http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: bikes - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:50:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716&page=2#post-320680 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:20:20 +0000 gembo 320680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ok will bring hipflask </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716&page=2#post-320679 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:56:28 +0000 Greenroofer 320679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only non alcoholic. The food looks good though: Sustrans are using the RBS caterers, who usually lay on a good spread. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320678 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:55:56 +0000 Greenroofer 320678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only non alcoholic. The food looks good though: Sustrans are using the RBS caterers, who usually lay on a good shad </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320675 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:51:37 +0000 gembo 320675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer, any drink? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320672 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:36:51 +0000 Greenroofer 320672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo I look forward to seeing you.You'll have to sit through a presentation from me that features pictures of bicycles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320642 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:00:51 +0000 jdanielp 320642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Iain McR thanks.</p> <p>@crowriver indeed!</p> <p>@gembo I have also been invited but have not booked yet... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320634 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:57:10 +0000 gembo 320634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer, nice jersey. Sustrans really hassling me to go see you at RBS in a couple of weeks. 6.30pm I have booked my tix </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320633 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:53:47 +0000 Greenroofer 320633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like Decathlon. Their stuff is good value: cheap or expensive you get what you pay for and then some. I love the merino jersey I got for £50, and am devastated to find they are completely sold out (so presumably I'm not the only person who recognises a good deal when they see one).<br /> <a href="https://road.cc/content/review/268101-triban-long-sleeved-merino-wool-bike-touring-jersey" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/review/268101-triban-long-sleeved-merino-wool-bike-touring-jersey</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320624 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:50:50 +0000 gembo 320624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gatorskins sometimes cheaper in decathlon too, not always </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320618 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:08:56 +0000 crowriver 320618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a cheery tale to warm the cockles on a breezy blustery day. </p> <p>Decathlon just went up in my estimation too - along with human race overall (well the cycling bits of it anyway). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320543 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:54:05 +0000 dessert rat 320543@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp - that may win the award for the oldest resurrected thread.</p> <p>I guess there may be others, but unless its a genuine continuation of a thread they don't count. Please have 5 internet points. </p> <p>Good on Decathlon. I was there at the weekend, good baselayers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4716#post-320540 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:31:31 +0000 jdanielp 320540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shortly after joining the canal towpath on my commute home last night, an abrupt clanking noise from the bike made me aware that something was very wrong. I stopped under Gogar Station Road Bridge to investigate and found a large nail embedded in the Marathon Plus to the rear. There was too much nail protruding to continue cycling (the clanking noise must have been the nail scraping against the mudguard) so I wrestled it out (which took some effort) and was unsurprised to find that the tube immediately deflated. The last time this had happened was near the Bridge 8 Hub on the way into work back in Autumn 2018 - on that occasion I could continue cycling since little of the nail was protruding and when I did remove it at work, the tube somehow stayed inflated. I replaced the tyre shortly after that.</p> <p>I considered my options: pushing the bike back to work and then either attempting to fix it there or locking up and catching a bus back into town, or continuing onwards, possibly via a tram or a taxi. I consulted the WhatsApp group and was reminded that there is the outdoor store Decathlon at Hermiston Gait, which I had never been in, so decided to push the bike there and see if they could help or at least find some light and warmth in which I could attempt to fix it myself...</p> <p>When I arrived at Decathlon and explained my situation, the store assistant radioed for a member of the bike team to come and see me. I was told that unfortunately the bike mechanic was on a break but that I could start trying to fix the issue myself, which I did. I managed to remove the back wheel quite easily but proceeded to have more difficultly unseating the Marathon Plus. The security guard watched with pity for a while and then came over to offer some advice and practical help and had the tyre off in no time! The mechanic appeared to see how I was getting on, despite being on their break, and invited me to use the workshop in the meantime.</p> <p>I soon had the punctured tube out, my spare tube in and the tyre back on (with some more advice/help from the security guard!) and inflated it, only for it to deflate almost immediately - either a bad tube or, more likely, that it was twisted/pinched when I was rushing to put the tyre back on given that there hadn't been any debris remaining inside the tyre. At this point the mechanic returned and had the tyre back off, a new tube in, the tyre back on and inflated successfully in no time, and then proceeded to put the wheel back on my bike, attach the hub gear changer and, for good measure, adjust the rear brake caliper which was apparently rubbing a bit (I hadn't noticed).</p> <p>I was extremely appreciative of the help, asked how much it would be but was told that there was no charge! I tried to protest, but failed...</p> <p>I'm afraid that I had previously considered Decathlon to offer a similar level of support as Halfords in terms of bikes (despite never having visited) although following the knowledgeable and friendly help from both the security guard and the actual bike staff, the brand has risen considerably in my expectations and I now feel reassured that if this happens again, help is at hand. I am also painfully aware that my own skills with Marathon Plus tyres are severly lacking - I have had them off and on in the comfort of my home but did poorly when tested! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263909 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:10:05 +0000 sallyhinch 263909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've realised that the only bike-related anxiety dreams I have are about POP... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263882 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:13:49 +0000 chdot 263882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Realised my anxiety dreams are about missing trains that I’ve got a bike or ‘this train only’ ticket for. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263878 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:59:58 +0000 threefromleith 263878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo I only have very vague recollections of watching 'Potty Time' on telly as a kid in the 70s. </p> <p>It's something I'd love to watch again now as an adult, though! </p> <p>Mind you, my current anxiety dreams are potty enough.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263819 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:08:52 +0000 gembo 263819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@threefromleith, the other goon Michael Bentine had a whole show that was puppets fighting the First World War with cake. The exact premise of Michael Bentine's Potty Time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263818 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:28:03 +0000 threefromleith 263818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Cyclingmollie 'The First World War fought with cakes' sounds like a lost Goon Show script idea (or Q / Q6 / Q9 sketch outline)</p> <p>Are you sure you're not a medium channeling the spirit of Milligan? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263814 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:44:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 263814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fever dream: try to find the setting in Adobe Dreamweaver that controls fever, fail, wake, repeat endlessly until finally waking drenched in sweat feeling so much better. Another time - the First World War fought with cakes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263810 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:51:05 +0000 unhurt 263810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, @bax: do you need a dream soundtrack? (Link via a friend who understands my interests.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/13/557324946/how-dan-deacon-collaborated-with-rats-to-make-his-latest-film-score?">For Rat Film, a new documentary that explores Baltimore's complicated history (as told through the city's rat infestation), electronic artist Dan Deacon developed an elaborate system to get the rats themselves to make the music.</a></p> <p>("rat theremin performance/experiment" - not quite up there with "Not rat piss pasta but mumps." but still quite a pleasing arrangement of words.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263806 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:02:00 +0000 gembo 263806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crime watch needs a live audience doesn't really work on catch up </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263804 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:56:10 +0000 dessert rat 263804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First ever bike theft anxiety related dream last night - came back to bike to find only a totally stripped frame d-locked to the railings. Thankfully the all the components had been reassembled and then tie-wrapped to the branches of a nearby tree.</p> <p>That then gave way to the more common 'in public with only a towel' dream. It probably means something, but familiarity provides comfort, so I'm OK with it.</p> <p>Isn't this news providing much needed reassurance that all is well ?</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/oct/17/bbc-axes-crimewatch-after-33-years">Don't have nightmares, do sleep well</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263800 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:11:47 +0000 gembo 263800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ Bax San,as Jonathan Franzen would issue - the rats are down the bottom of the garden, the cats sometimes bring em up. The mice come in for the fudge. But stay downstairs. Being ex vegan there is never any feather in my pillow or duvet. Bladerunner is 2049.</p> <p>My dreams last night had strong rat opening before going under, like big rat head nutcracker figures but dreams went aliens visiting anglosaxon village. Standard policier set in Glasgow where the culprit was the son of the chief social worker and then long and enjoyable James Joyce recitation thing which included Annie Lennox telling me she was in a band called the eurythmics. (Bumped in from the severe weather thread). Quite a vivid and constant night possibly caused by the sainsburys onion Bhaji left over from tea that needed scoffed before bedtime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263797 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:24:49 +0000 I were right about that saddle 263797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are we on fever dreams? I once had a three-day effort that involved endlessly disassembling and reassembling Beinn Bhrotain, all the while chanting its name.</p> <p>Not rat piss pasta but mumps. (A sentence that here gets its one fleeting outing into type before sliding back into well-deserved oblivion.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263791 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:35:07 +0000 minus six 263791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@JELBERENCE</p> <p>sage advices you offer</p> <p>keep 'em coming</p> <p>this forum needs you </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263790 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:29:03 +0000 morepathsplease 263790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For those of us susceptible to suggestion - can we have more threads of this ilk please? I expect the collective imagination to deliver. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263787 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:01:17 +0000 minus six 263787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An entrepreneurial cottage industry there for sure, unhurt</p> <p>For those jaded by DMT... try our all new rat piss blotters</p> <p>Nine days of unspeakable horror in the tenth dimension</p> <p>Better than Bladerunner 2048 in IMAX 3D, or your money back </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263786 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:51:57 +0000 JELBERENCE 263786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Go, wash your hands<br /> and wipe your floors<br /> and heat food through<br /> and boil uncertain water<br /> A little time<br /> spent on such chores<br /> could rescue you<br /> from a life somewhat shorter </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263785 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:46:14 +0000 unhurt 263785@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Friendly enough and just want live and let live, but they have no concept of bladder control</em></p> <p>Aw, my pet rats were't THAT bad for peeing on stuff. They did steal biros and like to pull on earings / nose rings with their teeth though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263784 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:43:19 +0000 minus six 263784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, but you don't need to dream, gembo-san</p> <p>For they are waiting for you now at the edge of your bed frame, peering over that goose down duvet</p> <p>Friendly enough and just want live and let live, but they have no concept of bladder control in polite company</p> <p>i killed King Rat with a brick and regret it to this day</p> <p>To realise that me and that rat were ultimately one and the same</p> <p>And one lifetime away, he'll be the one wielding that brick </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18233&page=2#post-263783 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:30:46 +0000 gembo 263783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hoping to avoid the rat dream now tonight, I really hate the rat dream. </p>