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  • Started 14 years ago by recombodna
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  1. gembo
    Member

    Was walking along Lanark road west with number one son about 7pm tonight oncoming cyclist with very bright light. I wonder who that is I said to no 1 son. Ah, wait it is Mr SRD and then I explained about being knocked off the podium by Bill.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  2. HankChief
    Member

    So Lloyds/Bank of Scotland have their Tour de Pudsey on just now for Children on Need and RBS are simultaneously doing a London to Edinburgh for Princes Trust. The routes might collide somewhere in the lake district...

    It can only be good news that big employers are getting behind their employees taking on cycling challenges.

    More please...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

    "It can only be good news that big employers are getting behind their employees taking on cycling challenges."

    Only if companies (and riders) relate it to riding bikes and not just 'charity'/employee relations (or whatever it is called).

    Posted 8 years ago #
  4. LaidBack
    Member

    Dave C - Spotted a noir bakfiets Urban Arrow coming off Dublin street cliff face climb

    Not the EdFoC one as that has been in shop for last two days. Good to hear someone is using it on direct hilly routes. Can't imagine wanting to take it up there unpowered.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  5. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Saw chdot cycling down Clerk Street this afternoon.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  6. HankChief
    Member

    Spotted my first Bakfiets out in the wild of West Edinburgh doing the school/nursery run.

    I shouted 'nice bike' at the rider(s).

    Posted 8 years ago #
  7. Stickman
    Member

    @HankChief: there's one tethered outside the zoo quite often. Wonder if it's the same one?

    More importantly, was the compliment returned?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  8. kaputnik
    Moderator

    @Hank I see one semi-often between Gylemuir and Broomhall areas, comes through the cut-through to Dovecot Road which must be quite a challenge.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  9. chdot
    Admin

    I saw a single file group of 6 teenage girls today cycling on Grange Loan, possibly coming from JGHS.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  10. HankChief
    Member

    @kaputnik - it was heading that way and with your 'more relaxed' morning routine the timings probably mean it was the same.

    I note your bin at Dovecot cut-through hasn't moved

    Posted 8 years ago #
  11. kaputnik
    Moderator

    @Hankchief I, and others, have moved it out the way now and again, it's always back again the next time I pass. Reckon it's a cranky local who passes that way a lot, like multiple times a day. Dog walker?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  12. wingpig
    Member

    Dave, hedgetrimming the NEPN foliage at an old station.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  13. Klaxon
    Member

    Unbranded Urban Arrow outside Cycle Service an hour ago... with groceries in a pannier and not the box? :o

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

    Lady commuting home on a bright orange brand new fat bike in the Inch. Heard her coming 50 metres away with the knoblies. Tiring?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  15. biketrain
    Member

    Kaputnik on Wednesday morning at Ballgreen. I was wearing Hi viz but was disguised as a driverist. Couple of minutes later let Handcheif and the chieflets cross over in front of me near Western Corner.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  16. nobrakes
    Member

    Posted 8 years ago #
  17. wingpig
    Member

    Two Chinooks thumping south over Leith Links.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  18. Rob
    Member

    A side-by-side two person trike heading off along the NEPN from Cannonmills.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  19. acsimpson
    Member

    Hankchief, I'm suprised you haven't seen a Bakfiets out and about before. There's one based in the next street to you which attended POP. I guess they leave the house a little later than you usually do.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  20. biketrain
    Member

    Many cyclists on L2E charity ride heading east through East Calder.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  21. chdot
    Admin

    Now a joint cycle/ped crossing -

    Posted 8 years ago #
  22. Greenroofer
    Member

    Lilac-helmet lady on the tow path this evening, first time for ages. I waved, but she completely blanked me. I hope this is because I was in full MAMIL mode with h*lmet, dark shades and lycra, and riding a road bike, rather than the cloth cap, baggy shorts and commuter bike that she's more familiar with.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  23. gembo
    Member

    @ Greenroofer how did the ride home from London pan out?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  24. Greenroofer
    Member

    @gembo - very pleasant indeed: it's highly likely that it was the same ride that @biketrain spotted earlier. The weather for the past five days has been glorious for cycling up from London via Birmingham and Manchester (although we could have done without 28C on the Kirkstone Pass, or a headwind all the way from Carlisle).

    Posted 8 years ago #
  25. gembo
    Member

    Nice descent though from top of kirkstone if heading north?

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

    @Greenroofer

    Surely a ride worthy of a wee write-up?

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

    A guy taking his parrot bramble picking on Arthur's Seat in a purple velvet covered rucksack/cage.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  28. Stickman
    Member

    @IWRATS: are you sure that wasn't a low-sugar hallucination from the end of your 7 Hills ride?

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

    @Stickman

    He seemed real enough. I once had a full-on hallucination not far from there when running the Seven Hills. It seemed real at time too mind.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  30. amir
    Member

    Cyclist by Michelle Castles

    Cyclist by Michelle Castles

    Posted 8 years ago #

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