Have promising lead, appear to be running gloves which I had not considered. They are light but give about the same warmth as tucking your hands inside the cuffs of your jumper which is my technique unless cold when I go for big gloves
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@gembo - I have just been hearing about the many dangers associated with fair trade events and unregulated smoothie bikes. Shocking!
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Brother says he can put a notice on The Mill Facebook page if you can't find the owner BTW!
Eta: he might know who they belong to - he'll check with her.
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Thanks unhurt, owner has been tracked down
If you follow fietsclub Balerno on facebook you can see an eighty year old man, an MP and an MSP making smoothies by cycling. In radical departure from red berry smoothie we had a second jug on the go of mango, melon and yoghurt due to help with mango being chopped by colleague who used to run the mill. I avoid mango except in the old days of Kalpna when the ana Purna thali had a delicious wee pudding of mango purée
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Lots of audax riders heading over the Forth bridge early evening, returning from Forth & Tay. Coincidentally I was there, returning from a visit to Burntisland. A mite chilly once the sun went down.
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Possible spot of Willmington's Cow, trackstanding at the Gillespie Crossroads junction.
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@fimm, he's not on here anymore, unless has changed his name again. But perhaps you will entice him back with your spot?
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LaidBack a-whooshing down Johnstone Terrace...
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Wingpig about to launch onto the Picardy Place Roundabout this morning.
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An identical exercise bike has appeared in Morningside Park. I sat and spun (spinned? span?) on it for 15 minutes while Micro-Greenroofer kicked a ball around with his friends. Experienced cyclists may find the resistance a little low for anything other than 'recovery' rides.
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A cycling survey outside lidl leith
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@greenroofer Have you put it on Strava? If it's not on Strava it doesn't count ;-)
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@HC. The thought hadn't crossed my mind, but now you mention it...
...actually I won't. If you can 'ride' for 15 minutes while wearing a felt hat, gloves, insulated waxed jacket, jumper, fleecy shirt and a vest and not be a big sweaty mess at the end of it, it doesn't really count as exercise, so doesn't deserve to be on Strava.
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@Greenroofer " exercise ... doesn't deserve to be on Strava."
What madness is this? Does this mean that all the rides I've Strava'd while wearing a skirt and a jacket and a big long coat and a furry hat have to be deleted?
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Whoosh went Stickman downwind...
Huff, puff, mumble grumble went HankChief upwind...
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A lady cycling up the pavement of a quiet suburban street towards me towing a child trailer. No room for both of us so I like totally faced her down and so made her go on the road. Cheerfully but firmly. Suspect she's new to the game.
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@Iwrats, I am taking it you were like a total pedestrian though?
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@gembo
Yes, I was afoot. I might have deferred to her had she had a child aboard.
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@fimm - perhaps I wasn't clear enough. In my book (and your book may vary, of course)...
- Anything involving moving on a bicycle is fair game for putting on Strava. You can wear what you like and it all counts (provided it's on Strava)
- Riding a stationary bicycle is valid on Strava if it's energetic and is part of some gnarly training regime. It will probably also involve a heart rate monitor, a towel to catch the sweat and possibly the creation of a pain cave.
- Riding a stationary bicycle is not valid on Strava if it's done so gently that one doesn't work up a sweat even when wearing many layers of clothing, and if there is no reference to heart rates, intervals or 'recovery'. It just doesn't count. It's not exercise. It's just an alternative way of sitting in the park. If it's not on Strava it doesn't count, but that doesn't mean that if it is on Strava it does count.
One of my Strava followers recently criticised me for filling up his feed with three separate one-mile return trips to school over the course of an afternoon...
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Fimm and BOFFOF @Ballgreen @07:35?
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HankChief looking considerably happier this morning to be not fighting the wind.
An "EzRider" e-bike at Riversdale, complete with integrated indicator lights.
A VanMoof bike with big front rack crossing at the EICC.
Lots of other people on bikes this morning.
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@biketrain not us.
@greenroofer my comment was intended to be very tongue-in-cheek! I don't think it came over quite as I meant, either...Posted 7 years ago # -
I saw someone who wasn't SRD in a Lumos helmet the other day.
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@Fimm sorry for the erroneous spot.
@Wingpig It may have been me. I am using a Lumos H****t.
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Definitely spotted HankChief and crew on the A8. Unfortunately our arms would not stretch across 4 lanes of traffic, so no high 15 this morning.
Also spotted a bike being ridden along the tram path with the front quick release lever sticking out in line with the axle. Had a quick chat with the lady owner and adjusted the lever. All good, no loss of face.
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A friend's Facebook post this morning:
"Bloody #cyclists in #Edinburgh not observing traffic lights or any other basic laws that apply to road users! That's what you are cyclists when you cycle on the road, ROAD USERS! ARGH! and breathe..."
I made the 'mistake' of replying with:
"more generally, people everywhere using roads but not observing traffic lights or other basic laws that apply to road users etc."
to which she (disappointingly as a once cyclist, but not terribly surprisingly as a regular driver) replied with:
"Road users, excluding cyclists, have had to sit tests that confirm they they are able to drive vehicles on the road and have the required knowledge of the highway code to be able to do so safely. Cyclists do not. There are no regulations or provisional training that cyclists just must complete and pass before they can safely be allowed to become road users. If a cyclist is a dangerous road user and as a result is hit by a diligent and careful driver it's not the cyclists fault."
Do I continue to engage? I fear it wouldn't end well.
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