Barley is an H3 classified hand-cyclist competing in road time trial and road race events.
 He has a scholarship with the Western Australian Institute of Sport.
 His carbon fibre hand-cycle costs A$20,000.

Barley took up the sport within a year of his accident.
He has hand-cycled from Perth, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales.
At the 2011 para-cycling road World Cup in Sydney, he finished third in the H3 hand cycling event.
In 2012, he competed in races in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and France.
 Some of these races were part of the 2012 International Paracycling Tour season.
 Others were part of the World Cup season.
 At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's Road Individual Time Trial H3.
He was the sixth Western Australia to be named to the Australian team.
The Paralympics were his first.

Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships, Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial H3.
Barley is an H3 classified hand-cyclist competing in road time trial and road race events.  He has a scholarship with the Western Australian Institute of Sport.  His carbon fibre hand-cycle costs A$20,000.
Barley took up the sport within a year of his accident. He has hand-cycled from Perth, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales. At the 2011 para-cycling road World Cup in Sydney, he finished third in the H3 hand cycling event. In 2012, he competed in races in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and France.  Some of these races were part of the 2012 International Paracycling Tour season.  Others were part of the World Cup season.  At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's Road Individual Time Trial H3. He was the sixth Western Australia to be named to the Australian team. The Paralympics were his first.
Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships, Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial H3.
Nigel Barley (cyclist)