dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Just not one with a five speed Hub gear (SA). 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Chest infection stopping me riding at the moment. Treatment tomorrow postponed as a result as well. Looking forward to the next bike commute still come hell or high water. I won't do black ice or silly winds any more though. 030
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Ten years ago I was travelling to China several times a year for work. Eventually had enough and negotiated to opt out of regular trips, devolving to local agents. 030
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Ironically most of my flights and driving are all to do with getting to cycling events. Wish the UK /European railway system was cheaper, easier, and more accommodating towards cycles. Car mileage is <2000 m/pa and only one set of flights this year. Minimal meat in diet. We have two cats though. 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Never had C2W until I joined current company 2 years, ago. Have paid for all my bikes myself. March to October I us one of my race bikes, as it is just more enjoyable, extend the ride at either end of the commute. Winter full guards and panniers. I put down more commute miles on the race bikes. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Always wanted one of those spaceframe Moultons, more than a Brompton. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Fell down due to a land slide. Nothing similar has happened recently in the USA due to seismic events www.cwmnews.com/california-h.... Or Italy due to poor construction (allegedly corruption) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_M....cwmnews.comCalifornia Highway Collapses Trigger Urgent Safety CallsUrgent Safety Measures Are Being Called For After Recent California Highway Collapses. Find Out How This Impacts Your Commute And Road Safety! #Californiahighwaycollapses 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025First company Ive been at that has C2W scheme, but I have no need of it at present. However in the past I have commuted to jobs 25 miles each way through the Chilterns. I wouldn't have done that on a typical commuting bike. I am aware it's an outlier, but no less valid because of it. 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025As for being the club's position, that is extrapolating a bit. IIRC Adam Tranter started racing with the Solihull, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't share that viewpoint. 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I've raced for 40+ years and still don't get this attitude. Yes as racing cyclists we are probably more akin to a moped speed in traffic, and confident enough to take primary on urban roads etc. But we are not who the infra is aimed at. Everyone should be able to ride safely. 130
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 03/11/2025One of the reasons Eurostar is such a monumental pain, especially if you want to take a bike. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Large particulates from tyre, brake and road wear? Taking up more road space still adding to congestion... 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Yep, wear one when I race /train. Rarely at other times. Ironically the the only concussion I ever had was caused by the helmet snagging on the asphalt as I rolled in a unplanned dismount, and got a rotational head injury. 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025, or bad numbers for the commute Will. I rarely, even when properly training, broke 200W for my urban commute. 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025You haven't addressed the additional wear and tear on the road surface. 100
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Like the Roman Republic, that the US likes to base its political institutions on, are they ending up with an Emperor instead? 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025And Mercedes saloons (sedans?) used to be considered a large car in UK and Europe! 070
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Right thread limit is not great for my post, so shorted to Got cancer this year, surgery, recovering trying to raise money for two charities that helped in different ways. Full story at www.justgiving.com/page/desmond... Alternative donation page www.justgiving.com/page/desmond...justgiving.comDesmond's fundraiser for Kidney Cancer UKHelp Desmond Gayler raise money to support Kidney Cancer UK 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 10/09/2025My Builder asked last year if I'd like some honey, then turned up with a frame of honeycomb. Extracted the honey and was enough to last all winter. Fantastic. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 08/09/2025I have the whistling part stuck in my head now 120
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 01/09/2025How easy is it to travel with full sized bikes on those services, as opposed to France or UK? 100
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025At worst she received poor legal advice from the legal team she employed. That's not 2 tier justice. 281
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Quite possible, two peoples separated by a common language 😂 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Even than that is mostly the City and West End. 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Joyriding in colloquial English normally means taking someone else's car without their permission just for the fun of it. 200
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025You think I would choose a leisure ride across West London at peak hours, rather than head to the Chilterns? 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The look I cultivate on the Pashley. The Looks mainly get ridden with lycra, but not always. 020
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Having said that, had the situation in Ealing this morning, where a very considerate young woman driver gave me a lot of space on the exit to the roundabout we were both taking, only for the macho a*hole behind to then learn on his horn and dangerously overtake her, in a 20 zone! 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I wish it were, but on my commute a significant minority are also women. 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Comes across as competent and professional, not. 050
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Will you be using the Inquiry to belatedly proscribe the. NUM as a terrorist organisation? 000
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I was a lifelong Labour supporter, indeed a party member, more centrist than left. I left after the disaster of the JC non campaign against Brexit. Now I find my morals and views are way to the of of Starmer's Labour. I cannot vote for this incarnation of Labour. 011
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Unfortunately the hospital I travel to is in an area deemed a parking exclusion zone by the local Borough, so have to park a street or two away, and yes the grounds of the hospital are one big car park in one of the most congested parts of West London. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 11/08/20252/2 During my recovery I just did not have the the strength or energy to ride my normal bikes and being immuno-compromised during my subsequent treatment, they have allowed me to avoid packed public transport 110
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 11/08/2025As someone who has raced bikes for the best part of 40 years, I started using lime bikes this year in London. The reason I was diagnosed with kidney cancer in February and had a radical nephrectomy. 1/2 210
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I'd like to see a 10 year theory cpd introduced as well. Rather than the current fluke once system. 030
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Last eye test last year, no problems apart from reading glasses. Modern LED and halogen lights still dazzle. Now it may not be alignment, but output and/or colour temperature, but it is a thing, perhaps also made worse by increase in headlamp height as cars have got bigger? 1100
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Or a B33. Which is comfy from day 1 and only gets better. Problem is that armchair Comfort and looks come at a cost of weighing more than most people's complete bikes. 020
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Probably overtaking me if a West London commute. But do have a very good excuse, and the best bike is just so nice to ride. 010
dessiebe.bsky.social @dessiebe.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Like Amazon care if a product is safe or not😂 000
