Service Course Ryan

@servicecourse.bsky.social

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As the Service Course, I make the world's best bicycle wash kits. As Ryan, I manage the freelance side of the house at Escape Collective.

A scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail, depicting French soldiers in a castle and subtitled with "fetchez la vache!"
The tail end of the peloton riding through a downpour at the Tour de Suisse.
An image of Canadian men's road champion Derek Gee-West in a pretty bad national champions jersey. The maple leaf is centered below his navel.
Screenshot from a NYT article about the 10 most important chair designs, showing the Bibendum chair designed by Irish architect Eileen Gray in 1926. It's puffy, multi-tube shape clearly evokes Bibendum, aka, the Michelin Man.
Photo of a poster depicting Peter van Petegem riding to the win at the 2003 Paris-Roubaix.
A springer spaniel on a lounge chair enjoying sunshine.
Photo showing the book “Collected works of Jim Morrison” on a bookstore shelf labeled Cleaning & Organization.
Image displays the "NIN" logo of the band Nine Inch Nails
An image of a red and white card with several cyclists and the word "Lunchpakket" printed on it. It is a ticket for a boxed lunch issued to members of the press at the 2004 Gent-Wevelgem cycling race.
Screenshot of a WTOP online article headlined "New fine for drivers who get in teh way of bike riders in Montgomery Co.". The article describes new legislation under which people who park in bike lanes can be fined $60.
An image of a spray can of Great Stuff, a notoriously messy expandable foam filler.
A photograph of Hunter S. Thompson, who wrote great political obituaries, among other things.
Photo of a page in the first edition of Simon Burney’s book, Cyclocross, depicting Swiss cyclist Beat Breu riding a muddy cyclocross race.
Text reading “Still 46 dollars, for now” with a subhead reading “think of it as a sale from the future”, set against a background image of a Service Course brand conical brush, one brush included in the Service Course bike wash kit.
A clickable headline reads "Wimbledon Results" under a photo of red-clad sports fans going crazy, complete with wigs, drums, confetti, and megaphones. You know, the sort of ambiance Wimbledon is famous for.
A photo of a black Volvo V60 with very modest Service Course magnetic signage on the doors and an air horn slapped on the roof.
A screenshot of an AccuWeather alert that reads, “watch as a man uses a snowmobile to narrowly escape a charging polar bear.”
A photo of a Service Course brand B.Y.O.B. bicycle wash kit, which consists of three natural Tampico bristled brushes and a red microfiber towel in a black mesh drawstring bag.
An AccuWeather app alert about an airplane engine fire on the tarmac in Orlando, Florida.
An image of an e-mail subject line reading, “You may be a fit for U.S. House of Representatives Communications Director role - Actively recruiting.”
A picture of a gold Schwinn Paramount titanium frameset sitting on a shelf full of bike junk.
Luis Ocana, Eddy Merckx, and Raymond Poulidor riding in the 1969 Tour de France
A patch showing a marijuana leaf and words “Festive 420,” a parody of the Rapha Festive 500 holiday challenge. The tagline is “smoke weed and bleed.”
Screenshot of results from the 2023 GP Marseillaise, which misspells winner Neilson Powless's name as "Powerless."
Eli Iserbyt, Thibau Nys, and Pim Ronhaar standing on the podium of the first round of the cyclocross Workd Cup in Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA.