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  • Started 14 years ago by recombodna
  • Latest reply from jdanielp
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  1. I'm being spotted ridiculously frequently at the moment! That was indeed me.

    Effort was just 'toil' really as I stubbornly refused to change down a couple of gears.

    For what it's worth I'd seen the runner, and she looked rather focused and fast!

    Posted 8 years ago #
  2. gembo
    Member

    Judging by a photo you posted on Facebook that is because there are two identical WCs now.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  3. Greenroofer
    Member

    When I said the bike looked like @WC's bike, I had no idea it actually was his bike. I had no idea that @WC was spottable so far West. I shall add him to my list of things I might see on the commute (along with the fabled kingfisher)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  4. gembo
    Member

    You mean the beige bike? Has been out stenhouse path or gyle recently I think

    Posted 8 years ago #
  5. HankChief
    Member

    It's like the Sharks and the Jets. Someone from the East side is coming on to our West Side turf...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  6. chdot
    Admin

    "Someone from the East side is coming on to our West Side turf..."

    Thought the Edinburgh divide was N or S of Princes Street.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  7. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Spotted Dave going like the clappers at the bottom of the Lanark Road this morning.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  8. Instography this morning. We shared a wave of acknowledgement.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  9. chdot
    Admin

    Next time you see him tell him he's missed.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  10. recombodna
    Member

    Good to see the spotted thread is alive and well. Has it really been 5 years?
    I don't get in here often enough theses days.
    Spotted Laidback Dave helping me load a couple of urban arrows into my van this week ;-)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  11. gembo
    Member

    @recombodna, has been a most popular thread since you started it. Several spots of mine are virtually daily, eg yesterday's high Five with jdanielp on towpath.

    I spotted you on Facebook in the company of the drummer from geek maggot bingo

    Posted 8 years ago #
  12. chdot
    Admin

    Spotted - gembo (aka the early-morning off-topic poster).

    Posted 8 years ago #
  13. recombodna
    Member

    Ah Gembo yes I can sometimes be found on Facebook hanging around with musicians and drummers.....

    Posted 8 years ago #
  14. gembo
    Member

    @recombodna, aw c'mon, drummers are musicians too

    Posted 8 years ago #
  15. LaidBack
    Member

    Recombodna will be appearing with support at Robbie's Bar this Friday.

    (In a strictly non removal mode of course. No tittering please!)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  16. A woman on her bicycle with a young child on the front, valiantly made her way up Market Street to the Mound despite a William Tracey bin lorry sitting atop the 'cycle lane'

    Chapeau Ma'am.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  17. jdanielp
    Member

    I spotted Big John on the towpath this morning and wished him a happy 60th birthday. He didn't mention his bus pass.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  18. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Did a quick(ish) ride to Cockenzie this morning, lots of people out on bikes. I came back into town via the Innocent Railway. Whilst stopped to munch several Jelly Babies I chatted with a Circe Helios rider whose CCE handle I probably learned at PY once but I'm afraid I couldn't remember it at all.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  19. daisydaisy
    Member

    Hi Arellcat, that was me, enjoying a trip across town to my sister's allotment.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  20. Neil
    Member

    I spotted a hand operated recumbent on the way home via Carrington/Temple yesterday

    Posted 8 years ago #
  21. gembo
    Member

    Chap on unicycle and wielding an ice hockey stick in the grass market this morning

    Posted 8 years ago #
  22. HankChief
    Member

    I was spotted by @Harts tonight.

    Coming through Corstorphine I looked behind me before overtaking a parked car and saw a upright bike holding primary. I thought nothing of it until by the zoo I glanced behind only to still see him there. He shouted at me and I slowed up to have a chat. I was told off for not normalising cycling - which was fair but I was running late for the hustings.

    Fair play to him for chasing me down on his basketted gazelle. I was on my pub bike but not hanging about.

    I also spotted myself on SportRelief on Friday night finishing my London-Edinburgh charity ride. Happy days for a good cause.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  23. dougal
    Member

    @HankChief In what way were you not normalising cycling? Is this something I could be guilty of, unwittingly?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  24. chdot
    Admin

    "I was on my pub bike"

    That'll be one with at least 3 brackets for attaching trailers and kids's seats.

    Definitely not 'normal'...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  25. paddyirish
    Member

    Woke up this morning feelibng very tired and wondering if I should take teh train. took teh bike anyway , as it was such a nice morning,

    On Bug Alley, came across a gent I used to see on the Fife-bound trains when I bike-trained. Last time I'd seen him he'd had 1 hip replacement and was awaiting another. This morning had a chat to him - both ops worked well, he "feels like superman" and he was back out on his bike and enjoying a lovely morning.

    We also chatted to a gent with two massive wolfhounds who often walks them on Bug Alley at commuter times. Turns out he's a regular cyclist and ultramarathon runner.

    All in all avery pleasant and leisurely commute.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  26. Min
    Member

    Hankchief - are you serious? Forum rules prevent writing my true opinion of that attitude.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  27. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Min

    Are you objecting to the ticking off or the autospot? Both are dubious.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  28. Stickman
    Member

    Min: think HankChief and Hart's know each other quite well so suspect it was said in jest.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  29. Min
    Member

    Chasing someone down and having a go for not "normalising" cycling? Too right I object.

    I am not sure what an autospot is so it is possible I object to one of those too?

    Edit Stickman - okay then, that's a relief.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  30. Rob
    Member

    Yellow tandem near Cannonmills. Seemingly having mechanical issues, though they were resolved quickly.

    Posted 8 years ago #

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