http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: cycling - Recent Topics en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:43:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059#post-73975 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:32:04 +0000 Kirst 73975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>was me I'm afraid.</p> <p>I pulled out at a roundabout when I really shouldn't have done. Luckily for me the taxi I should have given way to was going slowly and didn't hit me. </p> <p>In my defence, I was very distracted by the idiot behind me whose driving was making me nervous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274112 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:44:16 +0000 olivercw 274112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tram system related cycling injuries paper was published this week. I'm not allowed to give the whole paper away free by the publisher, only the abstract.<br /> Maempel, J.F., Mackenzie, S.P., Stirling, P.H.C., McCann, C., Oliver, C.W., White, T.O. (all surgeons at NRIE).<br /> Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (2018). ePub ahead of print.<br /> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2890-4">DOI</a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00402-018-2890-4">Journal Link</a><br /> Abstract. Introduction<br /> Understanding of tram-system related cycling injuries (TSRCI) is poor. The aim of this study was to report the spectrum of injuries, demographics and social deprivation status of patients. Secondary aims included assessment of accident circumstances, effects of TSRCI on patients’ confidence cycling, together with time off work and cycling.<br /> Methods<br /> A retrospective review of patients presenting to emergency services across all hospitals in Edinburgh and West Lothian with tram related injuries between May 2009 and April 2016 was undertaken. Medical records and imagining were analysed and patients were contacted by telephone.<br /> Results<br /> 191 cyclists (119 males, 72 females) were identified. 63 patients sustained one or more fractures or dislocations. Upper limb fractures/dislocations occurred in 55, lower limb fractures in 8 and facial fractures in 2. Most patients demonstrated low levels of socioeconomic deprivation. In 142 cases, the wheel was caught in tram-tracks, while in 32 it slid on tracks. The latter occurred more commonly in wet conditions (p = 0.028). 151 patients answered detailed questionnaires. Ninety-eight were commuting. 112 patients intended to cross tramlines and 65 accidents occurred at a junction. Eighty patients reported traffic pressures contributed to their accident. 120 stated that their confidence was affected and 24 did not resume cycling. Female gender (p &lt; 0.001) and presence of a fracture/dislocation (p = 0.012) were independent predictors of negative effects on confidence. Patients sustaining a fracture/dislocation spent more time off work (median 5 days vs 1, p &lt; 0.001) and cycling (median 57 days vs 21, p &lt; 0.001).<br /> Conclusions<br /> TSRCI occur predominantly in young to middle-aged adults with low levels of socioeconomic deprivation, most commonly when bicycle wheels get caught in tram-tracks. They result in various injuries, frequently affecting the upper limb. Traffic pressures are commonly implicated. Most patients report negative effects on confidence and a sizeable minority do not resume cycling. TSRCI can result in significant loss of working and cycling days.</p> <p>Prof Chris Oliver<br /> <a href="mailto:c.w.oliver@ed.ac.uk">c.w.oliver@ed.ac.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270806 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:22:44 +0000 CDM 270806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello</p> <p>I don't really post on the forum but always read for good local knowledge on everything cycle related. So wonder if someone might be able to offer some advice. </p> <p>I came off my bike at the beginning of the month resulting in a hip fracture and a hip pin operation. Prior to my injury I cycled around 100 miles a month as part of my commute. I am keen to get back on the bike ASAP and think that good physio will be key to getting back to where I was per accident. Does anyone have any suggestions of where to find a good physio experience in cycling related injuries in Edinburgh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12937#post-156016 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:32:36 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 156016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Summer Cycling Sessions</p> <p>These may be of particular interest to those with kids, although led-rides may be of interest to anyone</p> <p><a href="http://bikeabilityedinburgh.vpweb.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://bikeabilityedinburgh.vpweb.co.uk</a></p> <p>Sean </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12226#post-142536 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:23:06 +0000 Kirst77 142536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Filles a Velo Cycling Club is Scotlands's only national cycling club for women. We are holding coached events at Ingliston the first is on the 22nd February. Please visit <a href="http://www.fillesavelo.cc" rel="nofollow">http://www.fillesavelo.cc</a> @fillesavelo on facebook and twitter for details.</p> <p>The club is all about providing support, events, coaching, advice and development opportunities for all women who cycle. We focus on skill and technique development to make you a better cyclists whether you wish to race, participate in sportives, events or just for recreation. Join the revolution! Join us. Everyone welcome. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=86#post-230 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:59:30 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now this is a different matter to cycling in the rain. I know a lot of die-hard cyclists who left the bike at home today. Not that I was one of them. Foolhardy? Perhaps, but the pedestrians seemed to be struggling with their brollies more than I was with the bike.</p> <p>AND it <em>should</em> be a tailwind going home... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9064#post-93366 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:19:19 +0000 ARobComp 93366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I enjoyed reading this this morning.</p> <p>From the XKCD: What If? series : <a href="http://what-if.xkcd.com/">http://what-if.xkcd.com/</a></p> <p>Question:<br /> I bike to class sometimes. It's annoying biking in the wintertime, because it's so cold. How fast would I have to bike for my skin to warm up the way a spacecraft heats up during reentry?<br /> —David Nai</p> <p>Answer:<br /> Reentering spacecraft heat up because they’re compressing the air in front of them (not, as is commonly believed, because of air friction).</p> <p>According to this calculator, to increase the temperature of the air layer in front of your body by twenty degrees Celsius (enough to go from freezing to room temperature), you would need to be biking at 200 m/s.</p> <p>The fastest human-powered vehicles at sea levels are recumbent bicycles enclosed in streamlined aerodynamic shells. These vehicles have an upper speed limit near 40 m/s. This is the speed at which the human can just barely produce enough thrust to balance the drag force from the air.</p> <p>Since drag increases with the square of the speed, this limit would be pretty hard to push any further. Biking at 200 m/s would require at least 25 times the power output needed to go 40 m/s.</p> <p>At those speeds, you don’t really have to worry about the heating from the air—a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that if your body were doing that much work, your core temperature would reach fatal levels in a matter of seconds. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8469#post-84974 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:30:48 +0000 crowriver 84974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mountain Biking Before Mountain Bikes<br /> by Steve Griffith: Chairman of the Rough Stuff Fellowship</p> <p>"Off road cycling... you mean mountain biking... everyone knows about that invented by the Americans in California in the 70's. Riders in bright coloured lycra speeding along tracks on bikes most VCC members wouldn't be seen dead on!!!"</p> <p>The above is of course an extreme stereotype, nevertheless there is a widespread perception that off road cycling is a comparatively recent pastime and can only be done on a specialist i.e. mountain bike. This article attempts to outline the history of off road cycling and will demonstrate it has been an intrinsic part of cycling ever since the invention of the bicycle. A crucial point is that it can and has been done on almost any bike.</p> <p>Defining terms: Until the 1980's off road riding was know as rough stuff or pass storming. The origin of the former is in opposition to smooth stuff (ie tarmac). Over the years there has been much debate amongst adherents of this type of cycling as to a definition. To my mind the simplest is perhaps the best:<br /> "Rough stuff begins where the tarmac ends"</p> <p>Or perhaps as put by Tim Hughes editor of the CTC magazine Cycletouring writing in the 1980's:<br /> "To the dedicated rough stuffer there is no such thing as a dead end"</p> <p><a href="http://www.rsf.org.uk/about-us/history-of-cycling.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rsf.org.uk/about-us/history-of-cycling.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6393#post-68619 Thu, 03 May 2012 13:23:45 +0000 spytfyre 68619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/family-campaign-for-safer-roads-cycling-death-1-2272348">Family campaign for safer roads cycling death </a></p> <p>Is centre pages of the version you have to pay money for and dispose of in recycle bin after having "read" it</p> <p>I like this bit:</p> <p>"When 3000 cyclists who turn out for a campaign for better road safety"</p> <p>EEN counted? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6281#post-67074 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:38 +0000 HiddenEdinburgh 67074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A new community, share thoughts and ideas across the community by first liking the page:</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/HiddenEdinburgh" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/HiddenEdinburgh</a></p> <p>Currently the page is very new, and we are not looking to capitalise on this ever, it is just a forum for ideas exchange. If you like it, and want to get involved, please message the group with ideas of what we should post.</p> <p>It would be great to get some cycling posts up there, but right now I know very little about it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3782#post-39656 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:24:17 +0000 Wendy 39656@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>Looking for some opinions on what your favourite/best cycling apps are (iPhone and Android). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3055#post-32279 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:26:17 +0000 Wendy 32279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Come join in the fun at the Bike Station’s Innertube Map Postcode Challenge on Sunday 12th June. </p> <p>The Bike Station in conjunction with The People’s Postcode Lottery is running the kids and adult-friendly event, which is a bit like a Treasure Hunt on wheels. </p> <p>The challenge is to find 10 cards which can be found at different postcodes along the North Edinburgh traffic-free cycling pathways (postcodes to follow). Our Innertube map will help guide you round the quiet and scenic routes. Collect all ten cards, hand them in to us and you will be in with a chance to win one of our many great prizes, such as meal for two vouchers, cinema vouchers and many more.</p> <p>Come and join in on the free fun on <strong>Sunday 12th June</strong>, between <strong>10am</strong> and <strong>4pm</strong> on the North Edinburgh Cyclepaths!</p> <p>For more information keep an eye on the Bike Station website: <a href="http://www.thebikestation.org.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebikestation.org.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=377#post-2912 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:07:34 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 2912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Because I know I am...</p> <p><a href="http://citycycling.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/im-a-pob/" rel="nofollow">http://citycycling.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/im-a-pob/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=291#post-2193 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:51:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 2193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Dave Hembrow's blog:</p> <p><a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-temporary-bridges-for-cyclists.html" rel="nofollow">http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-temporary-bridges-for-cyclists.html</a></p> <p>He's a British cyclist now living in the Netherlands.</p> <p>His first comment, "If people are put off cycling, even temporarily, they may not return" is pretty much what I was saying about the iced up Innocent Path!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWfdMwaGCY&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWfdMwaGCY&amp;feature=player_embedded</a> </p>