http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: All this innocent waving, what about use Roseburners? en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:32:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-5022 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:55:12 +0000 Kirst 5022@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe people heading downhill on the Innocent are just happy because they know they have the excitement of Bingham to come. What will it be today? A burning motorbike? More furniture in the burn? (The leather sofa appears to have been replaced with a chair). A barrier of sticks and broken glass? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-5021 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:50:07 +0000 Min 5021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You Roseburners must just be positively standoffish then. ;-) I had 100% smile rate yesterday with only one grumpy looking guy this morning and he may have just been struggling in thw wind.</p> <p>Perhaps it is to do with the width of the path? The Innocent is quite a lot narrower than the Roseburn so you can really see the whites of people's eyes. </p> <p>Either that or they are stressed that it is all going to be ripped up one day to make way for trams. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-5020 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:37:00 +0000 Stepdoh 5020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did a grin test on the path this morning, only <strong>one</strong> person smiled back, and they were all riding with the wind I was struggling against. </p> <p>Why so angry looking I wonder? It's really good fun cycling downhill with the wind behind you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-4922 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:38:36 +0000 Smudge 4922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"T-shirt has legs. We could all arrive at Cockburn St shop at same time and get the design and our names added "</p> <p>@ Gembo Hmmm sounds like a nightmare finding a time everyone can meet up and sort of the point of t shirts is so you can easily spot other CCE posters, if we've already met they're less necessary? Instead, why not pick a suitably distinctive colour (I dunno, egshell blue or mint green or dutch orange or something) and someone arty on the forum here provides the shop with a suitable CCE design.<br /> That way we can go into the shop when we can find time and ask for the CCE design on the same coloured t-shirt? Maybe....?</p> <p>It still works for meeting at the pub as well ;-)</p> <p>edited to add, just noticed there are t-shirt designs advertised in citycycling issue 57, so an even simpler identifier would be to pick a certain design and colour then all we have to do is get our pseudonyms added to a sleeve or whatever, simples! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-4905 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:28:36 +0000 chdot 4905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"or they are just miserable B's!"</p> <p>Moi?</p> <p>Sometimes...</p> <p>"In the town I'll generally nod or smile"</p> <p>Well this is <em>my</em> problem. </p> <p>Because I 'know' so many people who ride bikes, can never be sure if I'm supposed to remember who nodder is. This works both ways - there are one or two people I know (let's say "life long cyclists") who react to my nod automatically as though I was just another 'fellow of the road' rather than someone they actually know! </p> <p>I think it's undoubtedly the case that many people on bikes just drift off into their own world (in a good way). "In the town" they are more concerned with potholes/cars than the motivation of other people on bikes 'trying to attract their attention'. </p> <p>Keep smiling/waving it will benefit you and there <em>will</em> be a ripple effect. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-4904 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:45:24 +0000 steveo 4904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I put it down to being out the city, i always found mountain biking at Glentress (before it was converted to a play park) the people would always say hello and generally if you were at a point where people would naturally stop, top of a hill car park etc, then they would have a chat. Its even better [than the town] up in Balerno or Currie when i'm out for a longer ride if I come across some one out that way at the weekend I'll always nod or say hello depending on the gradient especially if I'm slugging up a hill or passing someone while I'm wheeling back down and in that situation I'll almost always get a response. </p> <p>In the town I'll generally nod or smile how ever the odds of a response are as noted 50/50. Maybe its because I'm nominally a roady and people have an instinctive dislike for them. I'm more hopeful that its more about not seeing people very often when one is out of the town. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595&page=2#post-4903 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:31:10 +0000 davidmhodgey 4903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cyclists generally do seem a lot more serious. I spend a lot more time up the hills than cycling and everyone, without fail says hello. It's not unusual for people to stop for a blether and maybe even share a tea and pork pie!</p> <p>Maybe it's just the fast, lonely nature of a bike compared with walking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4902 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:18:28 +0000 Smudge 4902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I generally go for a smile or a cheery "Morning!"*.<br /> Most of the lady cyclists smile back or reply, about 50% of the blokes manage a response, the other 50% I think believe the hype in the magazines and are far to busy doing "serious" cycling/training to engage in such frivolity. That or they are just miserable B's!<br /> Never understood why so many people look miserable on a bike, ever since I was a kid cycling has always been fun!?<br /> Oh and Gembo, West coast seemed to be the same sort of split unless you had the wrong colour jumper/scarf on in which case it's be fast or be in trouble! :-o<br /> ;-) ;-)</p> <p>*Also for dog walkers, I worry about how some other cyclists must be behaving, because acknowledging them (the dog walkers) and slowing a little always seems to get such an appreciative response :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4899 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:55:09 +0000 gembo 4899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@davidmhodgey</p> <p>Sometimes I go for the full on Good morning, this gets a. replied to with a smile, b. replied to grudgingly c. ignored. On a sunny morning toot;ling down the water of leith path I still go for it big style. I maintain (doubtless erroneoulsy) the number of [a] responses far higher in the west of scotland </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4893 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:15:59 +0000 Min 4893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waving at people is probably a bit full on. You could try just smiling. I get loads of people smiling at me on the Innocent so I smile back. It could just be barely concealed laughter though.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4892 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:06:15 +0000 davidmhodgey 4892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>I've just moved house and the padding inside my helmet seems to have gone AWOL - no helmet is as much use as a poorly fitting helmet!</p> <p>I wear hill walking boots pretty much every day, all day despite protest from my girlfriend. In fact all my gear (waterproofs, rucksack etc) comes from hill walking. No point in buying the same stuff twice! </p> <p>Aye it is daft to wear shoes that weigh almost 1KG but.. I'm daft :s</p> <p>Also, I waved to about 20 people on the Roseburn cycleway last night and every one of them looked at me like I was a lunatic and didn't respond! Mean. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4889 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:21:48 +0000 gembo 4889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>T-shirt has legs. We could all arrive at Cockburn St shop at same time and get the design and our names added (it is like 25p a letter or some such, they have the lovely lightning strike for miggy magic etc) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4880 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:20:02 +0000 Smudge 4880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Greenroofer you're probably away before me! I leave Haymarket about 0735, along Dalry Road, Ardmillan Terrace then Harrison Road before joining the canal going West, by 5 to eight I can generally be found having a cup of tea on the park bench before the Hailes tunnel :) before arriving at work in Colinton :/</p> <p>Quite like the T-shirt idea, a bike club I'm in got bright orange t-shirts done with the logo on, they were instantly recognisable even at a distance due to the unusual colour, should there maybe be a standard Citycycling Edinburgh T shirt?? we could always add names... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4879 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:57:10 +0000 chdot 4879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"if you see a distressed buffoon in a red/black cycle jersey with SanDisk on it, give me a wave"</p> <p>I thought there was a whole team of you... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4878 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:02:14 +0000 miggy_magic 4878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder what part of Edinburgh has the optimum wave/recognition opportunity. Somewhere central obviously but where exactly...? </p> <p>I know that I have seen Dave at the top of Leith Walk as he shot up like a ferret up a trouser leg in his recumbent. And I think I've seen Anth once on the big roundabout at Picardy Place as I remember he has unusual handle bars on a white fixed gear effort. So that little area has at least 3 CCE'ers.</p> <p>I am about to don my summer plumage for the next few months - my "SanDisk" cycling jersey that my employers kindly paid for. </p> <p>So if you see a distressed buffoon in a red/black cycle jersey with SanDisk on it, give me a wave! I can be found in Leith, the Bridges, Chambers Street, the Meadows or Tollcross. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4873 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:17:11 +0000 spytfyre 4873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot AAAAGH! Yes that's her... clearly I see you admire the lunacy<br /> she was also tootling along with the red light on the front and the white light on the back in the winter... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4868 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:15:41 +0000 gembo 4868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@davidmhodgey we don't nag on this forum, we have evolved into higher beings through a lengthy process of analysis and the result is that should you wish to wear a helmet or not wear a helmet we are both in agreement and in disagreement. I am wondering why you have gone for hillwalking boots? I am sure there will be a very reasonable reason or indeed no reason of which I will be very relaxed and chilled to hear about.</p> <p>I used to take the two legs of the hypotenuse of a summer evening out to muirhouse and then up to Russell Road and saying hello to all cyclists a with a nod, wave or hello (some might say even overly friendly and indeed some cyclists totally ignored me to which I silently intone well foxtrot you but I am from the West of Scotland).</p> <p>alas the council has moved me to Chesser and it will be Water of Leith only from now on or massive detour to canal at Hermiston despite pointless new speed bumps on the beautiful new surface. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4867 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:05:38 +0000 Greenroofer 4867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ Smudge: I head west on the Union Canal daily, leaving Shandon 0735ish. I'm the one in the fluorescent Night Vision top and black trousers.</p> <p>...on second thoughts that's probably not much of a clue to my identity... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4860 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:51:43 +0000 chdot 4860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Is there an aspect of cycling in Edinburgh that chdot can't find a photo for?? ;-)"</p> <p>Welllll</p> <p>Clearly haven't got one of the OTV bike. </p> <p>Problem is remembering all the stuff I've already put on Flickr - never mind the ones on my hard drives! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4858 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:46:12 +0000 Kim 4858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@davidmhodgey no need to buy a new one, they are really not necessary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4855 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:33:25 +0000 SRD 4855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NOOOOOO! please edit out that last reference before everything goes crazy here again..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4854 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:26:54 +0000 davidmhodgey 4854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm going to wave at everyone I pass on the Roseburn -&gt; Ferry Road cycleway tonight (around 6pm). I better get some waves back!! </p> <p>I'm the guy wearing hillwalking boots and no helmet (I'm buying a new one tomorrow before you all nag!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4853 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:22:25 +0000 Kim 4853@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there an aspect of cycling in Edinburgh that chdot can't find a photo for?? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4851 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:45:35 +0000 chdot 4851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/3363210109"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3363210109_6162160103.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4850 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:04:16 +0000 spytfyre 4850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>that reminds me of the crazy little woman with a cargo trike and two small dogs - between them they successfully fill the entire width of the Goldenacre path </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4849 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:57:50 +0000 recombodna 4849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Trike/trike%203.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Trike/trike%203.JPG</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4848 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:57:04 +0000 Stepdoh 4848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You've never seen the oak tree vet guy with the cargo bike and the two barking dogs? As far as I know he comes down from roseburn then cycles along queensferry road causing a brilliant level of traffic disruption. :) Though the buzzing it made was a dynamo, but think it's electric assisted.</p> <p>There's info about it here: <a href="http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Trike/trike.htm">http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Trike/trike.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4847 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:43:18 +0000 chdot 4847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"oak tree vet guy with his cargo bike and the two barking dogs!"</p> <p>Photo please! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4846 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:43:01 +0000 spytfyre 4846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually, may see you on the Friday morn if I opt to take the rail path rather than toon<br /> Not tomorrow though, me throat currently feels like I swallowed a brillo pad </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=595#post-4844 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:39:30 +0000 Stepdoh 4844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nope, probably not, i leave leith about 7.45, get to work in ingliston about 8.45-50 ish depending on the wind. Usually go through town and through the tunnel to Tesco on way home, but again this aint till about 5.45. </p> <p>I know i'm late when I see the oak tree vet guy with his cargo bike and the two barking dogs! </p>