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Ben Lisle

@retrobiker1

cycling geek and mechanic for Warlands cycles.

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@sunshinelis.bsky.social

03.03.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i went back to tubes on all bikes at the end of covid, working in a bike shop and having to deal with customers' problems and mine was enough for me to go back to the old ways. replacing a tube or patching one really isn't that hard.

20.02.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*making sure...

17.02.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

try making the tyre stays in the middle of rim when mounting a tyre, it'll make it a lot easier to fit.

17.02.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

more crater than pothole

16.02.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

never used spotify, always been on apple music. i'm good thanks, how's you?

15.02.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

be interesting to hear what it's like compared to apple music🧐

15.02.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

evening, it's been a while!

13.02.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ sick joke..

12.12.2024 20:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i know the feeling, when i broke my wrist at the end of 2019, i was off the bike and work for 9 weeks, i was like a caged animal!πŸ€ͺπŸ˜…

11.12.2024 21:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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second battery ordered for my @ternbicycles.bsky.social orox, be good to actually own the second battery rather borrowing the shop's one all the time!

07.12.2024 12:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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my cannondale got them in september.

30.11.2024 22:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm a bit of a marginal gains geek!πŸ«£πŸ˜‚

30.11.2024 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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my caadx is similar, does everything well, i actually don't have a proper road bike atm as i just adapt this to suit.
set up for a 100 mile charity bike in the picture.

30.11.2024 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if i'm not fixing or riding bikes i'm probably ill, add me please

25.11.2024 22:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i did that enough yesterday with commuting and lunch time fun!

24.11.2024 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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i commuted in turbo..

23.11.2024 18:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the past week of bad weather has really proven how capable this machine really is!

23.11.2024 18:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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22.11.2024 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@ternbicycles.bsky.social Orox in it's element today on a rare snowy day in the uk.

19.11.2024 23:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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used the demo brompton g line to get me home tonight, didn't fancy getting a wet arse commuting on my mtb!

18.11.2024 19:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

remember Andrew Dodd putting that tip in an mbuk issue many years back.

17.11.2024 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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think i can probably get on board with that, even do my shopping on one of my emtbsπŸ˜‰

17.11.2024 19:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i did, lot of fun!

16.11.2024 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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again filled with tools after returning from fixing a customer's cargo bike

16.11.2024 21:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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my tern orox filled with a bike and bike bits!

16.11.2024 21:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

not heard of them but if they're making sizes below 38cm then i'm interested too.

16.11.2024 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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got my coil shock fitted, forgotten how much they stick the back end to the floor!

15.11.2024 12:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

makes me anxiousπŸ˜…

14.11.2024 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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not quite the ride i was hoping for, bailing out early, head's not in the right place

14.11.2024 12:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0