Joe Barnes Tackles Slop Mountain - Video

Feb 10, 2016
by Liam Moynihan  
Joe Barnes tackles Slop Mountain

by liammoynihan
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In this sequel to Joe's 8 Wild Terns, Joe sets about taking on the infamous and treacherous Slop Mountain. It's one hell of a wild ride in the filthy conditions and Slop Mountain delivers its finest!

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88 Comments
  • 136 2
 I guess that's not an Imba trail
  • 38 2
 Around here, there are peeps who would have their panties in a bunch if you even thought about riding trails that wet. And amazingly...the trails are still there after he is finished!
  • 29 1
 that's kind of a normal winter trail in the uk, sometimes in the summer they're even like that, uk riders dream of dusty trails
  • 3 1
 @ReformedRoadie from what I can tell, this is the trail he and his "mates" have been digging out for the last few months.
  • 2 5
 What would imba think?
  • 61 0
 This is known as Scottish dust.
  • 12 9
 Where's the slop?? Looks dry to me - I've not seen Wharncliffe that dry for months!
  • 4 0
 Hmmm ... Duuussttyyyyy ...
  • 3 1
 @blahblahbikes Crying.. hahahaha!
  • 2 0
 Dusty ain't great. California has been getting amazing rain and it's been so refreshing riding wet and muddy trails. I prefer a dry day after a rain. Utter perfection.
  • 15 0
 Some whiny dry weather riders (mostly americans i think) kicked up a huge fuss on IMB a few weeks ago about a video of Ratboy riding revolution bike park in the wet - a for profit bike park where he had been digging and was allowed to ride. I guess a lot of people don't realise that if us brits didn't ride wet sloppy trails, we wouldn't ride at all for 11 months of the year.
  • 2 0
 Same here @sam264 in the Pacific Northwet. If we didn't have some loamy trails to ride we couldn't ride in fallwinterspring.
  • 3 0
 sam- That's so absurd, haha. There are certain areas where you shouldn't rip on wet trails because it completely f*cks them up for the rest of the season, but this... doesn't look like one of those. Good lord was he ripping so fast... almost too fast because you can't get a sense of how steep/gnar those sections are.
  • 2 0
 I don't get this imba trail thing there are like there are about 60 withing 40 min of where I live all built by mountain bikers. Can't you just go talk to the local government and find an area that is currently unused and start building a trail network run by mountain bikers for mountain bikers planting trees etc. We started off with like no money and now have about 300K a year in funding from grants and the council because they see its working.
  • 2 0
 My point was, they were complaining about ratboy shredding on an open bikepark trail, that people pay to ride and has regular maintenance, and looks very much like this. Some people need to get a grip. Obviously there are trails that probably shouldn't be ridden in the winter - and they're usually the ones that are shit to ride anyway.
  • 2 1
 in the UK you can ride anything in the wet. anything except dirt jumps, if you ride dirt jumps in the wet your a tool
  • 50 0
 I love watching Joe Barnes at work. His bike has a hinge in the frame and bends around corners. Brilliant clip, keep 'em coming!
  • 3 0
 That was a beautiful thing right there. Atta boy Joey!
  • 31 1
 We need more "Dudes of Hazzard"!
  • 23 2
 Where's the part where he pedals uphill in that muck?
  • 4 0
 thats what fire roads are for
  • 17 2
 Awesome soundtrack! Awesome riding, not too long, best video I've seen this year. Props to the bloke who filmed it for going out there in that slop. Great choice of music too mate! I'm going to watch it again now and crank it up. 19 years AD and still awesome as shit!
  • 2 1
 listened to some good old BIG after watching that, looking forward to the weekend!
  • 14 1
 That dogg is fearless ???? 4ft slop drop is where it's at.... #nevertoooldtoskid
  • 9 0
 Great edit! Hope we get a "dudeumtary" this off season, I love watching the boys slash muddy ruts, race slalom, and jump into bodies of water!
  • 7 0
 There's something missing, did you forget to hydrate? Razz
  • 7 0
 All killer no filler!
  • 6 0
 Enduraw
  • 3 0
 He is the Chuck Norris of Mountainbike: When Joe Barnes rides dirty trails, Barnes doesnt get dirty, but the dirt gets Barnes.
  • 4 0
 Can't beat 2pac & biggie Big Grin
  • 2 0
 Love the way he rides, but how has he got so much grip it's a mistery to me!
  • 3 0
 Amazing trail, amazing riding!
  • 3 0
 That was dirty !!!! This dude wins a EWS in the mud
  • 2 0
 Would be interesting to know how often he had crashed/fell/landed somewhere else.

Outtakes please.
  • 6 3
 and how many shapeshifter units he has broken...joe is the cornering god!
  • 3 0
 @funkzander it's a Spectral. No shapeshifter unit to break Smile
  • 1 0
 Was it a Spectral 29 or the mud? The tires looks big.
  • 4 1
 Just needs Warner screaming in the background
  • 4 3
 What kind of mud is that? Wheels are just gettin wet, not get covering mud...
  • 16 1
 He's going so fast it shoots off.
  • 2 0
 Sooo good! Amazing trail, amazing riding, amazing tune, amazing conditions
  • 2 0
 pinned as per, but this time down a sloppy stream
  • 3 1
 Anyone know exactly where this is?
  • 1 0
 slop mountain Wink nah im joking sorry afraid not :/ maybe inverness somewhere?
  • 3 1
 awesome edit, best i've seen in ages , proper riding!
  • 3 0
 No huck to street?
  • 2 0
 Man!that looks sweet,love those conditions.
  • 3 1
 IMBA be shittin their pants
  • 2 0
 If u can ride the mud and ruts u can ride anything ✊????
  • 2 0
 That looks steeeep, yet he keeps putting in pedal strokes!
  • 4 4
 Finally some real fucking music. No slow edit bitch ass music bout goddamn time
  • 1 0
 That was some Danny Hart type shit.
  • 1 0
 I have no idea how he stays upright
  • 2 0
 Quality riding joe!
  • 1 0
 ...these vids of barnes riding are ace!
  • 1 0
 @bwholco36 Mountain Town and Bear Creek.....
  • 2 1
 who had to clean his bike after that
  • 1 0
 Exactly. I've seen so many edits with Joe riding in slop. I would think that "Joe Barnes' Chief Bike Cleaner" would be the worst job in the world...and most of us would probably sign up.
  • 1 0
 Damn makes me want to ride.
  • 1 0
 Love this! Great musical choice also.
  • 1 0
 Hey kids, how's about some of them sloppy joes
  • 1 0
 Top chief : QED
  • 1 2
 Pretty similar conditions a couple of hours drive south of fort William ????????????
  • 2 0
 THINK THIS WAS FORT BILL according to his instagram
  • 3 3
 I don't envy british trail conditions
  • 1 0
 #committed
  • 1 0
 What a slop show!
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