevitable: he’s not magically going to get fitter by doing nothing.…

Longterm Review: Is the 2018 RockShox Lyrik RCT3 the butteriest of them all?

Longterm Review: Is the 2018 RockShox Lyrik RCT3 the butteriest of them all?

For 2018, both Fox and RockShox have come out swinging with updates to their long-travel suspension forks: Fox with its…

Singletrack Magazine Issue 118 : Last Word

Singletrack Magazine Issue 118 : Last Word

barney marsh Train, Train Go Away Barney faces up to the inevitable: he’s not magically going to get fitter by…

We Test & Review 3 Alloy Full Suspension Bikes That Prove Carbon Isn’t The Be-All, And End-All

We Test & Review 3 Alloy Full Suspension Bikes That Prove Carbon Isn’t The Be-All, And End-All

Barney sets out to test three bikes made of metal, not plastic

Review: The £2199 YT Jeffsy AL One 29 Is One Of The Best Value Trail Bikes We’ve Ever Tested

Review: The £2199 YT Jeffsy AL One 29 Is One Of The Best Value Trail Bikes We’ve Ever Tested

The build kit on this bike is insanely good for the money

Who Needs Carbon? We Test & Review The 2018 Santa Cruz Tallboy Alloy R

Who Needs Carbon? We Test & Review The 2018 Santa Cruz Tallboy Alloy R

Santa Cruz is best known for its carbon bling-wagons, but it makes bloody brilliant alloy frames too

Review: The 2018 Norco Sight A2 29er Shows Just How Good Alloy Mountain Bikes Can Be

Review: The 2018 Norco Sight A2 29er Shows Just How Good Alloy Mountain Bikes Can Be

Barney gives us his review of the alloy version of the 2018 Norco Sight 29er

Video: Barney Puts The Pedal To The Mettle In His Review Of This Brute Of A Bike

Video: Barney Puts The Pedal To The Mettle In His Review Of This Brute Of A Bike

The Identiti Mettle is one of the new breed of UK-designed long travel enduro bikes, and it ain't no featherweight.…

Review: Identiti Mettle GX Eagle

Review: Identiti Mettle GX Eagle

Identiti has gone all-in with the 160mm travel Mettle. Barney's been razzing about on one, and is ready to deliver…

Review: Specialized Butcher & Slaughter GRID 27.5×2.8 Tyres

Review: Specialized Butcher & Slaughter GRID 27.5×2.8 Tyres

When a Butcher and a Slaughter go plus sized, is there more fun, or more blood? Barney's been testing these…

A Right Old Pyrenees Up

A Right Old Pyrenees Up

Barney takes a trip way, way down South with his family - can mountain bike riding on a family holiday…

Review: Cube Freeride Plus 20 Pack

Review: Cube Freeride Plus 20 Pack

Barney takes Cubes Freeride Plus 20 pack into the wilds of Calderdale for six months

Group Test: 29+ Mountain Bikes

Group Test: 29+ Mountain Bikes

We review three 29+ mountain bikes from Jones, Salsa and Trek. Are wagon wheelers here to stay? After this test,…

Review: Trek Stache 9.8

Review: Trek Stache 9.8

Trek has committed hard to the 29+ wheelsize with the Stache 9.8 - a carbon fibre trail hardtail built around…

Review: Jones Plus 29+ Steel

Review: Jones Plus 29+ Steel

With its slender steel frame, truss fork and unique geometry, the Jones Plus bike takes a very different approach to…

Review: Troy Lee A1 MIPS Helmet

Review: Troy Lee A1 MIPS Helmet

Barney comes over all beat poet. We don't think anything hit him on the head during the test…

Review: Bluegrass Tuatara Idro Body Armour

Review: Bluegrass Tuatara Idro Body Armour

Barney stormtoopers up, but don't worry - his reviews are much more accurate than the average 'troopers marksmanship.

Singletrack Magazine issue 114: Shropshire

Singletrack Magazine issue 114: Shropshire

Barney heads off to Shropshire to try to answer a question which has been bugging him – why are there…

Review: RockShox Reverb Stealth Dropper Post

Review: RockShox Reverb Stealth Dropper Post

Is the latest RockShox Reverb the best dropper post on the market? Barney notches up 15 months aboard his to…

Review: Maxxis Minion DHF 29 x 2.5in 3C DH Tyre

Review: Maxxis Minion DHF 29 x 2.5in 3C DH Tyre

Is the 2.5in Minion DHF the burliest 29er tyre out there? At 1300 grams, Barney thinks so. But it's also…

UK Exclusive: Cannondale Trigger Review

UK Exclusive: Cannondale Trigger Review

Barney gets his paws on the all-new Cannondale Trigger for an exclusive UK first ride review