http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: uberuce - Recent Posts en Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:47:36 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385422 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:52:26 +0000 gembo 385422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a Dutch friend, Prof Van Tongeren, a big lad, he would judge some of those hills to be unecessary</p> <p>The WoL path is nice I used it with two heavy panniers to return from Porty today.</p> <p>Ignore the idea it has a council closure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385421 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:53 +0000 Greenroofer 385421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@MediumDave walking down the hill from Torduff Reservoir yesterday evening. I was toiling up said hill, concentrating on trying (unsuccessfully) to keep my heart rate down, so didn't notice them until the last minute. </p> <p>My route then took me up the Exponential Hill, down to Flotterstone and back over the Pentlands via Castlelaw and the Ranges road. It turned into a Lovely Ride, but there was quite a bit of climbing... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385419 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:43:51 +0000 wingpig 385419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it anyone on here taking a photo of the George IV Bridge footway when I went past at about half one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385418 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:30:08 +0000 gembo 385418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Greetings puddle hunters - Big Steveo up Clubhiedeans </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385370 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:35:48 +0000 gembo 385370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@arobcomp taking a big fella down the WoL on the back of his Tern Monsta Bike </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385353 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:16:59 +0000 Greenroofer 385353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC stopped to let two pedestrians and me past on the Slateford Aqueduct this morning. Normally when I meet him we're both on Terns, but today it was just me on a Tern. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385327 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:36:13 +0000 gembo 385327@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha, I was holding the gate tonight for a chap at the soon to return Clubbiedeans big puddle , he had come from the Bonaly direction into a block headwind he seemed to hold me responsible for because it was a tailie for me. All humans should approach The CBP from Balerno side if they wish to avoid a block headwind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385326 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:56:36 +0000 Greenroofer 385326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hadn't actually experienced the maximum Quickening, due to having turned round at the lane just before the top of the hill because I reckoned that was halfway through the ride in time terms. As ever, the headwind I'd fought up the hill seemed much less impressive as a tailwind. Being just a week into my retirement, I am still getting a little jolt of guilty pleasure each time I go for a ride during 'normal working hours'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385321 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:27:16 +0000 gembo 385321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer about 25 mins after he experienced The Quickening. Looking very trim </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385275 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:49:04 +0000 chdot 385275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55437687370_746a6aa439_z.jpg"></p> <p>(On Apple Maps version of StreetView)</p> <p>Someone (likely more than one) has walked random bits of Edinburgh (that was probably when LW was shut for tramworks) including paths around Fiveways </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384922 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:57:29 +0000 bill 384922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lovely seeing you @jdanielp! Nice catch up and I hope all goes well with work :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384909 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:34:54 +0000 jdanielp 384909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bill heading uphill on the way home on her commute as I was heading downhill on the way home at the start of my commute, meeting at the towpath access ramp on Hermiston House Road Bridge. We had a nice chat and cycled together as far as Bridge 8 Hub where Iza diverted off the canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384897 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:09:52 +0000 urchaidh 384897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ventured west along the canal today. Spotted Our Glorious Leader and a double header spot of Gembo, once in each direction. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384370 Wed, 20 May 2026 15:58:29 +0000 neddie 384370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mouth half numb after having a filling! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384366 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:29:42 +0000 jdanielp 384366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just eating lunch by the window at the Student Union at Heriot-Watt and neddie rolled by down the hill heading towards The Loch... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384305 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:17:25 +0000 gembo 384305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hand cycle then Electric Fuego style on WoL Path on way back from Sainsbury’s at Longstone - three dejected Jambos also </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384304 Sat, 16 May 2026 13:35:38 +0000 gembo 384304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@mcairney - the AI Dept was there before moving to South Bridge which burnt down. Up the lane not Sandy Bells. I see @SRD’s former PhD student let’s call then Layla, plays clarinet in Sandy bells as part of Och Vey </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384302 Sat, 16 May 2026 11:28:25 +0000 chdot 384302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Helicopter, probably air ambulance, by Murrayfield Stadium </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384299 Sat, 16 May 2026 10:22:52 +0000 mcairney 384299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That would explain why I saw @neddie and A.N.Other walking along Forrest Rd on Tuesday (it's my in-office day and our new offices are up the lane next to Sandy Bell's which I have a tenuous family link to with it being owned by my great Uncle many years ago <a href="https://sandybells.com/history/" rel="nofollow">https://sandybells.com/history/</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384261 Wed, 13 May 2026 19:46:04 +0000 bakky 384261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better the craic than some crack, mind </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384259 Wed, 13 May 2026 19:21:14 +0000 gembo 384259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bakky he sounds groovy.. I was walking down the high street in the late afternoon and Scouse Hobo guy starts on at me hey Man I like your suit. We chatted for a while about the cloth, the cut etc and. About it. Being 15 years old. Scouse Hobo remained entirely complimentary and added. For good. Measure - and your hair, I like it too. I enquired what he was after but apparently all he wanted was The Craic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384246 Wed, 13 May 2026 13:01:29 +0000 bakky 384246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw some kind of non-partisan James Bond briefly at the protest, assume he was a paid agitator of some kind </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384231 Tue, 12 May 2026 21:33:02 +0000 gembo 384231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good chat with @roibearrd tonight formerly of this parish. Also @bakky and @neddie earlier. No ifs no buts no Safe Route Cycling Cuts </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384014 Fri, 01 May 2026 13:06:25 +0000 LaidBack 384014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>VTX achieves the lowness other brands strive for! A trike with a flag near a golf course might confuse golfers though (!)<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/55241063607/in/datetaken/" title="Customer&#x27;s VTX on Instagram"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55241063607_b66bcebacf.jpg" alt="Customer&#x27;s VTX on Instagram" /></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384006 Fri, 01 May 2026 09:50:49 +0000 Arellcat 384006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noticed the rear wheel cover straightaway, looked pretty good. I'd forgotten how low slung the VTX is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384005 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:34:14 +0000 LaidBack 384005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - yes is from LB. Local rider posts videos on Insta. Got disc wheel covers. Fairly aero thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384004 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:55:06 +0000 Arellcat 384004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spotted someone this afternoon riding a very posh black ICE Trikes VTX, along South Bridge and up Chambers St. I wondered if it was a Laid Back Bikes machine, but I didn't recognise the rider. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-383754 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:16:55 +0000 jdanielp 383754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just remembered that I spotted somebody cycling with a surf board or paddle board attached to the side of their bike as I was cycling home along the towpath yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-383746 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:03:03 +0000 jdanielp 383746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A high five with gembo this morning. Yes, I am still on strike. My brain took too long to process the speed of delivery of the question at the time so I just laughed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-383715 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:11:30 +0000 gembo 383715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New signpost on lang whang Cyclists for Next 3 Miles. There miles before the B7008 turn to west Calder. No photo as on a tight time back from Ayr. NW wind helps but not as much as SW. also the north west wind doth blow and we shall have snow, hailstones and all. Sunny intervals too. Gloves and hat on radiator at Sorn Cafe then in oven at Douglas Bakery and they third time at carnwath soaking but bright sun and no motors on yer closed stretch which was glorious </p>