Vern Pitt
@vernpitt.bsky.social
Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth Uni, cycling and business hack. Lover of metal, hip hop and shiny carbon things. Half-baked opinions all my own.
If you buy this then on 25 December David Lappartient will climb down your chimney and personally check the length of your socks.
It's what every kid dreams of.
It's what every kid dreams of.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
If you buy this then on 25 December David Lappartient will climb down your chimney and personally check the length of your socks.
It's what every kid dreams of.
It's what every kid dreams of.
I spend a fair bit of time telling students sports journalism isn't just match reports, so I'm glad to have a new bonkers example to use.
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Live updates: NBA stars Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier arrested in illegal sports betting bust
NBA stars Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones are among those arrested in two illegal gambling cases, according to the FBI.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I spend a fair bit of time telling students sports journalism isn't just match reports, so I'm glad to have a new bonkers example to use.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
I had fun on Saeed and Jason's podcast the other week talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, hunting centaurs and ice cream.
If you're keen to know what creature I'd select as my battle companion. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Gam...
WARNING: There is no cycling chat.
If you're keen to know what creature I'd select as my battle companion. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Gam...
WARNING: There is no cycling chat.
Episode 17: Vern Pitt
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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I had fun on Saeed and Jason's podcast the other week talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, hunting centaurs and ice cream.
If you're keen to know what creature I'd select as my battle companion. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Gam...
WARNING: There is no cycling chat.
If you're keen to know what creature I'd select as my battle companion. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Gam...
WARNING: There is no cycling chat.
Reposted by Vern Pitt
Oscar Delaite rode 752 laps of an indoor track to break the longest continuous wheelie record
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French cyclist sets new world record with six-and-a-half-hour wheelie - Canadian Cycling Magazine
Oscar Delaite rode 752 laps of an indoor track to break the longest continuous wheelie record
cyclingmagazine.ca
October 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Oscar Delaite rode 752 laps of an indoor track to break the longest continuous wheelie record
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/french-c...
cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/french-c...
Reposted by Vern Pitt
If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts.
If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
September 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts.
If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Kit designer: How bright would you like in this kit?
Mali cycling boss: Yes.
Mali cycling boss: Yes.
September 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Kit designer: How bright would you like in this kit?
Mali cycling boss: Yes.
Mali cycling boss: Yes.
"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations."
- George Orwell
- George Orwell
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations."
- George Orwell
- George Orwell
Ned's bang on here.
No paywall - because everything is better without paywalls*
*although I also need a paywall to keep going. But you know what I mean.
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*although I also need a paywall to keep going. But you know what I mean.
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The Greatest Podium Of All Time
And it'll never be repeated.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ned's bang on here.
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Stage 18 has been shortened from the 27.2km ITT to the much shorter 12.2km due to worries around rider safety with the potential of more protests.
On the racing side, Vingegaard 🇩🇰 and Almeida 🇵🇹 looked to have poorer day yesterday but Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Hindley 🇦🇺 will, however, likely lose time today.
On the racing side, Vingegaard 🇩🇰 and Almeida 🇵🇹 looked to have poorer day yesterday but Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Hindley 🇦🇺 will, however, likely lose time today.
September 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Stage 18 has been shortened from the 27.2km ITT to the much shorter 12.2km due to worries around rider safety with the potential of more protests.
On the racing side, Vingegaard 🇩🇰 and Almeida 🇵🇹 looked to have poorer day yesterday but Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Hindley 🇦🇺 will, however, likely lose time today.
On the racing side, Vingegaard 🇩🇰 and Almeida 🇵🇹 looked to have poorer day yesterday but Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Hindley 🇦🇺 will, however, likely lose time today.
"Audiences don't care about platforms - they care about stories, authenticity, and relevance," Ed Sayer talking about cooking shows, but he could just as easily be talking about journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the 'cronut' tells us about why TV cooking shows are dying
The curious case of why the UK has fallen out of love with once-beloved 'chop and chat' food shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Audiences don't care about platforms - they care about stories, authenticity, and relevance," Ed Sayer talking about cooking shows, but he could just as easily be talking about journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kinda sucks that it's come to this but I think @cmbreports.bsky.social is on the money here.
The UCI need to remember the distance between farce and tragedy is very very small.
The UCI need to remember the distance between farce and tragedy is very very small.
This Vuelta a España cannot continue with Israel-Premier Tech. This calls on serious governance from the UCI. David Lappartient has always insisted he can't take political decisions that don't align with the IOC's view, but this is beyond political: it's affecting the running of the sport.
September 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Kinda sucks that it's come to this but I think @cmbreports.bsky.social is on the money here.
The UCI need to remember the distance between farce and tragedy is very very small.
The UCI need to remember the distance between farce and tragedy is very very small.
Presumably it will fight Godzilla in The Channel on bonfire night.
August 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Presumably it will fight Godzilla in The Channel on bonfire night.
Sick burn.
August 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sick burn.
The plot thickens.
David Rozman had a brief spell working at Manchester United
My story 👇👇👇
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
My story 👇👇👇
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ineos carer worked at Manchester United before ‘anti-doping questions’
Sources at Manchester United have confirmed that David Rozman spent one month working at Old Trafford last year as part of a ‘knowledge exchange’
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The plot thickens.
July 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
More developments in this story, which I'm certain will run and run.
🎩 @jeremywhittle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
🎩 @jeremywhittle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Ineos carer David Rozman leaves Tour de France after investigation launched by anti-doping authorities
The International Testing Agency is to interview the Ineos head carer David Rozman over alleged historical messages in 2012
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
More developments in this story, which I'm certain will run and run.
🎩 @jeremywhittle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
🎩 @jeremywhittle.bsky.social
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Now he passes Cavendish with 21 wins - 14 left to go.
Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France stage win total is now even with Mark Cavendish at the same age. Plus, Pogačar has several more chances to win at this Tour.
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now he passes Cavendish with 21 wins - 14 left to go.
Can the Kevin Vauquelin fans not get a better chant than "KEEEE-VIN!"
C'mon dudes, sort it out.
#tourdefrance #tour25
C'mon dudes, sort it out.
#tourdefrance #tour25
July 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Can the Kevin Vauquelin fans not get a better chant than "KEEEE-VIN!"
C'mon dudes, sort it out.
#tourdefrance #tour25
C'mon dudes, sort it out.
#tourdefrance #tour25
Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France stage win total is now even with Mark Cavendish at the same age. Plus, Pogačar has several more chances to win at this Tour.
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
July 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France stage win total is now even with Mark Cavendish at the same age. Plus, Pogačar has several more chances to win at this Tour.
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
That covers the most dominant period of Cav's career, he never again won five stages at one Tour after the age of 26.
🧵 1/X
There is absolutely no way that dude is All About Desserts.
TEKKERZ CC powerhouse Matt Bostock outsprinted Alex Beldon (MUC-OFF-SRCT-STROCK) to win the All About Desserts Open Grand Prix, extending his Rapha Super-League lead.
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thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/07/16/2...
July 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
There is absolutely no way that dude is All About Desserts.
Nice stat.
Geraint Thomas is the only rider in 112 Tours to have been the youngest, the winner and the oldest 🤯
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Nice stat.
To all those concerned that the Tour de France as a contest is already effectively over you should know that Morden, south London, has everything you're looking for.
#tourdefrance #tour25
#tourdefrance #tour25
July 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
To all those concerned that the Tour de France as a contest is already effectively over you should know that Morden, south London, has everything you're looking for.
#tourdefrance #tour25
#tourdefrance #tour25