http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Perverse sight of the day en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:36:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194700 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 09:49:57 +0000 acsimpson 194700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's because you need a trike to move your car.</p> <p><img src="http://crazyopinions.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/bike-carries-car.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194647 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:39:10 +0000 dougal 194647@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly the query "transporting cars by bike" produces no Google hits. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194645 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:51:58 +0000 LaidBack 194645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From our hols.</p> <p>Getting tooted at by young couple in mini with bikes on back for not using the cycle route alongside. To be fair they maybe were just making sure we knew we could slow to 5mph to make a 90 degree turn onto it.</p> <p>We were on the large tandem with luggage heading to our next stop</p> <p>Modern cycling uses the bike as a car transported sport accessory. Actually going places on a bike...? no... too many cars! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194641 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 13:59:54 +0000 HankChief 194641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I managed the shock the staff at Criterium yesterday by actually using my carbon speed machine...</p> <p>I was coming down the granites when I realised I could stop in there and get my creaky BB looked at.</p> <p>At that point I was a hundred+ miles into a long ride (which started in England and in the rain) with both me and the bike covered in a large amount of gunk.</p> <p>I certainly stood out walking through Dobbies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194629 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 13:26:29 +0000 wee folding bike 194629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brompton oily bits fold into the middle. The only problem I ever had was the 54T chainring which sticks out a bit.</p> <p>Mine can be generally manky but they're not new. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194595 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:58:15 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 194595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saturday was probably the cleanest cx race I've done, and I <em>still</em> have to give the bike a thorough going over.</p> <p>I think we've added another element now, was the driver wearing a tracksuit, or football top? I have to admit I do find that one odd too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194593 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:51:10 +0000 Min 194593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, but actually <em>riding</em> it (and getting it filthy) is an automatic fail!</p> <p>A bit like wearing a tracksuit but never actually doing any sport. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194589 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:26:08 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 194589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I posted a pic last night on FB of a page from a Viz comic that I stole from Twitter (following this?) for a new magazine called Theoretical Cyclist, for all your buying the kit to look good but never actually going out on the bike needs.</p> <p>That said, I looked very green and trendy with the bike on my car roof at the weekend ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194587 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:23:23 +0000 Min 194587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bike on car roof - it's the best way to show how trendy and green you are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194582 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 09:11:57 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 194582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Age of the car? Not sure I'd want to put a possibly oily Brommie on the back seat (actually, even of an old car) without a blanket, which he may not have had?</p> <p>What's that saying? Put 17 cyclists in a room and you'll get 32 different opinions? :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194578 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:52:56 +0000 sallyhinch 194578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Taking it back to the shop for instructions on how to fold it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194574 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 21:20:00 +0000 gembo 194574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's named this folder Ben because it Folds.</p> <p>Like</p> <p>As was partial to a bit of the old Ben Folds Five</p> <p>That linkee also states the popularity of the twenty generated by old Sheldon</p> <p>Also that weefoldingbike's Triumph was a brand, Raleigh liked their motorbikes. - BSA. And the Twenty kept Raleigh afloat.</p> <p>Also enjoying the picture of the 1961 Raleigh Winkie tricycle as I have a similar model but not a Winkie. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194573 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:30:33 +0000 LaidBack 194573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We even have one in the Laid Back basement. Works fine. Came from a CCE forumer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194572 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:15:51 +0000 chdot 194572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He wasn't the only one...</p> <p><a href="http://raleightwenty.webs.com" rel="nofollow">http://raleightwenty.webs.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194569 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:08:11 +0000 gembo 194569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sheldon liked the twenty and pimped 'em up plenty </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194568 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:51:08 +0000 SimonS 194568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>What wingpig said, boot may well have been fully occupied?</blockquote></p> <p>I thought about that but only two occupants in the car. The rear seats looked free. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194567 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:48:36 +0000 wee folding bike 194567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Technically it's a folding Triumph. I've got a non folding Twenty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194565 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:34:02 +0000 chdot 194565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194564 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:16:55 +0000 wee folding bike 194564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've crossed the A720 but not gone round it.</p> <p>I don't own a roof mounted bike carrier. Number 2 son has a folding Raleigh Twenty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194563 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:12:40 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 194563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What wingpig said, boot may well have been fully occupied? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194562 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:04:53 +0000 wingpig 194562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe easier to fit a bike on the roof than a suitcase, rucksack or Ikea bag full of holiday/travel-baggage? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194561 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:59:58 +0000 gembo 194561@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you've got it, flaunt it. Though our seasoned weefoldingbike Brompton user would be cycling on the bypass with his folding bike if this was legal. The old ring road also a good route for a Brompton. </p> <p>There was a very perverse bike at Peter's yard on Friday, it was like a folding bike but not sure if it did, it also had some sort of suspension on the front. That is not to say I didn't admire it as in point of fact, I did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15225#post-194559 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:28:49 +0000 SimonS 194559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the bypass... A typical saloon car (eg Passat/Mondeo/Vectra or some other nondescript) with a roof mounted bicycle carrier.......</p> <p>occupied by a brand new looking, ready to ride Brompton!</p> <p>Err.... Fold&gt;Boot? or is that too simple? </p>