http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: To Amy, on your first birthday... en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:38:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79474 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:26:42 +0000 Stepdoh 79474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*Walks in*</p> <p>reads what kind of magnum would uberuce be?</p> <p>*shakes head and walks out*</p> <p>Now a trumpet, that would be awesome, particularly in summer.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Lx2ihpGbc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Lx2ihpGbc</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79449 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:05:26 +0000 Uberuce 79449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Odd bunch of sausages, we. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79431 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:02:22 +0000 DaveC 79431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@RTC &amp; chdot. LMAO!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79400 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:59:07 +0000 chdot 79400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"is there a hairy magnum?"</p> <p>Only if you drop it. </p> <p>There is one that will "make my day". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79397 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:54:02 +0000 ruggtomcat 79397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>is there a hairy magnum? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79395 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:51:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 79395@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Which type of Magnum would Uberuce be?</p> <p>Original? Classic and classy.<br /> Almond? Rough exterior, smooth inside<br /> Mint? Erm, chocolate on the outside and... minty...</p> <p>BenN, I've got a simialr attachment to the first bike I built up myself. Keep thinking I should sell it as I don't really ride it, then stop myself every time. Too hard to let go! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79394 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:46:52 +0000 BenN 79394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In all fairness Dave, I have since aquired a road bike (as always, n + 1) and have tried commuting on 'it', but always come back to Amy - just so much more fun, if a little slower. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79392 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:45:31 +0000 Pocopiglet 79392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I kept my old bikes when I got a new one. That was big o'me</p> <p>Aye but you're special. A big softie in an awesome exterior ...just like a Magnum ice lolly ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79391 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:42:27 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 79391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So you have a harem? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79390 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:39:11 +0000 Uberuce 79390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I kept my old bikes when I got a new one. That was big o'me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79388 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:26:15 +0000 DaveC 79388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice but lets face it Ben, one day you'll ditch for for a younger model with no cellulite and lots of carbon.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79378 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:03:54 +0000 Uberuce 79378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*sniffs* That's beautiful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7859#post-79373 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:32:25 +0000 BenN 79373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To Amy, on your first birthday.</p> <p>One year it has been,<br /> Since I rolled you out the shop.<br /> Glistening, gleaming, oiled,<br /> You were the cheapest they had.</p> <p>A new job, a chance to get fit, I thought:<br /> I can always ditch it if it’s too hard.<br /> But I never did.<br /> Thanks to you.</p> <p>Every day you wait for me;<br /> at the bottom of the stairs,<br /> your promise of speed, of exhilaration,<br /> of a heart that beats as fast as it was meant to.</p> <p>We have been together this past year<br /> Through every weather, every emotion<br /> And with every turn of your pedal,<br /> I discover myself a little bit more</p> <p>I’m truly sorry if I sometimes call you<br /> “that f*****g bike”;<br /> Know that you can only be so worked up<br /> By something that truly matters.</p> <p>And so every day we move together<br /> And the more we do, the more I realise,<br /> That you were never just a bike;<br /> You were what was missing. </p>