http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Another bike stolen outside Portobello baths en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:55:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122558 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:34:42 +0000 crowriver 122558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@rust, you try telling my 4 year old that: she'll moiyderise ya! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122555 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:10:06 +0000 rust 122555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oops, sorry that was meant entirely in jest - I blame the internet.</p> <p>Cycling in all its forms is equally valid.</p> <p>Can you cycle a balance bike though? Surely there's no cyclic motion? Maybe they should be referred to as aspirational cyclists? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122554 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:01:37 +0000 sallyhinch 122554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>or just talks about it on forums :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122549 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:37:08 +0000 wingpig 122549@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or a unicycle. Or a footbike. Or a dandy-horse or balance bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122545 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:14:19 +0000 sallyhinch 122545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>or a bike, of course </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122544 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:13:37 +0000 sallyhinch 122544@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>real cyclists are the ones who ride bikes (or trikes, or unicycles). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122538 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:37:26 +0000 wingpig 122538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em><blockquote>"Surely no real cyclist should have only one bike, or only one type of bike?"</blockquote></em></p> <p>Surely/absolutely not. Unless you meant to write 'real', then it depends what you mean by 'real' and what you mean by 'cyclist'. I managed to be a perfectly cyclisty cyclist despite owning only one bicycle up until I got my spare a year or two ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122536 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:33:29 +0000 chdot 122536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Surely no real cyclist should have only one bike, or only one type of bike?"</p> <p>Now now!!</p> <p>Was talking to a brother and sister at Sciennes yesterday. </p> <p>He didn't seem to have come across 'such thin tyres' (staring at my 700X28 slicks). </p> <p>His sister didn't quite understand why he 'needed' 3 bikes (she only has one). </p> <p>I have a few and the person I was with said he had 10. </p> <p>They were definitely impressed with his track stand skills and now have a wider understanding of 'cycling'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122533 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:23:40 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 122533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Crikey! MTBers are easy to wind up, eh?</em>"</p> <p>That was entirely your intention? Not at all an insight into what you think of people who take an MTB to Glentress and don't cycle otherwise?</p> <p>"<em>well its not going to do us any good if the Scotsman has a strong pro-mountain biking editorial line, is it?</em>"</p> <p>Thing is that sort of line could be taken with all sorts of arguments. The Editor can't do everything that might influence his editorial line in every direction. [I'm struggling to explain just what I mean here, which is frustrating (for me)].</p> <p>However this, "<em>I would humbly suggest that it reveals a lot about what I think of the Scotsman in general and its coverage of transport cycling issues in particular</em>" I think is absolutely true (maintaining this weird hinterworld of me and SRD agreeing on things) - my wound-upness was in response to crowriver's post (which by the later post appears to have been the intention, in which case I fell for it).</p> <p>p.s. though I haven't mountain biked properly for years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122532 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:21:42 +0000 rust 122532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>'real' cyclists with road bikes or commuters</em></p> <p>Surely no real cyclist should have only one bike, or only one type of bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122531 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:17:29 +0000 SRD 122531@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>allebong - I would humbly suggest that it reveals a lot about what I think of the Scotsman in general and its coverage of transport cycling issues in particular, and rather less about my position on mountain biking </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122530 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:14:05 +0000 allebong 122530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This thread has revealed a very interesting side of CCE with regards to how 'real' cyclists with road bikes or commuters are treated in the event of theft, compared to mountain bikers. </p> <p>I thought we didn't approve of blaming the victim? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122526 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:29:35 +0000 crowriver 122526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crikey! MTBers are easy to wind up, eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122525 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:05:13 +0000 SRD 122525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>well its not going to do us any good if the Scotsman has a strong pro-mountain biking editorial line, is it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122522 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:51:46 +0000 Instography 122522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's very clean. Maybe the speculation should be whether it's used at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122521 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:50:03 +0000 allebong 122521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I'll wager the only time that bike's seen tarmac it's been hanging on a bike carrier behind his 4 x4, en route to Glentress or similar.</em></p> <p>Major shock as mountain bike is revealed to be used entirely off road! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122517 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:43:00 +0000 Instography 122517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's very spendy for rolling down hills. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122516 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:40:30 +0000 Instography 122516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just read it as a Harry Potter frame and had an image of the Scotsman editor in his sorting hat on the black route. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122512 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:36:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 122512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Damn him for having a bike and not using it the way we do! He'd be better off not cycling! How dare he! We're right, he's wrong! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122508 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:32:06 +0000 crowriver 122508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll wager the only time that bike's seen tarmac it's been hanging on a bike carrier behind his 4x4, en route to Glentress or similar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122501 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:51:30 +0000 SRD 122501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Editor of the Scotsman reports his bike stolen " a rare Haro Porter frame/ white Circus Experts." </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/Sgm69tnHbt" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/Sgm69tnHbt</a> </p> <p>probably not from porty prom</p> <p>vaguely positive that he has a bike that he obviously cares about. or not, given that it looks like it's never seen tarmac... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122253 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:54:09 +0000 DaveC 122253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That Dawes is quite distingtive. I'll keep my eyes peeled. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122241 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:08:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 122241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Poster on the Innocent today as well - three bikes stolen from a yard in Porty. I need to start locking the bike when I pop into Findlay's and Earthy... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10943#post-122226 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:18:54 +0000 SRD 122226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beige, with basket Dawes Haarlem</p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/GU7RHLZ6hT" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/GU7RHLZ6hT</a></p> <p>between 4.30 and 6.30 Sunday </p>