http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Nextbike Gogarburn rbs - Recent Posts en Mon, 18 May 2026 07:42:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226891 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:31:00 +0000 gembo 226891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I worked at red heughs Rigg when it was just student grants and SPS HQ. David Murray put in a lake, still there, before any buildings, the shopping centre nowhere to be seen 1992-1994 and the big bronze appeared at the time. Also before the shopping centre though it was being built as some hairdressers mistook me for the developer in the Oxford bar on our Xmas night out 1993 and gave me their cards as were after a spot. They can have one now no prob place is empty.</p> <p>Cafe at Jupiter looks great, food is tasty if dear but the wasps are the real owners of the space and make this known to you instantly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226881 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:09:09 +0000 chdot 226881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226879 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:58:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot</p> <p>Only in conventional linear chronologies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226878 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:54:25 +0000 chdot 226878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"My suspicion is that Goodwin personally OK'd "</p> <p>Pre-dates him surely? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226876 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:51:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>I thought the wasp factory was on the Black Isle somewhere - truly I am slipping. My suspicion is that Goodwin personally OK'd the Gyle bronze dump. It all makes sense. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226854 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:09:12 +0000 gembo 226854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ten hours taken to rebut Paolozzi as Artist claim IWRATS, you are slipping, I recall your blindspot re Eduardo. I had his beer the other day when we stopped off at the beer factory at Bankhead en route to the wasp factory at the cafe at Jupiter art land. Quite a bit less gassy than many lagers. Also the beer man revealed they were hoping to launch a craft ale of the brown ale variety this August but might be September now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226850 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:57:33 +0000 paddyirish 226850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the skiing accident one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226845 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:43:42 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>It's not a very lovely sculpture, it's a Paolozzi. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226843 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:37:29 +0000 LaidBack 226843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well done to all making the Nextbikes happen at RBS.<br /> With the calmed Gogar Road project it's becoming quite a centre for bike-related activity!</p> <p>I know there was interest in using the hire versions of the Paper Bike but nothing came of that. The scheme chosen will allow the concept to get up and running faster which is great. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226827 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:44:33 +0000 gembo 226827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where are RBS offices at Gyle, still next to the massive and very lovely sculpture? I quite like the cycle from Edinburgh park train station down the pavement path then under the bypass and up to gogar station road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226755 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:30:09 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@edd1e_h</p> <p>So come on, come on - do the countercultural simple locomotion with me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226740 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:39:24 +0000 neddie 226740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>countercultural simple locomotion</em></p> <p>I like it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226732 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:53:11 +0000 paddyirish 226732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A lot of ideas on the BUG noticeboard of how to use them- pub lunch at the Bridge in Ratho, races round a local loop, shopping at the Gyle.</p> <p>There was a lot of enthusiasm at last week's launch and over 70 spokes maps were sold at the same time, so hopefully more people will be exploring more widely, either on these or on their own bikes.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226721 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:55:47 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd prefer to go under the field and through the bypass, but I'm a nut.</p> <p>As a regular city cyclist it can be hard to keep in mind just how fearful and conservative people can be, and just how extreme and countercultural simple locomotion can seem to them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226719 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:49:28 +0000 chdot 226719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"though the Gogarburn to Gyle cycle route isn't a very welcoming one"</p> <p>If only there was a convenient route through a field and under a bypass... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226718 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:46:16 +0000 I were right about that saddle 226718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good. I tried to get a shared bike for a well known taxi-addicted city institution with a dispersed campus once.</p> <p>It foundered on perceived safety, status and grooming issues.</p> <p>I do surely hope times have moved on, though the Gogarburn to Gyle cycle route isn't a very welcoming one, even for nuts like me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16705#post-226690 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:59:45 +0000 HankChief 226690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some exciting news from Nextbikes &amp; RBS.</p> <p>A trial has begun with nextbikes being available to hire by RBS employees to use in and around their Gogarburn campus (including offices in the Gyle).</p> <p>Small scale to start with but good to see an employer taking actions to help look after the wellbeing of their staff.</p> <p>Hope it works and others follow their lead.</p> <p>(&amp; well done to those who made it happen) </p>