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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

It's me, in the guardian, talking about bike theft

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

I've found it, the worst thing you could ever own

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I just can't take the language seriously

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"fuck off you fucking prick" - Jill Scott, 2022

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A reminder that Tadej Pogačar is 22

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Someone did end up with the BOA dial 👀

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2 years

Big Suze is at the Queen's funeral

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@adambecket

2 years

Who is the worst person on twitter and why is it that BBC reporter who just tweets out the numbers of people seeking refuge who come across the channel in an inflammatory way

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

Simply, boycott Brewdog

BrewDog boss hired private investigators to gather evidence of alleged smear campaign

Integritas Investigative Solutions approached people to obtain information about those James Watt believed had maligned him, the Guardian can reveal

www.theguardian.com

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@adambecket

2 years

Love that Davide Formolo and Simon Yates just look like they're on a lovely trip through a field here

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@adambecket

2 years

The world needs to see Sonny Colbrelli's retirement tattoo

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adam becket

@adambecket

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Thibaut Pinot was heartbreakingly close to his first win in three years #TOTA

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

@dorkusmalorkus_ my dad says "goodnight" everytime anyone goes upstairs at any time of day, always funny obviously

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

Genuinely horrible replies and QTs on this. They're just young people, possibly children, campaigning for Labour?

Peter Kyle

@peterkyle

2 years

The A-Team! @bh_younglabour on fine formidable form for the Wish by election. They’ve earned their lunch at The Stoneham Pub 😅

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

shout out to the middle aged men who are telling me cycling isn't scary and dangerous, and that I should simply be more assertive

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@adambecket

2 years

God I hate cycling men. Can't imagine how much more patronising and regular this would be if I was a woman who wrote about bikes

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adam becket

@adambecket

1 year

the biggest women's race in the UK has begun, if you actually care about women's cycling

UCI_WWT

@UCI_WWT

1 year

🎥 They're rolling! Stage 1 at #RideLondon is underway! Follow our liveticker:

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

So why wouldn't you do them... Now

Chris Mason

@ChrisMasonBBC

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Prime Minister: "Maybe there are things we'll have to do in the coming weeks that will be tougher." #marr

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

My application to replace Emily Maitlis on Newsnight is me practicing that weird bit at the end when the theme tune plays but they just sit there

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@adambecket

3 years

This is honestly the worst look possible

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

I know cyclists still don't dress well, but 2012 was a different world

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

What does this mean, or what do they think this means

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Ah Sean Lock, what a presence. 8 out of 10 cats does countdown was so perfect for him, even if the funniest bits were him just telling Jimmy Carr to fuck off (something we all want to do)

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

the replies to this prove my point of how 'cycling being scary' is just normalised rather than countered

Guardian Opinion

@guardianopinion

3 years

How can Britain become a ‘great cycling nation’ when it’s so scary to ride a bike? | Adam Becket

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

personal news: after almost 2 years and 23 issues with @Procycling_mag , I'm moving to @cyclingweekly from Monday to do online news stuff. See you there everyone 🚲🚲🚲

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

It's a no from me

Bristol Temple Quarter

@TempleQuarter

2 years

#BristolTempleMeads will become a modern, safer, more efficient station fit for the 21st century. Major changes include new entrances, new retail spaces, improved passenger facilities, and easier access to the station using public transport, walking and cycling.

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

Less buses? In the climate crisis? Sure, this is fine

diamond geezer

@diamondgeezer

2 years

Sixteen London bus routes are to be withdrawn by the end of next year: 4, 11, 12, 14, 16, 24, 31, 45, 72, 74, 78, 242, 349, 521, C3, D7

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Melanie Phillips told me not to so I got a new tattoo

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Personal news, lmao

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@adambecket

2 years

Thibaut Pinot, take a bow

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adam becket

@adambecket

8 months

Personal news: I am to be the new news editor of @cyclingweekly , once @VernPitt has shuffled off. Feel free to hit me up if there are things we should be covering!

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

if I were Novak Djokovic I would simply get vaccinated and be a bit more likeable

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@adambecket

3 years

"morning ride" and it's the World Championships road race, lol

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@adambecket

3 years

poor Bob Mortimer on his first night at uni

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@adambecket

3 years

I remain a cycling evangelist, but is it any wonder people are put off cycling when it's terrifying to share the road with bigger and bigger cars? something needs to be done

The Guardian

@guardian

3 years

How can Britain become a ‘great cycling nation’ when it’s so scary to ride a bike? | Adam Becket

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adam becket

@adambecket

1 year

the trans policy stuff has made the top of the BBC news while the actual racing.... nothing

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

the braces from Pogačar, wow

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@adambecket

2 years

All because of this one photo, madness

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

oh hi I'm going back on antidepressants. Not a defeat, just an acceptance of reality

adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

After three years, I'm going to come off my antidepressants - any tips, tricks, ways to not feel terrible etc would be very helpful

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@adambecket

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

my target at the beginning of the year was 6500km. I've now done 8006km. Think I might just make it to 8047km just to get to 5000 miles. pedal power!

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

@AvaSantina Haha.

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

@joncstone That's Prince Piping Hot Willy to you

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

@cygnetstar16 Does every tweet need to be a 1000 word thread that takes into account all the background factors or can I just say 'probably don't be mean to children, lads'

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

Half marathon? Completed it mate

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

Full transparency, I'm going home for a week because the alternative is living on my own in a city I have few friends in over Christmas, and I have taken the necessary precautions

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Well, that's it. Last ever edition of Procycling, out now. There's some really great stuff in there - Deignan, obviously, but also Gilbert and Majerus from me. 290 and out.

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

Tour de France stopped due to environmental protest, race now resumed. Some had a nice relaxing time at the side of the road. (Getty Images) #TDF2022

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

enjoyed Belfast. Happy and sad. any child with Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan as parents is very lucky imo

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adam becket

@adambecket

1 year

reminder that this is such a vanishingly small issue that's been blown out of proportion thanks to the resolutely anti-trans parts of the UK press. this will affect about 10 people

Cycling Weekly

@cyclingweekly

1 year

British Cycling blocks transgender riders from competing in female category

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

can I have some podcast recommendations?* *specifically ones with female presenters. can be funny, serious, sport, art, books, whatever

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@adambecket

3 years

You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat service staff, can't you

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What is going on with bar/pub service at the moment? So many places are absolutely terrible. I’ve never had to ask so many waiters to remove the service charge from the bill…

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

@lacanian_bimbo we all have Henri Lefebvre's Theory of Everyday Life. No one has ever read it

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@adambecket

2 years

Hey lads update: pink hair

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@adambecket

2 years

Hidden in the UCI Congress' press release is this exciting news. A new UCI anthem!! how am I supposed to contain my excitement

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

Can confirm it's my birthday

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@adambecket

2 years

Narrator: this is not the reality

(((Dan Hodges)))

@DPJHodges

2 years

The reality is that whoever is in No.10 - Truss, her replacement from the Tory benches, Starmer - is going to have to find significant public spending cuts. And politicians on all sides are going to have to start to acknowledge that.

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@adambecket

2 years

Genuinely outstanding court sketch of Mark Cavendish

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@adambecket

3 years

There's something about commuting in by bike that makes you feel more alive than by car or sitting on a bus or train. Is it the endorphin rush form exercise? Nah it's being woken up by being inches from death at like half 8 in the morning

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

My heart bleeds

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@adambecket

4 years

It's a VaXXXine

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@PARLYapp

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This is an adult vaccine says @MattHancock

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

@JAHeale quite possible that my grandad is in that Royal Marines band

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

as with so many BBC official accounts on here, you wonder what the point is really

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@adambecket

3 years

MY coffee shop @FCPcoffee

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@adambecket

3 years

😎

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Peter Sagan won the inaugural Giro d'Italia Criterium Dubai, in front of Egan Bernal

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@adambecket

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I was excited when the pubs reopened, a bit pleased when we could go inside places again, but today just feels... Scary? I know more people affected by covid than at any other point of the pandemic and now we have "freedom"? Cool

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 months

Look at this pub legend

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

Resolution

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

My dad piloting in 15,000 tonnes of bananas into Southampton this morning 🌞

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

a continuing series of completely useless Bristol bike lanes. who the hell is this for

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adam becket

@adambecket

2 years

I would simply not make a swastika out of pride flags tbh

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You can openly call the 🇬🇧 a symbol of facism and totalitarianism on Twatter. You cannot criticise the holy flags 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️.

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

I wrote about my 2020, please read!

2020, wiped

Two years ago, the last time I wrote about myself, I was travelling back on a busy train from Southampton to London post-Christmas. That…

adambecket.medium.com

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@adambecket

2 years

A pint of Punk IPA in the new Brewd*g Waterloo is £7.10!!! £7.10!! can't deal with it

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

going to turn up to the old offices I've worked in and ask for access to their stairwells "for a project"

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don’t know how i’d possibly find all the ubers

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adam becket

@adambecket

4 years

Isn't that just a fancy word for feeling "bummed out"?

The Guardian

@guardian

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BREAKING: Depression in British adults doubles during coronavirus crisis

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adam becket

@adambecket

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@huwlemmey they've been left behind.. by your government? what an argument from that guy

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@adambecket

3 years

Fragility

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@adambecket

2 years

Men only want one thing and it's to go on the Giro d'Italia special train

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

there's only one vulnerable road user in this video. shockingly, it's not the woman in a one ton block of metal

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@adambecket

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Personal news

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@adambecket

1 year

Marianne Vos in red means she's only the second person to have worn the red, pink and yellow jerseys of the Vuelta, Giro and Tour, after Annemiek van Vleuten. I'm pretty sure. It gets messy depending on what you *count* as the three Grand Tours

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

They let him write this

Telegraph Sport

@TelegraphSport

3 years

Michael Vaughan: I am named in the Azeem Rafiq report - but I totally deny any accusation of racism (Free to read in the UK for the next two hours)

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adam becket

@adambecket

1 year

Cycling related people who have paid for twitter blue: - Adam Hansen - Zwift's CEO - Brent Copeland - Jeremy Vine Anyone spotted any others?

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@adambecket

2 years

I've secured footage from on-board the pink train!!

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@adambecket

1 year

1:45:19 lads

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@adambecket

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2019-2022 is me going from imagining I'm a journalist at the Tour while at General Synod to me being an actual journalist at the Tour de France

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@adambecket

4 years

Someone at the BBC has slammed the button smashed "panic" because Radio 2 has just played Mr Blue Sky, Piano Man and Bohemian Rhapsody back to back

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@adambecket

3 years

can't lose a series 5-0 if you miss at least one test

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@adambecket

3 years

@danhancox @niamh_mcintyre @lukewbarratt and it did NOT give me an advantage, I assure you

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@adambecket

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Pat Cummins hasn't tossed since he was 16? how does Adam Gilchrist know that

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 months

Finally, a party on the side of drivers

Keir Starmer

@Keir_Starmer

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Labour is the only party on the side of drivers, with our plan to fix up to one million more potholes every year and crack down on soaring car insurance costs.

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adam becket

@adambecket

3 years

Professional athletes, especially young women and people of colour, are put under extraordinary pressure just to do their thing. Hope Biles and Osaka are ok

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@adambecket

2 years

Just finished @SuzyWrack 's magnificent book on the history of women's football. Perfect timing! All I want is got England to win the Euros and for it to be a catalyst for growth

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@adambecket

1 year

Dunno if anyone is as interested in this as me but Jumbo-Visma's ice skating team wears world champion bands when they're on bikes? De Jong is the current world champion in the 1500m speed skate

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@adambecket

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man currently working from home reacts to working from home order

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@adambecket

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It's what she would have wanted

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