CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
@Stephdoh:
Beam shots for the roadies light, i've gone for a more conventional electro chemical generator after the buses kept running over the cabling. Got a bottle full of batteries to run it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/106688380915881861190/RoadyLight?feat=directlink
bikechain - 'we' (ie 'he') lost one that way the other day as well....sigh...although it wasn't the way it was attached so much as the fact that pannier not attached securely to bike......cheap EBC pannier which has been broken since 1st week of use, but still managed to last two years of hard use....
See i moved it from the wobbly bit firm pannier rack itself to the wobbly and patently useless side strap on my beautiful Ortlieb. *is angry with self*
Off to visit the distro this morning anyway so will pick a new one up there. And some new pedals. And some new gloves. And some yummy treats. And....
...any feeling of sympathy now replaced by burning jealousy :)
After an evening of fettling with the road bike I decided to treat myself to a ride around town in the dark and the rain about 11PM last night to make sure my workmanship had been up to the task.
I have 3 findings;
1 - replacing the old bottom bracket for a shiny new external cup one is like riding a whole new bike
2 - the cassette I'd spent an hour getting sparkly clean cassette is no longer sparkly or clean
3 - I didn't really see any other bikes out. However I did actually pass about a dozen other bikes.
Of these;
I have resolved to buy more and brighter flashy things. Perhaps if I can find a compass to show me which way is "north" I shall go to TBC.
Come north... it's nice, we have lots and lots of Tescos.
The good news about that test ride is that if only 3 out of 12 bikes had lights, and those had batteries running out, just by having lights with fresh batteries you are standing head and shoulders above the masses (and I can't remember reading of any Edinburgh cyclists killed at night - there was the chap killed by the speeding drunk at Kirkliston, and the chap crushed by the left-turning Neil Williams Haulage truck..?)
Was there ever a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Dr Wilson? I've never seen anything about it. How long after a death do they take place?
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