http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A ride report of sorts en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:37:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643&page=2#post-125076 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:47:30 +0000 amir 125076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good news from Assos. It appears that my ripped shorts are on the way back, presumably repaired. If so, it says a lot about the company, expensive though the clothes are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643&page=2#post-121389 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:33:19 +0000 amir 121389@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First time back on the bike. Felt strange - like someone else's. Good to be back though.</p> <p>Spent an age putting a new tyre to replace the one that punctured only to find that the wheel was seriously out of true. So that's further evidence that the grid was the cause of my downfall. May try out the shop in Dobbies to see how good their mechanics are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643&page=2#post-120999 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:27:51 +0000 amir 120999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear - the Velo Ecosse folks think that the repair of the shorts will be almost as much as new ones - two panels are damaged. I have sent photos off to Assos for a second opinion. Stitches in Bruntsfield won't touch it because it isn't flat. The opinion from Scottish Mountain Gear is that 9 times out of 10 repairs uses patches won't work on this type of garment - though if I'm desperate, I may pop in.</p> <p>I may have to leave Assos behind as being uneconomical and return to better priced shorts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643&page=2#post-120859 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:28:37 +0000 amir 120859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would people on this forum be interested in some kind of first aid course for cyclists? I don't how to get one arranged but if there is interest, I'd look into it.</p> <p>Q now posed <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10867&amp;replies=1#post-120866">here</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120858 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:27:33 +0000 amir 120858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cyclingmollie - unfortunately I think it's a bit too old (Specialized?). It would be good to try out different makes for fit this time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120850 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:40:25 +0000 lionfish 120850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey amir - I completely didn't notice this thread at the time. Glad you've recovered so well. And thanks for the write-up - maybe it will help me know how to deal with such an event myself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120848 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:38:39 +0000 Cyclingmollie 120848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dc: <em>"£265 for a pair for shorts"</em></p> <p>They'd have to be stuffed with unicorn hair for that price. Amir, doesn't your helmet have a crash replacement warranty? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120846 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:34:00 +0000 DaveC 120846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good to read you are back (nearly) to full health! I hate getting nausia/balence issues, and sometime have these if I have a heavy head cold.</p> <p>Are you going to get those new Assos shorts? :OS</p> <p>Hmm saw something in an email recently, but can't find in googling now. Was something like £265 for a pair for shorts!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120845 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:31:54 +0000 Cyclingmollie 120845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's great news. What's it been, five weeks now? I hope the first ride goes well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120841 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:12:58 +0000 amir 120841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A further update:</p> <p>My body is getting much better (though my shoulder hates work - unlike the rest of me of course!). My vertigo went away pretty much as soon as I got referred to ENT, much to my relief - it's a horrible condition. Hopefully it stays away.</p> <p>So I think I'll be able to get on my bike soon.</p> <p>I have got a long shopping list of things to replace eventually:</p> <p>clothing - lots - helmet, jersey (WC - any coming soon?), Assos shorts (my crying over these has been temporarily paused by the news that they have a crash repair policy), mitts. In fact only my shoes, socks remarkably my sunnies were not damaged.</p> <p>bike - partly just in case and partly cos I wanted to anyway, I'll replace my forks. Other than that no damage of note but may change my wheels later.</p> <p>So I will be looking for company on rides soon enough but somewhat slower and less hilly than before. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-120066 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:48:34 +0000 amir 120066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An update:</p> <p>Just back from the physio. My shoulder looks in good shape, with good flexibility. I just need to build its strength up a bit now with some exercises.</p> <p>I will try getting back on my bike as soon as I get my vertigo sorted. I am a bit scared of losing my balance but hopefully I can persuade the doc to try the Epley manoeuvre rather than just giving me pills for the nausea. See you soon! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117149 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:30:52 +0000 Cyclingmollie 117149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>kaputnik: <em>"Anyway they hedged their bets and entered the road from the middle, at the Cranshaw turnoff"</em></p> <p>That's odd. If I understand you correctly, if they came from Chirnside and turned off the B6355 at Cranshaws to reach Longformacus and then head north, why did they arrive from the direction of Gifford? They must have driven along the B6355 all the way to Redstone Rigg. I said we were three or four miles north of Langfarmacus, it was probably only two, but even so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117142 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 08:39:39 +0000 ruggtomcat 117142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oooh, ditto on the healing!</p> <p>Watched in horror as a (not so confident) cyclist friend managed to high side themselves at about 2mph, no joke. Somehow managed to get the front wheel at 90 degrees to the frame and got thrown off the other side! I wonder what your off looked like? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117116 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:02:21 +0000 riffian 117116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Get well soon, Amir. Always sobering hearing about big offs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117079 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:47:52 +0000 kaputnik 117079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I didn't want to say "we're not on the B6355" in case they just heard "B6355".<br /> </em></p> <p>The paramedic said that they had been given quite vague instructions from their control room. They had come from Chirnside and had been told "on the road between Gifford and Longformacus". !</p> <p>Anyway they hedged their bets and entered the road from the middle, at the Cranshaw turnoff at which point they had it clarified that we were much closer to Longformacus and they knew to turn left at the junction. Otherwise they might have had to drive up and down the length of the road to find us. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117072 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:38:02 +0000 DaveC 117072@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funny, quiet a few riders I know have reported a speed wobble descending south on Glen Shee! I too had a speed wobble (not serious) on Glen Shee while descending towards the Spittle. I wonder if its the road surface or something about the wid direction at certain times and its location?</p> <p>Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-117069 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:27:05 +0000 ARobComp 117069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ooooch - hope all the hurts heal well. Quite sobering indeed (I had a speed wobble issue of my own decending Glen Shee on Sunday and felt that I only just survived it sans meeting the road). </p> <p>All the best for the bike too - just need to check the frame is solid! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116956 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:57:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 116956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arellcat: <em>"Sometimes the emergency services aren't clued up on grid references or satellite coordinates"</em></p> <p>or the names cyclist give to hill roads. We'd climbed Redstone, were descending Mainslaughter and heading for Harden Hill. But the main problem was signal loss, wind roar and that the road is unclassified. I didn't want to say "we're not on the B6355" in case they just heard "B6355". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116941 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:02:45 +0000 Arellcat 116941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't know what an AC joint was, though I knew it wasn't 'anterior cruciate'.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromioclavicular_joint">Acromioclavicular</a></p> <p>Yikes, amir. Hope you recover well.</p> <p>Worth doublechecking that anyone with a GPS knows how to report one's position. Sometimes the emergency services aren't clued up on grid references or satellite coordinates. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116934 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:10:02 +0000 Uberuce 116934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hot bath, fine wine. Maybe not the bath. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116927 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:26:02 +0000 Instography 116927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad things seem to have turned out OK. Sounds bloody sore and I can only imagine from much slower incidents. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116904 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:11:19 +0000 Baldcyclist 116904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>9 PB's, wasn't all bad ;)</p> <p>Hope you recover soon amir, never good to hear about these. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116903 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 19:06:56 +0000 SRD 116903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks for letting us know what happened amir. hope your recuperation continues to go okay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116902 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:54:01 +0000 amir 116902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well - I've created a strava route from the gps<br /> <a href="http://app.strava.com/activities/64712780" rel="nofollow">http://app.strava.com/activities/64712780</a><br /> Not sure how successful my chopping of the end was though - bit of a headache! So the speed I was travelling at before the crash isn't clear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116883 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:15:55 +0000 DaveC 116883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad to hear of no serious injuries Amir.</p> <p>Thanks for the link Cyclingmollie, I have donated to BSAR through their text and Just Giving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116882 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:12:41 +0000 rosscbrown 116882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad to hear that you're doing alright. Sounds like a nasty crash. :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116871 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:27:54 +0000 Cyclingmollie 116871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Since you're on here Kaputnik, can I return your bike this evening? Say about 7.30pm?</p> <p>I'm impressed that you were still set on going to England. I was thinking by that point that it wouldn't be worth the block headwind return. Especially when I saw how far the sea/Berwick actually was. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116870 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:25:04 +0000 kaputnik 116870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If amir doesn't mind me saying so, he's normally the most cautious and sensible of descenders - which is how I had managed to lose them so quickly on a straight road with no turn offs! I was so happily zooming down into Longformacus at 40mph I didn't think to check what was going on over my shoulder. It was only a chance drop of the chain as I changed gears for the hill out of Longformacus which made me stop and ponder why I was on my own.</p> <p>Seeing nothing all the way back up the hill I really couldn't figure out why I was on my own, and perhaps I had misniterpreted the instructions and should have turned off for Cranshaws. It wasn't until a few hundred metres away that I saw a pile of bodies on the road (trying to comfort / shelter Amir) and realised what was up.</p> <p>Things were largely under control thanks to Tom and Pip and Paul so having lost my jacket earlier on I did my best to form a human windbreak and make idle conversation to pass the time.</p> <p>I am mainly just glad that despite all the lumps, bumps and knocks it wasn't something a lot more serious. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116854 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:36:53 +0000 Roibeard 116854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry to hear of your crash - I'm sure you won't need me to tell you to take it easy for a bit.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10643#post-116850 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:20:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 116850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was a horrible thing to happen amir, really nasty. I'm glad you're up and about. The sore head will take a week or two to clear ime.</p> <p>More details on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BorderSAR">Borders SAR Facebook site</a> (including how to donate) and a thread on the <a href="http://www.edinburghrc.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=15374.0">ERC forum</a> which someone tried to troll into a h****t debate. </p>