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  1. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Guy trying and failing to cross Craigmillar Park in the dark. Wandering around in the traffic with one shoe. Crossed - eventually - and walked straight into a hedge.

    I stop and get hold of him but he can't speak. Another guy comes out of the house and we get him sat down and call the cops. One-Shoe continues to eat pills out of his pockets. I advise him not to do this but also ask for a share of the pills to keep the dose down. One-shoe tries to ride off on the SUNLIT Uplander. I prevent this, gently, and persuade One-Shoe that he is looking after me (he cannot speak but seems to understand) and we sit on a wall together. One-Shoe is harmless but perfectly bewildered.

    The cops come after a long time and take One-Shoe to be pumped out in the hospital. Just say no, kids.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  2. paddyirish
    Member

    Nice one @IWRATS. Hope this was a one-off.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Amen to that.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  4. crowriver
    Member

    Chap riding up Regent Road this morning on a road bike, no mudguards or rack. Rucksack on back, with a full-sized track pump lashed to one side of it.

    There's dedication to keeping your tyres fully pumped up!

    (Personally I'd have fitted a rack and carried everything in panniers, but hey).

    Posted 4 years ago #

  5. piosad
    Member

    Two Just Eat e-bikes locked up (with rather poor locks) in the bike store under the Bayes Centre for some reason.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  6. Trixie
    Member

    I saw a person on a bike yesterday with such perky, upright handlebars that I had to pause to get a look at the whole picture as they went by. As did someone in a cycling h*lm*t walking ahead of me. Possibly e-assist, small wheels and a padded pillion seat on the back. It made me smile.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  7. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    Spotted Andy Catlin in the blood donor centre this afternoon.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  8. Arellcat
    Moderator

    In town this morning I spotted an incredibly stylish lady in grey tweed and riding a black Paper Bicycle.

    I was in lycra tights and Goretex on my somewhat shabby Brompton and felt I was letting the side down rather.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  9. gembo
    Member

    wo0man cycling up Leith Street last evening with quite big drum on her back

    Posted 4 years ago #

  10. LaidBack
    Member

    Spotted a pannier rack this morning left at the door of LB.
    Obviously a kind donation that couldn't go through letterbox.
    Thanks to whoever left this - can pass on to someone else here of course. Blackburn type.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  11. LaidBack
    Member

    OneWheel or similar e-skateboard

    Posted 4 years ago #

  12. algo
    Member

    Nice chat with @EdinburghCycleCam this evening up Lothian Road, wishing for better luck soon...

    Posted 4 years ago #

  13. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    What algo said!

    Potential spotting of @Frenchy heading South on Gilmerton Road at Robin's Nest? I was disguised as a pedestrian heading North.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  14. Frenchy
    Member

    You did a double take?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  15. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    @Frenchy I did indeed, I wasn't sure if you were looking in my direction or over your shoulder. I was wearing an orange and yellow rucksack cover.

    Spotted a second time by @algo this evening, this time outside The Bicycle Works.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  16. Frenchy
    Member

    Have to admit I didn't see you at the time - I was looking back at the greyhound and podenco walking towards you.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  17. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    Haha, fair enough!

    Posted 4 years ago #

  18. jdanielp
    Member

    Forgot to mention that I saw a couple of people stood on the far side of the canal near the Wester Hailes Lagoon by a person who was lying under a blanket this morning... One of the two was on the phone and an ambulance was coming from the direction of WHEC with lights flashing. Not sure what had happened, but hopefully nothing too unpleasant.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  19. wingpig
    Member

    A hundred-odd winterfeast trees parked in the bike racks at Ocean Ternimal. Can't see what's on the tabards of the people apparently responsible.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  20. HankChief
    Member

    @wingpig there a load more and a van on the old Coltbridge at Roseburn...

    Posted 4 years ago #

  21. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Frenchy oot chappin doors roon aboot oor hoose.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  22. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Spotted: a whole new part of Edinburgh. Why was I not informed of the existence of Spring Gardens and Waverley Park?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  23. Frenchy
    Member

    Presume by Waverley Park you mean the street near Holyrood rather than the wee private park between Minto St and Dalkeith Road?

    Nice area, I spent a couple of weeks in 2011 climbing every tenement stair around there.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  24. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Exactamundo. Entirely unaware of its existence. Also the Regent turns out to be a football pub who knew?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  25. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    A traffic warden standing around outside the Balmoral. No taxis to be seen for once.

    I thought the wardens didn't work Sundays?

    EDIT: Photographic proof: https://twitter.com/Lollercake/status/1203689389739716609

    Posted 4 years ago #

  26. CycleAlex
    Member

    Not many but there's a few out there. I see them walk past my flat heading out on their rounds.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  27. unhurt
    Member

    A Deliveroo guy riding a Just Eat bike.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  28. fimm
    Member

    Woman and child pushing bikes through Haymarket this morning. The wee one was quite wee and quite cute so I gave the adult a big smile and then I wondered if I recognized her / she recognized me so sorry if that was you.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  29. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    A single brake lever sitting amidst the leaf jam on the pedestrianised bit of the Kirkgate.

    A story in a sentence.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  30. jdanielp
    Member

    Managed to exchange greetings with neddie at the top of MMW and piosad at Leamington Lift Bridge this morning.

    Posted 4 years ago #

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