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(14637 posts)- Started 16 years ago by recombodna
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"I didn't inhale."
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@wingpig, it was less the use per se, more the apparently planned expedition to the riverbank with it for this purpose...
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Gembo There is another brand I heard tell of who do a rhubarb and custard one. I would like that if anyone reading has them but doesn't like them?
That would be Torq, makers of the only edible gels IMO. I am not a fan of the real rhubarb and custard so never tried them but had them recommended.
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I like rhubarb and custard. Usually with the insertion of a layer of crumble between the two but quite like stewed rhubarb and custard. I like rhubarb and custard sweeties. I feel I will like the Torq rhubarb and custard gel too.
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They cost a wee bit more than 80p each but you could treat yourself!
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yes I will look out for one. Not wanting to buy the whole box for £27 in case they are gash
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"Not wanting to buy the whole box"
How's your 'flavour swap' scheme going?
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Chatted to @adamthekiwi on the Dunblane train this morning. Bike facilities = one small cupboard but we managed to squeeze 7 bikes on board.
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yes I will look out for one.
I will look out too. They used to sell them at the Bike Chain (sigh) but I don't know what the Coop have since I don't require them at the moment.
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Flavour swap scheme still open to new members
I have a high proportion. Of pink grapefruit in my stash at the moment due to the 80p deal at decathlon.
I used to see Mark from the bike chain quite often on his commute on the WoL path. Not seen him for a wee while. I was regular customer. Both mark and Colin / Druidh were tolerant of my banter.
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Forgot to say that I find myself at the back of a train of ten cyclists heading out of town on the towpath this morning just beyond Kingsknowe railway bridge. I can't remember seeing that many cyclists 'together' on the towpath outside of an organised ride, let alone heading west.
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@jdanielp I had the same experience - was that just before 9am?
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Mr W. Pig owning the Picardy Place roundabout. I was on the bus so couldn't be reciprocally spotted.
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Were you on the bus which the HSS driver to my left (seemingly in the left-turn lane (seeing as I was in the middle of the York Place lane), but playing a funny trick on me and going to York Place) beeped at, unless he was beeping at the Scottish Gas Networks van on my left, which was also beeping?
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Yes, I was on the bus that had stopped but then moved forward and blocked access from Elm Row for several seconds. I assumed that was what all the beeping was about.
I hate that left hand lane trick. I used to get it all the time coming from the other direction, so much so that I just started using the left hand lane myself and then moving across to the middle. Stupid really but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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@Snowy pretty much... Which one were you? I gradually overtook a few people between there and Wester Hailes while the faster riders disappeared off into the distance. I was in bright Altura green with a Pedal on Parliament flag flying from my rack...
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Aha - a retrospective spot then - I was riding behind you, and noted your pop flag !
I was on a black/silver Tricross w black pannier and yellow jacket ...rocking the 'anonymous commuter' look...
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@Snowy very good! I don't remember being aware of anybody being behind me at that point. I take it you didn't pass?
Posted 10 years ago # -
arelcat on a non-recumbent, normal-wheel* sized bike
*normal for most people; in our family normal is 20"
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I was in disguise as an impostor. :-)
Loved seeing miniSRD's sporty bike and microSRD putting on a sprint towards MMW.
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4 bikes at polling station (inc Brompton).
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Spotted Murray Moves (but not recombodna) from the bridge as we went up the Restalrig path.
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also spotted: far more women than men; far more 60+ cyclists; far more cyclists w/out helmets.
there *is* norrmalised cycling out there; it just gets lost in the commuters.
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"there *is* norrmalised cycling out there; it just gets lost in the commuters."
Well yes, as I've said before, different at different times of day.
"far more 60+ cyclists" - I think there are more older new/returning riders - not just lifelong cyclers getting older.
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A double kayak on the canal by Bridge 8 this evening occupied by two small identical twin boys with very red hair, paddling in complete synchrony.
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Teenage Cycling Ninja Turtle man (green helmet, matching green turtleshell backpack) at Western Corner about lunchtimeish, giving his bike the once-over as if there was something amiss with it.
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There seemed to be a lot of bikes having mechanical issues on the towpath last night (for once, not mine). Several punctures, two jumped chains, a couple of indeterminates, and one poor chap whose wheel had eaten his derailleur. Might be a reflection of a lot of machines coming out of hibernation for the first commute in the nice weather...
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