http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist down (me) en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:21:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129509 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:48:17 +0000 cb 129509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think spinals are considered safer for elderly people. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129503 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:38:34 +0000 jdanielp 129503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So I remembered to look at the surfacing while cycling through the Meadows and identified the 'yellow' shared sections, and caught up on the Meadows Upgrade thread.</p> <p>I can't say that I've had any problems yet on my hybrid MTB; if anything the smooth surface of the majority of NMW feels less grippy than the 'yellow' shared sections and even the 'rumblestrips', especially now that the leaves are coming down properly. I did almost fall foul of tramlining as a result of the raised dividing line between the cycle side and pedestrian side on the old path, but have yet to feel anything like that from the new surfacing. I will be extra cautious now that I hear that others are having issues with the surfacing though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129486 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:04:48 +0000 Bhachgen 129486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Belated commiserations and best wishes for a speedy recovery SRD </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129349 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:00:54 +0000 kaputnik 129349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wrong thread. However ouch! and speedy recovery. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129344 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:50:13 +0000 LivM 129344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My mother had both her hips replaced under a spinal anaesthetic (I.e. Conscious during the sawing and banging...) And yet they put you out for a finger. Strange :) I will ask my resident gas-man for his explanation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=3#post-129342 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:36:10 +0000 spytfyre 129342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice mental image there, very pretty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129340 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:29:55 +0000 maninaskirt 129340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I too have been away for far too long and missed this - busy with other things like doing up a flat in Morningside and problems with my work going into liquidation (Got another job now but working in Glasgow most of the time so not using the bike :( ).</p> <p>Hope you recover quickly and get the full movement back in your hand soon. </p> <p>Local anaesthetics seem to be the way things are going - you recover quicker than under a general. I had a pacemaker fitted in 2006 under a local which was weird especially when you see blood spraying about when they cut you open.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129328 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:59:11 +0000 spytfyre 129328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Get well soon </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129244 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:42:01 +0000 Min 129244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blimey, I hope the painkillers are working. Get well soon! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129111 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:43:42 +0000 Smudge 129111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Been away from the forum for a wee while so only just seen this :-( Just to add to the general chorus, hope you get well soon, the bike is ok and everything works out. Make sure that hubby of yours looks after you! ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129110 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:42:24 +0000 DaveC 129110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gosh that does look terrible! I'd get that crayon off the Gloss as soon as before if ruins it... ; 0)</p> <p>Seriously, hope you had help looking after your children while it was fixed. Hope you get no more pain and it heals soon.</p> <p>Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129107 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:46:30 +0000 gembo 129107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jeezy peeps</p> <p>How long do you have to keep that on.?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129105 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:32:14 +0000 SRD 129105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/10365896866_4ac91bd594.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129084 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:33:44 +0000 gembo 129084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow SRD, things snowball</p> <p>Hope it has gone well </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129083 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:31:06 +0000 Darkerside 129083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A belated best wishes SRD. Hope the finger-fixing goes well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129038 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:19:01 +0000 Uberuce 129038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Who knew that surgery on a pinkie required a general anaesthetic?</em></p> <p>Ooh! Ooh! Me. I was put under for my tendon repair. My guess is the same as PS's, although no-one told me that, hence my inability to count up to ten unless I use my brain.</p> <p>Good luck. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129034 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:02:36 +0000 amir 129034@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had an operation on my thumb done under a local. I wouldn't recommend it whole heartedly. The injections were extremely painful and I had to keep calm while somewhere the otherside of a curtain they were cutting into the thumb. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-129031 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:17:51 +0000 sallyhinch 129031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd say 'fingers crossed' but that would probably just make you wince ...</p> <p>It's good they're acting quickly, anyway (as someone who let a torn tendon fester for a month without treatment). Get it over with, if nothing else </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128983 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:56:28 +0000 PS 128983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooft! Good luck SRD. </p> <p>General anaesthetic preusmably because it is difficult to immobilise a conscious pinkie? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128974 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:40:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 128974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Argh, not nice at all!</p> <p>Have to say, I'd personally rather be under general than cut open under local (but then I've not been through the pain of childbirth, so everything is relative I guess). I'm fine with pain when it is unexpected, or after the fact (such as still going into work after splitting my head open, or back to work two days after major surgery on my shattered right elbow), but when it's planned I overthink it. It's the main reason I hate the thought of going to the dentist even for a check-up.</p> <p>Hope all goes well (and I'm sure it will!). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128972 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:33:47 +0000 Coxy 128972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Best wishes... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128969 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:27:42 +0000 amir 128969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>:( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128959 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:08:28 +0000 algo 128959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Really sorry to hear this - what a pain in the finger. I hope it goes well and you recover quickly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128956 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:01:00 +0000 SRD 128956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scheduled in for surgery tomorrow :(</p> <p>Who knew that surgery on a pinkie required a general anaesthetic? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128863 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:42:21 +0000 Puzzle 128863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch! Take good care. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128847 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:18:14 +0000 gembo 128847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ SRD think your variables might be a little too subtle.</p> <p>Before ethics social psychology ran a number of similar experiments</p> <p>Man (was man) lying in gutter with bottle. same man in gutter with stick. Significantly more people picking up stickman than bottleman. however, not clear what this has shown? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128786 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:32:35 +0000 gdm 128786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only just saw this now - echoing all the others, hope you're better and impressed with your getting straight back on.</p> <p>It never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people are so completely oblivious on shared use paths about their surroundings. Had far too many near misses with iPod zombies on the Innocent and it almost doesn't make any difference how slow you go - they sometimes don't hear your bell even when you're right next to them and only suddenly jump when you're within 30cm of them - and usually then it's a jump into the path of you or another cyclist.</p> <p>Anyway - hope you're mended and re-spectaclised soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128779 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:03:22 +0000 SRD 128779@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think we should do an Ian walker style experiment, where someone with a black eye etc walks around town, explaining alternately that they were walking and a cyclist crashed into them, versus cycling and a pedestrian walked out without looking, and see what reactions you get...</p> <p>My explanation of braking to avoid pedestrian has been met with a striking lack of 'those damn pedestrians' etc response. People also seem embarrassed to engage with that.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128754 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:21:40 +0000 jdanielp 128754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>bad luck but glad to hear that you're cycling already.</p> <p><em>Do watch those 'yellow' shared surfaces on the meadows though. I'd not mentioned my scepticism about their safety given all the flack we'd heaped upon the rumblestrips. But, they are definitely slippery when wet.</p> <p>Leaf collector out on MMw though (blocking cycle path!), so maybe they are doing something about the leaf buildup.</em></p> <p>I have missed out on previous discussion about the new path surfacing on the Meadows; I am fairly sure that I know what you mean by the rumblestrips but less sure about the yellow shared areas, although I will be looking out for these later but I'm hoping that it won't be quite as wet this evening in any case...</p> <p>The leaf collecting is certainly useful, but you'd think they could find somewhere less obtrusive to put the container as opposed to completely blocking the cycle lane right next to the path junction! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11373&page=2#post-128750 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:51:38 +0000 fimm 128750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Finally got a chance to join the chorus of sorry to hear this, and hope you feel OK soon - well done for getting back on the bike this morning! </p>