tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29176296.post9155699869797231207..comments2023-05-20T13:02:56.896+01:00Comments on The Cathedral Choir: Bikes, Brides, Blow-Downs and BreakdownsLayclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29176296.post-74898088335718027722011-11-25T21:37:26.512+00:002011-11-25T21:37:26.512+00:00Marginalia, I was only separated from it inasmuch ...Marginalia, I was only separated from it inasmuch as I wasn't riding it - on a daily basis it was a mere 50 yards from my desk and clearly visible from my office window!<br /><br />It broke down again because of an old clutch cable competing with a new clutch, and I'm glad it did it in daylight in relatively decent weather in the centre of Edinburgh, rather than in the dark and pissing rain of the middle of nowhere!<br /><br />I do in fact sometimes sing to myself on the bike, either just on my own or to whatever's on the radio (it has a radio/cassette fitted, which can be heard up to just beyond 70mph) but not any baritone racket - I'm a tenor I'll have you know!Layclerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29176296.post-31054949620221270402011-11-25T14:47:21.848+00:002011-11-25T14:47:21.848+00:00How can you be separated from your beautiful bike ...How can you be separated from your beautiful bike for so long?<br /><br />It's a force of nature not just a piece of machinery. I bet it blew down the old block in Motherwell when it revv'd up.<br /><br />And it's broken down again. How can it, it's a BMW. You don't sing as you ride do you? Maybe it can cope with your baritone voice competing with it low rumble?Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.com