I’m thinking June is the best time to buy winter cycling shoes!

Would you know what to do if you got into difficulty in the water? - Float by following these five simple steps from the RNLI – it could save your life. 1. Tilt your head back.. ..submerging your ears. 1/5

Should have blown him a kiss! Why do I always think of these things afterwards

Fair play, but 3 nights of not sleeping properly have been disguised by 1 can of iced coffee. I knew going predominantly caffeine free was a good idea!

The blue on this map is a shared footway/cycleway that crosses a side road. It is inset away from the mouth of the junction. That does not exempt it from highway code rules H2 and H3 right? IMHO a driver should still cede priority to pedestrians and cyclists? Is there anything authoritative ...

Certainly put its stamp on this country.

Watching “Trial of The Chicago 7” again. Up there in my top 5 films. Aaron Sorkin doing a Courtroom drama and an amazing cast. Love it. Might have to watch “A Few Good Men” afterwards.

Another shout out from the ride! Big thanks to www.marlboroughbike.co.uk for sorting me out when my bottle cage security torx bolt (it also holds my air tag) came loose. Support your LBS - however good the price is online, they won’t be able to sort you out in 5 minutes and get you back out.

Big shout out to @galibiervelo.bsky.social for their Vent Air gilet! Packable into a jersey pocket, so light you don’t notice it and when I put it on after the sun had gone down on Saturday and I was sweaty and cold, it was though someone had just turned off the wind. It was amazing.

I wish all those folks that want bike lanes and do not care if others cannot or do not want to ride bikes, move to Holland and ride and annoy people there. Leave roads for people that have kids, are elderly or have other issues and need a car.

So today’s the day! 200 miles here I come! I slept well enough, but pleased that it wasn’t as hot as it’s going to be. Good breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast. Good to go. I’ll make this a thread of my trip. Next update in 82km when I stop for second breakfast.

One born every minute

In 24hrs I will be on my way on my first ever 200 mile (322km) ride, my longest ride ever by some 70km I’ve been training for it for 8 months and it all comes down to tomorrow. The weather looks to be on my side - warm, with a gentle tailwind. Counting down now.

I swear people have forgotten their mum telling them to let people off the bus/train before trying to get on.

More English lessons from #PaulineHanson:

Cyclists: should I have my knee warmers over or under my shorts? I have some @galibiervelo.bsky.social knee warmers and I’ve never worn them before so just wondering if they should go under or over my shorts?

As a former fixie rider (and current if you include the track), I can confirm that it was the only time I considered myself to be “badass” on the bike

Explain your @ My name’s Rich and at one point all of my bikes were made of Reynolds 531. I’ve changed bikes so now it’s Reynolds, Tange and Columbus

“The vehicle drove…” Did it bollocks. It was driven www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I remember this happening. For about 5 days cyclists got a break on Twitter as the mobs went after joggers. I bet it’s an ex-partner who reported him. They knew in 2017, but they were together so didn’t report him. They’ve split up now so they went to the police. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’ve been looking at pacing for the ride on Saturday. Climb 8 of 10 is a Cat 3 and is at 230km. The plan is to stick in Zone 2 until the base of that climb. Once I’ve got over that climb it’s 8km to the tea stop where I can rest and then the last 90km with a quick coffee stop at 300km

Cars are the most heavily subsidised product on earth. @urbantruth.bsky.social #UrbanTruth #Cars #Automobiles #TheWarOnCars #Urbanism #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Transport #Bikes envirocomms5.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/c...

Nothing fucking happened! It was all “almost” and “nearly”.

You know another word for “nearly” don’t you? “Didn’t” “He was flying and close to the sidewalk and didn’t [take] out a lady standing there” Or to abbreviate “he was flying and nothing happened”

Countdown to 200 miles (might be 201 by the time I stop)! My longest ride ever. Set off on Saturday at Sunrise. Have started packing my handlebar bag and am obsessing over the weather and what to wear.

Really enjoyed that. Didn’t go all in, which was good because the head wind for the last 30km was a pain, but didn’t stick in zone 2 either. Happy with my speed. Note the sign on the picture. I love how it’s got Littleton on Severn which is just big enough to have a pub and the whole of Wales!

I like how one of the skills I have unexpectedly learned as a road cyclist in the UK is my ability to even at 20mph time my “FUCK OFF” so it lands perfectly through the slightly open window of the prick driver who deserves it.

You know how some people have a beer mid-ride? I don’t normally, but I’m on a gentle one today. Does being 80km in override the fact it’s only 9am? I’ve been up for 5 hours and it’s 4pm in Singapore

Be the reason someone gets home safe. Please share widely #3FeetPlease

My bike is named after his daughter.

If anybody speaks Labrador, could they ask mine “what is it about socks?”

Great example of selection bias here. Say there were 1,000 deaths. In this example 630 were not wearing a helmet so the majority of the deaths were unhelmeted. Sounds bad but doesn’t take account of the population. If there are 10,000 cyclists and 630 of them wear a helmet then 100% of them…

BBC have now updated this, finally, after it’s gone to court and I and others complained to them in the first place. Man admits driving into pedestrian in 'brutal' electric motorbike hit-and-run www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How does @garmin.com give me a new FTP value after a ride without my power meter? I never get a new one after a ride on my road bike; only ever after one on one of my other bikes

Don’t know if Canada counts as “local” @apiln.bsky.social

Cejay must drive a Messerschmitt or a Peel (or possibly a McLaren F1) ; it’s the only way I can see him being a massive hypocrite!

Just got my bike on the train and it’s a proper guard’s van! They had six bike spaces, but they could have had 20 bikes in there if you weren’t precious about them. No stupid hooks or leaning it against some seats or arguing with people to get out of the way. Wonderful!

Wow! Turns out the BBC can talk about a vehicle being driven even when there’s been no conviction and it’s early days. Perhaps all that guff about prejudicing a case was complete bollocks JCB driven into takeaway after being stolen from farm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#BikeSky, this Yeti SB140 on Vinted is worth £6,000+ and it’s being sold for £80 so obviously it’s stolen. Near Sheffield (Bolsover), painted grey badly to cover any other markings. Please share this in appropriate circles and get onto Vinted support if you find the owner.

Opinions people! Spec-ing a new steel winter road bike that will also be my long distance bike (over 100 miles) and my light touring bike Do I pick Campag chorus or 105 DI2? They’re about the same price.

This is very cool. What’s not mentioned in the headline is it’s for walking and cycling only. This is good news. New river bridge to connect east and west parts of city www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Probably showing my age, but Giles! 😔😔 Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Genesis Croix de Fer

I can’t reply on LinkedIn because my profile has my company details on, but a moan like this just tells me that you don’t know how insurance works. Whilst I don’t work for Admiral, I have years of experience in insurance. A 🧵 IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU Yes, if you have a claim your premium will go up…

X is currently full of posts falsely naming Christi Hill and another officer as having arrested Henry Nowak. One names and pictures the other PC, saying, "Wanted: dead or alive". It gives his address. What more exactly will it take to get UK MPs, ministers and departments off that hellsite?

Nearly double the speed limit but “not a serious offence”. Twat

This is interesting on roads and induced traffic assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a1966...

We need a national Buy the Supply fund for councils to buy back councils homes sold off under Right to Buy, sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Well that was a nice summer