tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post5153461606403421682..comments2023-09-29T11:23:31.078+01:00Comments on Witterings: BikesSandy's witteringshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-20062985842522544072013-06-06T23:42:13.580+01:002013-06-06T23:42:13.580+01:00Thanks for that. I googled the problem - to discov...Thanks for that. I googled the problem - to discover I'm not the first to think about it! Just the sort of question that brings the internet into its own. What I did learn was that the the sporran was more inconvenient than the kilt.<br /><br />Of course you're right about the myth of kilt-wearing: much of the discussion I found to do with military uniform. One wag observed that while riding a bike in a kilt "don't try to salute".Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-8972100444627053902013-06-06T08:20:56.025+01:002013-06-06T08:20:56.025+01:00Shundo, we do seem to lay claim to quite a few of ...Shundo, we do seem to lay claim to quite a few of the worlds contraptions - of varying usefulness. Perhaps the bike just attracts less misuse than some other inventions.<br /><br />Dominic - I'm afraid the wearing of the kilt is a bit of a myth - certainly in our corner of the world. I suspect that Kirkpatrick Macmillan spent his entire life in a pair of trousers (hopefully not the same pair for his duration) and almost every other bloke in Scotland over the last 200 years.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-41645769289320595742013-06-03T17:03:47.573+01:002013-06-03T17:03:47.573+01:00What interesting photos. This is not a facetious q...What interesting photos. This is not a facetious question - it popped into my head as soon as I read your post and it intrigues me. Since Scottish men have worn kilts (probably more in the past than now) did this mean there were more "ladies bikes" (no crossbar) in Scotland than "mens", with a crossbar? If so, were they marketed as "ladies bikes" or what?Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-75472782856378675152013-06-03T16:06:19.870+01:002013-06-03T16:06:19.870+01:00I do sometimes wonder if the world would be a bett...I do sometimes wonder if the world would be a better place without some of the engines and contraptions that all seem to have been invented by enterprising Scots, but the world would definitely not be a better place without bicycles - even uncomfortable ones. <br />I suspect I must have given my parents a really hard time in order for them to buy me a Chopper, but they did not succumb, so I had the ordinary bike and my friend Gareth had the Chopper. Constant jealousy of the worst kind...Shundohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626305350101368912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-10723830087625792082013-06-03T03:18:48.653+01:002013-06-03T03:18:48.653+01:00John, certainly was a good wee museum and all incl...John, certainly was a good wee museum and all included inthe price of looking round the castle.<br /><br />Michael, there certainly are some uncomfortable machines here, especially considering what the state of their roads must have been.<br /><br />Jim, It looks like there's quite some grounds - a bike could be a good way to get about it. It just wasn't ground exploring weather when I was there (which is where the bike museum scored, what with it's roof and all)Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-44074374513610482352013-06-02T23:15:38.343+01:002013-06-02T23:15:38.343+01:00I remember probably thirty years ago on a visit to...I remember probably thirty years ago on a visit to Drumlanrig, my girls hired bikes to explore the grounds. None of them were like those. My eldest daughter however was once the proud owner of a Chopper. The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-63837198869824297942013-06-02T18:03:25.650+01:002013-06-02T18:03:25.650+01:00Interesting post Sandy, I've had my share of b...Interesting post Sandy, I've had my share of bycycles throughout my life, most of them had short lives as I beat the hell out of them, now they beat the hell out of me!<br />That's quite a collection of bicycles, I have a feeling someone would be quite sore after a ride on one of the antiques, if not seriously injured! : )Michael (Light-In-A-Box)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06384247789221839215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-36907559379653559112013-06-02T16:27:57.647+01:002013-06-02T16:27:57.647+01:00What a neat museum, one that I would thoroughly en...What a neat museum, one that I would thoroughly enjoy. Thanks for the tour.John @ Beans and I on the Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185975793295220723noreply@blogger.com