http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: I think I was waved at this morning... en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:57:19 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4967 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:57:40 +0000 Min 4967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I reported it to Clarence. It looks like some publicly minded (and tall) person stripped some of the overhanging branches off at some point which has helped in the meantime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4935 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:36:35 +0000 Kirst 4935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has anyone reported the tree? I meant to on Thursday but got distracted by having to do work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4877 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:31:32 +0000 Cyclingmollie 4877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly, I had to take the train this morning but happily I am now on holiday for a week. Happy Easter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4812 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:04:43 +0000 Min 4812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I passed someone cycling on the Innocent path this morning with a scarf pulled up over their face, I was heading into town about 8.40am."</p> <p>It could have been me but given the snow, I would have thought ninja face wrapping would have been popular yesterday. </p> <p>So now I have two people to try and spot, I'm having enough bother with one! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4804 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:03:55 +0000 chdot 4804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"the fallen tree"</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/4480075792" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/4480075792</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4803 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:56:55 +0000 Cyclingmollie 4803@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anth: "p.s. I should add that I still have no idea what Min looks like as the face was obscured by ninja-scarf wrapping."</p> <p>I passed someone cycling on the Innocent path this morning with a scarf pulled up over their face, I was heading into town about 8.40am. I don't remember if it was uphill or downhill from the fallen tree.</p> <p>I should point out that I am male despite my username and I ride a black Courier with very knobbly tyres because I come in through Newhailes and the Brunston Burn path (which at one place is close to being washed away). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4767 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:45:30 +0000 spytfyre 4767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd go with</p> <p><a href="http://img389.imageshack.us/i/nowash.jpg/"><img src="http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4918/nowash.th.jpg"></a></p> <p>Which is font "Stoned Wash 6" from 1001freefonts.com for those who are interested </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4757 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:12:46 +0000 Min 4757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm loving all the t-shirt ideas. SRD, that is naughty! But very funny.. However, I will be going for a fleece, if not fully heated Michelin man suit. Brrr.</p> <p>"I realised early enough that it was Min, and Min me, to exchange a 'hello'."</p> <p>Sorry about all that, you confounded me by riding a different bike. I was so busy staring at it and thinking "hmm" that by the time I had ground to a halt you were about half a mile away. Next time! Still, if I had got to work a tiny bit later I may have missed catching a man in the corridor practising golf swings with a broom. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572&page=2#post-4749 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:06:57 +0000 Stepdoh 4749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh, if we had a font it would have to be Comic Sans, that's cool, right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4746 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:48:09 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 4746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>p.s. I should add that I still have no idea what Min looks like as the face was obscured by ninja-scarf wrapping. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4745 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:47:25 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 4745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clearly my brain wasn't switched on this morning. We got closer to an actual meeting this morning on the Innocent Path. I realised early enough that it was Min, and Min me, to exchange a 'hello'.</p> <p>It took a second for the brain to kick in to stop (combination of a rider behind her I didn't want to block, and being on a different bike with different pedals and shoes and not having had a coffee in the morning meaning I had to think every time I came to a halt). By the time I was at rest and turned round I caught sight of Min, having already stopped to see if I would, turning back to the east and setting off towards a toppled bit of tree.</p> <p>So close and yet so far! Sorry Min! (and I'm probably not going to be on the bike tomorrow...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4735 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:32:01 +0000 miggy_magic 4735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembo's mention of an AC/DC font for a t-shirt got me thinking. Here's my personalised design (apologies to any AC/DC fans):</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4476780053_0d7f3f7567_o.png"></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgeown/4476780053/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgeown/4476780053/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4727 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:03:59 +0000 SRD 4727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My favourite is <a href="http://www.livingplanet.ca/shop/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&amp;products_id=45">Newfoundland Liberation Army</a> there's a close up <a href="http://www.livingplanet.ca/shop/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=45">here</a>. </p> <p>I have yet to acquire (or dare wear) <a href="http://www.livingplanet.ca/shop/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&amp;products_id=38">this one</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4723 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:32:29 +0000 chdot 4723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"which is a good thing about this forum"</p> <p>OK...</p> <p>I think I know the gender of all (regular) posters - some have clearly given away indications in posts. I'm just glad that there are a reasonable number of people who happen to be female - you wouldn't expect 50/50 on a <em>cycle</em> forum!</p> <p>I'm even more pleased that is 99.9% friendly and a bit surprised at how many people are normal<em>ish</em> cycle commuters/people who travel by bike when it's convenient - as opposed to hard-core factionistas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4722 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:31:50 +0000 Arellcat 4722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd suggest we pick our own fonts and/or design. For example, Laid Back and Anth already have their own "corporate style", and those of us who write a blog might want to incorporate elements of that too. Or not. I just thought of a groovy design for myself actually.</p> <p>Gembo, is it Fabrick or Liberation that did your t-shirt? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4719 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:23:12 +0000 gembo 4719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, as it is often quite hard guessing the gender from the name...which is a good thing about this forum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4715 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:20:11 +0000 Kim 4715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It would be much more fun guessing ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4712 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:17:52 +0000 gembo 4712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sheep Heid very good. T-shirt top at top of Cockburn street also good. I got them to make me a t-shirt with AD / HD on it (the bit in the middle is the AC/DC lightning strike.</p> <p>I wear it to ADHD work things. </p> <p>Could we all agree on a font to have our names printed in ....... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4697 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:24:01 +0000 Kim 4697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Na it would have to be tweed... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4696 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:20:06 +0000 chdot 4696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"uniform perhaps"</p> <p>From Twitter</p> <p>@carltonreid US cycle chic, c. 1893: "You look ridiculous when riding a bicycle without a uniform." Ad for suit maker: <a href="http://bit.ly/d2Sna1" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/d2Sna1</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4678 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:51:59 +0000 spytfyre 4678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - as discussed on the "about this site" thread where I asked what it is... have a look down the left hand side of this page... it's the Quick Reader Code for this website<br /> They are popping up all over the place and if your phone has web and a camera you can snap these and it takes you to the site </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4677 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:50:34 +0000 Kim 4677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Sheep Heid? Good idea, when? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4676 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:38:06 +0000 Arellcat 4676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spytfyre, I know it's a sort of 3-D barcode, but what the heck does it actually represent? I could never see stereograms either.</p> <p>Perhaps we should congregate at the Sheep Heid one evening and each wear a t-shirt with our own pseudonym on it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4675 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:21:32 +0000 spytfyre 4675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Perhaps we should have some sort of 'CityCyclingEdinburgh' signal to identify and acknowledge fellow posters here as we pootle through town.</em></p> <p><em>Yes, I was thinking that we needed a secret wave! (less odoriferous perhaps :)</em></p> <p>Genius - like a secret handshake? This is all very Calvin and Hobbes G.R.O.S.S stuff...<br /> Might I be the first to suggest a fish type wiggle with the right hand</p> <p><em>Good plan. The t-shirt sounds cute and if we really did wear them all the time, the smell would add an extra recognition factor. </em></p> <p>I'm not fond of the tshirt idea mainly because I tend to wear a high vis thing on top of whatever I am wearing and I have to be all trendy and wear a cycle vest to keep cool</p> <p>Or a badge?</p> <p>How about we all print this and stick it to the handlebars and rear mud guard?<br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4460831558_257106c06a_o.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4650 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:01:52 +0000 Cyclingmollie 4650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not since Livingstone and Stanley has there been a more anticipated meeting. You will record your first words together? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4646 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:09:29 +0000 SRD 4646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, I was thinking that we needed a secret wave! (less odoriferous perhaps :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4645 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:53:55 +0000 Min 4645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good plan. The t-shirt sounds cute and if we really did wear them all the time, the smell would add an extra recognition factor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4644 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:47:40 +0000 gembo 4644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a t-shirt a pal gave me off t'internet - it is grey. It has a bike where the front wheel has turned into a PAcman, it is about to eat a car. If we all acquired such t-shirts and wore them at all times then we would have quite good recognition without too many false positives and it is not as extreme as the frog costume. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4642 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:43:28 +0000 Min 4642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was thinking that perhaps I could wear a frog costume. It will attract Anth's attention plus anyone else who happens to be from the forum and will know that I have taken to cycling round dressed as a frog. The problem being that it may be hard to separate reactions from forumites and general observers of frog costume wearing cyclists. Plus it will be hard to pedal in it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=572#post-4627 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:00:42 +0000 chdot 4627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"uniform perhaps"</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_Time_Trials">Unsure of the legal situation, riders dressed from neck to ankle in black to make themselves less conspicuous, never wore numbers but always carried a bell. </a> </p>