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back before numerous injuries (oh the tales I could tell) and an over expanded waistline I was often seen running round Arthurs seat of an evening.
not so funny the night I fell over in the car park on a frozen puddle :o
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Spotted a guy getting a ticket for driving the in the greenway at the end of Gorgie road, had a nice laugh about that. Though tbh with out any one using that bit of greenway as a filter the traffic was backed right up along Gorgie and made filtering along quite slow, so jokes on me I suppose.
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Man at Roseburn this mornign got a parking ticket for parking in Greenway, looked like he had been in at the Spar shop. Warden must have moved fast to get him. Serves him right, there are "waiting only" (or something) bays in the Greenway (why?!) about 5m infront of where he stopped.
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A chap with a Kaffenback in exactly the same colours as Anth's (
beige/chestnutsand/bronze), on 07.30 train to Leuchars this morning. Not Anth, mind.Posted 12 years ago # -
I actually passed a chap just at the start of the south Arthur's Seat road on a Kaff last night. 'Lovely bike' I commented. He caught up at the east end of Duddingston village saying he hadn't twigged till his light caught my frame as I went ahead. We discussed how perfect they were for commuting and went our separate ways.
Kaff riders are like a band of non-brothers. Mutual admiration, but no emotional ties.
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There was just such a Kaff tied up outside Sainsbury's on Rose Street last Friday evening. I initially thought it might be Anth's but then noted that it didn't have moustache bars.
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I see a Kaff most mornings going opposite way from me between Drumbrae Roundabout and Zoo usually. Drop bars and a black pannier on a rack. Man wears a floppy beany hat in the style of the Fast Show character who starts all his sketches "Isn't X brilliant, yeah?" (as in "Aren't roads brilliant, yeah?" Cos if you didn't have roads, you wouldn't have pavements. And if you didn't have pavements, you'd all get run over. BRILLIANT!"
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... could the forum owner pls change the title of this thread to 'spotted ... a kaff....'
ta...
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So yeah I spotted Laidback on his paperbicycle, what he doesnt know is that I spotted him again later on that evening, but was fairly unrecognizable at the time :)
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Spotted a Kaff at the farmer's market a couple of times. It was ridden by a female girl, which excludes Anth and his manliness. Rack and not-brown mudguards on.
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Last Saturday was the first time in ages I'd ridden tot he Farmers Market actually. But yeah. I'm not a girl...
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Mr SRD, I think. Heading along Melville Drive (east to west) VERY lit-up on the tandem with a kiddy seat on the back about 5.20ish.
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Spotted a number of bikes this morning with lights ranging from blinding to so dim as to be effectively ninja.
Strangely none of them were Kaffenbacks, beige or otherwise....Posted 12 years ago # -
Somebody absolutely annihilated me on the way in to work today - on a hybrid bike with rack and mudguards too.
Probably nobody on here (Ratcliffe Terrace at about 7:30am)?
Devastated.
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@anth. Nope. Mr SRD was swanning around in Oxford, hanging out with hip academics.
I was on helios with both kids about that time, but over around Polwarth/Colinton Road. Had a good chat with a Dad with tagalong heading towards Harrison Park.
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Damn, spot-error!
Walked in this morning (going out straight from work) along the Arthur's Seat south road - mainly spotted loads and loads and loads of traffic. Oasis of calm the park ain't. Strangely a lot of them moved over to the right to drive past me (for the record I was walking on the pavement). Happened so many times as to be very noticeable. Some gave more space than I often get there on the bike on the road!
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"Oasis of calm the park ain't."
Yes, if I am running I have to cross to the Innocent over that road and it can be really hard to get across.
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Oh here is another one i forgot from Monday, a upright bike with a recumbent tag-a-long, the young lady riding the tagger seemed very happy!
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Ooh, I saw a bloke who appeared to be riding some sort of huge electric cargo bike with a massive cage on the front. I think I have seen this sort of thing mentioned before but can't remember what it was. It was just off Dalry Road.
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Sounds like the guy I used to see irregularly on the Roseburn path who transported two big dogs on a large cargo trike with a large cage on the front?
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Ah, he's a vet. Can't remember the name of the surgery (Oak something?) - they've got a bit about the trike on their website. Takes his dog to work every day.
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Was much admiring a small-wheeled (c. 20") compact trike with 2 kiddy seats and belts on the back this morning on Melville Drive. Until the ridist crossed onto wrong side of road into oncoming traffic, onto the pavement, cycled across the red man and then dissapeared somewhere up the side of the New Uberior House building, still on the pavement.
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Yes, I think I remembered something about dogs but wasn't sure! That must have been him, I didn't see any dogs in the cage but didn't get a very good look.
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Ah I seem that chap about to go down Henderson Terrace last week and remember thinking those poor dogs, they have no idea how bad that surface is. I always have to take it in a mtb "attack" position.
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Maybe that is why the cage is so huge? So they don't hit their heids?
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"then disappeared somewhere up the side of the New Uberior House building, still on the pavement."
It's been so long since I lived that way that I can't remember, but is the side of Uberior House not a road (albeit a pedestrianised one) - or am I making that up?
Not that anything forgives violation of the law, of course.
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Is Oak Tree Vets on queensferry road. The chap rides down the roseburn path for a bit then rides along (in rush hour) with the dugs barking at the traffic.
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with the dugs barking at the traffic.
Clever dogs.
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There's a bike in the photo at the top of this story.
Rod brakes, probably 24" wheels and singlespeed.
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"I use one of Edinburgh's excellent off road cycle routes which has unfortunately been ear marked as a potential tram line which would mean the loss of the facility for some years as the track is laid and probably lost for ever for the trike with the reinstatement of a narrow cycle lane beside the tram rails. All alternative routes have significant hills meaning that unless I have plenty time and am feeling pretty fit, the use of the trike would be a major challenge."
He thinks as I do... we are taking the effective loss of the Roseburn as a given while considering the house move.
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