http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bikes of the World en Tue, 26 May 2026 07:08:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-285160 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:34:09 +0000 unhurt 285160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Lots of interior photosphere stuff for some reason. Including this rather cool but also slightly creepy giant chess room at a school: <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/qi46c4mo6ey" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/qi46c4mo6ey</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-285159 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:32:05 +0000 unhurt 285159@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had coffee too late and I'm not sleepy so I have been streetviewing at random (photosphere really, no real streetview coverage in Kazakhstan yet) and not only does Karagandy have an EcoMuseum, within it I have spotted a twin recumbent trike bike thing! </p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DF1XE832p4J2" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/DF1XE832p4J2</a> </p> <p>Quite pleased. May be up late. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281681 Wed, 02 May 2018 13:09:44 +0000 unhurt 281681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't recommend swimming there. Might accidentally slip between realities, and that's always uncomfortable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281678 Wed, 02 May 2018 12:54:50 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Presidential Villas'. Very good.</p> <p>@unhurt is our resident wild swimmer? Views? Presumably the flying pylon is an artifact? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281674 Wed, 02 May 2018 12:35:13 +0000 dessert rat 281674@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>only a few 100m to the West is this beauty </p> <p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/867/26978218447_37aec92010_z.jpg"></p> <p>Also a lovely looking location for a spot of wild swimming</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@15.6101564,32.5765117,3a,90y,84.4h,62.66t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipP5nnG9JZVI9HGzc2Qgcfuv5l3SLQHMcQWSIETZ!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP5nnG9JZVI9HGzc2Qgcfuv5l3SLQHMcQWSIETZ%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya355.5-ro-0-fo100!7i4096!8i2048!9m2!1b1!2i21?hl=en">Any takers ?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281672 Wed, 02 May 2018 12:22:41 +0000 acsimpson 281672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great infrastructure priorities. Get the bike parking sorted first.</p> <p>I'd be more worried about the frame in that picture than the crank. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281612 Tue, 01 May 2018 19:13:38 +0000 gembo 281612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rainy Season in Khartoum? I thought Google only took pics in sunshine? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281611 Tue, 01 May 2018 19:10:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Liking the chain wrapped round the front of the frame. Could be;</p> <p>1) Decorative<br /> 2) A weapon<br /> 3) The leash for the dude's pet hyena </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281610 Tue, 01 May 2018 18:46:18 +0000 unhurt 281610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Whilst Google street-viewing downtown Khartoum earlier</em></p> <p>as you do... (OK, I admit to doing similar in parts of northern Canada - always a bit frustrating when it's just photosphere and you can't virtually poke about the streets though) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281607 Tue, 01 May 2018 17:56:38 +0000 Frenchy 281607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>his left crack</em></p> <p>Don't think I paid enough attention in Human Biology...</p> <p>Proper go-anywhere bike that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281606 Tue, 01 May 2018 17:37:15 +0000 dessert rat 281606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>not that anyone cares, but the same bike appears in more than one pic on google street view - i suspect this is what the Google Streetviewer-taker was using.</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@15.6103747,32.5841224,3a,90y,317.62h,80.89t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPwKx_iZdBQyMI9TjU47bxFSZ7Yb-ko1U5ftkA9!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPwKx_iZdBQyMI9TjU47bxFSZ7Yb-ko1U5ftkA9%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya161.5-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en">adapt to your surroundings</a></p> <p>Much better view of the cupholder in this one, plus his left crank appears to be a) cracked and b) physics-defyingly-offset.</p> <p>editing for spelling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18793#post-281542 Tue, 01 May 2018 09:27:07 +0000 dessert rat 281542@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whilst Google street-viewing downtown Khartoum earlier I came across this gem.</p> <p>- Double rear-shocks<br /> - DH forks<br /> - fat rear tyre<br /> - cup holder</p> <p>Looks all set for an afternoon at Glentress.</p> <p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/831/41778695052_246d427902.jpg"></p> <p>Downtown Khartoum streetview<br /> <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@15.6030647,32.5872601,3a,20.4y,325.78h,86.78t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipNlmmwfjNnpydUxHAyK2U6XrhSdSdWrA4Vx0aAZ!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNlmmwfjNnpydUxHAyK2U6XrhSdSdWrA4Vx0aAZ%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-6.941883-ya199.5-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i34?hl=en">Ready for anything</a> </p>