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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 55m

Here's another pic of my ride down to Takahata-fudoson Kongoji temple in western Tokyo. #cycling #fujibikes #japan #temples #cyclingphotos

A red Fuji Feather bicycle in front of a red pagoda.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Boom💥 There was no way on Planet Earth that I wasn't gonna ride my bike on a Blue sky day in Tokyo after what feels like weeks of rain. Stitches in my arm & against doctors orders notwithstanding. I went down to a local temple & took some snaps. 🚴✌️⛩️ #cycling #cyclingphotos

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's one of my favourite bike riding videos, if not my favourite. Ian's way of thinking about bikes is very close to my own. As @dilaedathon.bsky.social & @fleeglebars.bsky.social have been chatting about a bike space in London, I thought I'd post it. It's only 8 mins. youtu.be/ERJ-cf_ecO4?...

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Ride: A Short Film About Cycling

YouTube video by Tom's Outdoors

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Occasionally, I go to my bookshelf, select a classic & re-read it. All working people should have a copy of this book & study it. The chapters are detailed, high quality & erudite. Where are we going under liberal 'democracies' & Techno-feudalism? Who's gonna stop the Fascists this time?

A paperback copy of No Gods No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism by Daniel Guerin on an orange & red cloth background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I crashed this beauty today. Luckily it's OK. Just a twisted headset & a small paint chip. I somersaulted over the bars down a river embankment & my body saved the bike from the concrete. It landed in grass. I cut my forearm & had 8 stitches. A very nice French roadie helped me out.😵‍💫😂 #cycling

A light blue 1990 Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike on a bridge over an urban stream. There is blue sky & an electricity pylon in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyone for kick boxing? My road bike on a western Tokyo neighbourhood bridge. The gym is on the ground floor of the building in the background. 🚴‍♂️⛩️✌️ #cycling #tokyo #cyclingshots #cyclingphotos #japan #roadbikes

A light blue vintage road bike on a bridge with a Japanese building in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My kind of day, my kind of bike. I never get tired of posting pics of this machine. This time on Yotsuyabashi over the Tama river. #cycling #cyclinginjapan #bridgestonebikes #tokyo #japan

A light blue 1990 Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike on a road bridge. There is blue sky in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How's that!? As they say in cricket.😉 The Bridgestone is good to go again after I serviced its rear Sansin hub & Suntour freewheel. Old bikes rool. Old skool 'til I die. 🚴👺💥 P.S. the tune is 'Everybody Knows' by Wooden Shjips. #cycling #diy #vintagebikes #japanesebikes #psychrock

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So. Phil Wood's Tenacious Bike Oil has a viscosity of 100 at 40°C. It costs ¥2400 for 118ml. Chainsaw oil has the same viscosity. It costs ¥452 for 200ml in my local store. $15.30 Vs $2.88 for basically the same stuff. 'Alt' cyclists will all buy the Phil Wood for their freewheels.🤔😳DIY. #cycling

A small bottle of chainsaw oil and a bicycle freewheel on a blue cloth.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I strongly recommend doing bike maintenance while listening to Discharge. #cycling #bikediy #diy #homebikemechanics #tokyo #japan

A light blue Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike without its rear wheel in a work stand in a room with a red bicycle and colourful paintings.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bike doctor in the house. Who needs new stuff? Pah! 😆 It's nothing grease can't fix. 😆🚴🚴🚴 #cycling #diy #homebikemechanic

A Suntour freewheel and Sansin hub parts in a plastic tray on a wooden board.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When you go for a last ride for 2-3 days because of an approaching typhoon. My 1st puncture for 4 years on all surfaces. Always carry two tubes. The first one I switched had a faulty valve & wouldn't inflate. #cycling #cyclinginjapan #cyclingintokyo

A black bicycle with its rear wheel removed, standing upside down on the side of an urban road.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's the weekend. It's the weekend. Excellent! Excellent! Sing it like you're in Wayne's World. It's Friday night in Tokyo. #cycling #tokyo #cyclingphotos

A red Fuji Feather bicycle on a bridge over a river with evening sunlit clouds in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think every 'liberal' & 'leftist' on Bluesky should watch the always erudite & entertaining Damien Walter telling them like it is in this video on why the left always loses. Stick with it, it's worth it. #politics #sci-fi #marxism #anarchism #socialism youtu.be/BXoRVAEwLqU?...

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Why do Leftists always lose? A (partial) defence of Contrapoints

YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bike light. This beauty is going to get new hoods & bar tape after I've serviced the freewheel. Finding a replacement is proving tricky. I hope I don't have to restomod it someday. Gonna scour the net for Suntour parts, buy & hoard them for posterity - and use. Trouble is, the price of progress.🚴🚴🚴✌️

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hee hee hee!😆 A while ago the Tokyo Make Everything Grey Dept. cleaned multiple tags off this slip road wall. Then they slapped a poster on it. Today I rode by & lo & behold! It might've been better to have left the poster in the van. #cycling #tokyo #graffiti

A No Graffiti poster on a concrete wall.

A No Graffiti poster, a black bicycle & a black graffiti tag on a concrete wall.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is why I love Suntour. As my freewheel is playing up, I might change it from 13T-22T to 13T-28T and run it with the 52T-42T front chain rings with friction shifting. Rear spacing is 126 mm so it will fit. sheldonbrown.com/suntour-free...

A light blue Bridgestone Tailor-Made bicycle ona road bridge in front of a Kanagawa-Tokyo border sign.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bollocks (as they say in my part of Tokyo 😁). I finally have to accept that it's time to service the rear hub & freewheel on my Bridgestone. It's pedalling backwards a touch, even after checking the chain, derailleurs, cables & shifters & cleaning it up a bit.

A light blue Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike in a work stand.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I took a ride around Tachikawa in western Tokyo & popped into Project Rise Up before cruising home along the Tama River. The message from the crew is plain enough.😆🏴🚩🚴 #cycling #cyclingintokyo #cyclingjapan #cyclingphotos #diy

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm getting bored with Bluesky, again, already. Where are the bike people that like to chat about bikes, riding bikes, fixing bikes, restoring bikes, DIY, crashing bikes & laughing about it etc.? Most riders here seem to be US cycling lobbyists, but the people they need to lobby aren't on Bluesky.

A red bicycle frame in a work stand with a blue bicycle & colourful paintings in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In a world dominated by big tech & fossil fuel behemoths & the politicians that represent them, it's worth noting that there are other ways of doing things. This is a short film on off grid communication, something that's cheap & open to all of us. #mesh #mutualaid #punk youtu.be/5QbgnyCK8LE?...

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Off Grid | ARTE.tv Culture

YouTube video by ARTE․tv Culture

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My trusty aluminium hybrid shopping, cheapo touring, gravel, road, mountain bike 😂 on the way to Machida,Tokyo. I take it out in bad weather & when I know the road surfaces will be mixed. This bike has been up mountains, through rivers & down forest tracks. Never had a serious problem. #cycling

A black hybrid bike in front of a blue graffiti tag on a dirty whitewashed wall.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Tama River Bridge Pier got sprayed recently. Let's see how long this lasts. This guy is in a constant battle with the City Killjoys who paint everything grey. #cycling #tokyo #graffiti

A black bicycle in front of a Tama River Bridge Pier with a green & grey graffiti design.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I went for a ride around a heavily industrialised area of Kanagawa on the south western edge of Tokyo & snapped the factories. It took me back to the 80s English West Midlands. Spot the bike. 🚴🚴🚴 #cycling #cyclingphotos #japan

An industrial chimney & bicycle rendered in orange & black.

An industrial chimney & bicycle rendered in red & black

An industrial chimney & bicycle rendered in fuschia & black

An industrial chimney & bicycle rendered in blue & black

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sun's up on a rainy Tokyo day. 5am-ish. I wake up every morning to the sight of these wheels. It makes me feel good. #cycling #cyclingphotos #tokyo

Bicycle wheels & chain as a silhouette in early morning light coming under a window blind.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In the politest possible way & in a spiffing British accent, I'd just like to say... #cycling #waroncars #justbikes #urbanism #cyclingphotos

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Some people misconstrue this, but it's easy to understand if you read Proudhon. He meant that the right to draw rent, interest, and profit from what others produce is theft, while possession of what you use is a legitimate freedom. Capitalist pigs f#%&ing hated him because he was right.😆

A B&W meme that reads "Property is Theft."

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anarchist bike? Anarchist bar? My road bike in front of one of my favourite riverside places. #cycling #cyclingphotos #tokyo

A light blue 1990 Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike in front of a red & black shack.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No. I didn't attempt trial riding on a customised track bike turned everyday cruiser. I just put the bike up on the podium, propped it up with a rock & snapped a picture 😂. The Japanese roughly translates as "Exciting Bike Trials Space." The sky was nice but it was incredibly hot out there. #cycling

A red Fuji Feather bicycle on a bike trials obstacle. Bluesky & white clouds are in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here's something I wrote a while ago about bike life in cramped Tokyo apartments. In Japan, an apartment is a lot more than an apartment. Especially in Tokyo where space is at a premium. If you click the link it takes you to the blog. #cycling #tokyo #diy wildmonkey.org/tokyo-cyclin...

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just because. The unfortunately named SS 6 brake levers, from Dia-compe, Japan. Fantastic things. My favourite old skool levers. Cheap & practical. Great for DIY guys. By the way, the name means "short stop"😆 #cycling #dia-compe

A B&W photo of a left hand dia-compe SS6 brake lever.

A photo of a left hand dia-compe SS6 brake lever

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Feeling a little negative but not quite. I'm thinking of making a digital lo-fi cycling coffee table book & self-publishing it for friends. For no other reason than taking pics & being lazily creative. Plus, I don't have the skills or equipment to do a professional job or the inclination to learn 😂😂

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Outside Kunitachi apartment blocks in western Tokyo. I like riding, snapping pictures & checking out modern architecture. #cycling #cyclingphotos #tojyo #japan

A B&W photo of a 1990 Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike in front of a chain link fence, for trees & an apartment building.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I took this photo at my local temple in Hachioji, Tokyo a while ago. My favourite bike in a quiet, contemplative place, early in the morning with no one around. Peace.✌️ #cycling #fujifeather #temple #tokyo #japan #cyclingphotos

A red Fuji Feather bicycle on temple steps. Ornate brown & gold doors are in the background.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a great record. The 2nd track really sets it up. The world needs more of this stuff. People need a soundtrack to fight the oligarchs & crypto-fascists to. #punk #pigcity youtu.be/VsrCUKjI2Q0?...

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PIG CITY - Another Day In Paradise (2026)

YouTube video by Felopunk

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Here's a photo I took earlier. This shop is in Kunitachi in western Tokyo. The bike is in my bedroom. ✌️🚴⛩️ #cycling #coffee #tokyo

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I love riding this bike. You can't go wrong with a single speed. Less stuff to break, still only two tyres to puncture. You can ride fast & weave in & out of traffic or cruise. Looking down at the Nitto sync bars & Strong V grips makes me 😁😂. #cycling #cyclinginjapan #tokyo #japan #fujibikes

A red Fuji Feather bicycle in front of a rusty light blue corrugated metal fence.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My red custom Fuji Feather under a brand new road bridge on the Tama River in Tokyo. Some aerosol sharp shooter got down there and tagged it first. #cycling #fujibikes #graffiti #tokyo #japan #cyclingphotos

A red Fuji Feather bicycle in front of a grey bridge pier with a black graffiti tag sprayed on it.

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Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Coin laundry, launderette, laundromat. Some Blueskiers will recognise the bike. I was on my way home, stopped, took this picture and thought "I'll join Bluesky again." Peace ✌️ #cycling #tokyo #japan #bridgestonebikes

A light blue 1990 Bridgestone Tailor-Made road bike in front of an old Japanese coin laundry.

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