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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Today’s little excursion some big uphill stints 🥵 but with some sweet long descents, Minton Batch is a sweet long Singletrack descent 😝🤘🏻
Another classic riding location ✅ off the list 😜
##Shropshire #LongMynd #MTB #MountainBike
Another classic riding location ✅ off the list 😜
##Shropshire #LongMynd #MTB #MountainBike
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today’s little excursion some big uphill stints 🥵 but with some sweet long descents, Minton Batch is a sweet long Singletrack descent 😝🤘🏻
Another classic riding location ✅ off the list 😜
##Shropshire #LongMynd #MTB #MountainBike
Another classic riding location ✅ off the list 😜
##Shropshire #LongMynd #MTB #MountainBike
Mandatory #Bluebell & #MTB Photography on today’s 63 km ride, glorious weather ☀️ 2 close encounters with Muntjac deer 🦌 friendly people out and about👋🏻
😝🤘🏻
#MTB #bikesaretherapy #wiltshire #grsnaps #RicohgrIII
😝🤘🏻
#MTB #bikesaretherapy #wiltshire #grsnaps #RicohgrIII
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Mandatory #Bluebell & #MTB Photography on today’s 63 km ride, glorious weather ☀️ 2 close encounters with Muntjac deer 🦌 friendly people out and about👋🏻
😝🤘🏻
#MTB #bikesaretherapy #wiltshire #grsnaps #RicohgrIII
😝🤘🏻
#MTB #bikesaretherapy #wiltshire #grsnaps #RicohgrIII
One last trip through #Imber before it is closed to the public again 😤 A gloomy 46km’s on the #MTB got caught in a bit of the damp stuff 🌧️
#mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #wiltshire
#mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #wiltshire
April 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One last trip through #Imber before it is closed to the public again 😤 A gloomy 46km’s on the #MTB got caught in a bit of the damp stuff 🌧️
#mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #wiltshire
#mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #wiltshire
🧵 3/3 Salisbury Plain Pt 3 😜
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🧵 3/3 Salisbury Plain Pt 3 😜
🧵 2/3 Salisbury Plain Pt 2
April 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧵 2/3 Salisbury Plain Pt 2
A little 73km spin across Salisbury Plain today, through Imber & over to Larkhill to avoid the madding crowds 😜
A great day for it, weather was good 👍🏻
🧵 1/3
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #SPTA #GhostVillageofImber #Imber
A great day for it, weather was good 👍🏻
🧵 1/3
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #SPTA #GhostVillageofImber #Imber
April 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A little 73km spin across Salisbury Plain today, through Imber & over to Larkhill to avoid the madding crowds 😜
A great day for it, weather was good 👍🏻
🧵 1/3
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #SPTA #GhostVillageofImber #Imber
A great day for it, weather was good 👍🏻
🧵 1/3
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #SalisburyPlain #SPTA #GhostVillageofImber #Imber
This is Salisbury Plain 😜
Far from the madding crowd, free to ride.
Sometimes glorious, sometimes brutal 😝
#Cycling #Gravel #MTB #Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
Far from the madding crowd, free to ride.
Sometimes glorious, sometimes brutal 😝
#Cycling #Gravel #MTB #Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
April 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is Salisbury Plain 😜
Far from the madding crowd, free to ride.
Sometimes glorious, sometimes brutal 😝
#Cycling #Gravel #MTB #Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
Far from the madding crowd, free to ride.
Sometimes glorious, sometimes brutal 😝
#Cycling #Gravel #MTB #Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
A bimble over too the Ghost Village of #Imber on #SalisburyPlain today. Saw a group of Gravelistas from Newbury CC 👋🏻 Karma on a couple of miserable e-bike roadies (No Motor Required)😜 Thanks for the PB 😂
Back before the rain 🌧️ 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
Back before the rain 🌧️ 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
April 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A bimble over too the Ghost Village of #Imber on #SalisburyPlain today. Saw a group of Gravelistas from Newbury CC 👋🏻 Karma on a couple of miserable e-bike roadies (No Motor Required)😜 Thanks for the PB 😂
Back before the rain 🌧️ 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
Back before the rain 🌧️ 🤘🏻
#MTB #MountainBike
Set off to do the normal loop, part way round decided to add in some lumpy bits, then added Battlesbury Hill, just because I could 🙄
Made some new friends 🐮
Then over to Longleat set a PB on a downhill run despite tired legs 😝
All round a good day on the #MTB 😝🤘🏻
#Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
Made some new friends 🐮
Then over to Longleat set a PB on a downhill run despite tired legs 😝
All round a good day on the #MTB 😝🤘🏻
#Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
April 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Set off to do the normal loop, part way round decided to add in some lumpy bits, then added Battlesbury Hill, just because I could 🙄
Made some new friends 🐮
Then over to Longleat set a PB on a downhill run despite tired legs 😝
All round a good day on the #MTB 😝🤘🏻
#Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
Made some new friends 🐮
Then over to Longleat set a PB on a downhill run despite tired legs 😝
All round a good day on the #MTB 😝🤘🏻
#Wiltshire #SalisburyPlain
The cows 🐮 admiring the new remote emergency E-Bike charging station. These are being rolled out across the UK 😜
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #mtblifestyle #mountainbikelifestyle #mountainbikelife #bikesaretherapy #greatridge #wylyevalley #wiltshire
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #mtblifestyle #mountainbikelifestyle #mountainbikelife #bikesaretherapy #greatridge #wylyevalley #wiltshire
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The cows 🐮 admiring the new remote emergency E-Bike charging station. These are being rolled out across the UK 😜
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #mtblifestyle #mountainbikelifestyle #mountainbikelife #bikesaretherapy #greatridge #wylyevalley #wiltshire
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #mtblifestyle #mountainbikelifestyle #mountainbikelife #bikesaretherapy #greatridge #wylyevalley #wiltshire
Time to switch my pedals from my Crankbrothers 🇺🇸 to Hope 🇬🇧 I’m hoping these won’t need maintenance on the bearings as often & the cleats last longer plus the cleats are £10 cheaper before the 🍊🤡’s shithousery.
#MTB #MountainBiking
#MTB #MountainBiking
April 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Time to switch my pedals from my Crankbrothers 🇺🇸 to Hope 🇬🇧 I’m hoping these won’t need maintenance on the bearings as often & the cleats last longer plus the cleats are £10 cheaper before the 🍊🤡’s shithousery.
#MTB #MountainBiking
#MTB #MountainBiking
An explore now the forestry work is done, seeking out those trails that I normally just ride by & wonder where it goes. Now I know 😜
Found some new trails to play on, some techy & some very sketchy jump stuff 😱
Trails are bone 🦴 dry & dusty, making them just a tad more sketchy 😜🤘🏻
#MTB #wiltshire
Found some new trails to play on, some techy & some very sketchy jump stuff 😱
Trails are bone 🦴 dry & dusty, making them just a tad more sketchy 😜🤘🏻
#MTB #wiltshire
April 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
An explore now the forestry work is done, seeking out those trails that I normally just ride by & wonder where it goes. Now I know 😜
Found some new trails to play on, some techy & some very sketchy jump stuff 😱
Trails are bone 🦴 dry & dusty, making them just a tad more sketchy 😜🤘🏻
#MTB #wiltshire
Found some new trails to play on, some techy & some very sketchy jump stuff 😱
Trails are bone 🦴 dry & dusty, making them just a tad more sketchy 😜🤘🏻
#MTB #wiltshire
Spring is definitely here 😁 Looking good so far dry, dusty trails 🤘🏻
Met a couple of riders at the top of a descent in #Longleat both on Orange Bikes, turned into an impromptu Orange bikes fanboy meeting 🤣
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #wylyevalley #wiltshire
Met a couple of riders at the top of a descent in #Longleat both on Orange Bikes, turned into an impromptu Orange bikes fanboy meeting 🤣
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #wylyevalley #wiltshire
April 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Spring is definitely here 😁 Looking good so far dry, dusty trails 🤘🏻
Met a couple of riders at the top of a descent in #Longleat both on Orange Bikes, turned into an impromptu Orange bikes fanboy meeting 🤣
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #wylyevalley #wiltshire
Met a couple of riders at the top of a descent in #Longleat both on Orange Bikes, turned into an impromptu Orange bikes fanboy meeting 🤣
#MTB #MountainBike #mtblife #bikesaretherapy #wylyevalley #wiltshire