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I was told I had nice panniers today by stranger at bus stop as I returned from Scotmid. They were my old shopping panniers (ortlieb brand).
Earlier I had cycled work bike back from town. As had abandoned it Friday for drinking and partying.
I was extracting smiles from passersby through central Edinburgh and then up the WoL Path. I think the Pom Pom on my tam o'shanter is what does it.
It's always nice to have your panniers acknowledged. My late lamented cow pannier was always good for a ride-by compliment from strangers
A cow pannier? I thought the fridge was the SI unit of bike load-carrying capacity.
As had abandoned it Friday for drinking and partying.
An important and often overlooked distinction.
Speaking of which, aren't you supposed to be at a pub, location undisclosed except by carrier sparrowhawk?
I advised the best friend on panniers to purchase at great length a few weeks ago. Had not realised that "front" does not automatically generate the meaning of "small enough for front or back" if you don't spend a lot of time thinking about panniers / coveting panniers etc.
Yeah was at the Auld Hoose. Weird timing and unplanned and stuff.
There's an Auld Motor Hoose in Kirkwall. Apparently before it was a pub it was a garage.
My Carradice often gets acknowledged mostly by people with proper beards and on their second bike since their late teens.
Panniers may become a banned subject after Gatwick.
I'm on my second bike since my late teens and appreciate a nice Carradice (while having a fondness for cow patterned shopping bags on my own bike). Tweezers are keeping the beard at bay though.
people with proper beards and on their second bike since their late teens
Not sure my current beard is 'proper'.
@sallyhinch I feel that struggle
@iwrats, I think it counts. I used to hav a little twist under my lip. Due to my love of Tom waits. It was entirely ginger. There is an actual name for this something like Hope Spot? I moved on to an Il Diablo style but that was very scary looking. neither of these could be classed as proper. The guardian once published a short letter I wrote to them whilst holidaying in Ardnamurchan. This was about the length of Bradley wigginses side burns.
@gembo Soul Patch.
Don't know if the Hope Spot is a real trichological thing but it could be one of those wee hair-islands in an otherwise bald area. The source hair of a comb-over was defined as the Scraptoft by Adams and Lloyd in Liff.
@unhurt I may just let them grow and find out if I can use them to navigate through tight spaces in poor visibility. Useful for urban cycling ...
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