http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: pop28 - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:53:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-81221 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:22:22 +0000 spytfyre 81221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Took me a while to get around to scanning this artwork my 5 year old painted at school when asked to paint a "memorable moment" - that's us on the high street - more comments on the flickr page<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/7780086390/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7780086390_2bdef159bb.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/7780086390/">PoP tow Bike by Daniel Wallace (age 5)</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/duncanwallace/">spytfyre</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6827#post-72574 Tue, 29 May 2012 09:50:58 +0000 Roibeard 72574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds plausible - the article wasn't repeated at the 0827 bulletin, so I couldn't confirm.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6827#post-72560 Tue, 29 May 2012 09:09:26 +0000 SRD 72560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly something to do with the active travel conference in Glasgow today? the Minister's going... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6827#post-72550 Tue, 29 May 2012 08:16:53 +0000 Roibeard 72550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>PoP got some brief footage on the BBC Scotland news this morning - used to illustrate an article on enhanced walking and cycling provision. Didn't catch the lot, but perhaps someone else caught it - a search on the BBC website didn't enlighten me...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-72293 Sun, 27 May 2012 22:18:44 +0000 Zenfrozt 72293@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spotted a soon to be Mr Zenfrozt at the right of IMG_0275 in the combats. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-72276 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:55:40 +0000 chdot 72276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"the headless cyclist is a bit creepy"</p> <p>MOST strange! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-72270 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:25:06 +0000 Min 72270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the cyclistless h*lm*t though. :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-72269 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:18:28 +0000 SRD 72269@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the headless cyclist is a bit creepy </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-72267 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:08:01 +0000 chdot 72267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not on Flickr </p> <p>Finally got round to uploading panorama from Meadows while people were still arriving -</p> <p><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a1b9a546-8e88-402f-9660-70185a4c0cea" rel="nofollow">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a1b9a546-8e88-402f-9660-70185a4c0cea</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-69168 Sun, 06 May 2012 17:06:29 +0000 tarmac jockey 69168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer - I have reloaded img_0288 in higher res. for you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-69147 Sun, 06 May 2012 13:41:26 +0000 Greenroofer 69147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@tarmac jockey - well, if you've no objection to me downloading a hi-res copy of img_0288, it would be nice to have one. It's the only picture we have of both of me and coxswean at PoP (although we do appear in the corner of one of chdot's (I think) pictures of the Parliament. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-69015 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:22:45 +0000 tarmac jockey 69015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can repost these in higher resolution if you like? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-69010 Fri, 04 May 2012 22:03:04 +0000 Uberuce 69010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spot machine, bru.</p> <p>We've got:<br /> Steveo and guitarist at img_0282<br /> Greenroofer and spy at img_0288<br /> Instography and panda at img_0292</p> <p>Edit - au contraire, Greenroofer. Your spy's jacket did help with confirmation, I do admit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-69008 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:59:10 +0000 Greenroofer 69008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure whether to put this in the spotted thread or here. Anyway, I spotted myself and coxswean with a picture all to ourselves. Never knew we were that photogenic. (IMG_0288).</p> <p>Of course you won't actually be able to <em>recognise</em> me as a result, due the angle and our excessive speed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6418#post-68994 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:51:14 +0000 tarmac jockey 68994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Taken longer than I had intended. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/revstar/?saved=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/revstar/?saved=1</a>. Good photo of Chris being photographed by Mark Beaumont over his shoulder? He should have just asked you Chris. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68158 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:45:28 +0000 crowriver 68158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@spytfyre - yeah that works too. That new photo is Greek, by the looks of that alphabet.</p> <p>This is the version I have on my office wall:</p> <p><a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/710/transportw.jpg/"><img src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4618/transportw.th.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68156 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:38:38 +0000 amir 68156@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But I'd agree that we shouldn't get too hung up on the numbers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68152 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:36:10 +0000 amir 68152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It should be fairly easy to get an (under) estimate just by standing on the Royal Mile and counting the cyclists passing. Much easier than making the estimate in the Meadows or Parliament. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68144 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:19:51 +0000 spytfyre 68144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Crowriver - not got time to do that at work - finding better option of grabbing the google preview - and finding a newer image from Russia(?)</p> <p>regarding number, idea: Give every bike a number to zip tie on, they keep it til next time and assume the same place in the queue at the start so they can meet the same strangers again and again and start to make new friends and connections...<br /> Spread you and your family out along the queue so you get even more new friends. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68143 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:19:02 +0000 chdot 68143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was 3001.</p> <p>I counted them.</p> <p>Simple truth is - no-one knows. (Unless the CIA had a satellite overhead).</p> <p>It was never possible to see them all.</p> <p>There are definitely around 2000 in this pic, and, by various accounts, a lot out of sight on Melville Drive.</p> <p>People were still arriving. Some will have joined en route and others will have gone straight to Holyrood.</p> <p>Doesn't entirely matter. </p> <p>A lot.</p> <p>More than expected.</p> <p>And yet, not many in the big scheme of things.</p> <p>Important thing is that a lot of people were doing it for the first time and were enthused/inspired.</p> <p>Key thing is keep up pressures/momentums.</p> <p>We've won bits of the argument - it should be 'safer' to cycle, but now there are institutional pressures to be 'more visible' and 'wear protection'.</p> <p>We haven't got across the message that many people would prefer to cycle rather than drive (for some journeys).</p> <p>We haven't really got through to CEC that fixing the basics - potholes, drop kerbs etc. - is important to cyclist AND pedestrians.</p> <p>BUT there are now more people who want things to get better! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68138 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:07:28 +0000 amir 68138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Next time (....) we'll have to arrange an official count. I'd be happy to volunteer (though I am rubbish at counting despite my profession). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68133 Tue, 01 May 2012 11:55:11 +0000 steveo 68133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right click on the image and click "View Image" it shows it as large as it'll go. (Firefox any way) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68132 Tue, 01 May 2012 11:53:42 +0000 crowriver 68132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I have that image too. Try shrinky dinkying it in your favourite image editing software first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68131 Tue, 01 May 2012 11:50:48 +0000 spytfyre 68131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For those trying to determine how many were there:<br /> <a href="http://cdn4.diggstatic.com/story/car_bus_bike/o.png"><img src="http://cdn4.diggstatic.com/story/car_bus_bike/o.png"></a><br /> That's the space taken up by 60 people car/bus/bike<br /> Looking at the 60 bikes I think you could easily multiply that up by 40 or 50 for the meadows queue...</p> <p>Damn the crop<br /> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-M-Edwn-coI/Si50FPnBOHI/AAAAAAAADwI/yUjB0o2My2k/s400/CarVsBikesVsBus.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://www.koitatopoulaki.com/Events/Bikerespect-Photographs/Bikerespect/Teliko-Megalo-jpeg/854507620_MYsBH-L-3.jpg"><img src="http://www.koitatopoulaki.com/Events/Bikerespect-Photographs/Bikerespect/Teliko-Megalo-jpeg/854507620_MYsBH-L-3.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68043 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:22:48 +0000 PS 68043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In defence of the London showing, did you see what the weather was like down there on Saturday? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-68037 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:15:44 +0000 Rabid Hamster 68037@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I reckon about 2,300 to 2,700, and I work in the business of counting heads at events in Edin. A lot melted away just after the speeches got going at Parliament, so a head count at the grass probably was not representative of those who actually cycled the route! So nice to see little kids and parents, and getting large chunks of the street given over to cyclists! Well done to the organisers, a good afternoon was had by all including the Polis! RH </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-67533 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:49:22 +0000 Claggy Cog 67533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>London: pop 7,825,200, Scotland: pop 5,222,100 (2010 estimate). </p> <p>To be fair some cyclists did come from a long way away to attend the POP. I imagine it was not only London residents either in London. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-67528 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:32:26 +0000 chdot 67528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even 'pretending' that POP was whole of Scotland - pretty impressive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-67525 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:27:57 +0000 SRD 67525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>can someone more clearhaded than me at this point do the right comparison: London 10,000 out of ? pop, versus Scotland 3000 out of ? pop </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6309#post-67524 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:25:30 +0000 MeepMeep 67524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD - That's astonishing!</p> <p>@Bax: Taxi driver merrily carried on having a go at those who dared look at him until he turned onto South Bridge. I told him to "have some respect, mate"... His linguistic skills didn't seem to have improved in the time it took to make my comment! </p>