http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Shorts: Are they on borrowed time ? en Tue, 19 May 2026 08:41:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338138 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:02:25 +0000 mercury1and2 338138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo and I hop skip but no able to rxx any more- </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338106 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:44:35 +0000 gembo 338106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@mercury 1 and 2 - the R word? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338103 Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:25:28 +0000 mercury1and2 338103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo made it down after work - wave power was amazing, was under water a good few times but felt fab- a kind man named Hendry looked after my clothes and bike lights- dark very quick and feet were cold. Went in again sat at 11 and will do sun at high tide- I cycle and swim but please don't mention the other word- because I can not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338059 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:08:39 +0000 wee folding bike 338059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Management has been complaining about my shorts for a few days. Shorts, t shirt and Vans still working for me.</p> <p>The pool requires us to be "beach ready" on arrival which means swimmers under your trousering. You take off your outer habiliments at the side of the pool and leave your kit on a chair. Seems easier in shorts. </p> <p>Probably go there on a green '77 Raleigh Stowaway tomorrow morning. It has a working twist grip which I don't hate. It also has steel rims which don't work well in the rain. It was in school two weeks ago. It was the first day the pool opened, I had to go straight after school and needed something which wouldn't get nicked. Even in Coatbridge.</p> <p>Number 2 son has been scooting around Airdrie and Coatbridge on my red late '70s Kingpin. I need to put a new three speed trigger on his folding Triumph Traffic Master (it's a rebranded Twenty).</p> <p>Picked up some old stuff from the Common Wheel in Maryhill today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338015 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:05:30 +0000 gembo 338015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Forecast sunny and north wind at that time if this helps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338014 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:28:53 +0000 mercury1and2 338014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am going to try and cycle home from work in shorts then cycle to wardie and swim then cycle home again - place bets now for fri late - after 7pm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338011 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:08:40 +0000 gembo 338011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ejstubbs</p> <p>Ba’ad Park is where the Chief Womble resides, of the clan Lang Whang Wombles of which I am Womble who keeps Ainville section tidy. He has added an entire perpendicular extension to the original dwelling so is maybe go8ng for some air BnB wombles? Also some barbed wire on his lovely balcony to deter Toerags who are frequent. Slightly detracts from the ambience. The actual Cairns Castle Farm rents various properties and seems to have built a big hall for weddings? You used to be able to hire a rowing boat and now there is usually a bit of paddle board action. At Colzium about a mile up the nicely surfaced road the Scottish gun club have a clubhouse. Iwrats and I paid them a visit last Sunday, bit of arm flapping which made us laff.</p> <p>Back to Ba’ad Park - At the far west corner of Uncle Bulgaria’s garden there is a gravestone to Job Ridder (1949-1998) inscribed by his family as a Fantastic Human Being. Not quite as good as Royal Tennebaum’s inscripton. Nonetheless moving. The stone is a massive monolith. A little further west you come to a failed bird hide. Has various wasp nests and last time I was there we had to close all the shutters as the dummKophs who had been in before had left them open. Go visit as it will fall down soon, the very tops of the peaks on the wee islands are visible again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338010 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:24:58 +0000 ejstubbs 338010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bill: Fascinating stuff. I note that the OS map shows a location named "Baad Park" near to West Cairns Farm, on the south shore of Harperrig Reservoir. I wonder if that could be a remnant of Mr Cameron's gangsta past? (Or am I getting my argots muddled?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338005 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:16:02 +0000 gembo 338005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wee gran’s can turn on a sixpence</p> <p>My pal who is criminal lawyer (never lost a case as he makes you plead guilty) once had the son in witness box and he just went on instinct. </p> <p>Thanks wee lad for saying this, is it maybe a fib</p> <p>Kid bubbling</p> <p>Crime lawyer Did your dad tell you to say it</p> <p>Kid nodding through the tears</p> <p>My pal’s only ever petrocelli moment</p> <p>Usually just murder farms and no wee donkeys </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338003 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:01:21 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 338003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, courts can be very human places. The one time I was selected for a jury, turned out the Crown's star witness was the fella's wee gran who promptly denied everything in her copious police statements. Put the deputy PF into quite a tizz </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338002 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:54:17 +0000 gembo 338002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@murun, that was cast up against him </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338001 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:50:27 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 338001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I loved that wee donkey." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-338000 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:30:36 +0000 bill 338000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Harperig reservoir, you can find the full story on google</blockquote></p> <p>@neddie Warning: Quite graphic (in words)<br /> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-33365252">BBC</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/police-followed-mallet-victim-day-murder-1500853">Edinburgh news</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-337998 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:25:47 +0000 gembo 337998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Harperig reservoir, you can find the full story on google </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-337994 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:09:26 +0000 neddie 337994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>out by Murder farm</blockquote></p> <p>Where is this? And what's the story behind the name? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-337992 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:57:48 +0000 dessert rat 337992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Bill. No, as was pretty late when going to office - 0930ish, so slightly warmer. Suspect tomorrow onwards they may make an appearance. That said I am currently cradling a hot water bottle at my desk. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=3#post-337986 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:18:34 +0000 gembo 337986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had biblongs on this morning and gloves with long fingers</p> <p>Was chilly out by Murder farm now for sale 40 acres and a corpse, or two going cheap</p> <p>My CHIMPEUR top arrived from Norn Irn so now I am like a Grimpeur but with more bananas</p> <p>It is made from recycled plastic and is very warm. Maybe best not go near the stove with it as might melt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337983 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:44:50 +0000 bill 337983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>did stuff the long fingered gloves in bag this morning 'just in case'. sigh.</blockquote></p> <p>@Iain McR did you use them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337977 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:29:31 +0000 dessert rat 337977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>glubs ?</blockquote><br /> Noun<br /> The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).</p> <p>did stuff the long fingered gloves in bag this morning 'just in case'. sigh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337972 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:53:39 +0000 wingpig 337972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wore a second top layer on a couple of occasions over the past couple of weeks. I'll have to find all my long-fingered glubs and make sure they're all washed and paired-up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337970 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:39:33 +0000 Arellcat 337970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sunday: biked up and down around Midlothian all afternoon in shorts and t-shirt.</p> <p>Thursday: WFH with my hands clamped around a huge cup of tea, and wearing my thick bodywarmer and slipper socks.</p> <p>Autumn can [rule 2] well [rule 2] off. And it's not even winter yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337969 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:11:34 +0000 amir 337969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We went out after 5pm yesterday when it dropped to 6 or 7 degs around Temple. Both with short fingered mitts. Big mistake. Fortunately my OH had some plastic bags in her ebike trunk </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-337968 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:55:40 +0000 bill 337968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of frost on cars and in verges of West Lothian this morning. Nice that the frost waited a few days and didn't happen during 'summer'. </p> <p>My outfit: shorts, merino shirt+merino arm warmers+ two long jerseys, full-fat winter gloves. My hands definitely think it's winter weather. Those gloves actually kept the whole body pretty warm. Yesterday I had my finger-less gloves and I was quite chilly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-320966 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:14:22 +0000 gembo 320966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shorts today yup</p> <p>Chap with bull horn handle bars from currie been in shorts and t shirt all winter. Currie faction of the Wingpigs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-320965 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:37:36 +0000 acsimpson 320965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's been a while but I was back in shorts this morning. It may only have been 6 degrees but it felt balmy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-318058 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:25:27 +0000 gembo 318058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lot of shorts and t shirts out today for some reason. Had trousers over top of bib longs earlier, was a bit hot </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-318042 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:22:55 +0000 threefromleith 318042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Put the bib longs on this morning; a wise choice, as the Garmin showed that the temp got down to -6.2C on the way into work between the Balgreen tram path and Edinburgh Park around 6.30am! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-318016 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:03:13 +0000 Frenchy 318016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Toe <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the foot <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Foot <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the heel <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Heel <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the ankle <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Ankle <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the shin <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Shin <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the knee <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Knee <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the thigh <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Thigh <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the hip <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Hip <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the back <strike>bone</strike> artery<br /> Back <strike>bone</strike> artery connected to the <strike>shoulder bone</strike> heart</p> <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-318015 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:32:50 +0000 fimm 318015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My husband wore shorts to cycle to the Commie yesterday evening. His knees were not cold, but his feet were cold... how do I convince him that these two things might be related? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19917&page=2#post-318013 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:01:21 +0000 bill 318013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a cyclist in shorts on Slateford Rd at 6.30 this morning. He was moving very, very slowly. </p>