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Joe 🍉
@joesbikeshack.bsky.social
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Bike mechanic, restorations & sustainability.
https://thebikeproject.co.uk
He/him
#metal 🤘
pining for the alps 🏂
#swfc 🦉
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Photo of a carton of mushroom soup. The cooking instructions suggests microwaving for five minutes. Still shot from the series Alan Partridge where he takes a bite from an apple pie that his PA Lynn had put in the microwave for 8 minutes.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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@atgfestival.bsky.social YES mate!
Line-up for this years Arctangent festival, August 13th to 16th near Bristol. Weds: Wardruna. Slift. Kalandra. Year Of No Light. Teeth Of The Sea. Colossal Squid. Healthyliving. Hundred Year Old Man. Underdark. God Alone. Thank. Sans Froid. Thurs: (Headliner TBA). Leprous. Melvins. Arab Strap. Sungazer. We Lost The Sea. The Fall Of Troy. Pelican. Kylesa. Lowen. Tangled Hair. Rezn. Battlesnake. Tayne. Meryl Streek. Maud The Moth. Drongo. Ni. Horrendous. Royal Sorrow. The Gorge. Bipolar Architecture. Codespeaker. As Living Arrows. Street Grease. Lemondaze. Fri: Karnivool. Mew. Green Lung. Envy. We Lost The Sea. Emma Ruth Rundle. Between The Buried And Me. Future Of The Left. Gost. Vower. Car Bomb. Delving. Alpha Male Tea Party. Coilguns. Heave Blood & Die. Anciients. Giant Walker. Papangu. Mt Onsra. Meth. Eyes. Overhead, The Albatross. Palmeras Negras. Chalk Hands. Sure. Yoshizawa. Hexcut. Sat: TesseracT. Clown Core. Rolo Tomassi. Between The Buried And Me. Unprocessed. Inter Arma. Adebisi Shank. DVNE. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Ahab. Kayo Dot. Vessels. Sugar Horse. A Swarm Of The Sun. Omo. Sometime In February. Love Rarely. Burner. Boneflower. Vincent Vocoder Voice.
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Just counted my DMs from Palestinians; 26 from 51 accounts have been deleted by Bluesky!

Utterly disgraceful - they are affecting desperate people's reach to find help!
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Long scroll screenshot of my DMs showing the number of deleted Palestinian accounts by Bluesky moderators
February 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Totally normal country
Screenshot of news article about racist abuse received by Newcastle's Joe Willock, "News of Willock's abuse comes a week after police began an investigation into 'threats and abuse' directed at referee Michael Oliver after hearing controversially sent off Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly in their win at Wolves. Police have also investigated abuse received by the wife of Gunners striker Kai Havertz, including threats to the couple's unborn child, following the club's FA Cup loss to Manchester United at the start of January."
February 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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This is quite a good dip-in read
"Entagled Life: how fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures" By Merlin Sheldrake
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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If you get caught even once for this that raises eyebrows but *several times*?!
Screenshot of text from the article: The bill, introduced Monday, would impose fines of $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense and $10,000 for any subsequent offenses.
January 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Look at this ridiculous thing I have to wear for the next few weeks.

Can anyone recommend some really long movies or series, please?
A very stylish foot-support-sandal-shoe type thing because I failed in the skillful art of dismounting a ladder correctly.
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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I love Sleaford Mods #cryptofascist
Scene from the series Red Dwarf - a 17 year old Lister is playing in a band called Smeg And The Heads.
January 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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11. Upgraded to some Halo gumwall tyres to finish it off
Bike has new tyres with gum/tan sidewalls.
January 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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10. In the wild
The complete bike on a cliff top with an estuary in the immediate foreground and in the distance some small mountains. A border collie dog sits next to the bike enjoying the sunshine.
January 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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9. The complete bike mk1
Bike set up as single speed with one brake on the rear. Pedals matched green to the frame, the bars yellow with green grips. Black tyres and saddle. A view from the rear of the bike showing some of the geeky (obsessive) detail of the colour matching.
January 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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8. Mowgli logo on headtube
A silhouetted image of the Jungle Book's Mowgli walking on all-fours like a monkey placed on the headtube of the bike.
January 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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7. White splatters on the blue
Over the blue paint, white splatters applied.
January 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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6. Black splatters on the yellow...
Over the main colours, a spray splatter effect in black.
January 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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5. "Mowgli" brand applied
Lettering of "Mowgli" applied to the downtube.
January 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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4. Neon spray paints applied
Frame sprayed in yellow, merging into green then blue.
January 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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3. Brake mounts removed from forks because who needs them?
Forks with brake mounts removed
January 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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2. Stripped and polished paint, removed 2 of the 3 cable stops on top tube
Raw metal finish of stripped frame
January 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Bike restoration - a thread in pictures
#bikesky #retrobikes

1. Found a c1990 Trek Antelope 850, pretty battered
Frame of bike with all components and parts removed in a workstand
January 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Stayed up later than anticipated on this ride 🥶
Ragley Bluepig mountain bike on a snow-topped mountain over Windermere in the Lake District. The sun is just about to set over the horizon ushering in temperatures that were not conducive for a 30-minute descent.
January 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Great days bikepacking last summer
Cotic Escapade loaded with bikepacking gear. The lake of Ennerdale in the Lake District in the background with a setting sun.
January 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Rubbish here, too.
Mountains in the Lake District covered in snow and bathed in sunlight
January 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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If he wins the Puskas I'll get this pic tattood
Josh Windass for Sheffield Wednesday taking swipe at the ball from inside own half resulting in a contender for goal of the season
January 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Talking of obsessions, just did a big wash and realised how many of your tees I have
Five t-shirts with designs by the incomparable Happy Toast of - Garth Marenghi Bottom Young Ones/Scumbag College Withnail & I Ripley in the Power-Loader.
December 29, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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The documentary about this is piss-boiling.
Screenshot of the netflix doc "Strike: an uncivil war" about the 1984 miner's strikes and the police violence at Orgreave. A man with a bloodied head stares into the face of a police officer wearing combat gear.
December 22, 2024 at 10:44 AM