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One hour in, 5 1/2 hours to go, according to Chris Boardman, one of the BBC commentary team.
I may have underestimated how many biscuits I'm going to need.
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The things you find in your garden.
A cyclist lives here.
#Cycling #BikeTooter
It's September and so 'cross is coming 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️
Let's get the calendars out there for the major series in Europe, starting with the HG Cross series. This was the Exact Cross series last season.
Images courtesy of cyclocross24.com
#Cycling #BikeTooter #CycloCross #CX #Veldrijden #HGCross #CrossIsComing
Wishing good luck to @pete@masto.hypertelia.com who is taking on the iconic 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race tomorrow.
The 3 Peaks is a very extreme version of a cyclo-cross race. You can find plenty of videos about the race online. I think this one is pretty good.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQWSwqdVGc
Race website: http://3peakscyclocross.org.uk/
Go Pete!
#Cycling #BikeTooter #3PCX #CycloCross #CX
Racing The World's Toughest Cyclo-Cross Race | GCN Presenter Challenge
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@markn@mastodonapp.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @jdarais@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I agree. Stuff wears out. How well you install it and look after it makes a difference, as does design and usage. If you fix-on-fail rather than service and maintain, stuff is going to break.
I suspect it's like many things where those having problems are more visible than others. I have run all kinds of Shimano shifters (and the occasional SRAM ones) for decades without the issue @jdarais@sfba.social describes, including in very muddy cyclo-cross conditions.
#BikeNite
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@mjr@masto.bike That's really disappointing. I hadn't looked at the broadcast schedule that far ahead.
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@FourT4@mastodonapp.uk I see you've adopted a similar approach to me when I visit somewhere with significant history. I have a template.
"You see that [insert thing]? [Insert historical person/s] did that."
Bad luck on getting a warning.
My first spot of the elusive tiny balancing sheep 🙂
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@pete@masto.hypertelia.com The larger the wheels get, the more I'm expecting bikes to start to look like a hammock. A frame slung between two wheels.
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@ascentale@sfba.social @pete@masto.hypertelia.com @bikenite@fedigroups.social
A5. Nothing currently out of action, but a few years ago, my cyclo-cross bike was out of action for around six weeks in the midst of the season. I tore off the rear mech in a race, trashing it and the mech hanger in the process. It's an unfortunately typical cyclo-cross occurrence.
The delay was caused by a shop's inability to order the correct replacement hanger. This was the shop that sold me the bike, so no excuse for ordering the wrong one more than once.
After that, I bought a second cyclo-cross bike to cover such eventualities in the future. And typically, since then I have never needed that bike as a back-up!
#BikeNite #Cycling #CycloCross
One of the Tour de France commentators, referring to Mathieu van der Poel, commented that in cyclocross, it's important to measure your effort.
Nonsense. You ruin yourself getting to the first corner as fast as possible and then hang on for the next 50+ minutes 😂 That's why we love it.
#TDF #TDF2026 #Cycling #CX #CycloCross #Veldrijden #CrossIsComing
Yesterday, I realised that I know four people who have ridden in the Transcontinental Race. That was more than I expected.
How many of these special/crazy people do you know? Let's only include those in real life (not on social media) and who would also say they know you. Including DNF riders but not DNS.
Edit: It turns out that I know five people who have ridden the TCR.
#TCR #TCRno12 #Cycling #BikeTooter
Are any of the cyclists here riding the Dunwich Dynamo this weekend? This is another year that I can't make the logistics work and so sadly I won't be riding. Have a great time if you are.
Here's my gpx file of the route, if you need one: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28157346
https://dunwichdynamo.org/
#Cycling #BikeTooter #DunwichDynamo
Hey cycling Mastodon! I have created a Mastodon fantasy cycling mini league for the 2026 Tour de France.
Enter your team here: https://www.velogames.com/ (it's free)
The deadline to enter a team is 16.00 CEST / 15.00 BST / 10.00 EDT on Saturday 4th July.
Once entered, add your team to our mini league:
League name: Allez Mastodon
League code: 784386214
Bonne chance mes amis!
#TDF2026 #BikeTooter #Velogames #Cycling #FantasyCycling
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@mikarv@someone.elses.computer Sounds excellent. Thanks! I will take a look with great interest.
#GDPR
Sorry Belgium 🇧🇪. My local bar knows not what it is doing 😂
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@Blackhound@mastodon.ie Each time I ride through Northleach, I'm compelled to quote lines from the BBC's This Country.
Plumming.
Saturday night so far. Chinese cucumber flavour crisps and Lindemans Oude Geuze Belgian Beer 🇧🇪
I love being a sort-of grown up.
Credit to St Bernardus Abt 13, Magnum Edition 2013. Quite a premonition.
Happy Isle of Wight Randonnée day to those who would have been celebrating it if the event hadn't moved to September 🤬
People who design bicycles should be banned from using the word 'standards'.
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@Thomas_Ekstrom@mastodon.nu @IoanSaid@toot.wales I overheated just thinking about those intervals!
Party hard Flanders 🇧🇪
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@ascentale@sfba.social @MartyCormack@urbanists.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I agree regarding the glueless patches. They're a temporary roadside repair at best. Or maybe they used to be better.
#BikeNite #Cycling
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@CathyTuttle@social.ridetrans.it @BicycleDutch@mastodon.social
The flow is mesmerising.
When I visited #Utrecht on a cycle tour, I got it all wrong. Being so used to car-centric places, too much caution, thinking and looking in my part caused problems for everyone else.
Sorry to the good people of Utrecht from a well-intentioned visitor.
#BikeTooter #Cycling #Netherlands
Did I mention that the Tour de France starts tomorrow? 🇫🇷🚲⛰️
No. I'm not excited. Not at all 🤗
#Cycling #BikeTooter #TDF #TDF2026
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@KlausGerdGiesen@chaos.social Now I'm especially jealous of your tour, but perhaps not on a Brompton.
Happy cobbles day!
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@chrishuck@hachyderm.io It would be if someone hadn't drunk it a long time ago. The empty bottles are part of a display.
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite books. Alexandre Dumas' story of revenge is wonderfully woven. Made into a superb new film a few years ago, starting tonight that film is serialised on the BBC. Recommended.
Happy Friday everyone!
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@CathyTuttle Thanks for the link. We've been back many times since. Usually we don't visit the big cities, but we're much more used to the flow of busy bicycle traffic than we were.
It's a problem to dream of in my country.
If you can watch #BBC channels, it looks like there will be good coverage of the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Canada 🇨🇦 this week.
The Elite Men's Time Trial is live now on BBC Three.
#Cycling #BikeTooter #RoadWorlds #UCI
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
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@wav3ydave@mas.to @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I need therapy after reading that! #BikeNite
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@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Excellent work 👏 It's so good to have a alternative that doesn't attempt to track. Thank you 👍
Row, row, row! 🇳🇴
Norwegian inspired fans at the Tour de France.
#Cycling #BikeTooter #TDF2026 #Norway
In light of the services mobilised to fight wildfires in France, the final stage of the Tour de France 🇫🇷 has been shortened:
'In the spirit of national solidarity with the affected regions and populations, it has been decided to adjust the route of the final stage between Thoiry and Paris on Sunday, July 26, 2026.'
https://www.letour.fr/en/news/2026/change-to-the-route-of-the-final-stage-1/1355402
#Cycling #BikeTooter #TDF2026
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@IoanSaid@toot.wales @ascentale@sfba.social @pete@masto.hypertelia.com @bikenite@fedigroups.social Since my issue, I do exactly that.
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@mattburgess@infosec.exchange Thank goodness for the ICO's enforcement record.
Said the government.