http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Bike vs Parkour race through Edinburgh video ‘goes viral’” en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:14:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268084 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:58:21 +0000 gembo 268084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@frenchy bit of dramatic licence. But your girn is valid, it did occur to me when I watched this on Facebook last week.</p> <p>As well as weeds that the Tory councillor described as a living hell, Balerno also has a lad who is a parkour champion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268083 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:54:11 +0000 Frenchy 268083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just me that's going to girn about them labelling the Crags "Arthur's Seat"? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268077 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:13:46 +0000 acsimpson 268077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>With multiple takes and a very circuitous route the women were always going to beat the men. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268023 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:51:06 +0000 Frenchy 268023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't need much of an an excuse to link to This Bike is a Pipe Bomb: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDZAW39H9I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDZAW39H9I</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268019 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:48:41 +0000 remberbuck 268019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The IRA have used bikes for and as bombs on several occasions through time, both in the North and on the mainland.</p> <p>That in Coventry killed four, the shrapnel carrying a couple of miles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268008 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:32:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 268008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kim</p> <p>Putting bombs in bicycle frames is a British army technique recounted in great detail in Spencer Chapman's <em>The Jungle is Neutral</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268004 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:12:20 +0000 gembo 268004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS the women just walked straight there no Faffing about jumping on phone boxes etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-268003 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:04:14 +0000 Rosie 268003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS - In these shoes?</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZwF0nVsuKg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZwF0nVsuKg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267996 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:36:51 +0000 jdanielp 267996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure that I would have wanted to be the cameraperson towards the bottom of Anchor Close filming the cyclists heading down toward them, although given the bike skills evident, I suppose that the cyclists would probably have jumped over the cameraperson if it became apparent that they weren't going to be able to come to a halt in time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267995 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:28:22 +0000 steveo 267995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>used to put Semtex in bike frame in Belfast</em></p> <p>But of course they never had the wit to do the same to a car... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267993 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:25:24 +0000 Kim 267993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, so you are allow to take bikes on the Castle Esplanade...</p> <p>... but only is accompanied by a film crew!</p> <p>I tried taking my bike up there to visit the Castle gift shop (I am an Historic Scotland member), only to be told that bicycle were allow as they were a security risk. I was even told that the IRA used to put Semtex in bike frame in Belfast in the 1980's, which is a blatant lie. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267935 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:33:30 +0000 I were right about that saddle 267935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The young ladies were quicker than the gentlemen. Did they have our long-promised promised jetpacks? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267928 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:24:15 +0000 Rosie 267928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does inspire sarcastic thoughts. Where are the mass of tourists in those areas which normally stop doing your messages, let alone acrobatics? They must have been up at 5am to do the shoot.</p> <p>Can we commission Danny Macaskill to do a ride up Leith Walk say, jumping over parked cars in the cycle lane? Dancing on one wheel around the potholes? Weaving around the smart-phoners? Urban gymnastics aren't a choice for us cycling commuters, it's a way of life. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267901 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:45:17 +0000 LaidBack 267901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Off road riding in Holyrood Park - it could go viral!<br /> (Driving commercial vehicles through the park certainly has.) </p> <p>Instructive video showing that with the right bike you can go anywhere without worrying about traffic ;-)</p> <p>Shades of 'Arnie' by using bus lane wrong way on South Bridge. Only marginally more dangerous than going same direction as traffic.\\</p> <p>Certainly some amazing riding - but few interactions with vehicles and the massive tour groups which are what we endure in the 'real' Edinburgh. A taxi can be seen tailing them in one part.<br /> No other bikes appear anywhere afaik. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18408#post-267899 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:17:29 +0000 chdot 267899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/bike-vs-parkour-race-through-edinburgh-video-goes-viral-1-4624365" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/bike-vs-parkour-race-through-edinburgh-video-goes-viral-1-4624365</a> </p>