http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: parking suggestions sheffield - Recent Posts en Tue, 19 May 2026 02:09:36 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-368860 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:06:08 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 368860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/TomWoolno/status/1671920579438428160" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/TomWoolno/status/1671920579438428160</a></p> <p>Tom Woolnough<br /> @TomWoolno<br /> You know what’s great?<br /> @cyclehoop bicycle hangars<br /> But you’ll only be able to open them 1/4 of the time because<br /> @Edinburgh_CC didn’t put parking restrictions near them, so you can’t open the doors and use your bike to go to work…</p> <p>#edinburgh #cycling #sustainabletravel </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-334018 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:24:15 +0000 gembo 334018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey hey we’re the Doubledeckers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-334017 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:16:24 +0000 MediumDave 334017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps because they are a single-unit purchase and don't require a whole work gang with core drills to drill big holes in the concrete to fit individual Sheffield stands. </p> <p>Having said that a "toast-rack" style Sheffield stand assembly is similarly easy to install. Only an ordinary masonry drill needed. </p> <p>ObConspiracy: Building managers know exactly what Sheffield stands are but take perverse delight in installing bizarre cycle parking systems instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-334016 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:00:17 +0000 davecykl 334016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ugh, why are these horrible contraptions starting to appear everywhere?</p> <p>They have poor support for bikes and lack convenient lock attachment points (so are less secure), and given that we don't (and probably never will) have the incredible quantity and density of bike parking requirements as the Dutch do at their railway stations, is there any sensible reason for going for the extra expense of these (surely they can't be any cheaper than the equivalent number of Sheffield stands) rather than just using more ground level space for more Sheffield stands (and if you claim shortness of space, just colonise a few car parking spaces)?</p> <p>There surely also has to be an accessibility and Equality Act issue with these as well: there are people with sufficient movability to bike or trike but with walking or balancing difficulties who would find it difficult or impossible to try to lock their cycle to these, especially the upper level. Would, say, Cycle Law Scotland and relevant disability groups be able to prepare a case for these not being legally suitable for use? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-333966 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:55:40 +0000 wingpig 333966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Went back and had a longer look today. It seems unlikely that any D-lock/bike combination would allow the frame to be locked to the front wheel cage. Maybe something with tiny wheels, or a locking loop on the front fork.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2jmgkEe"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50112437101_14da75b659_n.jpg"></a></p> <p>You could get one from the left chainstay to the poorly-welded rear wheel retainer, but that leaves the bike very vulnerable to damage if someone decided to slide that rack down. I'll be going at the edge and at least cable-locking to the structure itself.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2jmdqjH"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50111867453_67eac6b4fa_n.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=3#post-333819 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 14:01:22 +0000 wingpig 333819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hhmmmmm. You can just about get a D-lock from the front wheel-bracket to a frame on a diamond-frame setup, but the bracket itself isn't as solid as those I've seen on other double-deck racks. I don't know if I'd use it if I had the rear seat fitted as it would feel too top-heavy waggly. The sliding section only pivots down when fully extended and conversely only starts to slide forward when the bike is fully lifted. You don't need to lift the full weight but I found I needed one hand to stop the bike falling off sideways and one to lift. The rear wheel-catch didn't have full control of the rear wheel (think mine's 35mm just now) and it wouldn't take much of a shift or slip for it to jump out. The deck starts to slide back when loaded unless it's all the way forward and you'd need a long cable lock to go all the way to your back wheel AND around the bar at the front to stop the mechanism being slid out whilst the bike was still locked. I would recommend that those amongst us able to use these use these when we can if we have a long-enough lock to leave the easier Sheffield stands for those less into heaving things about.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2jkwPED"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50104141501_ec1b546511_n.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzwVahLNic" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzwVahLNic</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333438 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:11:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Double vision. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333437 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:10:31 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the 20:20 Optician entrance, aye. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333435 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:04:57 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the 20:20 Optician entrance, aye. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333434 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:38:50 +0000 wingpig 333434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do they still have the normal Sheffield stands round at the WHSmith entrance? Easier to load stuff into panniers when the bike is at ground level and not held by the rims. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333430 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:30:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose I better find out. I've e-mailed them sarky congratulations. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333427 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:20:55 +0000 Snowy 333427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I demonstrated the new Cameron Toll racks to my elder daughter. She immediately suspected that it'll require a fair bit of brute strength to get bike onto the upper layer. </p> <p>Is it possible to D-lock a bike on the upper layer? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-333408 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 17:00:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cameron Toll has added more bike parking. Good.</p> <p>It's the mad two-level wheel-bender insanity like in Waverley. Not so good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-319483 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:03:05 +0000 Blueth 319483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I asked months ago when the construction work at that location was underway and was told that the intention was to replace the cycle parking. I thought it unlikely and seem to have been right. </p> <p>Still, it's their loss, if they don't want to accommodate twenty riders buying coffee and cake at the end of a run. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-319481 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 08:48:41 +0000 Frenchy 319481@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>None that I've been able to find. I've been using the shopping trolley fence things. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-319480 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:17:31 +0000 Arellcat 319480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apropros of my <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17873&amp;page=2#post-319479">new adventures in Criteriumland</a>, I was looking around when I left Dobbies today (by infernal combustion…) and the cycle parking shelter I used to use was gone, replaced with a great big fenced enclosure that sure as heck didn't look like a cycle rack anymore.</p> <p>Does Dobbies <em>have</em> any bike parking now? OpenStreetMap's <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1449177690">node</a> is 8 years old and wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-312075 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:13:51 +0000 chdot 312075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19771" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19771</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-311865 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:51:53 +0000 neddie 311865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep. We parked at Fountainpark recently. The kids bikes went sideways on the wheel-twisters (so not twisting the wheels) &amp; my bike on the fire escape railing. </p> <p>What a time to be alive, eh, Fountainpark management? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-311851 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:01:50 +0000 chrisfl 311851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rosie - oh yes those are bad! They should also get a special prize for removing the decent sheffield stands when they added in the new restaurants. </p> <p>Especially, given that I have seen all the bike parking spaces full at Fountainpark. So no shortage of use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-311829 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:35:37 +0000 Rosie 311829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No doubt this has come up before but if there's a prize for the worst cycle racks in Edinburgh, the mudguard breakers at Fountainpark would be a strong contender. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-311825 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 gembo 311825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was out at climbing centre the other day - pushed up from canal towpath to racks on the east side. Observed Tiso closed down so could not cut through so walked back to lowest level of the centre and back up the metal fire escape style stairs. Observed more racks to the west of the front door. Racks a plenty, access not fab from the towpath but that is another matter </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-311817 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:07:21 +0000 Frenchy 311817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Noticed new bike racks on Liberton Gardens yesterday.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310763 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:26:22 +0000 Tulyar 310763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Adding cycle parking stands at almost every junction build-out has been a basic standard for Glasgow for well over a decade. Then again we've had a policy of installing 200-400 stands per year since 1995, and a standard (for quality &amp; function) since I wrote this with Alan McLean in 1995 (steel thickness, protective finishes, quality of bending, tapping rail, cycle parking sign etc).</p> <p>That said there are designs which are widely used outside the UK, that offer higher parking capacity and neater cycle parking (where bikes can't slide down/fall over) 26 bikes on a footprint 5m x 3m, modular, all bikes accessible, can be used for trikes, &amp; bakfiets (at reduced capacity/larger footprint)</p> <p>Chris's picture has given me an idea for street sign poles too (as well as neater parking attached to pedestrian guardrails, and property fencing/walls). Happy to discuss with a local manufacturer.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310683 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:36:00 +0000 chdot 310683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48281651036_96e5e1344a.jpg"></p> <p>More, more on Princes Street please. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310679 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:31:14 +0000 gembo 310679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am taking my protege tomorrow (my old boss who has retired and bought himself a lovely croix de fer - have had him out the WoL path and then innocent to Dalkeith way then retreat) so tomorrow Crammond by canal then wol path to Murrayfield then Russell road and back via red bridge </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310678 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:24:32 +0000 the canuck 310678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembo, the last i read about the silverknowes cafe rack saga was that the council wanted him to pay for the racks? i don't always agree with him, but i do admire his passion for developing access in the area. i recommend Cramond to out-of-towners looking for an alternative to Portobello.</p> <p>inertia (and undone work) have me firmly in hand, otherwise i'd be tempted to ride down to take advantage of those racks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310676 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:05:32 +0000 gkgk 310676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If the CEC chap is still reading, I'd be really interested to hear if there's some problem stopping racks at Cramond shore / harbour area? Seems to me it must be a deliberate omission. </p> <p>It's making me drive rather than cycle there today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310633 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:16:26 +0000 gembo 310633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boardwalk cafe at silverknowes has racks now. This seems to have inspired him and hw wants a bike path the glows in the dark and some fairly wacky other suggestions. Move the castle to silverknowes. Tear down the new town and use the stone to build an Atlantis at silverknowes etc most ideas do seem to centre on silverknowes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310621 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:24:29 +0000 the canuck 310621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But it also kind of creates a lot of dead space which is often used for illegal parking. You could potentially install bike racks on these (when they are laid) to create bike parking and prevent pavement parking at the same time."</p> <p>agree. for example, in raeburn place, there are horrid bollards to prevent pavement parking, but cycle hoops would do the same. the current racks in stockbridge are usually full.<br /> the pavements in stockbridge are not typically wide enough to replace those bollards with bike parking, but just as a thought for other streets being looked at.</p> <p>just make cycle parking an automatic part of any development. the easier it gets to lock up, the more people will cycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19702&page=2#post-310620 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:12:29 +0000 the canuck 310620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was down at Cramond the other day with bike+trailer and had to lock my bike to a bench. So some proper stands near the toilets/ice cream van would be super."</p> <p>Yes!!<br /> last time i was there, i saw stickers advising cyclists to lock up securely, but sod all for them to lock up to. bikes were haphazardly crammed everywhere, and several people were using their bike to go across the causeway (very difficult with all the other walkers), possibly because there was nowhere to lock them. </p>