"and precisely how to fend off dogs with bicycle pumps"
was a small aside in the earliest(r) edition(s).
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CCE Top Trumps
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Posted 13 years ago #
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"The Bicycle Book also introduced many new cyclists to the world of commuting and bicycle touring and was also an early example of bicycle advocacy."
Posted 13 years ago # -
My scores have changed a lot since this came up they are now..
Spotability
Same place, same time 1pnt (irregular, im the guy going to work when your going home, sometimes.)
Distinctive bike 2 pnts (getting there :)
Commute South of Princes st +1
highly reflective +1Ruggedness
rule 9AWESOME POWER
3Copenhagenalismness
0 but i can still ride and tweet and drink coffee no bother.Commutabulosity
Use your bike as your main form of commuting 3pt
Your commute involves going through a postcode higher than EH3 +1
Bonus point if you always carry a repair kit, tyre levers and a pump and will offer to help other stopped cyclists +1Lumens: LOADS
Posted 13 years ago # -
Re my score on previous page - I have just remembered many years ago that I managed to snap my handlebars in two so claim an extra point for Awesome Power!
(It was a racing set of bars on a Raleigh bike - then I had to cycle on with one half - and hence a single brake - for the rest of that day)
Posted 13 years ago # -
My Luminance score has tempoprarily plummeted from 16 Watts to about two. Anyone have experience of those Magicshine lights?
Posted 13 years ago # -
We so need a new round of CCE top trumps, come on n00bs, have a go.
Posted 13 years ago # -
@maninaskirt welcome back..
I had just looked at the tt thread and realised you hadn't posted for a while.
Nothing wrong with that.
I just 'worry' about the people who register and never post - has their password gone straight to a junk box or are they registering to become members of the CCE fellowship? (Posting isn't compulsory).
Posted 13 years ago # -
Err,
Spotability - +0.5 for regular times but split across two routes, nothing distinctive about bikes, north of Princes Street and too early in the morning for spotting. But if you do see a tall fat guy heading towards Ingliston or Fife in the evening on a blue Cannondale or a grey Trek MTB, wearing shorts with FatCyclist.com up the right leg, it'll be me. = +0.5
Ruggedness - +1. Just back into it. = +1
Awesome power - +4 if I can claim all my major breakages as power and not bulk. +1 if I can claim the leg of the child I once crashed into when he ran in front of me from behind a parked truck on a steep hill. +1 if I can claim the bike frame that buckled in that crash. +1 if I can claim the frame I buckled crashing into a parked car from watching my new speedo to see how fast I could go. +1 if I can claim the wheel I trashed crashing to one of the temporary towers on the FRB in the rain because my head was down to keep the rain out of my face. = +4 (or +8).
Copenhagenalismness - -1 for lycra (it's comfy), -1 for gloves, -1 for cleats, -1 for gears, -1 for no basket (although I have got a bar bag with a cheese and ham sandwich. And I made the bread.) = -5
Commutabulosity - +1.5 for the sometimes KY postcode but sometimes it's a drive to Ingliston and an EH commute. +1 for the repair kit, pump and willingness to help. +1 if I can claim the permanent three bike rack on the car and willingness to offer transport for the lame cyclist.
That totals a pathetic +2
Posted 13 years ago # -
Hi Chdot,
Thanks for the welcome - I have been busy at work and had holidays to take. I had "lost" my password but found it on a trawl through the old e-mails. I now have it saved separately.
I have also put up a pic of a 7-seater bike I spotted in San Francisco (in the Cyclingnews section). Riobeard identified it as a Conference bike. A strange looking contraption to say the least.
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Posted 12 years ago # -
Hurk...out of time for the points, but I'll do that later
Code doesn't like me...
Posted 12 years ago # -
Has anyone spotted me commuting?
Posted 12 years ago # -
CTC news advertised some Top Trump cards for bicycles:
http://www.roughrideguide.co.uk/Bike_Trumps.htmlPosted 12 years ago # -
Testing testing...I seem to have become 100% incompetent with links and this forum recently
Is anyone seeing the two versions?
Posted 12 years ago # -
@Uberuce. YEs, see 2 versions. And you've got the new, coolest trump card!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Thankee...
The hardest part was getting into a suitably casual HUSHB position within the 10 seconds of auto-timer.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Never got round to linking a photo version previously, plus I now have extra points for not having only resumed cyclocommutation five months previously though lose points for cleats and panniers.
Non-horribly-artefact-ridden version will be swapped-in shortlishly.Posted 12 years ago # -
I think a Mr W. Pig has taken my coolest card crown.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I'll eat my helmet if this works.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Mmm
Might have to take a vote on whether non Edin-area pix are allowed...
Posted 12 years ago # -
May have to change my AWESOME POWER rating from 4 to 5 as while I was adjusting the bearings, I discovered I've broken the body of my best SPD pedal. :-( Poor thing didn't even make 5000 miles.
Posted 12 years ago # -
fimm exists in two versions, the MAWIL and the WISOB (woman in suit on Brompton)
fimm (WISOB)
Spotability 6
Ruggedness 10
AWESOME POWER 0
Copenhagenalismness 5.5 (0.5 for a stupid hi-vis tabard but only when it is dark)
Commutabulosity 4
Luminescence no idea
Experience 21fimm (MAWIL)
Spotability 5
Ruggedness 8
AWESOME POWER 2
Copenhagenalismness 2
Commutabulosity 5
Luminescence no idea (but more than WISOB)
Experience 24 (I've had more UPDs from the big bike...)Posted 12 years ago # -
Thought I'd better resurrect this as there have been so many new members recently.
'Rules' here -
Posted 12 years ago # -
Well for spotability - when I venture East of the Molindinar Burn, I'd score highly with odd bike and odder rider, and odder still payloads.
When in Edinburgh I'd not be averse to stretching a working trip to Loanhead so could claim a high score there but I would be stretching a point
Ruggedness would score 10 for all year but might get deduction for company policy of never riding any further than I actually need to if a bus or train would get me there faster.
Awesome Power - hmm where to start, perhaps with 4 TA cranks fractured (breaking 2 ribs in one incident) 6 Brompton rear frames similar number of front ones, 3 main frames, 3 b/b belled out with forces, riding 116" fixed, 124" top gear - geared, writing off a car (it hit me), and other serious damage to motor vehicles when they met with 100Kg of cyclist. > 20?
Copenhagenalismness 5 - no waterproofs, were tweed as basic outerwear. Mudguards and 1 gear only.
Commutabulosity - High score - but only if you count West of Scotland
Luminance - currently average - battery lights - but may refit dynamo
Posted 12 years ago # -
This deserves to be back on the front page (with a HT to SRD for the link)
And thus, I shall Make It So. Temporarily, at least.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Can I update mine because of recent cycling?
Posted 9 years ago # -
This looks like fun but...
- Spotability: 5
- Ruggedness: 10
- AWESOME POWER: 0
- Copenhagenalismness: -7 or -6 (depending if you consider merino base layer to count as wool or cheating warm clothes)
- Commutabulosity: 2
Posted 9 years ago # -
I'm not playing until next week, when the switch from recumbent to upright-with-basket will maximise my Copenhagenalismness.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I think there should be a similar Sanfrancisconess score rating fixedness of gears, tightness of trousers, hair grooming and beer carrying capacity (small scale brewers only, please). In fairness I wouldn't do any better on this one but it widens the field a little.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Don't forget the Luminescence and Experience attributes that Kaputnik and Rugg Tomcat invented.
I actually created a new version of my Top Trump card recently, but the Spotability score went off the scale a tiny bit. Also, perhaps in the modern world where bike light output tends to be measured in lux rather than Watts we should re-baseline our Luminescence scores. Converting one to the other isn't trivial without taking various physical measurements.
For those afflicted with Bicycle Acquisition Syndrome, perhaps separate Top Trump cards could be provided, or a single one that takes the mean values for each category. No sense in keeping something simple if you can make it more complicated.
Posted 9 years ago #
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