Cycling in Aberdeen (Video)

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Erwan E
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Cycling in Aberdeen (Video)

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Hi guys!

I'm an international student currently at the University of Aberdeen. I've been here for four years now - cycling first started as a way to save money on transport, but now I've caught the bug!

I made this video to share the beauty of cycling around Aberdeen and Shire - so please do turn up your speakers and enjoy the ride :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKVAb87R54Y

I hope it encourages more people to get out on their bikes - at least when the weather's good!

Best regards,
Erwan Elias
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liked the vid. :D
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fretsaw wrote:liked the vid. :D
mike


Cheers Mike, had a blast making it! :D
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Nice ;-)
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Your tippling over in the beginning gave me a good chuckle. Could have been me. Nice landscape once you're out of the city traffic and not too busy.
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..and why were you not using the painted cycle lane (3:20) which the authorities have so generously provided ?? :D

Great video !!
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Thanks everyone, glad you've all enjoyed it! :D

Stella - That's my mum's favourite bit too!! :lol:

James - I guess I have a particular aversion towards getting in the way of turning traffic.... :D :D
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Ahhh Aberdeen's not so bad after all! You've fairly been getting about the place. I keep meaning to head up round the Torry Battery and Nigg but time and/or inclination never seem quite right :roll:
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Can't access the video on this PC, but this thread makes me wish I'd spent more time on my bike during my time in Abz. was more into mobikes at that point, and only really rode the push around the city, and as far as the Bridge of Don. Think I got to Torry Battery though, IIRC... :wink:

The bike spent most of it's life outside the Union Street Starberks... :oops:
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Ah Starbucks...... There's a coffee shop down from work (Albyn Place) which gets most of my money just now. Malteser slices.....yum!
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feefee8 wrote:Ah Starbucks...... There's a coffee shop down from work (Albyn Place) which gets most of my money just now. Malteser slices.....yum!


Will have to try one next time I'm up there. But it's the spicy veg sos rolls in TGFS that draw me in every time, oh my. Followed by a pint of Punk...
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mrjemm wrote:Followed by a pint of Punk...


At the Brewdog bar? I quite like it in there; some of that stuff is lethal though :oops:
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feefee8 wrote:
mrjemm wrote:Followed by a pint of Punk...


At the Brewdog bar? I quite like it in there; some of that stuff is lethal though :oops:


Yup, I like Punk at the mo, but their beers are typically OTT on the alco content. I struggle with the whole hipster identity (dare I say 'theme'...) and prices too.



Sorry Erwin, I got carried away with thread-drifting. Hehehe.
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That's Aberdeen in general, re the prices, anywhere in the town centre no matter whether it's beer or coffee.

Back to the topic..... do like the video - it's good to see somewhere familiar through someone else's eyes.
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feefee8 wrote:Ahhh Aberdeen's not so bad after all! You've fairly been getting about the place. I keep meaning to head up round the Torry Battery and Nigg but time and/or inclination never seem quite right :roll:


To be fair I'd probably head out there more often as well if Market St wasn't so horrid to cycle through (not to mention the bumpy Victoria Bridge) :wink: You should definitely try it next time we've got good weather though - I had to be pretty patient with that myself :P

mrjemm wrote:But it's the spicy veg sos rolls in TGFS that draw me in every time, oh my.


It's the haggis rolls that do it for me.. :oops:
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