Nice. I had a big trike like that - but in classic red - that I rode for ages until I got the bike in my twitter pic. At the time I wanted a trike 'like everyone else's'. Now I wish I still had it, or at least some pictures of it!
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SRD negotiating the top of MMW this morning - concentrating.
DaveC, Arellcat and morningsider at City Chambers shortly afterwards - would've stayed but for "work".
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Older gent on a red fullsize wheel trike, spinning like a boss, Myreside Road.
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There was a very handsome Van Moof minimalist utility bike hanging out at the Bike breakast. It had a very neat porteur rack in wood and metal, with a sort of kinked tubing arm, that extended the headlight off to the front left. (built into the top tube on the VM, extending beyond the head tube). Hard to describe, but picture here
Dave thought owner was well styled gent in flat cap, but he was on the next door bike. Mr Van Moof was in shorts and tee and a sort of skateboardy helmet with a yellow waterproof ruscksack strapped onto the rack.
Anyway, very nice bike.
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This one? This is the first day I've seen it in the work rack, although I would swear blind I saw an older gent than you describe riding one in Harrison Park this morning, independent of the brekkie ride although possibly going to the same place.
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That's the one! Actually I thought I recognised the guy's backpack, quite distinctive weatherproof bright yellow thing - often see him walking it along the Broomhouse path, so the MO fits.
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Mmm....maybe he works at Tesco Bank or nearby places and has just today taken to using our secure and weatherproof parking facility. Cheeky, but I really don't blame him. Lovely device, or devices if I remembered the old fella correctly.
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I saw that one today too. My 3 year old daughter pointed it out to me: "Look Daddy! That's a nice bike!" Clearly the girl has taste.
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Sorry, just had to get post No. 2,500 in. :-)
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In other nice bike news, the chap in blue had plumbed a Shimano 105 groupset into his laaaavely old 531 frame from the 60's or 70's. Some very pretty fixings took the cables from the downtube mounts to the STI's, and he kindly pointed me at the place where he got them.
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12 seconds! 12 seconds and I would have had it!
Bloody forumStrava....
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Some very pretty fixings took the cables from the downtube mounts to the STI's
Bikeworks ordered mine out the Shimano catalogue. About £7 each I think, or slightly more if you buy the one with the little wing on the barrel adjuster to make trimming easier on the go. The tourer came with them already.
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Spotted Kaputnik at Cramond as I rode the other way on my weekly evening ride with friends. Waved.
I was spotting lots of people I know to say hello to on the ride from Haymarket to Cramond. My mate didn't believe I knew everyone I waived to and nearly fell off his bike when Andy waived to me in Cramond.
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Matt black Genesis 'cross bike and an EBC tourer on the train this am, along with my folder, not an MTB or BSO in sight! The revolution is here :-o ;-))
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BSO?
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BSO
Ah yes that should have been in CCE Glossary (is now).
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PN03 CWJ again, observed safely from the rear between the High St and Bread St, though he was very restrained this morning and resisted steaming past the cars in front of him, despite them only going at bike-speed, as evidenced by my keeping up. Anth was safely tucked out of the way on a bench on Johnston Terrace as we went past.
Also, Ms Folding Featherberet has finally ditched the hat.Posted 12 years ago # -
chdot: it is interesting that the poster shows the cycle lane going into the danger zone to the left of the truck...
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"Ms Folding Featherberet has finally ditched the hat"
Is that the sign of summer?
Sent from my (vertical) iPhone - ref other thread.
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"it is interesting that the poster shows the cycle lane going into the danger zone to the left of the truck..."
I think it's meant to show that even where there is a cycle lane - and drivers don't infringe - there is still potential danger due to left turning vehicles - the one in the picture is indicating...
In a 'real' situation I think I would stay back unless I was very sure red lights (if any) would change before I got to ASL box (if any).
I think some bike riders think 'I'm allowed there so drivers (particularly in lorries) ought to check if I am'.
It's not really quite so simple! (Unfortubately).
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We had a similar situation on Gilmore Place riding to the Bike Breakfast. A certain Council leader rode straight down the cycle lane, along the left of a bus and lorry, if I recall correctly....I was right behind him....
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Thought that cycle lane was always parked on...
That junction is a bit 'classic' as people/vehicles get a left filter - presumably 'you' were going right...
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" Anth was safely tucked out of the way on a bench on Johnston Terrace as we went past."
I was there partly to see if he goes past at the same time every day (I was running late yesterday, so wondered if that accounted for the meeting - it appears so, and as he drove past he clearly recognised me given the look across and the smirk, all very very clear and obvious); and partly to get some good, fast, well-lit, tracking photos of cyclists (first went by just as I arrived, second went by as one of the equally infrequent pedestrians walked in front at just the shutter click moment; third was wingpig when my attention was diverted by PN03 CWJ - I set off after him, but he got the lights, I didn't).
Mr red minibus clearly has a problem with cylists. I need to find out what the sticker in his back window says - he appears to carry disabled passengers, and I'm sure I saw something about Tollcross Primary once, but he turned the 'wrong' way onto Lothian Road this morning, I had thought to avoid wingpig after they'd had an altercation, but sounds like he was safely observed this morning.
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@chdot, that is the point that I was trying to make.
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@chdot "Thought that cycle lane was always parked on..."
the right hand lane (direction town) is not usually parked on; the left hand lane always is.
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Which light? I tried out the contraflow Bread St bus lane but I think I'll stick to East Fountainbridge in the future to avoid the unfiltered right from Lothian Road.
I think the sticker in the back window is just a normal "leave a few feet to let wheelchairs get out" warning, but I had a nice clear view of his rear for half a mile today so can read at leisure later. He had a passenger in the back today but I'm reasonably sure there was also shadowy movement on the passenger seat last month when he was bellowing at me and trying to swerve into my path. No idea if he recognised me this morning.Posted 12 years ago # -
The light at the end of the Bread Street bus lane to make the left onto Lothian Road.
That right onto Fountainbirdge is filtered, but it takes a while to get round to it stopping the opposing traffic to let you go. Though I usually find (as was the case this morning) that the traffic is so heavy I can pop through a stationary gap...
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...Nelly coming up the hump at Chesser Ave last night about 5:45.
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70 riders setting off on Friday morning at 7am on the #mille_alba 1000km Audax. Then most of them again coming in dribs and drabs from 21.15 - 3am when I left for home. Saw the same now more tired looking cyclists coming into Fordell Firs Scout HQ same times (or later) the next night.
I'm tole 69 started and 49 finished the ride. Well done to all. 1000km over 75 hours is blumin good going, I certainly could not manage that!
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