http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Critical Mass - Recent Posts en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:19:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20344#post-337526 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:21:48 +0000 Rosie 337526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Critical Mass Ride -Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 3 pm – 5pm</p> <p>Middle Meadow Walk</p> <p>The organiser has been in touch with the police and this is their message:-</p> <p>“Can I also take the opportunity to highlight the current Scottish Government guidelines/legislation in relation to COVID-19, and although this will have a limited impact on your event whilst you are cycling, at the start and end points, persons must adhere to the current legislation in respect of social distancing and number of persons allowed to gather in one group (currently a max. of 6 from a max. of 2 households, with Children under 12 not included in these numbers).”<br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/330658248169963" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/events/330658248169963</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=754&page=2#post-337508 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:10:19 +0000 chdot 337508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://edinburghcriticalmass.wordpress.com/about/" rel="nofollow">https://edinburghcriticalmass.wordpress.com/about/</a> </p> <p><a href="https://m.facebook.com/groups/173122149399382/" rel="nofollow">https://m.facebook.com/groups/173122149399382/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=754&page=2#post-337505 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:01:13 +0000 chdot 337505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Movements need plausible leaders as well as competent organisers.“</p> <p>One element of CM was always that the events were ‘spontaneous’ - ‘large numbers of people just happened to be in the same place at the same time (with their bikes). </p> <p>This was partly due to the politics of ‘no leaders’ but also so that it was harder for the police to pick on and/or charge individuals as such gatherings were illegal, without permission, in many places. (Not an issue in Edinburgh.)</p> <p>I don’t know if there has been any continuity between the various ‘batches’ of CMs in Edinburgh. I remember one time when someone came to Edinburgh as a student and revived it as they had been involved in CM in their home city.</p> <p>Of the rule of 6 will make things more difficult! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=754&page=2#post-337503 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:38:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 337503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I understand correctly Critical Mass fell into the hands of some quite odd people in Edinburgh. Movements need plausible leaders as well as competent organisers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=754&page=2#post-337502 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:29:33 +0000 chdot 337502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seems fitting that this thread has been untroubled for 10 years. </p> <p>Critical Mass rides have never had many participants in Edinburgh. </p> <p>It would be interesting to know how they have fared elsewhere. </p> <p>Some places had MASS participation, including London where it <em>probably</em> helped in getting a change of attitude towards infrastructure. </p> <p>I think CM has declined generally throughout the world, but no idea if it correlates with local improvements in individual cities. </p> <p>Meanwhile Edinburgh is trying again on the 26th -</p> <p> <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/1305646003861835777" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/1305646003861835777</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10012#post-142003 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:53:50 +0000 Kenny 142003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re: Budapest, this video had me sharply breathing in twice. It certainly shows one way of dealing with tram tracks.</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/85300353" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/85300353</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10012#post-108496 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:08:56 +0000 chdot 108496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>"In 1990, there were very few bicycles on the road, and today there is a mass of bicycles everywhere," he said. "It's a very big change between the last 20 years, and we have to change our planning decisions as well."</p> <p>"</p> <p>Can be done! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10012#post-108492 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:03:44 +0000 cc 108492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aljazeera: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/04/201342294823221673.html">Pedal power: Budapest's bustling bike culture</a></p> <p>(more like bustling bike <em>protests</em>, but interesting nonetheless) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89398 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:47:45 +0000 cc 89398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend tells me that my blissful "miracle on the QBC" might indeed indicate that a bit more enforcement is happening. More specifically, he contacted all his councillors a few weeks ago to complain about lots of vehicles illegally parked between the Bike Station and Meadow Lane; and received a lot of helpful replies promising that the parking enforcement contractor would be reminded to enforce the rules there. Round of applause!</p> <p>It looks as if contacting your councillors can actually work and be thoroughly worthwhile. I'm pleased. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89364 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:10:52 +0000 cc 89364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought for a second that was the <em>Golspie</em> crossroads, not Gillespie; was thinking, that's an <em>exceptionally</em> long commute even by CCE standards.</p> <p>Nice and busy again today - it's great to have company on the way to work. And - <strong>miracle on the QBC!</strong> - this is the <em>third</em> day in a row when there has been <em>no</em> van, <em>no</em> taxi, <em>nothing</em> parked "for a minute" and blocking the cycle lane outside the Snax Cafe on Buccleuch Street (<a href="http://osm.org/go/evfK9W67L--">map</a>). Am I suddenly God's Chosen Commuter or is there now some sort of actual law enforcement happening there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89361 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:48:16 +0000 fimm 89361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ended up in a group of 4 on the way home, all filtering merrily past a huge queue running up to the Gillespie Road crossroads until we got to the back of an Argos lorry quite close to the lights. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89266 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:12:47 +0000 crowriver 89266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of cyclists about mid-morning city centre/Newington. Pretty normal, I think: students and academics are around just now, making up for the loss of the fair weather cyclists... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89245 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:26:34 +0000 Coxy 89245@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Loads out last night - around 17:30 down Princes Street. All had lights too!</p> <p>Felt positively Dutch - crossing the tram lines in a group of 4! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89222 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:57:22 +0000 Uberuce 89222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't normally see more than one cyclist on the way in, but today I saw four. One gave me that smug feeling when you take the not-shortcut but are faster than the person who does. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89213 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:31:55 +0000 cc 89213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plenty of folk again in Causewayside this morning, including a little girl in pink being shepherded steadily along by her dad. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89211 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:07:21 +0000 fimm 89211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>8 cyclists coming down Lanark Road as I was going up about 7:15 - 7:30 this morning, plus two newspaper boys on bikes. Just one more on the out of town section, and a few in Livingston. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89166 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:47:38 +0000 SRD 89166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>my theory is that people were inspired because it was lighter than usual this morning? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89165 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:44:59 +0000 Uberuce 89165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bike racks are work are down to a hard core of 15-20 from summer's peak of ~50, but I can recall half a dozen riders individually on the way home, which probably means I saw 50-100% more but promptly forgot them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89158 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:55:34 +0000 stiltskin 89158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Odd isn't it? Especially now that the clocks have gone back. This morning after a night shift at 6:30 am I saw nearly a dozen bikes on the Costorphine Road when I am normally lucky to see one or two. Perhaps the Revolution has started. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89156 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:37:38 +0000 ARobComp 89156@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was riding along the canal - a rarity for me - to Wester Hailes for a meeting this afternoon and counted over 20 bikes in total just on the canal path which was pretty good for 12:30 heading there and 15:30 heading back. ACtually more bikes than I passed people pretty much till I got to Cargo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89137 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:11:55 +0000 SRD 89137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>bikeshed at brunstfield was packed out too! (my eldest and recombodna's youngest had a race to see who could get the last free rack; they ended up sharing) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89128 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:43:11 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strange this, because I headed up the Innocent for a change today (oh alright, my legs felt weak as kittens and I couldn't be bothered with the Royal Mile), with quite a few cyclists about, and then once into the town centre roads there just seemed to be bikes everywhere! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89127 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:40:26 +0000 Min 89127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a ton of cyclists in the ASL at North Bridge/Princes Street this morning. Also our changing room was hoachin. A bit surprised (in a good way!) as this is normally the time of year when many people stop cycling as it will now be completely dark when most people are going home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89125 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:33:21 +0000 Iratesheep 89125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good, isn't it?</p> <p>I would like to think that after a while the cyclists will deter car drivers from taking this route, unless they have a pressing causewayside destination.</p> <p>Hey, I can dream. Don't squash my dreams. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8771#post-89119 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:53:40 +0000 cc 89119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Heading north on Causewayside this morning, when I was stopped at the Grange Road traffic lights, I saw a startling number of people waiting at the other side of the junction: I'd guess about <em>two dozen</em> folk on bicycles all heading south. And not intensely fit-looking sporty types either, these folk looked like they were on their way to work.</p> <p>It's the first time I've ever seen such a crowd of people on bikes in Edinburgh and been irresistibly reminded of the Netherlands. Such a cheery sight! Despite all my moaning about the Quality Bike Corridor it seems that it's having some sort of effect.</p> <p>Between the busy streets and CCE, it's lovely to feel like I'm not the only cyclist any more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3263#post-34228 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:58:36 +0000 chdot 34228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>BikeLaneDiary: </p> <p>How many rode Critical Mass in Toronto today? This many: </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjq8CZvJgy0 " rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjq8CZvJgy0 </a></p> <p>.</p> <p>#bikeTO #criticalmass </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/BikeLaneDiary/status/84475196836294656" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/BikeLaneDiary/status/84475196836294656</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3263#post-34211 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:56:34 +0000 kaputnik 34211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>tonight I will be mostly enjoying the Red Arrows. I will go by bike. At an average speed of about 17mph. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3263#post-34210 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:47:40 +0000 spytefear 34210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone up for going along tonight in numbers enough to try to force a 10mph minimum speed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17438 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:15:11 +0000 kaputnik 17438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ememka - likewise I never said I was unwilling to ride at night. I said I was unwillingly to ride in a group at night going deliberately slow with the objective of slowing up traffic. I also amn't up for riding in a mixed ability group in such circumstances. No thanks. I said I'd happily ride at night at a faster pace and with a different attitude to sharing the road with other users. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17378 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:42:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 17378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Hey, lets all walk our bicycles to the bridge at the castle espy and then mount up on mass and cruise down to the shore in leith taking a whole lane about 15 mile an hour or so. Pint and punt off home. call it the GravityFedSocial or something equally ridicularse</em>"</p> <p>I'm in! </p>