http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Cycling is the new golf" or so they say en Sun, 31 May 2026 21:37:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268586 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:05:10 +0000 gembo 268586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Small dog baw bee (as French chap called it when asking me for directions) is largely a restaurant now of senior sedate Scottish scran. Small bar where I was having fly half with George (age 47) and no one else, when the bar staff asked if anyone in our party was under 18. We did not answer but looked behind ourselves in case some street urchins were on our coat tails.</p> <p>Try Michael Nieve's excellent two course plus , coffee and cake deal if you are looking to feel the youngest diner in the room. Booking essential. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268584 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:02:21 +0000 unhurt 268584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>and I am not an inherently empathetic person.</em></p> <p>If I could raise one eyebrow... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268582 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:57:44 +0000 I were right about that saddle 268582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>I told you before about trying to get the pensioners' lunch deal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268575 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 21:06:17 +0000 gembo 268575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats, I was asked my age in grey Friars Bobby a few weeks back b the bar staff. Complicated but that is a true fact. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268566 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:22:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 268566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once met a guy in Greyfriars Bobby who had just done a full round in under a hundred. I felt only pity and I am not an inherently empathetic person. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268565 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:52:31 +0000 paddyirish 268565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What is the cycling equivalent of pub golf? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268563 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:01:08 +0000 Trixie 268563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I propose a total rethink. Let's have dog golf. Whereby the balls are bigger and softer and the aim is to direct your dog to a specific target by way of fetching the ball. Walk no longer ruined, dog happy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268561 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:22:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 268561@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Passed Bonnyrigg golf club just now. Was musing that it's gone from a waiting list to putting up hoardings advertising a nine-hole drop-in visitor deal in a decade. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268556 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:05:29 +0000 chdot 268556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Cycling is a good walk spoiled?”</p> <p>No. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268554 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 13:20:07 +0000 Rosie 268554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo Offering day tickets on the lines of Pure Gym offering an entry fee is another way of raising revenue. </p> <p>when I was in New Zealand a few years ago it was the same story. Cycling was displacing golf and fishing for the well-off middle-aged guy. More exercise, varying scenery and the feeling you've earned your dinner at the end. Also in New Zealand if you pick your area you can have a soak in a thermal pool in the evening as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268553 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 13:07:58 +0000 unhurt 268553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The beauty of cycling is that once you have the kit you have no other outlay other than maintenance. </em></p> <p>And a whole line in the food budget just for cake? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268538 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:52:37 +0000 gembo 268538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@rosie, good list but you need to add Xbox to it. Golf club membership is expensive. But the strategy of having very cheap junior membership to get the young people hooked used to work. Thus clubs were able to generate their future full members.</p> <p>The beauty of cycling is that once you have the kit you have no other outlay other than maintenance. There is also the chance you can bribe the children to come out with you for a short spin. Golf is a lot of palaver. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268536 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:14:23 +0000 Min 268536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It seems obvious therefore that getting more women playing would help. Personally I would sell it as something you can do with your friends and not so much your partner so you can still "get away", just at different times. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268535 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:07:17 +0000 jdanielp 268535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling is a good walk spoiled? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268534 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 09:16:31 +0000 Rosie 268534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend is a Club Secretary and her club is running at a loss. Lots of reasons - blokes are expected to be more hands on dads and granddads these days and don't escape to the golf course; cost of membership so you have to play once a week to get your money's worth; place run by useless committees of retirees (shades of a Community Council). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-268533 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 08:39:55 +0000 chdot 268533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/golf-in-scotland-is-sinking-fast-delegates-told-1-4629560" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/golf-in-scotland-is-sinking-fast-delegates-told-1-4629560</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-115829 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:37:52 +0000 chdot 115829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"large corporate that I suspect most people have never heard of"</p> <p>Don't count on it - as BBC story says -</p> <p>"<br /> Explaining the deal, Chet Pipkin, Belkin's chief executive, who also founded the firm in 1983, said cycling had "a passionate, tech-savvy fan base that follows the sport closely, which aligns really well with the Belkin brand".</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-115825 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:33:29 +0000 Charterhall 115825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noticed today that the business section of the BBC news site is reporting the signing of a large corporate that I suspect most people have never heard of as title sponsor of a Dutch pro cycling team that I suspect most people have never heard of. I can't imagine that they'd have reported that a few years ago. Must be all that cycle related tweeting from Lord Sugar</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23029737" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23029737</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-114555 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:08:27 +0000 chdot 114555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If true can we expect a cycling version of this?</p> <p>"<br /> Graham Spiers presents golf news from Scotland and around the world, plus interviews with big names from the game. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02x95lz" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02x95lz</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-114421 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:09:05 +0000 crowriver 114421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>But surely if you ate the same amount of cakes without the cycling then you'd put on more weight?</em></p> <p>Whole different problem! See the Kripsy Kreme (sic) thread passim. Also the 1980s/90s rave scene has a lot to answer for: lots of overweight folk guzzling Lucozade whilst ambling to their cars (in sports gear/tracksuits) without even so much as a jog... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-114414 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:39:42 +0000 paolobr 114414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My brother is a director of his firm, and actually a very good golfer (thought of going professional at one time), but has now included cycling in his activities. And yes, he has the gear and a nice bike (though not expensive and flashy). Started off with spin classes to help him lose weight and keep fit for his golf, but has got into it, so much so we're planning a few sportives this year, and a trip to the Alps next year. Not sure if his golfing links in with his work (I'm sure it does), but I'm sure there are fewer of his mates cycling... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331&page=2#post-114410 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:22:29 +0000 fimm 114410@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How about triathlon (another sport that isn't cheap...)? Start out in a wetsuit (see above) remove that to reveal a tight-fitting one-piece lycra garment. Flattering it ain't. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114408 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:11:15 +0000 Smudge 114408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lol, but Mr R, my semi dry is so well fitting it's actually slimming! ;-)<br /> Got to agree tho, drysuits make the average diver look like a somewhat bedraggled telly-tubby :-o<br /> Still some of the best diving in the world mind you, and waaaay better than the med! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114393 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:19:53 +0000 Roibeard 114393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suggest the guys take up diving with the <a href="https://www.bsac.com/Default.asp">British Sub-Aqua Club</a>.</p> <p>Forget the glamorous image of tropical diving!</p> <p>Take the average middle-aged, middle-class (diving isn't cheap) British guy, wrap them in extra layers for warmth, encase them in neoprene and soak them for a hour or so.</p> <p>One very quickly comes to accept one's shape...</p> <p>;-)</p> <p>Cycling in form fitting clothes will thus seem perfectly normal and acceptable.</p> <p>If you're comfortable and it works for you, then "whatever you ride"...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114388 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:50:35 +0000 Blueth 114388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The trick is not to wear ridiculously tight tops and thus preserve some decorum. But it's not easy to get tops that fit everywhere else but don't accentuate the tum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114387 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:44:14 +0000 Min 114387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope they enjoy it enough to go out regularly too but I have met a few people who go in for the "all the gear and no idea" thing and give up and go on to the next thing quite quickly. Bit of a shame but I suppose at least they tried and there are bound to be some who stick to it.</p> <p>On the subject of rider age and shape, I read an amusing article in a cycling magazine where the writer went cycling with Stephen Roche. The accompanying photo said it all with the whippety young rider, looking like he was about to have a heart attack while trailing in the wake of the older, rounder and effortlessly fast Mr Roche! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114380 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:24:11 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 114380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Cycling may be healthy exercise but it does not necessarily make you slimmer. Cakeage, energy drinks, etc. rather mitigate against this.</em>"</p> <p>But surely if you ate the same amount of cakes <em>without</em> the cycling then you'd put on more weight?</p> <p>EDIT: So yes, sorry, re-reading. Cycling doesn't necessarily make you slimmer, not cycling would make you bigger. Read first Anth, read first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114374 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:07:32 +0000 crowriver 114374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling may be healthy exercise but it does not necessarily make you slimmer. Cakeage, energy drinks, etc. rather mitigate against this. So hopping on a bike regulatly will not get rid of middle aged spread. I should know, didn't do it for me.</p> <p>The only thing that really helps excess weight loss is calorie restriction, which can be done in various ways but essentially involves eating less. Alas this is not usually compatible with tackling Cat 5 climbs on a regular basis... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114366 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:22:03 +0000 Blueth 114366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a different culture perhaps but there's plenty of the car driver tummy types in all the gear on French roads. The deep tans tend to indicate severe regularity of cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10331#post-114365 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:06:06 +0000 Smudge 114365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Instographyy lol, yup, I am not without sin in that department either :-))<br /> However it is rather a question of scale, and I stand by my earlier Holmsian conclusion that the gentlemen I observed the other day were very unlikely to currently be regular cyclists, though I hope they become the same and enjoy it as much as I do :-)<br /> (And the slimming effects!) </p>