Author: handsfeetarmslegs

  • Just in time for the sweaty ass end of August – HIYE#5 is here serenade your speaker system. This month is a Frankenstein of stuff in rotation and a playlist I made during lockdown 1.0 called ‘Dax Wax’ (named after the most surreal car we saw from our flat driving through empty Zone 2). It was…

  • Friday 8th August Easy now people – I can’t promise a rave at the petrol station, or riding the dual carriageway up the V6.  Instead I offer you 7 miles of Green Space™, @pooleyvilleuksummer market, and Human Connection® this Friday. MEET: 18:30 LLOYDS COURT RIDE: 19:00 ETA FINISH: 20:00 MK MARKET

  • Thursday 17th July Back in the Saddle™ this Thursday. If you really wanna party with us, put your eyes on the deets above – and together (if you’re into stars and shit), we can blast Retrograde® into the stratosphere. Don’t get rusty. BYOB – bring water, snacks and all the goods to keep you alive.…

  • Specs: Year: 1994 Frame: Tange CRMo D Butted Size: 51cm Stem: Vintage Profile MTB 130mm Headset: Dia-Compe Aheadset Fork: CRMo Bars: Vintage Unbranded Shifters: Shimano STX BL-MC37 Brake Lever: Kona High Command Brake Lever Grip: WTB Original Trail Grips Pedal: Rockbros MTB Flat Pedals Rear Wheel: Mavic 236 w/ Shimano Acera Parallax FH-M330 Front Wheel:…

  • A guest post by Ellie Brown. A couple of weeks ago, I overcame something of a bike riding hurdle that I had come up against over the past year: cycling at speed. For the first time since getting a bike last summer, I found myself going faster than I had before, cycling at speed but…

  • I’m gonna keep this one short and sweet. We need to slow it down and remember the important things. Take time. Playlists no longer being hosted through Spotify – Do it by hand. Get out on your bike – enjoy outside.

  • 28th Jun • 26th Jul • 16th Aug • 4th Sept Get yourselves Ride Ready® this summer. We couldn’t have you rolling about with that rusty ol’ chain could we now? There was only one option: We’ve quick-linked with mechanic-extraordinaire @sabbathcyclesmk and the Beautiful People™ at @blackenedsunbc / @baristacultureuk to bring you: Morning Fix. From 10:00 till 12:00, get a free…

  • 27th June • 17th July • 8th August • 4th September Hands® Group Rides for the Summer Season  Join us in Green Space™ throughout summer ’25. Avoid the disappointment of missing The Next One® and plan savvy. New format too – hope you enjoy. Party pace, low mileage, and strictly no Lycra™ – Hands® local…

  • Before I’d figured out the name for what you now know as Hands®, I knew that whatever it was going to eventually be called had to be human. I felt that there would be no sense whatsoever in it existing as a bike club, if I didn’t acknowledge that it was hand-built by some imperfect…

  • Good morning class, and welcome to Biker Basics 101. Today’s lesson will be more Hands® on than previous – taking notes is encouraged but not required. Today we will be covering the basic gear, equipment and kit that you might find useful as a Bike Rider©. None of this stuff is essential in any way,…