http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Does your bike need blessing? en Sun, 17 May 2026 20:22:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8177 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:05:00 +0000 wee folding bike 8177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes,</p> <p><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100405/hurt-pedicab-incident/ai_n53013531/" rel="nofollow">http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/herald-the-glasgow-uk/mi_8039/is_20100405/hurt-pedicab-incident/ai_n53013531/</a></p> <p>In 2001, shortly after the vehicles first appeared as a new mode of transport in the city, a 22-year-old student was left with a crushed windpipe, a broken neck bone and severe bruising in a freak accident.</p> <p>The woman, who was from Ireland, was travelling in Edinburgh with two friends when her scarf became entangled in the wheels and she was choked as she was pulled from the contraption. She was treated in hospital in Scotland for several months. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8176 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:53:06 +0000 recombodna 8176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes Isadora duncan killed by her scarf getting wrapped around the wheel of the open top car she was in..........did something like that not happen with the pedicabs a few years ago? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8175 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:37:57 +0000 wee folding bike 8175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beheaded.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Andrew,_Paul,_and_Denise" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Andrew,_Paul,_and_Denise</a></p> <p>Perhaps Isadora Duncan would be a more fun choice</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8169 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:10:25 +0000 steveo 8169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What'd she die off? :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8168 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:55:16 +0000 Arellcat 8168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lest we forget Saint Denise, patron saint of protection against bicycle accidents, and whose remains rest in the Abbey of Flône in Belgium. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8167 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:44:10 +0000 amir 8167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bike was blessed by the p*** fairy today. Still was only the first time this year. The traffic light god(s) were also against me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8166 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:51:34 +0000 Kirst 8166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I displeased the weather gnomes at some point because I had a head wind today from St Leonards to Gorgie and then from Gorgie to Craigmillar. On the other hand, it wasn't raining. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8165 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:10:41 +0000 spytfyre 8165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Elwood: "Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail me now."<br /> Amen </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8164 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:06:56 +0000 chdot 8164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"and St Cuthbert for there to be be no hills"</p> <p>Does it work? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8162 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:05:08 +0000 SRD 8162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembo: a libation to the ancestors (local spirits) never goes astray either! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8160 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:46:10 +0000 spytfyre 8160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wee folding bike - I was a pastafarian but now I prefer rice... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8159 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:11:47 +0000 Stepdoh 8159@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>my bike's agnostic, but my shoes definitely have soles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8158 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:11:07 +0000 Stepdoh 8158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>our version of the superstar song was "wears frilly knickers and a wonderbra". Warm me up a seat in hell please. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8144 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:07:17 +0000 wee folding bike 8144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pascal's wager in sort of a way but his bet only worked if there was no cost involved. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8140 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:32 +0000 gembo 8140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If on a long road trip I often pray to the local saints. Thus in Northumbria I incant to St Aidan for it to stay dry and St Cuthbert for there to be be no hills. I am an atheist but doesn't seem to do any harm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8135 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:11:22 +0000 wee folding bike 8135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All of my bikes have been Touched by His Noodly Appendage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8132 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:28:40 +0000 spytfyre 8132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>my son does not sing it, instead he sings this:<br /> <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Back+and+Forth/1Zns64" rel="nofollow">http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Back+and+Forth/1Zns64</a><br /> which has an amusing video to go with it<br /> it really kicked off when he was going "back and forth" on the swings... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8128 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:51:04 +0000 recombodna 8128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Kids still sing it....... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8127 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:28:58 +0000 cb 8127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Jesus Christ, Superstar, rode through town on a Yamaha<br /> Did a skid, killed a kid", etc...</p> <p>Anyone else remember singing that in the plyaground? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8124 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:17:56 +0000 recombodna 8124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jesus was into motorbikes anyway! It certainly talks about his Triumph in the bible.......... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8121 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:52:04 +0000 spytfyre 8121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I occaisionally pat it and say "well done"<br /> Is that good/mental enough? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8120 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:47:41 +0000 SRD 8120@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing wrong in giving thanks for your bike, ability to use it, the exercise and freedom we gain, of course (to whichever deity or none of your choice). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8118 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:44:28 +0000 chdot 8118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"...and i thought services for animals were bad!"</p> <p>Don't bikes have souls... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8117 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:44:00 +0000 Kirst 8117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bike's an atheist. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8116 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:43:23 +0000 SRD 8116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and i thought services for animals were bad! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8115 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:41:53 +0000 spytfyre 8115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=910#post-8114 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:38:28 +0000 chdot 8114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://glasgowbicycleblessing.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://glasgowbicycleblessing.wordpress.com</a> </p>