Author Marcus Farley

Marcus Farley

Recent articles by Marcus Farley
Marmot Tempo

No more boil in the bag for me

Marcus Farley signs off from bloggage duties with his best sub-£100 find yet.
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Brent Foes with some of his company's renowned frames

Interview: Brent Foes of Foes Racing

Still fighting against convention
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Nicolai's new B-Boxx planetary gear system

Updated: Nicolai to launch B-Boxx, a Hammerschmidt rival

Exclusive images of new planetary gear system
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What's your preferred length?

The national average length...

Oh, it’s that age old debate - what length is best?
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Jeff Titone

Interview: Jeff Titone of Titus Cycles

Walking your favourite trails

Walking your favourite trails

How many times do we just ‘ride’ our favourite trails, often taking the same ‘safe’ line that we worked out long ago.
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Whyte and Marin designer Ian Alexander of ATB Sales

Interview: Whyte and Marin designer Ian Alexander

Stepping out of Jon Whyte’s shadow
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Saying goodbye to an old friend

Saying goodbye to an old friend

My favourite item of cycling clothing has finally bitten the dust
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One can never have enough bikes, or hoard enough bits these days.

Hoarding makes sense, see

Occasionally, my hoardes reap rewards
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Trail etiquette – to yield or not to yield, that is the question

If we can’t even be cordial to our brethren, then no wonder other trail users despise us!
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Ellsworth's The Ride does away with conventional gears and instead uses a set of spheres rotating around a central point to transfer torque from pedals to the road

Interview: Mountain bike designer Tony Ellsworth

From ICT to the environment
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There's fear in those eyes...

The Fear

Do you think too much on your ride?
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In case of emergency

In case of emergency: Do you ever cycle alone?

Do you have difficulty remembering phone numbers? More importantly, how would someone know who to phone if you were unconscious or in urgent medical need?
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Nico Vouilloz has helped Lapierre develop its new bikes

Interview: The men behind Lapierre

The family firm successfully taking on the big boys
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Ring it

Ring my bell

If we don’t have a working bicycle bell, and we manage to hit someome, are we liable? And would our insurance policies cover us?
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Myles at the Red Bull Downhill

Interview: Mountain biking legend Myles Rockwell

His return, his past glories and how he'll help the next generation
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Following the path less travelled

Following the path less travelled

Thankfully, whilst out on a ride at the weekend, we happened to traverse the canal and suddenly a very local solution dawned on me – the canal tow path, of course!
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Expectancy vs Given

Expectancy vs Given

Or, what to do when the weather turns bad
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You'll know when you've found your flow.

The perfect flow

Marcus Farley learns how to be a smooth operator
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Chris Sugai of Niner

Interview: Niner's Chris Sugai

Pushing the envelope of what 29ers are capable of
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Even when he's not riding, Marcus Farley is daydreaming about bikes.

Ich bin ein mountain biker!

Marcus Farley is many things, but where does mountain biking come on his list?
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Saracen ‘Special Edition’

The non-latest non-super duper innovation

Forget the latest superbike, it’s time to remember your first proper off road bike.
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Marcus poses in the countryside. Note the bone dry, mud-free shorts

What’s the definition of being British?

There’s a whole range of things, but it’s complaining about the weather for Marcus Farley
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Sock it

Sock it to the credit crunch!

A winter credit crunch bargain
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