http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: commuting general edinburgh - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:50:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5635#post-60171 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:06:23 +0000 tj 60171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After cycling into the teeth of a hurricane-strength headwind on my morning commute every single day for the last ten years, it is with great pleasure that I can announce on this forum that I have the solution.<br /> As of tomorrow I shall commence my designs for a Buckminster Fuller style geodesic dome which shall encompass the whole of the city (everything, say, inside the ring road). This will have the effect of preventing nasty wind and rain from entering Edinburgh, providing a balmy Mediterranean spring climate enabling everyone to cycle or walk to work in shorts and t-shirts. Detailed cost benefit analysis I undertook whilst cycling in this morning encouragingly shows that the whole thing will be funded by an increase in tourism - the resulting increase in temperature of around 5 degrees being clearly the only thing that is needed to make Portobello Beach an international destination.<br /> The only drawback I can see at this stage is that the enclosed nature of the roof may create a few ventilation issues which will mean, unfortunately, that we'll have to ban anything causing high emissions. I'll have to give more thought as to what might come under that category..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5556#post-59322 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:27:50 +0000 tj 59322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, Friday's actually...<br /> I thought I'd seen it all a couple of months ago when a teenager on a mountain bike went past me through the red light at Jock's Lodge whilst doing a wheelie but on Friday night, about 7pm (i.e. after dark) a guy who was old enough to know better (judging by his, ahem, shiny-headed-ness), on a bike with no lights, went straight through the London Road/Easter Road junction on red NO HANDS!<br /> Unbelievable... </p>