Can anyone confirm whether there is meant to be a cover there? Surely, to keep the bolt to the bottom bracket clean?

He doesn’t are what it looks like, just as long as it’s pink and it’s tight

There’s supposed to be a cap/cover there, isn’t there?! It just fell off, probably last weekend. Could campag be any more Italian?! 🇮🇹

Your constant reminder. This will be happening here too, if you vote for #Farage. 👇 Our media & press never tell us the truth, so it's up to us to get the message out there: DON'T VOTE #REFORM!!

This really makes the point…

ebay.us/m/F4cIl3 There was a thread of “which car would you love, but would ruin you”. This is it for me. #WeirdCarBS

This is the niche knowledge that I come to the internet for.

Thinking more about this. Does anybody know anything. They have a website, but it’s all a bit “sorry we haven’t updated it in 10 years”. @williamnb.bsky.social or @carltonreid.com do you know anything about it?

I'm posting this for no other reason than goats Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too And also, solar is the GOAT

We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy. Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼 action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...

I’ve just learnt of The National Byway. How fabulous. That it was a millennium project and I’ve only just discovered it is symptomatic of cycling in the UK, but still www.thenationalbyway.com

And this, kids, was the post that got my blocked by the digital editor of a local newspaper in Wiltshire!

I am looking forward to worrying about needing to re-fill my water bottles or sweat crusting on my helmet straps or sweat getting in my eyes. Having to think about my bike being filthy, my rim brakes not stopping properly or the fact it’s dark and I can see my line round a bend is getting boring

Why do we need a law to force officials to tell the truth? Surely that’s the most basic tenant of being a reasonable human being

Oh and to the few sets of guys riding 2 abreast and not going down to single file when I was approaching…what’s with that?! The railway path is not wide enough for all 3 of us to go at the speed we want to side by side.

150km done. 75km in the rain isn’t fun though. Was definitely very cold when I got home.

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Wow! The story got legs!

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Worked with a team in Finland re active travel, they genuinely could not fathom why people objected to cycle lanes here. "But you are making their lives better?" Ah no, you see, we hate cyclists.

As a cyclist, I already hated extending dog leads; now I have a 5cm cut down my right shin to support my hate for them as a pedestrian too.

Sad news from RoadPeace today.

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

Shout out to Berkeley (Gloucestershire) Bakery for yesterday’s sausage, egg and bacon roll and coffee. Just what I needed and whilst I’m sure the other venues in Berkeley are very nice for a sit-down cup of tea, they didn’t mind my presence in mud-spotted lycra.

I think I saw an owl on this ride. It was sitting in a field. It was a big bird and looked chubbier than the others I’d seen, but it might have been cuddling itself to keep warm

That was hard. Earned my beer!

Still makes me chuckle

Found out what I did/happened. The little leg part of the sprint thing that attaches to the brake arm had come off. All fixed now

Why am I so completely incompetent when it comes to fixing bikes?! Just changing the tube on my son’s and I seem to have broken the front v brake so now the left hand side (non drive side) part of it is just pushed all the way over towards the wheel. I don’t even know what I did

Another perfect commentary from @jonathanpienews.bsky.social youtu.be/296-WjM90jg?...

One 18 minute ride and I was close passed 4 times (half of those by the same driver). I only went to the shop for some milk.

The Dutch will double intercity bike routes in the next 5 years, from 1100 to 2300km. Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL. More info: www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...

Always loved Louise

So I discovered today that I was right to take a local off-camber bend as slowly as I have been. Decided, perhaps perversely, to see how fast I could do it today and whether it was wet, icy or due to my pannier changing the weight, or it was just too fast for the corner with its slope, the bike…

Maduro, regardless of how one views his politics, was the sitting head of state and therefore entitled to full diplomatic immunity under international law. The United States, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, has no jurisdiction to prosecute foreign heads of state captured through force.

Good luck to Simon Yates. I’d like to say I’ll miss watching him race, but now that there’s no free to air coverage of cycling in the UK, that would apply to everyone. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...

I do find it hard to reconcile the Jeremy Vine cycling advocate with the Jeremy Vine putting out under his name click-bait bollocks like this

Not a fan of the turbo

Was anybody else terrified by Willo The Wisp? Worse than watching someone fly a kit near an electricity pylon. cc @scarredforlife.bsky.social youtu.be/DbbGY6PqwYs?...

It’s been too long since I drank this. Did have to tell the bar staff the correct size glass.

You’d have thought that with the NHS being so stretched that their Shared Services / Facilities drivers would drive with a little more care…or at least legally

I once served Pete Postlethwaite two cans of John Smiths. He asked for two but I was so star-struck, I only handed him one at first. I also served Sean Moore and Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers hot chocolate.

And Henrys are awesome! Like properly good!

This is the greatest thread on Bluesky

Can we ban cars now?

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.

I needed to go to the post office earlier. Not far ~5.5km. It was an absolute nightmare to get there using the pedestrian/cycle route. On the way back I went on the road, even though that included dual carriage, a 3 lane 50mph road and a busy roundabout. No wonder nobody cycles

Sheffield, Manchester and Derbyshire friends, 120 year old Peak and Northern Footpath Society sign #1 has been stolen from Carr Meadow nr Little Hayfield. Let them know if you see or hear anything. pnfs.org.uk/contact-gene...