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MTB Martin 🇺🇦
@mtb-martin.bsky.social
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Happiest when out on my MTB usually in Yorkshire & Derbyshire with occasional ventures further afield.
Also enjoy photography, reading, films & tech.
#mtb #mountainbike
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Ski Sunday in the Peak District

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#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
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July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A few of my favourite things. Not copper kettles and brown paper packages, but Blue Pigs and Pecket Wells. 😆

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#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
Hebden Bridge - a few of my favourite bits (99% downhill) (4K) - 2025-07-04
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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July 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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A few highlights from Sunday's ride in the East Peak District...
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#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
East Peak District Gnarl - the best bits! (4K) - 2025-06-29
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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July 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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A "best bits" video from the other week
#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing

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Win Hill & Lose Hill with Trail Mates - the best bits! (4K) - 2025-06-20
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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June 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Is Trump using this as his playbook for the Middle East? "America, Fuck Yeah!"

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Team America: World Police (2/10) Movie CLIP - America F*** Yeah (2004) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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June 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I had a vague memory of reading this book as a child in the mid 1970s. I couldn't recall any details other than an old ivory puzzle, a lost piece and a reservoir low water level in a summer drought. After a bit of searching on the Internet my patience was rewarded and my mystery book located
June 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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"The Map that Came to Life" was a favourite childhood book I recall from the 1970s. With a bit of help from AI I've reimagined 2025 style. That book really appealed to my imagination, each page showing a section of map and how it would have looked. Anyone else remember it?
June 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The best bits and bobs from Sunday's Peaks ride - I am very lucky to have all this amazing playground at my disposal

#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing

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Bamford Edge & Beyond with Trail Mates - all the best bits! (4K) - 2025-06-15
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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June 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Some nice riding in Elland Woods today with my son Alex.
This is the Anaconda segment:

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[SHORT] Elland Wood "Anaconda" segment (4K) - 2025-06-18
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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June 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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When you're a Trig Bagger and you've bagged all the trig points, there's always another challenge... 😆
June 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I know it's morbid, but I can't believe it's 18 years since my wife died from breast cancer at the age of 43. She'd have been 61 today and the proud mother of 3 wonderful children. She's missed seeing them grow and mature into the young adults they are today. And of course they've missed so much too
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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More of my self-depricating AI assisted humour. 😆
#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
June 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Are you a SpongeBob or a Squidward? 😆
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Bamford and Beyond
Another stonker of a ride including plenty new terrain. As always with TMs you come away feeling you've been mountain biking not just riding a mountain bike.
Good tech - good laughs - good fun. What's not to like? 👌
#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife
June 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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If you have ever tried riding it you'll understand lol
#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
June 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Mountain biking meets Escher meets Farside meets ChatGPT 😆
#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #chatgpt #ai #escher
June 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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This took a bit of work to put together (all without any plan) but it kept me amused for an hour or two - hope you enjoy it watching it half as much as I did creating it.
#donaldtrump #trump #robinsoncrusoe #ai

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Trump Robinson Crusoe
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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June 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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This will reduce the number of cyclists in London - either through death and injury or fear of death and injury. I know I wouldn't put my life into the hands of Telsa's unreliable algorithms and LADARless guidance system. #tesla #teslataxi #cyclinguk #cycling
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Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
The autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel will be trialled in London next spring.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Now showing, live from Washington, The Trump & Musk show... 😂
It must be excruciatingly embarrassing to be an adult American seeing these two baby men behaving this way in public. But it's fun to watch from afar.
#trump #djtrump #musk #elonmusk
June 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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This is a book firmly of its time (1925) - emotionally restrained, socially rigid, and steeped in the unquestioned colonial inhuman racism and exploitation of empire. The buttoned up, suppressed emotions feel very alien today, much like the clipped tone of Brief Encounter. #books #reading #novels
June 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Revisiting a few Peak District favourites including the Coldwell Clough Clinger, Elle Bank and a nice clean run down Jacob's Ladder.

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#mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #mtbing #mtbingfun #mtblife #analogbike #kneebike #ilovebiking #ilovemtbing
Hope & Jacobs Ladder with Trail Mates (4K) - 2025-06-01
YouTube video by MTB_Martin
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June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The USA threatened to annex Greenland, cast envious eyes on Canada, turn a blind eye on Russia's hostile expansion into Ukraine. Yet they are surprised when China fancies copying this expansionism themselves. This USA administration is exceptionally stupid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#djtrump #usa
Pete Hegseth urges Asia to boost defence against China's 'imminent' threat to Taiwan
The US defence secretary called on Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war.
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May 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Trump: US to double steel import tariffs to 50% - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What a clown 🤡

#trump #djtrump #usa #trumptarrifs
May 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Quiet, atmospheric and poignant. This book is more about painting a picture about a small knot of people than knitting a plot. Very enjoyable though in a Cider With Rosie or A Month in the Country way.
#books #reading #novels #ilovereading
May 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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It's taken a while to complete, but this is a long novel that deserves taking time to read and fully absorb. It explores deep emotions including trauma, guilt and human choices few would ever be unfortunate enough to experience.
#books #reading #novels #ilovereading #sophieschoice
May 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM