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resolvedThere were a few groups in that area - perhaps on account of the wind direction.
Both groups went along the Leadburn - Romanno Bridge road - one group went directly to W Linton from there whereas the other followed the Lyne Water to the Peebles road then turned right to Dolphinton and back to W Linton via the A702.
BTW to confuse you I was wearing an ERC top (I like red!)
The tailwind home was tremendous!!!! The Headwind out was ponderous .... no need!!
@recombdna: You'll get my vote for "no headwind; only tailwind".
I see you went back through Penicuik. We were taken up Pomathorn Road - a completely unnecessary hill if ever there was.
Aye Andrew likes his hills eh? I do like the Portovelo rides though. Some great routes that I would never have found on my own,
@amir "I see you went back though Penicuik" - I couldn't work out how you knew that and then I realised you must have looked on Strava!
I actually don't mind going up Pomathorn Road. Going through Penicuik is messy and there's lots of traffic and rubbish cycle lanes and islands. Auchendinny just has hills!
But niether of your groups can have been the group we were following along the Peebles road towards the Lyne Water road after having come over the Meldons.
EDIT: Oh yes, I remember the man in the ERC top.
Laidback being very upright in Potterrow around 2.50?
(I was disguised as a lecturer talking about China and africa - actually mostly showing youtube clips...)
@fimm we did see a big group - suspected to be the ERC Sunday ride - going along the Peebles road as we were coming north through Leadburn
You guys took a great route - it's nice up by Shiplaw - you can compare and contrast different hen systems.
Yes - was on a PB around then SRD
You must have been in lecture room ...
Steveo @ stenhouse around 6.15.
Might have been a mis-spot, as it was through a blizzard!
It was the abominable snow steveo!
@laidback yes, it was a bit surreal to see you cycling past over the heads of the students!
Possible on Nelly, just as ambulance blue'd and two'd past on Ashley Terrace.
Afraid not Bruce, I have been in different parts of Le Toon today - and only touched my bike to clean it - it now looks yellow with a goldie lookin chain - amazing what hot water, soap and orange degreaser does!
Loadsa cyclists (well 5-6) on Slateford Road at 7am ish.
I spotted CC gliding serenly sown Argyle Place this morning on a red paperbike (with matching spaceshiprack) as I stepped out of my front door this morning.
I thought to myself that his head must have been cold as he wasn't wearing a hat. But perhaps he is made of sterner stuff than I!
cb at Haymarket again, I hope you got to work OK given that the train was cancelled...
Woud that have been Zenfrozt by the Great Unction St underbridge on the WoL?
@fimm, not good sitting on those metal station seats for half an hour!
Forgot to switch my helmet lights off this morning so apologies if I blinded you when saying hello.
Great Unction St underbridge
That's an overbridge, because the railway went under the bridge carrying the road over. It would (confusingly) be an underbridge if the railway went over the road.
It would indeed. I thought I recognised you, just couldn't recall your username lol, my apologies :D
Saw a man cycling a large cardboard box today...
Flat bed bike by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr
Was it full of smaller cardboard boxes?
Seems to be giving laid back the three fingers?
@cb I don't remember your helmet lights so they can't have been a problem.
Spotted: group of cyclists coming down the Water of Leith path just outside the bypass as I was running up said path; and then the same group coming up through the Dells as I was running back down.
Yesterday at the Shore, a lady on an upright bike, wearing jeans and a jumper and a scarf and a beret (her, not the bike) with a kid being carried on the pannier rack. Had to check for a second that I really was actually in Edinburgh.
"Had to check for a second that I really was actually in Edinburgh."
No, Leith.
Missed connections:
On the way home from work on Friday I was flatly demolished by a fine figure of a man sitting quite upright on a flat barred bike, complete with rucksack.
We traded a couple of passes between North Bridge and Ratcliffe Terrace (I was too far back to make the light at Causewayside/the Grange and humiliation was completed).
Rather impressive. Anyone on here? I'm probably quite a distinctive trophy with white jacket on white bike...
No, Leith.
Or, since 1920, North Edinburgh
"On the way home from work on Friday I was flatly demolished by a fine figure of a man sitting quite upright on a flat barred bike, complete with rucksack."
Did you check for an eletric motor?
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