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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 · 15/10/2026
I might leave the strap-on on. A Mercedes driver hesitated and aborted their right hook on me. I saw fear and confusion in their eyes as I maintained my right of way, my jousting prowess cleaved through what to them, was their god given right to bully.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So let me this straight. I’m an extremist lefty because I believe there are resources available to share more equitably. The billionaire backed Restore and reform want more but believe there’s nothing to receive.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Today I have repaired, a mobility aid, a vacuum cleaner, some bicycles.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I don’t care how your phone booth is powered, petrol, diesel or EV, but please, look through the big window not the tiny one.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tilly’s sweet new ride. Dude. 🤙
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Low emission car in Lambeth £135.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And they can bring in more £ to local authorities than a single car parking permit. £130 for car, £180 for 6 bicycles.
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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
A better lock this time.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Update. Guy phones with trailer location. Pedal over. Young homeless man was going to use it to sleep on, saw our banner and called instead. As I approach he recognises me from Brixton Cycles 15 yrs ago. He will be receiving a refurbished bike and I’ll put him forward for training as mechanic.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
These beautiful people?
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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 · 21/09/2026
I hear anaerobic exercise like weights are good folk old folks like me, last time I checked though cycling is aerobic. I should be more open minded but when the big ringers stop in front of me at the lights… could they at least select a gear that doesn’t slow this old git down. Gurning twats.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bless the big ring merchants. The only time I get out of the saddle is to look through the rear window of SUV’s to check their sat nav and see which turn they’re not signaling.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hi Max. We miss(ed) you too.
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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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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve been calling my male customers “young man” even when older than me, rarer now at 61. I respond to their delight by explaining I don’t actually mean it, I’m in sales.
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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...
theguardian.com
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
After and before
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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 · 06/09/2026
Not publicly available
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Tesco points app tells you what aisle everything is but not where the millions £ Lady Porter owes for gerrymandering
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Scaffolding truck
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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
His thesis are so easily disproved and disparaged by genuine academics. Why is he allowed anywhere near a campus? His master race relies on Untermensch.
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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 · 12/08/2026
Exact length
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Used the new layout today. Hallelujah! Cycle/pedestrian interactions are fascinating. Each culture is different. London culture is “robust” and relies on individual resilience. I salute it. Snowflakes may have feelings hurt but statistically unlikely to be actually hurt.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Turn every single betting shop into a rent free bike shop.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
At last. Constructed conflicts seemed to be design principle
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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.
apple.news
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.
apple.news
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 · 15/07/2026
Can’t move in SW London for cargo bikes and fleets of kids riding to school. The fossil fools will be washed away by the tide of folks coming to a logical personal decision to pedal.
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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A wise fool. A senior mechanic happy to service Di2 or bike shaped objects! Must kinda like humans as much as bicycles. A tough ask.
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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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