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ben finch

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not scottish. somewhere in ecuador on a bike. he / him 🇮🇪

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · Dec 4

i have been bullied, harassed and cajoled into making a starter pack for cyclists who like to adventure. there’s still plenty of space so shout if you want included

go.bsky.app/PWaVA9W

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 15h

the legs are good it seems

a screenshot from strava showing a king of the mountains along a 5.5km stretch. it shows a map of the road

a screenshot from strava showing a top 5 over a 21km route from azogues to cuenca. the map shows the road

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 2d

just drink milk! nature’s energy drink! (i am aware that only irish people will happily gulp down two litres a day)

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 3d

a film you've seen more than seven times with a gif

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 7d

they’re very useful on shared paths i’m told

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 7d

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 8d

he’s busy bathing, massaging and whispering nice things to salah’s left foot at the minute

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

this was like a 2,000m day that i was not at all ready for, with a bike computer that told me my speed and nothing else. finished it but i was in a heap at the end. ever since then, i’ve been smarter but i’m also like, “yeah, that might hurt a bit but my legs will keep turning”

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

i still remember the day when hills stopped scaring me. it was not nice as it happened but it was an amazing day

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

feeling it now, i am not built for 15k climbs

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

that 90k pr must be a new thing because i have definitely done that faster many times

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

ha!

ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

well that went as expected — very slow on the hills, fast everywhere else. 4 hours 48

me smiling at the start of the giro ride like a pro bike race. i’m wearing a pink jersey and a white helmet with my sunglasses tucked into it. there’s lots of other cyclists in the background facing the start line

a shot of a lot of cyclists facing the start line. most are wearing pink, but some are in jackets. it’s dawn

me smiling at the end of the race, wearing the same as the first shot. there’s bikes and people scattered around behind me towards the finish line. there’s also a bike lane

a map of today’s ride from strava, showing my prs

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ben finch @benfinch.bsky.social · 9d

bulmers and magners have weird licenses for branding… bulmers is out of herefordshire for you and you can get magners. but there’s also an irish bulmers and no magners there, because bulmers is magners. if that makes sense

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