Martin
@martib.bsky.social
Mountain Biker | Amateur Photographer | Rally fan | Veteran | Be Nice, Say Hi 😜
Current status - Just Riding 🚵🏻♂️🤘🏻
Current status - Just Riding 🚵🏻♂️🤘🏻
Glad I swapped the @maxxis_tyres Forekaster for the ever faithful Minion DHR II yesterday. Mud, wet roots made for some spicy riding today 😝
Got a tad damp towards the end due to the rain 🌧️ that wasn’t forecasted 😤
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #orangebikes #wiltshire
Got a tad damp towards the end due to the rain 🌧️ that wasn’t forecasted 😤
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #orangebikes #wiltshire
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Glad I swapped the @maxxis_tyres Forekaster for the ever faithful Minion DHR II yesterday. Mud, wet roots made for some spicy riding today 😝
Got a tad damp towards the end due to the rain 🌧️ that wasn’t forecasted 😤
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #orangebikes #wiltshire
Got a tad damp towards the end due to the rain 🌧️ that wasn’t forecasted 😤
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #orangebikes #wiltshire
Andrew formerly known as Prince 👑
About time 🙄
About time 🙄
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Andrew formerly known as Prince 👑
About time 🙄
About time 🙄
It’s been revamped for the 60th Anniversary of The Warminster Thing 👽🛸
#ufo #wiltshire #warminster #thewarminsterthing
#ufo #wiltshire #warminster #thewarminsterthing
August 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been revamped for the 60th Anniversary of The Warminster Thing 👽🛸
#ufo #wiltshire #warminster #thewarminsterthing
#ufo #wiltshire #warminster #thewarminsterthing
Cracking day today at Hafod trails some great trails for a lot of fun 🤩 One small off as I came in a little 🔥 into a berm 😱
I will definitely be making another trip there 😝🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
I will definitely be making another trip there 😝🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
June 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cracking day today at Hafod trails some great trails for a lot of fun 🤩 One small off as I came in a little 🔥 into a berm 😱
I will definitely be making another trip there 😝🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
I will definitely be making another trip there 😝🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
"Best pleased to inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack once again flies over Stanley. God save the Queen"
- Major General Jeremy Moore 14th June 1982
To Absent Friends 🥃 😞
- Major General Jeremy Moore 14th June 1982
To Absent Friends 🥃 😞
June 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Best pleased to inform Her Majesty that the Union Jack once again flies over Stanley. God save the Queen"
- Major General Jeremy Moore 14th June 1982
To Absent Friends 🥃 😞
- Major General Jeremy Moore 14th June 1982
To Absent Friends 🥃 😞
He deployed the National Guard...
...what a f*cking fanny 🤣🤣🤣
Who is he going to call when sh!t gets real 🤔
...what a f*cking fanny 🤣🤣🤣
Who is he going to call when sh!t gets real 🤔
June 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
He deployed the National Guard...
...what a f*cking fanny 🤣🤣🤣
Who is he going to call when sh!t gets real 🤔
...what a f*cking fanny 🤣🤣🤣
Who is he going to call when sh!t gets real 🤔
Gee whiz WBD couldn’t get their commentary for downhill much worse, why the fuck are we paying for a commentary where they’re chatting to some Supercross gimp.
Get Neko back in the box he’s the only one qualified to talk about DH.
Get Neko back in the box he’s the only one qualified to talk about DH.
June 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gee whiz WBD couldn’t get their commentary for downhill much worse, why the fuck are we paying for a commentary where they’re chatting to some Supercross gimp.
Get Neko back in the box he’s the only one qualified to talk about DH.
Get Neko back in the box he’s the only one qualified to talk about DH.
Tough day today due to the showers 🌧️ turning the trails in into greasy slides, add in polished rocks & wet tree roots made for some interesting riding on @channeleventsuk #MendipMurmuration Thanks to all the volunteers for an excellent event as always 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
#MTB #MountainBike
June 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tough day today due to the showers 🌧️ turning the trails in into greasy slides, add in polished rocks & wet tree roots made for some interesting riding on @channeleventsuk #MendipMurmuration Thanks to all the volunteers for an excellent event as always 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
#MTB #MountainBike
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Martin
My 10 favourite things about new Shimano XTR Di2
And two things I'm not so keen on. Here's a first ride review thoughts of the whole new Shimano XTR gruppo.
And two things I'm not so keen on. Here's a first ride review thoughts of the whole new Shimano XTR gruppo.
My 10 favourite things about new Shimano XTR Di2
And two things I'm not so keen on. Here's a first ride review thoughts of the whole new Shimano XTR gruppo.
singletrackworld.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My 10 favourite things about new Shimano XTR Di2
And two things I'm not so keen on. Here's a first ride review thoughts of the whole new Shimano XTR gruppo.
And two things I'm not so keen on. Here's a first ride review thoughts of the whole new Shimano XTR gruppo.
Reposted by Martin
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
Hare today, gone tomorrow…
A swim 🏊 to start the day before heading out on the #MTB 🙄
3 hares spotted, 2 close encounters with deer 🦌 A bit of rain, plenty of wind 💨 Went in search of a crop circle, they wanted £10 to go & walk inside it 🤣 that’ll be a no from this callsign.
A swim 🏊 to start the day before heading out on the #MTB 🙄
3 hares spotted, 2 close encounters with deer 🦌 A bit of rain, plenty of wind 💨 Went in search of a crop circle, they wanted £10 to go & walk inside it 🤣 that’ll be a no from this callsign.
May 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hare today, gone tomorrow…
A swim 🏊 to start the day before heading out on the #MTB 🙄
3 hares spotted, 2 close encounters with deer 🦌 A bit of rain, plenty of wind 💨 Went in search of a crop circle, they wanted £10 to go & walk inside it 🤣 that’ll be a no from this callsign.
A swim 🏊 to start the day before heading out on the #MTB 🙄
3 hares spotted, 2 close encounters with deer 🦌 A bit of rain, plenty of wind 💨 Went in search of a crop circle, they wanted £10 to go & walk inside it 🤣 that’ll be a no from this callsign.
Been bullied into going swimming 🏊 tomorrow morning, before I head out on the Mountain Bike 🙄
May as well throw in a run too & call it a triathlon 😱
May as well throw in a run too & call it a triathlon 😱
May 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Been bullied into going swimming 🏊 tomorrow morning, before I head out on the Mountain Bike 🙄
May as well throw in a run too & call it a triathlon 😱
May as well throw in a run too & call it a triathlon 😱
Remember kids you can’t have trails in the woods or a Right to Roam as you may disturb the wildlife 🤔
Shakedown ride today, to make sure everything was OK 👌🏻 a windy💨 65km’s, unfortunately could get a view of the crop circle 😤
#MTB #Wiltshire #MountainBike
Shakedown ride today, to make sure everything was OK 👌🏻 a windy💨 65km’s, unfortunately could get a view of the crop circle 😤
#MTB #Wiltshire #MountainBike
May 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Remember kids you can’t have trails in the woods or a Right to Roam as you may disturb the wildlife 🤔
Shakedown ride today, to make sure everything was OK 👌🏻 a windy💨 65km’s, unfortunately could get a view of the crop circle 😤
#MTB #Wiltshire #MountainBike
Shakedown ride today, to make sure everything was OK 👌🏻 a windy💨 65km’s, unfortunately could get a view of the crop circle 😤
#MTB #Wiltshire #MountainBike
Catching up on the #MTB Men’s Elite XCO it should be called the MvDP Wankfest 🙄
There are other riders, we’re not interested in a rider who has crashed twice on Lap 1 & at the back of the field.
There are other riders, we’re not interested in a rider who has crashed twice on Lap 1 & at the back of the field.
May 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Catching up on the #MTB Men’s Elite XCO it should be called the MvDP Wankfest 🙄
There are other riders, we’re not interested in a rider who has crashed twice on Lap 1 & at the back of the field.
There are other riders, we’re not interested in a rider who has crashed twice on Lap 1 & at the back of the field.
Reposted by Martin
"One copy of the list and one of the watches is given to a scruffy looking 'official timer' who then jumps on his machine and vanishes downhill."
-from "Clunkers Among the Hills" by Charlie Kelly
Bicycling Magazine, January 1979
(first written in early 1978)
sonic.net/~ckelly/Seek...
-from "Clunkers Among the Hills" by Charlie Kelly
Bicycling Magazine, January 1979
(first written in early 1978)
sonic.net/~ckelly/Seek...
May 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"One copy of the list and one of the watches is given to a scruffy looking 'official timer' who then jumps on his machine and vanishes downhill."
-from "Clunkers Among the Hills" by Charlie Kelly
Bicycling Magazine, January 1979
(first written in early 1978)
sonic.net/~ckelly/Seek...
-from "Clunkers Among the Hills" by Charlie Kelly
Bicycling Magazine, January 1979
(first written in early 1978)
sonic.net/~ckelly/Seek...
It started out as a rear brake bleed (did the front last weekend 😜) & replace the broken cassette 🤔
Then the chain 🙄
Then the chainring 😤
…and finally the rear mech
At least now I know what caused the problem last weekend 🤣 Which to be honest was what I suspected 😳 the derailleur 😬
#MTB
Then the chain 🙄
Then the chainring 😤
…and finally the rear mech
At least now I know what caused the problem last weekend 🤣 Which to be honest was what I suspected 😳 the derailleur 😬
#MTB
May 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It started out as a rear brake bleed (did the front last weekend 😜) & replace the broken cassette 🤔
Then the chain 🙄
Then the chainring 😤
…and finally the rear mech
At least now I know what caused the problem last weekend 🤣 Which to be honest was what I suspected 😳 the derailleur 😬
#MTB
Then the chain 🙄
Then the chainring 😤
…and finally the rear mech
At least now I know what caused the problem last weekend 🤣 Which to be honest was what I suspected 😳 the derailleur 😬
#MTB
Reposted by Martin
🧵 1/7 There is a crisis - but not the one you think.
Boys and men are struggling with mental health, suicide, loneliness, and disconnection. That much is clear.
Boys and men are struggling with mental health, suicide, loneliness, and disconnection. That much is clear.
May 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🧵 1/7 There is a crisis - but not the one you think.
Boys and men are struggling with mental health, suicide, loneliness, and disconnection. That much is clear.
Boys and men are struggling with mental health, suicide, loneliness, and disconnection. That much is clear.
2 wrongs, don't make a right.
May 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
2 wrongs, don't make a right.
One of the new sections of the Freeminers Trail, Forest of Dean. The final descent & down through The Boneyard.
#MTB #ForestofDean #Freeminers #GoPro
#MTB #ForestofDean #Freeminers #GoPro
May 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One of the new sections of the Freeminers Trail, Forest of Dean. The final descent & down through The Boneyard.
#MTB #ForestofDean #Freeminers #GoPro
#MTB #ForestofDean #Freeminers #GoPro
A cracking, if not very busy day at FoD a lap of Verderers to warm up then had a ride of the newly revamped Freeminers & it is awesome 🤩 great fun to ride, even did a second lap of it, with it being so dry & dusty led to some sketchy moments. A slight mechanical but was still able to ride 😜🤘🏻
#MTB
#MTB
May 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A cracking, if not very busy day at FoD a lap of Verderers to warm up then had a ride of the newly revamped Freeminers & it is awesome 🤩 great fun to ride, even did a second lap of it, with it being so dry & dusty led to some sketchy moments. A slight mechanical but was still able to ride 😜🤘🏻
#MTB
#MTB
May 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Reposted by Martin
To begin at the beginning...
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day!
Go forth and love the words.
📷 "Dylan Thomas" by John Gay, 1948, National Portrait Gallery, London
#dylanday
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day!
Go forth and love the words.
📷 "Dylan Thomas" by John Gay, 1948, National Portrait Gallery, London
#dylanday
May 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
To begin at the beginning...
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day!
Go forth and love the words.
📷 "Dylan Thomas" by John Gay, 1948, National Portrait Gallery, London
#dylanday
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day!
Go forth and love the words.
📷 "Dylan Thomas" by John Gay, 1948, National Portrait Gallery, London
#dylanday