http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: TdF Bad Habits en Tue, 26 May 2026 11:55:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35669 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:12:28 +0000 amir 35669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>TBH it was quite enjoyable. The source was eaily found (brown glass). Lots of cyclists slowed to ask if I needed help, including one who advised the use of Slime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35667 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:52:45 +0000 Smudge 35667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's what we need to make Edinburgh a distinctive and "world class" cycling city, Fit all council vans with a roof rack full of spare wheels and whenever they see a cyclist who's been visited by the fairy they stop and swap wheels, you could even have a "hotline" to report your predicament... ;-)</p> <p>Joking aside, at least it was warm and dry and i hope it was an easy fix. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35666 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:46:29 +0000 amir 35666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I could have done with a support car with spare wheel today as I had a visitation from the fairy in the middle of the Innocent Tunnel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35654 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:34:02 +0000 Cyclingmollie 35654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anth "peeing on the move" only counts if you can hit some Frenchman's soup. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35621 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:02:20 +0000 wingpig 35621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You probably need to work on your final-approach-sprint grimace, too. Some of the really good ones look like Colonel Dietrich as the Ark melts his face at the end of <em>Raiders</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35618 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:55:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hung onto the side of a car to receive instructions this morning... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35613 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:06:43 +0000 chdot 35613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>He</em> had to apologise (sort of) -</p> <p>"I offended many with my Christmas attack on cyclists. It was meant humorously but so many cyclists have taken it seriously that I plainly misjudged. I am sorry." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35612 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:01:02 +0000 chdot 35612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Careful Min, remember -</p> <p>"And what was the principal offending item? Plastic bottles and empty cans of Lucozade, Gatorade and other blood-sugar-boosting products were lodged high in hedgerows at cyclist level. Forgive me, but pedestrians were not the culprits here."</p> <p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article3097464.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article3097464.ece</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35610 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:53:07 +0000 Min 35610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Next I'll be throwing bottles away when empty"</p> <p>Pfft, amateur. I'll be throwing <em>my</em> bottles away having taken only one sip.</p> <p>I'll also be stuffing newspaper down my front before descending from the south to the north of the city. But not before reading it while on the move </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35607 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:44:01 +0000 chdot 35607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"throwing yourself into a barbed wire fence"</p> <p>Have you seen the photo (3 - not pretty) -</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2011/jul/11/tourde-france-2011-crashes" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2011/jul/11/tourde-france-2011-crashes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35601 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:38:17 +0000 Smudge 35601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lol, try bouncing off a car and throwing yourself into a barbed wire fence, apparently it helps you to hillclimb better ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35599 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:34:22 +0000 chdot 35599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must stop swerving to avoid trees. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3414#post-35598 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:31:45 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must stop copying the Pros<br /> Must stop copying the Pros<br /> Must stop copying the Pros</p> <p>Every commute this week I've found myself at some point doing that 'resting your forearms on the bars' thing that you see the pros doing (even at the head of the peleton on the pouring rain yesterday!).</p> <p>Next I'll be throwing bottles away when empty; peeing on the move; and buying a new wheel and tyre when I get a puncture... </p>