Nick Rearden
@nickrearden.bsky.social
When I grow up I want to be Eddy Merckx or even better Roger de Vlaeminck. Meanwhile cycling around Bath, UK in the lowest possible gear
Bloody Caitlin Moran again making me cry…
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bloody Caitlin Moran again making me cry…
Ne vieillit jamais
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ne vieillit jamais
Suggesting if we ever doubt it that despite roadside litterers and flag-shaggers (very much the same group, surely) most folk are OK and just doing their best to rub along as best they can.
September 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Suggesting if we ever doubt it that despite roadside litterers and flag-shaggers (very much the same group, surely) most folk are OK and just doing their best to rub along as best they can.
My parents met on a cycling club ride not dissimilar to the one in the intro here, albeit in Surrey but about this time. Having got his girl, my Dad like the rest of that generation couldn’t get his first car (an Austin A40) and abandon cycling fast enough.
Before being an Avengers girl (Cathy Gale) and a Bond girl (Pussy Galore in Goldfinger), Honor Blackman was the "Girl" in A Boy, A Girl and A Bike (1949), set in Yorkshire, UK.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Honor Blackman!
August 22 (1925-2020)
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Honor Blackman!
August 22 (1925-2020)
August 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My parents met on a cycling club ride not dissimilar to the one in the intro here, albeit in Surrey but about this time. Having got his girl, my Dad like the rest of that generation couldn’t get his first car (an Austin A40) and abandon cycling fast enough.
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After yesterday's Summer Solstice festivities I had the hill back to myself again. What a glorious start to Sunday on Glastonbury Tor.
June 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
After yesterday's Summer Solstice festivities I had the hill back to myself again. What a glorious start to Sunday on Glastonbury Tor.
Well, here’s something: Arthur C Clarke on a Raleigh Chopper! I MAY just have driven @coolbikeart1.bsky.social crazy by liking every one of his #bicyclebirthday posts on here, amazing stuff and so much more entertaining to wake up to on a Sunday morning than the start of WWIII
Born on this day, December 16:
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television host, and - as is evident by his chosen means of transport - man of impeccable taste.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Arthur!
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television host, and - as is evident by his chosen means of transport - man of impeccable taste.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Arthur!
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Well, here’s something: Arthur C Clarke on a Raleigh Chopper! I MAY just have driven @coolbikeart1.bsky.social crazy by liking every one of his #bicyclebirthday posts on here, amazing stuff and so much more entertaining to wake up to on a Sunday morning than the start of WWIII
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Cartoon by John O’Brien
June 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Cartoon by John O’Brien
Austrian version of #wildflowerhour here for @njgard.bsky.social. Walking the Talbachweg today from Schladming with @heidiholistic.bsky.social and delicious palatschinken as a reward at the end
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Austrian version of #wildflowerhour here for @njgard.bsky.social. Walking the Talbachweg today from Schladming with @heidiholistic.bsky.social and delicious palatschinken as a reward at the end
Isn’t fitting a tonneau cover to a truck tacit acknowledgement that you should have bought a van like a normal tradesman?
Can A Tonneau Cover Really Save You Money On Gas, Or Is It Just Another Myth?
Can A Tonneau Cover Really Save You Money On Gas, Or Is It Just Another Myth?
There's more to a tonneau cover on your pickup truck than making it look sleek or protecting items in the bed. Possibly, it can help with your gas mileage.
www.jalopnik.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Isn’t fitting a tonneau cover to a truck tacit acknowledgement that you should have bought a van like a normal tradesman?
Completely off Twitter for a year now and weaning off the various Meta platforms while watching the progress on here. REALLY interested to see this interview today with Bluesky’s CEO Jay Graber: www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
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March 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Completely off Twitter for a year now and weaning off the various Meta platforms while watching the progress on here. REALLY interested to see this interview today with Bluesky’s CEO Jay Graber: www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
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Yeah this misses that X is being used as a fascist propaganda machine; actively promotes disinformation; actively inhibits liberal leaning material, links. It also gaslights about the intentions of people undertaking 'debate', which is usually not a good faith attempt at exploring disagreement.
Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
March 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yeah this misses that X is being used as a fascist propaganda machine; actively promotes disinformation; actively inhibits liberal leaning material, links. It also gaslights about the intentions of people undertaking 'debate', which is usually not a good faith attempt at exploring disagreement.
Nice work Laura. Anyone gazing wistfully at our NL neighbours and who knows what went largely wrong with our own UK post-war town planning will gain a little comfort from this project near Cambridge. More like this please!
The latest by me, for CityLab : How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Is Being Built
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built
Planners of the Waterbeach development near Cambridge designed the new housing complex with abundant cycling infrastructure to support car-free living.
www.bloomberg.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Nice work Laura. Anyone gazing wistfully at our NL neighbours and who knows what went largely wrong with our own UK post-war town planning will gain a little comfort from this project near Cambridge. More like this please!
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I have started a Substack called The Backpedal where I *ahem* backpedal through stats and history to come up with stuff that you cannot Google and AI cannot possibly tell you.
Come on over and have a read and please subscribe!
cilliankelly.substack.com
Come on over and have a read and please subscribe!
cilliankelly.substack.com
The Backpedal | Cillian Kelly | Substack
Articles on cycling facts, cycling stats and cycling history. All the best things. Do a bit of shouting at clouds too. Click to read The Backpedal, by Cillian Kelly, a Substack publication with hundre...
cilliankelly.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I have started a Substack called The Backpedal where I *ahem* backpedal through stats and history to come up with stuff that you cannot Google and AI cannot possibly tell you.
Come on over and have a read and please subscribe!
cilliankelly.substack.com
Come on over and have a read and please subscribe!
cilliankelly.substack.com
How quaint that there was a format before USB-C #smartass
@davidallengreen.bsky.social USBs usually exist in quantum states 🙃
March 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How quaint that there was a format before USB-C #smartass
Ooh, this is good: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
It’s time to depoliticise sustainable transportation
How roads became 'Technical' and bike lanes became 'Political', and what to do about it.
substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ooh, this is good: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Damn, I scored 4/10 which is a reflection on dropping my Discovery+ TV sub and only following pro cycling now on Bluesky. Thank goodness for @procyclingstats.com being here now; hopefully more will continue to do the right thing
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Damn, I scored 4/10 which is a reflection on dropping my Discovery+ TV sub and only following pro cycling now on Bluesky. Thank goodness for @procyclingstats.com being here now; hopefully more will continue to do the right thing
People of ‘good conscience’ have ended up in the pickle we’re in because we allow ourselves to argue over the semantics of language while missing the main prize. Yes, we want less cars. Now what are we going to actually do about it?
I would be on board because the anti car sentiment is good. However I can't in good conscience because "obesity" is a pseudo scientific term (but popular) and is used in a discriminatory way. It's basically a Health Insurance industry canard. There are better slogans #carsAreATrap
February 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
People of ‘good conscience’ have ended up in the pickle we’re in because we allow ourselves to argue over the semantics of language while missing the main prize. Yes, we want less cars. Now what are we going to actually do about it?
Raging lurgy means I’ve been excused the normally-obligatory family dog walk but in #boxingdaynerdypursuits I’ve oiled the teak carving board
December 26, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Raging lurgy means I’ve been excused the normally-obligatory family dog walk but in #boxingdaynerdypursuits I’ve oiled the teak carving board
“Cor blimey, Mary Poppins!” youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
YouTube video by Coldplay
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December 6, 2024 at 11:11 PM
“Cor blimey, Mary Poppins!” youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8