http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Public Service Announcement en Fri, 22 May 2026 03:21:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-113008 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:15:15 +0000 kaputnik 113008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let he who is without outervestments cast the first nasturtium? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-113006 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:03:59 +0000 wingpig 113006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Before abhorring the coat on thy neighbour's back, remove the gilet on thine own. Or something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-113005 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:57:55 +0000 Smudge 113005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very bright against a plain, ideally black background ;-)</p> <p>ISS is pretty cool though, I was lucky enough to be part of the ham radio team at the 2007 Scout Jamboree, and although I had no part in it, was there when they managed a hookup with an ex scout astronaut who answered some questions from the Scouts. Absolutely thrilling, and a quite awesome thing when I sat and thought about these guys orbiting us "in a tin can".<br /> Even now, to do a quick google, then watch with the naked eye that little speck whistling over us, mega :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112989 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:09:09 +0000 allebong 112989@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, if you have ever seen a transit of the International Space Station then you'll know how bright reflective things in sunlight can be. I think we should phone the astronauts onboard and ask them if Edinburgh appears as a mixed fluorescent yellow and orange blob from orbit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112988 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:08:12 +0000 Min 112988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It took me quite a while to convince my other half to ditch his full-on hi-viz jacket in the middle of summer and get a vest instead. And even then it took till the zip on the jacket broke. </p> <p>They probably got it as part of a bike to work scheme and are scared to ride without it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112981 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:45:09 +0000 kaputnik 112981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat is it possible to get the velomobile in all-over super-reflective nuclear anti-flash finish? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112980 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:44:46 +0000 ruggtomcat 112980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>so very hippy... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112973 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:14:44 +0000 Arellcat 112973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Perhaps they are further boosting their eco-hippy credentials by reflecting sunlight back into space</em></p> <p>I cycled today in black shorts and black t-shirt, so was doing my best to decrease the Earth's albedo. However 18 square feet of bright red gel coat probably went some way to compensating, so I can still claim eco-hippy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112952 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:23:32 +0000 Baldcyclist 112952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was a little nippy when I first got on the bike at 7, and I did think about going back for a base layer. By the time I got to Aberdour it was fine, and by the time I had crossed the bridge it was very hot, at least it seemed that way to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112949 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:16:20 +0000 Dave 112949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Left at 7:30 in short sleeves only - no gloves even.</p> <p>Was on the verge of thinking it was a little nippy for the first few minutes, then golden.</p> <p>Sweet! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112943 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:57:07 +0000 kaputnik 112943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I zipped up neck of gilet as I left the house, only to unzip it by the time I had got across Meadows to Tarvit Street. Apart from that I had a short-sleeves all round. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112941 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:50:17 +0000 cb 112941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had my Altura jacket on this morning at 07:15 (unzipped with all vents fully open mind you). It was actually pretty cool in the shade, particularly at 20mph. I think I would have been too cold without it (work shirt on underneath).</p> <p>I'll likely remove the jacket for the way home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112939 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:23:30 +0000 Nelly 112939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chatting to a bloke on Slateford Road last night, I said 'lovely, innit' to which he said 'its a bit muggy'</p> <p>I didnt have the heart to ask him why he was wearing a jacket!</p> <p>I was short sleeved and still sweating !! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112937 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:15:18 +0000 allebong 112937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Riding a bike is already considered a fairly green thing to do. Perhaps they are further boosting their eco-hippy credentials by reflecting sunlight back into space, thus doing their part to fight climate change? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112919 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:11:55 +0000 DaveC 112919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I do wonder why people persist in wearing those horrid boil in the bag things? There are loads of light flo tops you can wear if you insist, which allow cool air to pass through. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10352#post-112909 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:33:36 +0000 kaputnik 112909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Come <em>on</em>, Edinburgh, it's a gorgeous, warm, sunny day. </p> <p><u><strong>TAKE OFF THE HEAVY FLUORESCENT RAIN JACKETS!</strong></u></p> <p>That is all. </p>