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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Hello from PrimalGeek http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Hello from PrimalGeek en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:22:46 +0000 ruggtomcat on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26272 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:09:20 +0000 ruggtomcat 26272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @chdot probably..... kaputnik on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26270 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:48:17 +0000 kaputnik 26270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ In the days of mIRC it would have been a/s/l/bike/brick? cb on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26266 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:18:37 +0000 cb 26266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Say Hi. Tell us your name, where you live, what bike you ride and what your favourite brick is. chdot on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26259 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:58:54 +0000 chdot 26259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "proper" ?? Is that good... ruggtomcat on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26258 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:57:04 +0000 ruggtomcat 26258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ check it, a genuine intro thread... looking like a proper forum these days :D Welcome P-geek. Good luck spotting Dave, he is invisible. steveo on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26243 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:06:08 +0000 steveo 26243@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Careful you don't get me again k'nik, i've got the fat tyred Genesis... kaputnik on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26236 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:10:59 +0000 kaputnik 26236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Primalgeek - on the occasions that I head up to Calder road to vary my commute home I will be on lookout for a Genesis with a carradice, certainly something distinctive. Hurrah for the B17 - certainly a comfortable throne to pedal from. Cyclingmollie on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26232 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:47:28 +0000 Cyclingmollie 26232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hi primalgeek. You'll probably never spot me as I commute in from Musselburgh on an anonymous looking EBC Courier. At other times I ride one or other of my Tifosi road bikes. primalgeek on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26225 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:12:04 +0000 primalgeek 26225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Dave & @recombodna: To further help my spot friendliness, I swapped the white handlebars for a wider black set with black bar tape and also changed for a Brooks B17 in honey altho' that one might be harder to spot as I'll generally be sitting on it :-) DaveC on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26219 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:05:13 +0000 DaveC 26219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hi, I have no cause to cycle along the route you take, but welcome and safe riding. recombodna on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26215 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:53:05 +0000 recombodna 26215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hi primalgreek welcome I think I've seen you about on slateford road. Dave on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26214 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:52:29 +0000 Dave 26214@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Welcome! I might even recognize you, since the CdF is a distinctive bike - unfortunately everybody has the drop on me... primalgeek on "Hello from PrimalGeek" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2472#post-26211 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:41:35 +0000 primalgeek 26211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hi All, After lurking for the past wee while and getting spotted by steveo, I thought I'd better start posting on the forum and say "hello". I only started cycle commuting (and cycling in general) at the end of last April and haven't looked back since. I have no idea why I started! About a week before I just decided to do it; bought a few bits and bobs and cycled along NCN75 the following Monday (from Mid Calder to Morrison Street). The first morning commute took about 1hr 40mins... perhaps it would have been best to do a couple of practice runs first :) With the exception of the snow / ice which ruled out most of December and January for me, I generally cycle commute about 3 or 4 times a week. My route has changed completely and I now go along the A71 before heading over to Slateford Road and have thankfully cut my time down to under the hour each way. Although I have been known to head home via the canal towpath (relatively sheltered from any head wind) Edit: To help any future spotters, I'm on a Genesis CdF, with carradice saddlebag (not many of us about)