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Title: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: blackpuddinonnabike on 06 April, 2008, 06:32:38 pm
Seems the weather put a lot of people off (probably understandably, though later in the day it cleared up really nicely - photos of other things to follow). But a nice wee group, had a proper minute's silence at 1pm, the rode up round Arthur's Seat.

Low key, but just seemed right....

Chris Hill, the organiser
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2393083026_c24ecb5b9d.jpg?v=0)

Gathering for the Silence
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Riders mking it up Arthur's Seat
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2393095852_a3f1547817.jpg?v=0)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/2392268123_3c82e17e9f.jpg?v=0)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2393111956_de5db226b4.jpg?v=0)

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And refueling there
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/2392271967_6f07ee55cc.jpg?v=0)

While discussing Bents
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Title: Re: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: kyuss on 06 April, 2008, 06:42:03 pm
I'm totally gutted I didn't make it. Had been looking forward to it all week. My freehub decided last night was a good time to give up the ghost and my other bike is still in bits. >:(
Title: Re: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: blackpuddinonnabike on 06 April, 2008, 06:49:07 pm
Ah, I can let you off with that as an excuse then...  :P

Wasn't sure I was going to make it - feeling rather rough today, but after spending last night and this morning fettling I wasn't going to miss it! Arthur's Seat was a struggle though!

The weather had given second thoughts as well, but that cleared up really nicely for the speedway.
Title: Re: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: richie_b on 08 April, 2008, 11:37:03 pm
Arthur's Seat was a struggle though!


It didn't look like you were struggling from about 500m behind as I went backwards  ;)
I'm sure it was the lock in my top bag & not my disastrously bad climbing that held me back this time!
*coughs unconvincingly*

Good to have a decent turn out to mark the passing of Sheldon Brown: he will be sorely missed...


& good to talk to folk in the flesh I've known for a while on line
*waves at becky & anth*

Title: Re: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: blackpuddinonnabike on 09 April, 2008, 02:17:17 pm
Arthur's Seat was a struggle though!


It didn't look like you were struggling from about 500m behind as I went backwards  ;)

That's cos I didn't stop to retrieve the lung I coughed up on the steep bit....   ;D
Title: Re: Edinburgh's Sheldon Memorial Ride
Post by: richie_b on 10 April, 2008, 11:45:58 pm
So that was the reason for the colour of your top: that it didn't show the bits of coughed up lung???

& I'd just thought you were a fairly good climber...

Credit to you for organising it BTW