@chdot I was at Sciennes at 4pm and was amazed at all the kids with bikes -not organisedly, but just being collected by parents, hanging about etc. I'm now somewhat relieved to hear it was a 'special' day. It was lovely to see though.
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I saw a wingpig-like profile heading down Bruntsfield Place towards Tollcross as I lumbered up Leamington Terrace this morning. Looked red though, which I don't associate with wingpig manifestations on my commute.
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good number of young kids cycling their own bikes to school today on the wol path and the towpath. all very jolly except the speeding cyclist who caused a bit of bother all the way into his work today, possibly even causing a couple of craiglockhart pupils to bump into each other - some tears but I think pride hurt only. I am guessing he has no kids of his own as when you have them it is harder to view them as objects to slalom through.
Maybe he was in a big hurry?
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All the yellows and the white have been shrunk by people accidentally tumble-drying them so I prefer the red at the moment. I'm also using a person-mounted bag until I can correct the pannier's tendency to feed itself to the singlespeed's spokes.
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@gembo on the A71. I was sitting in a traffic jam trying to decide if I could be bothered to filter past it in preference to relaxing in the sunshine. He was making good progress westward.
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Looked like you were contemplating the buffalo girls manouvre (round the outside) - common in the morning but not normally clagged like that at night. I had come from craigmillar big log on the innocent on the way out which I half bunny hopped unfortunately firing it at the guy behind me (apologies). Had all been smashed on my return. Think some wind assist.on home leg tonight A70 of course.
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Nice chap stopped for me to get round two peds on the WoL path, turned out it was chrisfl who like Greenroofer has also taken to the drops
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Spotted going through the barriers in front of me at Waverley, dropping his ticket, blue Brompton, pink pannier. The name I'm not so sure about - is that Roibeard?
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@Dougal - guilty as charged! Feel free to offer a greeting, and apologies that I missed seeing you...
Robert
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I would have stopped for a chat but the only reason I made my train was because it left behind schedule...
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@roiberard I offered you a greeting going down pleasance yesterday lunchtime when you were pushing up talking to a ped in dark suit
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@gembo He was doing pushups at the Pleasance?
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no doubt roibeard could do push ups at the pleasance. I was speeding down the hill on a specialized tricross bicycle with assist of gravity he was pushing his brompton bicycle up the hill whilst engaged in conversation with a 100% pedestrian in a dark suit
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Very joyous spot from hankchief at the leamington lift bridge environs. The full Gembo! Gembo! Gembo! And the full la lutua continua left fist in the air punching the sky. Just what was needed.
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I think that was my first ever spotting of @gembo in the wild and it made my day :-)
I was recce the West Edinburgh Feeder ride route for any last minute changes and was only on the towpath for a wee while but enough to see him in his natural habitat.
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I had a pedal on parly poster strapped badly to my pannier rack too.
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One of previous two posters here -
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I was tootling along the A70 near the airfield this afternoon on my first trip ever to Carnwath, when a fancy bike with aero wheels and a be-shaded grey-clad pilot came flying past in the other direction.
It was gone in a flash, so by the time I'd thought 'wasn't that fimm?' it was too late to say hello.
Anyhow, the joys of Strava fly-by confirm that it was indeed @fimm making the round trip at an average speed 20% higher than mine and looking completely different to yesterday. I, however, was wearing the same strange orange hat that I wore yesterday.
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@greenroofer, I hope you popped in to the apple pie though dependent on what time you were out, it might have closed already?
I had my summer bike out yesterday for the first time, short spin in the Bathgate Alps before going to pedal on parly. The chain seemed to be rubbing in certain combinations so I cleaned the bike (and two others ) today then took the summer bike our to Buteland to check the gears/chain which curiously were not Rubbing any more. If it is going to be nice this weekend down in Dumfries the summer bike will get a big outing at Drumlanrig so I do not want the chain rubbing over 88 miles.
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I was tootling along the A70 near the airfield this afternoon on my first trip ever to Carnwath, when a fancy bike with aero wheels and a be-shaded grey-clad pilot came flying past in the other direction.
It was gone in a flash, so by the time I'd thought 'wasn't that fimm?' it was too late to say hello.
Anyhow, the joys of Strava fly-by confirm that it was indeed @fimm ... looking completely different to yesterday.Greenroofer, apologies for not recognising you! (That bike does require a certain amount of concentration... it is a Very Serious Bicycle, having originally belonged to Boyfriend of Fimm.)
I was still enjoying myself at that point - after just over an hour I started feeling a bit tired, as you do, and realised that I'd come out on a 3 hour ride with a bottle of water and nothing to eat... numpty. Fortunately Carnwath has shops (I didn't go to the Apple Pie bakery because I hadn't planned to stop at all and I didn't want to leave that bike for a second longer than I had to).
And yes, I do exist as two rather different cycling personas.
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"I do exist as two rather different cycling personas."
And why not?
Cycling is different things to different people (and to the same person with different bikes!)
Some people get by with one bike, for thrift, space or utility reasons.
It is possible to have too many bikes (I know).
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Anyone on here? These guys were fast (caught at 32mph). Time trial near Lamancha A701.
Spring run with M5 CHRs by LaidBackBikes, on FlickrOn way home.... think I saw Nelly warning taxi driver about cutting up his son near Forrest Rod.
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It is possible to have too many bikes (I know).
Surely some mistake?
Robert
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They were fast. 25 mile course and fastest time was 56.08.
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"Surely some mistake?"
In theory, yes...
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@fimm, there is a guy leaves an orange specialized s-works outside the apple pie. That is not a cheap bike but it is often surrounded by more reasonably priced bikes.
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Tour of the Meldons I think, Laidback
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Outstanding infrastructure on a road near Ratho. Clear, precise and true information. Can't think why I stayed on the tarmac instead.
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thought i spotted the cabbie with the £360 fine for assault driving a 1980s grey hackney cab on Leith St this morning.
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