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Bicycle stereotypes of Edinburgh?
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Posted 10 years ago #
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We were in Stockbridge Saturday night (Bruntsfield choir invited to perform at Festival Highlights concert #proudmummy) and I was struck by different bike culture there. Don't think I saw any helmets. two upright bikes locked up that looked interesting, but I can't remember names now. One with very sturdy looking porteur rack and double cross bar (I think).
and gosh, the cobbles! (yes, yes, I know...setts).
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So, Shandon gets cargo bike and/or tandem. Marchmont hipster and/or Familybike.
Posted 10 years ago # -
"We were in Stockbridge ... I was struck by different bike culture there."
Things are different north of Princess (private joke) Street.
Posted 10 years ago # -
@SRD like this?
That one is a Bakfiets model, Workcycles to similar. It's a generic design of dutch "man's"* bike. double top tube stiffens the frame as the unusually tall headtube to give that very upright position must make the diamond a bit too flexible for carrying heavy front and rear loads.
* not neccessarily just for men
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similar but more modern looking (if you get what i mean). I stopped to note the name but can't remember now.
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My Dutch bike has finally arrived in Edinburgh, it's an L4 Cortina, looks similar to the bike above with a double cross bar. I wasn't in Stockbridge on Saturday night though... It'll be coming along to Peter's yard next week.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Leith has a general mix of "well loved" bicycles of no particular format. Probably 'Parkdale' in the above map.
Posted 10 years ago # -
White bike, saddle nose-down, handlebars lever-up. Le style Morningside.
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There must be a suburb (don't know which to pick on) where the stereotype is a £7,000 downhill mountainbike on top of an Audi RS estate.
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There must be a suburb (don't know which to pick on) where the stereotype is a £7,000 road bike on top of an Audi RS estate.
Posted 10 years ago # -
There always seem to be a lot of fixies in Broughton Street. Pretty much the worst possible place to ride one. Alternatively, maybe that is why they are always parked halfway up (or down)!
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@Min I think the answer to your question is "Artisan Roast" ;)
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There must be a suburb (don't know which to pick on) where the stereotype is a £7,000 road bike on top of an Audi RS estate.
No, no, no. The road bike is on top of the mantlepiece!
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"...it's an L4 Cortina"
There has been one of those in the bike store for the last week or so. Sturdy I thought.
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Fixies or singlespeeds on Broughton Street? My legs have grown to like the Broughton St gradient when riding my SS, especially when there's a clear run to maintain momentum. Think I'd be less keen on a fixie, but that kind of applies all across town to be fair.
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K - @Min I think the answer to your question is "Artisan Roast" ;)
I did think of that after I posted!
PS Fixies or singlespeeds on Broughton Street?
Hmm, I am not really able to tell if the bike isn't moving! Do I have to hand in my CCE licence? :-( I have definitely seem a few fixies being ridden downhill there and it looks quite uncomfortable.
Posted 10 years ago # -
it looks quite uncomfortable.
It is!
I've only done it once or twice due to routing failures on my part!
Posted 10 years ago # -
Bristo square needs a few bmx?
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I must confess to being affixed to a railing on Broughton Street on Saturday while getting something from Coco. I considered myself wise rather than coward to continue down the hill to East London street rather than battle uphill again. Wiser still would have been Bellevue Place - no cobbles!
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