http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Sabotage - Recent Topics en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:23:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12102#post-140761 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:59:05 +0000 Radgeworks 140761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just back from town, having had the oddest experience yet on my travels by bike.<br /> Going down rose st westward from St Andrew Sq, realise i need to nip down to get tea from M+S, get parallel to wee lane next to the Garden Cafe, hop off bike, suddenly revving engine and wee black citroen, reverses at speed out of wee lane, turns east and heads the wrong way up Rose St, on the Jenners side, i am watching this by now, and locking the bike up at the same time.<br /> Chump heads down into lane behind Jenners, i nip in to Marks and am out again about 5min later tops.<br /> Get to the bike, start to unlock it, Irish Lady wearing Council hiviz vest appears with phone to ear, right hand out open palmed toward me.<br /> I am wondering whats up?<br /> She comes off the phone, immediately launches into scathing rant about having to pick up her kid,and how i had locked her bike up with mine, which was quite honestly a simple accident, no one hurt, not really held her up either,(not held up by more than 5mins MAX at this point)<br /> and i can say its the very first time that has ever happened. I was slightly distracted by Citroen numpty to be fair.<br /> I wheel bike out mid rant, she pauses for me to reply, i apologise, noting that i now have 2 flat wheels, i disregard what has happened as this distracts me momentarily, and get into a wee side lane, check the tyres for p******es, but there is just nothing obvious, then i notice the rear valve cap has gone missing, I "twig" then and get fairly angry, as in the 5mins i was in the shop,<br /> she had taken action and quite clearly had deflated both of my tyres, whilst expecting me to apologise.<br /> Thats really quite nice eh.<br /> A new one on me.<br /> RJ </p>