Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Random slinky black headbutt noodle encounter today. #caturday 1141
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Nice if rolling 5k today. Let the Garmin route robot mix something local and of course got turned around all over. 120
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Flawless cat feeding victory, both the white one and three tabby Fraidy lured out by scattered Dreamies. Fraidy usually runs off at that much attention! #catsky 010
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 19/07/2026A cheeky low pressure dip after today's late parkrun. Floaty goodness! 030
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Moules frites, and I can taste them! (Especially if I pace myself so the receptors don't max out) Take that, long covid. 030
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 05/07/2026This weekend's run was from shade to shade, pesky daystar! 130
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Phone did a thermal shutdown while resting so lol ew #ukheatwave 140
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This is specifically for plug-in solar, which has no wiring requirements because it's low power and easy to safe: green happy, grey call your representatives. pluginsolarguide.com 110
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Since my parkruns are always late I might just claim the tag #darkrun and own it! 170
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Huzzah! Cidration break at the Turf before riding back. Properly knackered after the acoustic bike. 010
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yay, busted thing not busted! The cateye computer mount from my pothole spelunking was just popped apart and slid nicely back together. I was dreading an ugly fistula of zip ties but we're rollin' #bikesky 060
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Oh no, am I turning into a downhill gremlin? Riff Raff's superb hydraulic 105 brakes make this twisty plummet way too much fun. #bikesky 110
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It's not just cars, I had to nope out of some nice ebikes because the current model colours were undercoat and sorrow. Meanwhile Renault: 281
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Pothole fixed! Remember kids, you gotta report the holes. 000
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Acoustic training ride round the lanes, nice and sunny and new shades to offset embracing the suck. The last hour was fadey. Vo2lol. Moar! #LongCovid 020
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 09/03/2026New shoes! Picked up by bike cos it's sunny and the box just fits in a pannier. #carryshitolympics 050
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Diaphragm breathing 5k done, ska soundtrack for random joy. That worked! Was able to hold a nice zone 4 puff without gasping to doom. 140
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Stir crazy with all the dreich, took the ebike flood hopping, hope the charge port didn't get too sluiced. 020
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Flooding on the A377 near Crediton earlier today: Confluence of the Yeo and Creedy by Ladds Guns. 110
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 25/01/2026And this one hangs around at a local garage :) But damn, the safari mods would look epic/ 010
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Caught the aurora afterglow at midnight: thirty. The internet went bonkers and the clouds cleared so I popped outside in my dressing gown... 021
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Birthday ride! Left it late so did a local cafe run on the turbo trainer instead. Used a theraband as a breathing cue and got a good puff going watching cycling anime. 120
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Tennis and pickleball courts, from wiki: they can get so many more paying customers in the pickle zone. 100
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 02/01/2026What was the last movie or show you watched in 2025? "Fucking rich people!" is absolutely the vibe. 010
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Lovely sunny ride to end the year. Shame the recycling centre was closed! 😎 140
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 30/12/2025@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Most memorable #bikejoy has to be a long overnight ride in the summer; such bright moonlight that I could turn my lights off and be all "the road goes ever on," just mythic. New ebike and it's "fountain of youth" legs are a close second dancing up those hills. #bikesky 042
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Spotted out walking: these debris dams yearn for a good hard beaver. 020
Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Collected a lovely Christmas tree by bike trailer. Is a Bob Yak in festive mode a Bobsleigh? #hohoho 030
