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  1. chdot
    Admin

    ‘Deltic’ no. D9009 ‘Alycidon’

    http://www.pathfindertours.co.uk/index.php/tour-calendar-reader/events/the-eidyn-burgh-scot.html

    Leaves Waverley 15:13

    Posted 11 years ago #
  2. gembo
    Member

    Lovely thorn tandem at Scotmid in Balerno this lunch time, Skyfall intercity 125 in Waverley train station yesterday

    Posted 11 years ago #
  3. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Spotted Alycidon going through Prestonpans at a rate of knots at twenty past twelve.

    Late afternoon I spotted Kim (I think) chatting with a couple of people near Granton Square. There was also a blue Nazca Fuego recumbent there, so I nearly stopped, but I was on a mission.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  4. Charterhall
    Member

    Were any forumists at the ERC road race around Gifford this morning ? If you spotted a tourist in a blue top riding a Croix de Fer that might have been me. I just did 3/4 of a lap in the opposite direction to the race. The Lammermuirs were providing a great backdrop as the bunch climbed out of Gifford.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  5. kaputnik
    Moderator

    @Charterhall I clocked you coming out of Gifford, I was marshalling and standing at the side of the road in an orange tabard. I think we exhanged waves / hellos.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  6. Uberuce
    Member

    Arellcat disguised as car passenger on a flyby of LBB?

    In LBB itself, a spot of a bike so magnificently non-standard even David Gardiner couldn't ride it at first. It's a piece of...well, it's not homebrew since many parts were made to order at various CNC and plastics workshops, so really it's bespoke engineering, but either way a unique creation. I'll leave it for David to describe further in case it's hush-hush, since it's intended for commercial production.

    Suffice to say, the existing two wheel version is waaaay above my hand/eye co-ordination and inner ear's pay grades, but my redundant residual upper body strength and I would absolutely love a go on a trike version. Which would sadly be above my real life pay grade, but hey ho.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  7. steveo
    Member

    Nelly were you out side the Crammond Brig this morning? I was driving past and didn't recognise the bike but I was sure it was you.

    I saw the clan SRD's bikes secured out side the zoo this morning too. I made the mistake of driving there on a sunny day, St. Johns road was chaos and the car park was full any way.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  8. SRD
    Moderator

    steveo - all the clever folk park out back the forestry commission building.

    we had a great time trying to get from balgreen to the zoo on the railway path - completely unsignposted.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  9. chdot
    Admin

    "we had a great time trying to get from balgreen to the zoo on the railway path - completely unsignposted"

    Think the 'entrance' is still missing -

    http://connectingedinburgh.wordpress.com/around-the-city/balgreen-to-corstorphine-walkway

    Posted 11 years ago #
  10. steveo
    Member

    all the clever folk park out back the forestry commission building.

    Never thought of that... ended up round the newbuild at pinkhill.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  11. Uberuce
    Member

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/8623775791/in/photostream/

    There is the beast. If you imagine a cross-trainer tilted back eighty degrees then set on two wheels, that's roughly what it is.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  12. Nelly
    Member

    Steveo, yep was me out Cramond way yesterday. Out with mates on a (early and supercold) ride out toward queensferry, kirkliston etc.

    Lovely day.

    Was the first outing on a geared bike for about 6 months - felt really odd!

    As an aside, can anyone tell me if that A90 path, which has loads of litter, is it still a CEC responsibility? Going to tweet them for a cleanup.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  13. steveo
    Member

    Now that is a spot!

    Posted 11 years ago #
  14. kaputnik
    Moderator

    The winged pig, somewhat off his usual commutation beat heading into town along Dalry Road.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  15. wingpig
    Member

    Kaputnik in late-recognition-inducing black. WoL/NEPN Leith-to-Roseburn is one of my regular routes when I can't be bothered with the fumes and tubery of Grange Road; today's variation was Dalry/Morrison/Torphichen instead of Fountainbridge/Semple or variants thereof involving either/or Henderson/Telfer/Springside.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  16. wingpig
    Member

    Yesterday morning: a possible DaveC, again just north of the red bridge, presumably doing something rain-preparation-related.
    Yesterday evening: DaveC and unidentified accomplice going wide coming south off the red bridge.
    This morning: a red paperbike being loaded into the back of a police van outside Queen Charlotte St police station.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  17. Uberuce
    Member

    Wingpig by Morningside clock, shortly followed by Arellcat terrorising the simple driving folk of Morningside Road in the Quest.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  18. sg37409
    Member

    Wingpig. Did I follow you down clark street/north bridge today around lunchtime ? Do you ride a recumbent ?
    steve

    Posted 11 years ago #
  19. wingpig
    Member

    Nup. I'm a red upright with green pannier.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  20. Uberuce
    Member

    I stopped to take some photos of the rubbish new things on the Broomhouse and a chap coasted up asking if I had suffered a fairy attack.

    On discovering my photographic intent, he guessed it was for this very forum, and we swapped usernames, although, I didn't hear yours, or indeed whether it was a user name or a name name, not that such a distinction is always needed. Think it ended in 'en' Hello, anyway.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  21. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Think it ended in 'en'

    AKen?

    Posted 11 years ago #
  22. MeepMeep
    Member

    Hope all avoided the wonderful smattering of smashed green bottle glass on the Broomhouse Path near the bus stop opposite Broomhouse Medway this morning...

    Posted 11 years ago #
  23. ruggtomcat
    Member

    sg that was prolly me :)

    Posted 11 years ago #
  24. Uberuce
    Member

    @kaputnik: that or Bhachgen. Pretty sure it was two syllables.

    @Meepmeep Newps, hoverboards don't get invented for another two years, remember? I had to put my faith in my Marathons, which seemed to come through unscathed.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  25. SRD
    Moderator

    Arellcat on buclleuch st c 4pm

    Posted 11 years ago #
  26. MeepMeep
    Member

    Aw damn, Oobz. Where did you hide the waiting list?

    Posted 11 years ago #
  27. Uberuce
    Member

    It's in Obree's mental prone velocipide thing. If he hits 88mph, we all get one.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  28. gembo
    Member

    @uberuce

    I have a curious defect in my make-up, well as shakes said "in my nature reigns all frailties"

    But specifically, when exchanging names with someone at the exact point in time where I should be listening extra hard to hear their name, I get distracted. I am 100% wrong.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  29. chdot
    Admin

    "I have a curious defect in my make-up, I am 100% wrong."

    Did I miss something...

    Posted 11 years ago #
  30. Uberuce
    Member

    Claggy Cog, as I was returning from a successful 84-litre jobbie hunt at B&Q in Kinnaird park. Oh. Wait. Not that successful because I was supposed to remember to ask Anth if he was around so I could pick up those vests while I was in the area. I forgot.

    Mr SRD and co-pilot, who I met only because a walking group of advanced age was taking up the canal ahead of me and I bailed onto HP east.

    Posted 11 years ago #

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