Alex McD
@alex-mcd.bsky.social
Cycling, more cycling and a sprinkle of motorsickles.
Bikes are gid 🏴🇪🇺
Live life on 2 wheels 🙂
Bikes are gid 🏴🇪🇺
Live life on 2 wheels 🙂
This is good, fill the ranks of ReFUK up with the most popular Tories ever.
Truss & Jacob Rees-Smug have to be next Shirley?
Truss & Jacob Rees-Smug have to be next Shirley?
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is good, fill the ranks of ReFUK up with the most popular Tories ever.
Truss & Jacob Rees-Smug have to be next Shirley?
Truss & Jacob Rees-Smug have to be next Shirley?
Charging to watch bikes go past a spectator once in a 230km road race won’t stack up, you can watch it on TV & save a lot of hassle.
It only really works where the spectator sees the race unfold lap after lap.
Velodromes, cyclocross & crits are spectator sports.
Tours & Monuments are TV sports.
It only really works where the spectator sees the race unfold lap after lap.
Velodromes, cyclocross & crits are spectator sports.
Tours & Monuments are TV sports.
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Charging to watch bikes go past a spectator once in a 230km road race won’t stack up, you can watch it on TV & save a lot of hassle.
It only really works where the spectator sees the race unfold lap after lap.
Velodromes, cyclocross & crits are spectator sports.
Tours & Monuments are TV sports.
It only really works where the spectator sees the race unfold lap after lap.
Velodromes, cyclocross & crits are spectator sports.
Tours & Monuments are TV sports.
Interesting Italian / English combo too 🙂
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interesting Italian / English combo too 🙂
Yeah, but I can also believe he’s 700% worse than the last time.
November 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yeah, but I can also believe he’s 700% worse than the last time.
Absolutely enjoying the CDCA & Fouquenet. Great to see Ceylin back and fast. 🙂
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Absolutely enjoying the CDCA & Fouquenet. Great to see Ceylin back and fast. 🙂
Sorry.
Couldn’t help myself.
Couldn’t help myself.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sorry.
Couldn’t help myself.
Couldn’t help myself.
If wonderwall was going to happen to you today is gonna be the day.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If wonderwall was going to happen to you today is gonna be the day.
GXP was looking back pretty crap. 😂
Even the pre-load design was poor.
Also somebody somewhere would put the 22/24 in the wrong way round & wonder why the cranks wouldn’t fit. 🤦♂️
Even the pre-load design was poor.
Also somebody somewhere would put the 22/24 in the wrong way round & wonder why the cranks wouldn’t fit. 🤦♂️
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
GXP was looking back pretty crap. 😂
Even the pre-load design was poor.
Also somebody somewhere would put the 22/24 in the wrong way round & wonder why the cranks wouldn’t fit. 🤦♂️
Even the pre-load design was poor.
Also somebody somewhere would put the 22/24 in the wrong way round & wonder why the cranks wouldn’t fit. 🤦♂️
By far the most innovative drivetrain manufacturer over the last 10 years from Eagle 12 mechanical onwards.
AXS modularity is superb. Just wish some components weren’t build down to a price quite so much.
Shit bearings are a false economy for manufacturer & purchaser.
AXS modularity is superb. Just wish some components weren’t build down to a price quite so much.
Shit bearings are a false economy for manufacturer & purchaser.
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
By far the most innovative drivetrain manufacturer over the last 10 years from Eagle 12 mechanical onwards.
AXS modularity is superb. Just wish some components weren’t build down to a price quite so much.
Shit bearings are a false economy for manufacturer & purchaser.
AXS modularity is superb. Just wish some components weren’t build down to a price quite so much.
Shit bearings are a false economy for manufacturer & purchaser.
Sometimes things escalate quickly, my ‘dealer’ had the shiny bits I want, so now on the bike.
Much better. 😁
Now doing brake pads that won’t be bedded in properly before the morning.
Much better. 😁
Now doing brake pads that won’t be bedded in properly before the morning.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sometimes things escalate quickly, my ‘dealer’ had the shiny bits I want, so now on the bike.
Much better. 😁
Now doing brake pads that won’t be bedded in properly before the morning.
Much better. 😁
Now doing brake pads that won’t be bedded in properly before the morning.
Update:
I am the Bearing Whisperer. For now.
A heck of a lot better than yesterday. Still changing them for Hope though.
I am the Bearing Whisperer. For now.
A heck of a lot better than yesterday. Still changing them for Hope though.
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Update:
I am the Bearing Whisperer. For now.
A heck of a lot better than yesterday. Still changing them for Hope though.
I am the Bearing Whisperer. For now.
A heck of a lot better than yesterday. Still changing them for Hope though.
Sensible choice.
I’ve got a pair of 240’s on a cheap Chinese wheelset.
One day they’ll be liberated onto posher rims.
I’ve got a pair of 240’s on a cheap Chinese wheelset.
One day they’ll be liberated onto posher rims.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sensible choice.
I’ve got a pair of 240’s on a cheap Chinese wheelset.
One day they’ll be liberated onto posher rims.
I’ve got a pair of 240’s on a cheap Chinese wheelset.
One day they’ll be liberated onto posher rims.
Having listened to Ms Sultana on a podcast, less idiot, more ideological teenager who never grew up & joined the real world.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Having listened to Ms Sultana on a podcast, less idiot, more ideological teenager who never grew up & joined the real world.
I’m not English, but as an external observer, England My Home by The Levellers should be their anthem.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’m not English, but as an external observer, England My Home by The Levellers should be their anthem.
How does 2X feel now?
I’ve gotten so used to 1X I can’t see me going back!
I’ve gotten so used to 1X I can’t see me going back!
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How does 2X feel now?
I’ve gotten so used to 1X I can’t see me going back!
I’ve gotten so used to 1X I can’t see me going back!
The fruits of a couple of hours cleaning & maintenance. (Yeah, the garage has sound proofing) 🙂
#cyclocross
#cyclocross
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The fruits of a couple of hours cleaning & maintenance. (Yeah, the garage has sound proofing) 🙂
#cyclocross
#cyclocross
Will do, other bike has ‘ceramic’ chain lube. Be interesting to see back to back, bike 1 has Rhino’s, Bike 2 has Typhoon’s so set up is different.
With the weather being so wet it’ll probably be a Rhino day. But first race so might not be that cut up?
With the weather being so wet it’ll probably be a Rhino day. But first race so might not be that cut up?
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Will do, other bike has ‘ceramic’ chain lube. Be interesting to see back to back, bike 1 has Rhino’s, Bike 2 has Typhoon’s so set up is different.
With the weather being so wet it’ll probably be a Rhino day. But first race so might not be that cut up?
With the weather being so wet it’ll probably be a Rhino day. But first race so might not be that cut up?
Genuinely no, I don’t.
Slightly surprising as the Quarq has a good reputation. Have you tried connecting it to someone else’s head unit - just to rule the top end out?
Slightly surprising as the Quarq has a good reputation. Have you tried connecting it to someone else’s head unit - just to rule the top end out?
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Genuinely no, I don’t.
Slightly surprising as the Quarq has a good reputation. Have you tried connecting it to someone else’s head unit - just to rule the top end out?
Slightly surprising as the Quarq has a good reputation. Have you tried connecting it to someone else’s head unit - just to rule the top end out?
Also, just waxed a chain for Cyclocross on Sunday, whilst I wax the road bikes, I’ve never done wax for an off-road bike before.
Curious to see how it holds up in the mud.
Curious to see how it holds up in the mud.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Also, just waxed a chain for Cyclocross on Sunday, whilst I wax the road bikes, I’ve never done wax for an off-road bike before.
Curious to see how it holds up in the mud.
Curious to see how it holds up in the mud.
In more positive news, I had a Quarq power meter spider that used to be on my Tarmac SL7, as of 10 minutes ago it’s on my Crux main CX bike.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In more positive news, I had a Quarq power meter spider that used to be on my Tarmac SL7, as of 10 minutes ago it’s on my Crux main CX bike.
I figured go big or go huge…
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I figured go big or go huge…