http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Overheard en Wed, 20 May 2026 22:57:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-374413 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:11:00 +0000 SRD 374413@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>we had a great trip there last year. joined an archaeological dig looking for the original abbey</p> <p>not sure we managed to get into any of the cafes. chap brought cakes to the dig everyday. amazing baking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-374411 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:40:46 +0000 gembo 374411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fear not, the analogue cafe on Lindisfarne where I have just walked to need to instruct staff to whip up the day trippers to leave before the tide comes in. Same as in Cuddy’s day in the 7th century. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-374408 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:19:33 +0000 Dave 374408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice! I once had my phone fall out on donkey lane and it was somewhere in the undergrowth on silent ring ... had to arrange for somebody else to press the "play sound" button on a laptop after a certain delay to let me get back there! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-374407 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:55:14 +0000 LaidBack 374407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not 'Overheard' but a tale of the times.</p> <p>Parked bike and into Tollcross Scotmid for quick purchase.</p> <p>Scanned milk at self service and just tapping card and guy with headphones comes in on my left.</p> <p>Picks up phone in cover left on scanner that I hadn't even noticed.</p> <p>Big smile of relief that it was still there. </p> <p>"Only realised when my music stopped on Leven St!" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-330980 Sat, 30 May 2020 06:58:46 +0000 gembo 330980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw an original mini goiNG by the house the other day, blue. Now that was a Short Car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-330979 Fri, 29 May 2020 23:56:30 +0000 Arellcat 330979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not so much overheard as overseen:</p> <p><em>"I'm thinking of buying one those Mini Coopers, and want to use a tow-bar mounted bike rack. But, I'm afraid that the car is so small that the handling might be affected, by the weight of the bike rack and the bikes. Am I worrying about nothing?"</em></p> <p>I suppose if each of the top three best selling vehicles in your country has 4WD, weighs between two and three tonnes, and has space to carry both five people and a tonne of 8×4 sheets, you might think a Mini Cooper was a featherweight. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-322142 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:07:37 +0000 unhurt 322142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not overheard as she was talking to me, but I pulled up at lights next to a lady in her late 60s or so on a quite skinny tyred hybrid on my way home. We'd both hopped off and walked through the previous junction when the green man came on so I said hello, and she spontaneously told me how much she was enjoying riding her bike through town - said she'd spent decades sure it would be far too scary and wished she'd just tried it years ago because it was fine. "As long as you have confidence and take up some space!" she said, then headed off on green. I wish I'd had the chance to find out more (and remembered that cycling is, despite everything, so much more fun than driving or sitting on a bus, especially on a glorious winter afternoon like today). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-322136 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:08:44 +0000 Snowy 322136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed. Ah, if only the Gyle/EdinburghPark zone was served by 5 tram stops, 3 railway stations and a plethora of bus routes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=7#post-322076 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:32:37 +0000 acsimpson 322076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose they also think there are too many cars and grumble when they get stuck leaving work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-322052 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:57:39 +0000 fimm 322052@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Colleague, grumbling about car parking at the The Gyle<br /> "They weren't allowed to build enough spaces ... where do they expect all the cars to go? ... you just end up parking anywhere ..." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-321056 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 12:15:02 +0000 chdot 321056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ive-heard-some-shocking-things-while-travelling-bus-christine-grahame-1367265" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ive-heard-some-shocking-things-while-travelling-bus-christine-grahame-1367265</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-317632 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:26:47 +0000 acsimpson 317632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds painful. I suspect his cognitive dissonance was mainly caused by a cyclist making it harder for him to park on the pavement. I wonder if it extends as far as the fact that there is are B&amp;Qs in Edinburgh so why on earth do people keep insisting on employing him? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-317619 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:51:48 +0000 unhurt 317619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Less overheard than "heard against my will, felt obligated to engage, eventually managed to escape". As shared on Twitter:</p> <p>Today began with an aggressive rant from a contractor working on our flats because last week he saw a tourist cycling on the pavement on Princes Street. I was also asked to justify cyclists not using the cycle path in Holyrood Park. I was just wheeling my bike down the hall, man!</p> <p>Did you know cyclists break the speed limit and never get stopped? Well, if the speed limit doesn't apply to them it should. They should have insurance &amp; registration plates too. Yes, even children. It's not fair. He hates that Nicola Sturgeon (reasons were not given). Etc.</p> <p>&amp; those idiots who were all in Holyrood Park the other year closing roads &amp; asking for cycle paths they never use, what about them, eh?<br /> Me: You mean @POPScotland? I helped organise that ..<br /> Him: Oh don't get me wrong, I USED TO OWN A BIKE MYSELF.<br /> Me: [internally] *bingo*</p> <p>At least the shaky adrenaline spike got me up the steep hill at the start of my commute much faster than usual? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-309144 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:38:03 +0000 chdot 309144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stickman</p> <p>Perhaps you need to tell HR that if if happens again you might have to go off sick with PTSD.</p> <p>Or let them know they are harbouring people who condone criminal behaviour.</p> <p>(I assume it was at work.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-309142 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:29:05 +0000 Stickman 309142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the table beside me at lunch, a group rolling out all the usual cycling tropes (they all jump red lights, cycle on pavements, 5 abreast in the middle of the road). One of the men delighted in saying how he always passed bikes as close as he could, before the group moved on to discussing the hilarious times they’ve seen cyclists fall off their bikes or been hit by cars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-304192 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:19:08 +0000 Ed1 304192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The fee does seem a bit of a rip off at the airport, they also charge for taxis and the tram, possible even the bus, it costs more than a normal bus. The bicycle parking is also very limited considering the amount of people traffic through the airport. I think they have such limited bicycle parking to try and get you to pay one of their fees by using an alternative method than cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-304189 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:37:34 +0000 Stickman 304189@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A colleague loudly swearing about the injustice of being given a £60 parking fine for parking in one of the airport hotel car parks. He had parked there in an attempt to avoid paying the airport drop off fee. </p> <p>Currently an angry discussion going on, including someone saying that the drop-off fee is so high it stops people driving to the airport. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-293300 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:04:17 +0000 Stickman 293300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Overheard two colleagues discussing cycle routes. One was bemoaning the lack of a safe route she felt was safe enough to take her child to nursery in his trailer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-293294 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:42:18 +0000 I were right about that saddle 293294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Overheard at the lights on Craigmillar Park at 18h40;</p> <p>Gentleman with broad northern accent looking at his phone; 'Says on here sunset's at six forty.'</p> <p>His lady friend; 'So is it dark?'</p> <p>IWRATS looks at the sky, observes the sun setting and nods sagely. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-289690 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:31:33 +0000 HankChief 289690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If they had been there earlier they would have overheard me castigating a dog walker for having a wee against a tree (the dog walker, not the dog)...</p> <p>It was difficult to find a choice of words that would prevent multiple questions from the kids... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-289681 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:20:45 +0000 steveo 289681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"...everyone else is going slow but he was riding like he was at the velodrome...."</p> <p>At least some Roseburn park residents recognise we're not all the same. And for the record "he" was properly trucking on when he passed me a few moments earlier. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-278369 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:38:21 +0000 acsimpson 278369@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Changing it's the easy bit. It's working out that it's gone in the first bit that's tricky:</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--6YoLu_-u7w/Thqpo2O1xMI/AAAAAAAAA1w/SILUS8QNPNk/s1600/IMG_3774.JPG"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/D31nNiml.jpg"></a></p> <p>In <strike>my</strike> the cars defence the road was very rough and so the ride quality didn't change much. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-278311 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:29:34 +0000 wee folding bike 278311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure everyone knows how to change a car wheel anymore. </p> <p>It can be hard to spot a rear flat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-278244 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:43:42 +0000 neddie 278244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Their car had a flat tyre. They drove on anyway.</em></p> <p>This seems to be more and more common.</p> <p>Maybe they think they have "run-flats"</p> <p>Or maybe they have no spare, since manufacturers seem to have deemed them unnecessary.</p> <p>Obviously the manufacturers have never seen the amount of nails that trades-people drop out of their vans... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-278224 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:03:54 +0000 wingpig 278224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone drove to a gym. Their car had a flat tyre. They drove on anyway, shredding the tyre and probably knackering the rim. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-266250 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 22:08:00 +0000 gembo 266250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meanwhile on red button team GB won two golds down in manchester </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-266248 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 21:48:33 +0000 Greenroofer 266248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just gone into the front room to find Mrs Greenroofer watching a programme on BBC Alba about refugees in Denmark learning to maintain bicycles. So that's a programme in Gaelic about people who speak Syrian talking about their experiences and people who speak Danish talking about their experiences. Luckily there were subtitles in a language I <em>did</em> understand. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-265061 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:53:54 +0000 Frenchy 265061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In a restaurant, professor of science sat near me, talking about their recent experiences reviewing grant applications for a very general funding call for ideas to "progress the nation".</p> <p>"... there was an application for research looking into how to get more people using cycle lanes. But, you know what was missing?</p> <p>[incredulous]Anything, at all, suggesting training for people in how to use cycle lanes![/incredulous]"</p> <p>A tongue may have been bitten. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-264238 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:06:40 +0000 Rosie 264238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A few weeks ago at Morrison Crescent. Car with crumpled bonnet had pranged into a bus. One bystander to the other:- "They can't have not seen it, they must have been texting." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9906&page=6#post-261435 Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:40:06 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Enthusiastic parent at the ERC junior cyclocross competition in Inch Park.</p> <p>'Come on Chloe! Good suffering!' </p>