2nd EIHPV meet?

David Martin said:

Just got this from Cycling Scotland.. could be a good excuse for the
darksiders to show up.

Did think about this, and I may still do it, but not a great opportunity
to meet. It will however test the slow speed control skills of any
cyclists who join in. It'll probably move faster than the last parade of
Maggie's that I took part in (That one was led by small children and was
painfully slow!), but it'll be slow and loud and will involve being
stared at by random spectators.

I actually got caught up in last years (IIRC) when I tried to leave the
station. I suspect that I posted a rant about it here! :-)

But while we're on the subject.

Suggestions:

A weekend (One day / two, but we'd have to be pretty organised for two!)
in August.
Open to all and sundry. I'll get David G involved if I can.
Plan for a shortish ride somewhere (Possibly incorporating the Arthur's
Seat Challenge), almost certainly involving ice cream.
Meal in the evening.

If there are any intending to travel from afar, I can put up a few
people as long as they are used to sleeping on the floor. (If the bloody
scaffolding hasn't been removed by then, I put up several as long as
they don't mind sleeping outside! ;-) )

Jon

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jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk ('') said:

David Martin said:

Just got this from Cycling Scotland.. could be a good excuse for the
darksiders to show up.

Did think about this, and I may still do it, but not a great
opportunity to meet. It will however test the slow speed control skills
of any cyclists who join in. It'll probably move faster than the last
parade of Maggie's that I took part in (That one was led by small
children and was painfully slow!), but it'll be slow and loud and will
involve being stared at by random spectators.

I actually got caught up in last years (IIRC) when I tried to leave the
station. I suspect that I posted a rant about it here! :-)

But while we're on the subject.

Suggestions:

A weekend (One day / two, but we'd have to be pretty organised for
two!) in August.
Open to all and sundry. I'll get David G involved if I can.
Plan for a shortish ride somewhere (Possibly incorporating the Arthur's
Seat Challenge), almost certainly involving ice cream.
Meal in the evening.

I've got quite a complicated August which gets more complicated as it
goes on, so earlier is better.

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David Martin said:

Quoted message said:

Just got this from Cycling Scotland.. could be a good excuse for the
darksiders to show up.

Did think about this, and I may still do it, but not a great opportunity
to meet. It will however test the slow speed control skills of any
cyclists who join in. It'll probably move faster than the last parade of
Maggie's that I took part in (That one was led by small children and was
painfully slow!), but it'll be slow and loud and will involve being stared
at by random spectators.

I gathered from David G that Maggie is actually finding it very difficult to
get lots children to take part in the cavalcade, that's a real shame. I
might turn up on the 'cheetah, given that last time I attempted 4mph on the
recumbent bike, I fell off. Being stared at by random spectators is pretty
much a given for me I think.

Quoted message said:

A weekend (One day / two, but we'd have to be pretty organised for two!)
in August. Open to all and sundry. I'll get David G involved if I can.
Plan for a shortish ride somewhere (Possibly incorporating the Arthur's
Seat Challenge), almost certainly involving ice cream.
Meal in the evening.

Pretty much any August weekend is good for me, a shortish ride including
Arthurs Seat racing is also good. Ice cream is *definitely* good.

Becky

arellcat said:

Being stared at by random spectators is pretty
much a given for me I think.

I was going to suggest that any red blooded male who *didn't* stare at
Becky would need their heads examined but thought that might not be
taken as perhaps it should..

...d

David Martin said:

arellcat said:

Being stared at by random spectators is pretty
much a given for me I think.

I was going to suggest that any red blooded male who *didn't* stare at
Becky would need their heads examined but thought that might not be
taken as perhaps it should..

I tend to shyly avoid looking, and would contend that it's something I
should work on, but not that I need my head examining. Not for that reason,
anyway.

--
Ambrose

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Martin (') said:

arellcat said:

Being stared at by random spectators is pretty
much a given for me I think.

I was going to suggest that any red blooded male who *didn't* stare at
Becky would need their heads examined but thought that might not be
taken as perhaps it should..

When you're as socially cretinous as I am it is very easy to cause
offence to people (especially of the other gender) you like. There are
times I really wish I could get this foot /out/ of my mouth. And the
problem is once in that position there is literally /nothing/ you can
say which won't make matters worse.

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Simon Brooke said:

When you're as socially cretinous as I am it is very easy to cause
offence to people (especially of the other gender) you like. There are
times I really wish I could get this foot /out/ of my mouth. And the
problem is once in that position there is literally /nothing/ you can
say which won't make matters worse.

Whoa there chaps, I think I'm equally at fault on this one; while I meant
that I was no stranger at all to people staring and subsequently laughing
their heads off / shouting things of various intelligibility and/or insult
when I'm riding the recumbent, and while I also might have half-heartedly
implied that many people tend to stare at tall women, I didn't quite realise
there was another implication. David: you're such a tease. Now stop it.

Becky
(who ought to ride a normal bike more often for her own sanity, but is
intrinsically drawn to strange bikes with lots of engineering)

David Martin said:

arellcat said:

Being stared at by random spectators is pretty
much a given for me I think.

I was going to suggest that any red blooded male who *didn't*
stare at Becky would need their heads examined but thought
that might not be taken as perhaps it should..

..d

If it's a weekend Helen and me can make it then I'll be staring at the
cycles.
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the.Mark