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barnyvelo.bsky.social

@barnyvelo.bsky.social
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Still amazed by positive impact of bikes on society after 40 yrs in bike trade. Manage www.westminsterwheels.co.uk community bike shop. Married to the powerful artist Sylwia Narbutt. Father to an amazing daughter and our ballistic puppy Miso.

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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Had the best-longest video calls with daughter at Uni. She'd snapped her gear cable so I talked her through replacement and indexing. She fixed it. It was so satisfying. Weird bicycle magic.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Box of various suspension fluid free to anyone who collects from Westminster Wheels.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ll let you know.
theguardian.com
Jeers, walkouts, stage invasions: will Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists trigger British audiences too?
It has inspired violent protests from Norway to Rome – and now it’s hitting the UK. Playwright Tiago Rodrigues explains why the far-right speech at the drama’s climax has proved so incendiary
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Update. The beta trailer hitch is not long enough so ……..
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pronounced MacGuiver in American English, Heath Robinson in 🇬🇧
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fellow combatant in the war on cars @carlafrancome.bsky.social
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Off to Uni with a cactus and some noodles. Sorted!
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So the trailer got stolen from outside our flat. I can’t imagine how, why. It’s worth a little in scrap metal but integral to my mystical allotment shed/decking build quest. I find it difficult to be angry. Disappointingly curious. Or curiously disappointed.
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on widespread acceptance - including by the police - of antisocial driving. Lovely to see a link to our recent motonormativity paper in here too www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Cargo bikes give you the freedom SUV’s fail to deliver.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🥇
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Two of my favourite animals.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Climate Town is always awesome
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Scrap ‘death trap’ floating bus stops, campaigners demand - The Standard Oh the tragedy. In one clip a child runs into a cyclist metres away from a crossing. Records of accidents run into the single figures. Let’s quadruple it for arguments sake. We’re into under a dozen annually.
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 19/08/2026
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Scientists stunned by children’s lung recovery in ultra low emission zone - BBC News Is all you need to know about traffic diets.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Glimpsed our future on our trip to daughter’s university open day. Traffic diverted from motorway onto single track roads due to wildfires. Shimmering heat and fumes off 100’s of trapped cars. System breakdown. If we could have afforded train tickets we would have probably been on replacement bus.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
apple.news/AcaJMNzueSSS... I wish smaller businesses could operate at such a loss, pay management top dollar, and continue to expand. Wholeheartedly in favour of the services if not the practices. I’m personally breaking even. Can I have a massive pay rise.
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Opinion | Lime bikes hurtling around the city: is this the revenge of a priced-out generation? — The Guardian
From running red lights to dumping bikes, some Lime users get a bad rap. But many who grumble about them don’t appreciate their own privilege, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fact free from the Daily Fail. Speed limits have no effect on commute times. Personally, I’m too busy to drive.
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London's 20mph speed limits are crippling black cabs and enforcing 'war on motorists', critics claim — Daily Mail UK
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan's so-called 'war on motorists' means over half of the capital's roads now have the limit, with two thirds of boroughs applying it on most of their roads.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
lcc.org.uk/events/churc...
lcc.org.uk
Church Street Cycle Saturdays - London Cycling Campaign
Church Street Cycle Saturdays is on the 1st Saturday of every month meeting at Westminster Wheels, Church Street. Easy Bike Ride, 2pm Each month there is an easy bike ride […]
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’d appreciate your thoughts. We provide a three level bike service. Checkup. No parts fitted £50. Service. Strip rebuild £100. Full service , bearings, bleed, internal cables £160. What do you hate about getting your bike serviced? What does your go to store do that makes you happy?
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Breaking news. The very best and sweetest watermelon are to be found at the greengrocers on Rosendale Road. Herne Hill.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The planets are aligned.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Westminster Wheels is hiring!
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Drip by drip, Europeans are being sold American style pick up trucks as a viable mode of transportation. It’s child and elder abuse for profit. Fuck you if you buy into it. Have to sit through adverts for Chinese pickups while watching Tour De France! Infuriating in a heatwave.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Opinion | This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? - The Guardian
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is some dystopian Phillip K Dick shit going on. What is the secret to disabling fascist robots? Asking for a terrorist friend.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is making a public statement. It’s making me heave. I couldn’t watch more than 30seconds of it. Self serving sanctimony in a bad suit.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy bike mechanic. Team time trial start.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just spent F#####G £31 to watch The Tour De France when it was £0 last year. Even with genocidal fossil fuel sponsors it’s the only sport that gives me so much pleasure. Me and Mrs Velo are really excited.
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Wombletom @wombletom.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
By decree I pronounce that flip flops are permitted to be worn by grown men in Central London. This is a temporary measure. Normal attire will be required if global heating is reversed.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Miso is feeling better.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some jobs aren’t work at all. “Refurb for Magnus!”
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Miso is at the vets and I’m so scared for her. Laboured breathing,choking and dehydrated. Thankfully insured for the big bucks treatment. How am I supposed to work today?
Beautiful small dog
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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Writer sues Bar Council over ‘racist’ internship - The Times and The Sunday Times I guess Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot could be called “writers”! @thetimes.com again. Sigh.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Shared parking bays for new homes attacked as ‘war on motorists’ - The Times and The Sunday Times So let me get this right. You get a home you know has limited parking and then what? @thetimes.com snowflake’s
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
www.gousto.co.uk/raf?promo_co... I love that I don’t end up at Sainsbury’s local every bloody day after work and accidentally buy Jammy Dodgers for dinner and an indestructible dog toy that lasts seconds. I love cooking the vegan meals and hope you get the discount.
gousto.co.uk
Gousto
Gousto
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What the actual f##k?
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ouch
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
daaaamn london
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
For your perusal. Frisbee dog battle.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Anyone else having to stifle tears at David Attenborough’s 100 yr birthday celebration? Such a beautiful human.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
David Attenborough is only 39yrs 1day older than I am. Nigel Farage a year younger and a massive piece of shit.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Accompanying my elderly Labour voting neighbour to the polls this afternoon. It’s a long way with a new hip. Plenty of time to “chat”.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Forde Report into antisemitism found a “hierarchy of racism”. This is on display in the attacks on the Green Party. A mentally ill man stabbed one Muslim and two Jewish men recently, whilst being arrested he was kicked in the head. For a Jewish man to criticise this is apparently antisemitism.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Some of the remarks by Green Party candidates that have been sacked were reprehensible and racist. It won’t stop me voting Green. The biggest threat to the existence of Isreal are the extremists who govern it. Peace and reconciliation would be true Israeli patriotism. War crimes treason.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Mirrors my life and intentions including my first GE. I don’t live on an island of stranger thanks.
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