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(14476 posts)- Started 14 years ago by recombodna
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Could that have been Sallyhinch ploughing a folding furrow up a dual carriageway in Aberdeen yesterday?
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Surely it's cheating if you were on an organised ride with the spottee?
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@SH
YES!
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@sallyhinch
Call that organised?
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@laidback on a Helios(?) looking very dapper, about lunchtime today heading along Forest Road while I was having a bowl of soup with no.1 daughter.
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Also, at various points today: John Byrne, Dougie Vipond and Cameron McNeish.
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On the way home on Friday, found this amazing bike parked at Elm Row outside a pub. As I took a second glance, by chance the owner came out and we chatted about the bike. Apparently it’s an early model Biomega from Copenhagen (the owner brought it with him, he’s Danish). Apart from the amazing rack incorporated into the handlebars, there is another subtle but very advanced feature to this bike. If you look closely at the photos (sorry, a little unclear as it was rather dark) you’ll see there’s no chain: instead there is a drive shaft inside what would be the chain stay on a normal bike. Neat!
(As usual, click thumbnails to view bigger images)
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A tandem.
Ridden by a youngish-looking couple in civvies with no headwear, which I thought was unusual - adult tandem riders tend to be (gross generalisation) Serious Cyclists in lycra in my experience...Posted 8 years ago # -
Not 'new' of course! -
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All of the advantages claimed for shaft drive can be realized by the use of a chain case.
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bonus points for knowing where we were Monday evening...
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In a pub
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nope. or at least not when those pics were taken.
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Ronde?
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Pitlochry
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The bike looks like the latest one that chDot is tanking around town in
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I was spotted this evening by Uberuce, who was ascending Comiston Road with quite the greatest of ease it seemed. I was sitting waiting to turn right and catching my breath after my 10mph torpedic slog.
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Black Christiana cargo trike slogging up Dalkeith Road. Lovely, but just doesn't quite look right when the rider has a grim traffic face, goretex and a helmet.
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Colourful bike by HankChief, on FlickrRemnants from Tour of Britain still visible in Northumberland. Sadly alongside the above bike was a pile of full sized painted bikes on a scrapheap. Maybe they aren't hopeful for a return visit.
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Ahh. Saw a couple of those on the way back from Northumberland and wondered what they were.
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Spotted chdot this afternoon 8 Freighting down Marchmont with a bikeful of bicycle. I'd been doing the Balgreen-Roseburn route, counting extant CycleFest Edinburgh flyers, then Meadows-bound via Rutland Square.
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Was at Glasgow uni open day with eldest today. Everyone on 8.30 train was going there. After the various talks took eldest to university cafe. Against her will, she prefers pret. Sadly it was closed. I thought oh no, but then I remembered the family take last two weeks in October off. I Now recall in mid to late eighties and early nineties I have been caught out by this many times
We went to tinderbox which was nice. I had French toast with mozzarella, which maybe uni cafe would do but eldest had sushi and green tea, not on uni cafe menu.
Saw a few mamils and road bikes. Traffic on the byres road was gridlocked
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They used to close on Tuesdays too, that's why the management got married on a Tuesday so I couldn't nip in there for a pizza supper afterwards.
There is a bike cafe round the corner beside the subway entrance. I've never tried it as I'm a fan of fine Italian dining, bench seats and a cafe where they know what monkey blood is.
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I had a quick drink at what I assume was that bike cafe back in the summer after a wander around Kelvingrove museum and park. It was all rather pleasant as I remember.
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Approx. Twenty cyclists in the apple pie this morning. Ten of us, five Livingston cycle club, one lone clarion in little neoprene toe covers (should have shouted Bootees to see if she would have responded spurettes) and a mixed doubles group.
Big Halloween theme going down in the bakery. Also fruit slice and French fancy two for one deal.
Clock change seems to have meant lot more folk out earlier? Also bit of wind chasing going on with us as Lang whang home came with moderate tail wind, though you did have to pedal at some bits so it has been more windy.
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Couple of silver surfers winging round Braid Hills Drive on a tandem. The gent on the front wailed 'Nooo...no! No!' at me from about thirty metres away as I crossed the road, then smiled as I stared at him blankly. No traffic around and the road is about fifteen metres wide so never any chance of an accidental collision. I recommend one of these.
Later on I had four horses gallop at me on the 1.5m wide shared use path round the back of the golf course. Quite intimidating, even when the drivers are teenage girls. Where would horses come in the strict liability hierarchy?
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An upright bike heading up Morningside Road as I was following in a car. It had one of those displays on the back which shows its speed - pretty sure we have discussed on here before.
I spotted the bright light first and it was a good few seconds before I worked out it was a number - 14.
Not sure it made me drive any differently around him but then I'm already 'bike considerate'
Did make me wonder if all vehicles should have one of them fitted. Would make easier to ignore tailgators when yo7 are already driving at the speed limit, especially 20mph when it comes.
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Two steam locos heading west!
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U63911/2015/10/26/advanced
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One reproduction ancient steam loco heading west about a week ago:
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Almost unrecognisable, some time poster here, on the more recognisable transport of his street performing trade.
Grown an impressive beard since last spotted!
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