Panniers.

Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> wrote in news:cg4en0$l8g$1
@dux.dundee.ac.uk:

Quoted message said:

"Hi you must be... oh, hang on, that's Windcheetah 312, my mistake!" ;-)

Will you be wearing your bike spotter's anorak (lycra with furry fleece
trimmed hood)?

I'm just jealous, I move away from Edinburgh and you all plan what sounds
like a fun get together. Was it something I said? 😉

Graeme

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:35:03 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email hidden]>
wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

in message <[email hidden]>, David Hansen

(') said:

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:29:13 +0100 someone who may be Jon Senior
<jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Date: 28th August.
Time: Early afternoon meet. Dinner somewhere around 17:00 - 19:00.
Show starts 22:00.

I will come for the afternoon. I will also manage dinner. The show
is too late for me.

It strikes me that most of us from out of town will have quite valuable
bicycles with us which are quite precious to us. I don't imagine any of
us are too happy with the idea of leaving them chained up down a close
somewhere. Is there somewhere really secure we could leave bikes during
dinner?

I don't normally park along there.

There is a handy full building height scaffold along the other side of
Valleyfield street, (or was a coupe of weeks ago) but the seating in
the restauraunt doesn't lend itself to a good view out of the window.

(There's also assorted street furniture to lock to)

I recall a just-off-pavement area at the King's theatre next door, but
don't know what the 'lock-to' aspect of that area is like.

There's a set of Sheffield stands down at the Traverse theatre/ Usher
Hall.

There's the long rack along the frontage of the EBC nearby, too.

I also know someone who lives up a close off Valleyfield Street, who
might be around to let us in. (but due to the size of the close, I'd
guess there'd be room for one diamond-frame bike, or compact
recumbent.

If you'd like, I can go along here next week and have a look.

Please let me know how those ideas grab you, so as I know what grade
of secure storage I need to hunt for.

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:43:46 +0100, David Martin
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

On 20/8/04 9:19 am, in article [email hidden],

Roos Eisma said:

David Hansen said:

That's alright. I was born in Norway, which is not in the EU.

What's it with urc'ers and Norway. You born there, Dave Martin lived
there, I spent a lot of holidays there and read the language.

Thats because Dutch and Norwegian are very similar when written (I can
typically make sense of about 25-40% of a dutch article..

It always amused me that the way to say "I come from Scotland" in
Norwegian was, pretty much, to say it in a broader Glaswegian accent
than I normally used.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Maybe we should hold the next meet over there 🙂

U.r.c gaa paa tur? It is a great place to ride.

..d

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:35:03 GMT someone who may be Simon Brooke
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

It strikes me that most of us from out of town will have quite valuable
bicycles with us which are quite precious to us.

I agree. While I don't have such things others do.

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Gawnsoft said:

Quoted message said:

It strikes me that most of us from out of town will have quite valuable
bicycles with us which are quite precious to us. I don't imagine any of
us are too happy with the idea of leaving them chained up down a close
somewhere. Is there somewhere really secure we could leave bikes during
dinner?

Quoted message said:

There is a handy full building height scaffold along the other side of
Valleyfield street, (or was a coupe of weeks ago) but the seating in
the restauraunt doesn't lend itself to a good view out of the window.

Quoted message said:

Please let me know how those ideas grab you, so as I know what grade
of secure storage I need to hunt for.

I think I'll drop of my bike at the friend we're staying with, who lives
near Haymarket, and walk into town from there.

Roos

Pete said:

"Hi you must be... oh, hang on, that's Windcheetah 312, my mistake!"

;-)

Mine'll be the one with the grimy yellow flag and squeaky brakes. I
thought about putting my hair in bunches to make myself stand out
better, but I can't wear my bike helmet at the same time.

Becky

Roos Eisma said:

Arellcat said:

I didn't catch the start of this thread at the time, and although I
shan't be able to join everyone for the dinner and show later on, I
could certainly pop down to the Meadows in the afternoon to say
hello.

Quoted message said:

I'm assuming that I might not be the only one who doesn't recogise
everyone by face, so will it be through bikes instead? e.g., Roos,
will you be on the Fiero?

Yes, that's the plan. Find the group with the most silly bicycles.
Pete will be the short slaphead on a Brompton 🙂

Quoted message said:

Windcheetah 202

That should be easy enough to recognise 🙂

Roos

I'll be on Windcheetah 703.
--
Mark

Arellcat said:

Pete said:

"Hi you must be... oh, hang on, that's Windcheetah 312, my mistake!"
;-)

Mine'll be the one with the grimy yellow flag and squeaky brakes. I
thought about putting my hair in bunches to make myself stand out
better, but I can't wear my bike helmet at the same time.

Becky

You'll get them going by mentioning the "H" word :-)
--
Mark

Mark tested the water with:

Quoted message said:

You'll get them going by mentioning the "H" word :-)

Aye, maybe. But it was only mentioned in passing and wasn't the main
subject of my post. I thought about not using that word when I was
composing, but decided to risk it. ;-)

It's definitely a week today, and not tomorrow, right? </thickness>

Becky

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:06:16 +0000 (UTC) someone who may be "Mark"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

I'll be on Windcheetah 703.

A trio of Windcheetahs then by the sound of it. That should be fun.

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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:10:47 +0100 someone who may be David Hansen
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

A trio of Windcheetahs then by the sound of it. That should be fun.

Well the meetup was great fun. There was not too much of that
tedious cycling business and plenty of time for ice cream.

The group of people on (mostly) "odd-looking" and clean bikes
assembled in the Meadows. There they did their best impersonation of
motorcycle enthusiasts, by looking at the machines and chatting
about the technicalities.

Then a run to the back of Mrs Windsor's Edinburgh pad, followed by
the long climb to Dunsapie Loch. This climb gave the lie to claims
that recumbents cannot climb hills, unless of course their riders
were fitter (and I'm sure their riders were all fitter then I am).
Then it was time for the long run down the other side of the hill
for the big children to see how fast their machine would go. The
recumbents obviously demonstrated their advantages on this bit.

Having had some refreshments at the back of Mrs Windsor's pad we
went off to take a look at Donald Dewar's £431 million (and still
rising) folly. I had not seen it for some time (it is in an obscure
part of town), but it still looks as ugly as when it was half-built.

The assembly then went to the Bike Co-op, causing some amusement to
sections of the festival crowds. I wonder why thick people have this
compulsion to demonstrate they are thick by making thick comments?
The general feeling was that the Co-op "sale" didn't have much of
interest. People then dispersed to secrete their bikes and get ready
for dinner.

Dinner in Parrots, Viewforth, was an excellent three hour affair.
There was much talk of cycling in general and the achievements of
the cycling team at the olympics (much better than the track and
field team have managed). There was also some talk on motor vehicles
and driving, though no doubt the unacceptable face of motoring would
claim this didn't happen.

Some then went on to the only cycling themed show in the Fringe. I
look forward to a report.

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