http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Guardian Witness: show us your bike en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:07:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125150 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:18:23 +0000 gibbo 125150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Amir, the problem with the ctc link is that it includes ")" at the end of the url.</p> <p>I was able to see the page by removing this. </p> <p>Here's the link that should work:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statistics">http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statistics</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125147 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:45:04 +0000 amir 125147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear - I made two mistakes - sorry. The cycle stats missed a factor of 1000 - didn't read the graph legend. So the Guardian chart is consistent. Plus the CTC link above doesn't work (mysteries of internet - it seems to be dynamic in some way). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125141 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:59:36 +0000 gibbo 125141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Incidentally, this isn't going to happen soon here - car sales are a million or two per year whereas cycle sales are 3 or 4 thousand.</em></p> <p>The Guardian has a chart showing bike sales outstrip car sales in the UK:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/sep/17/recession-transport-bike-sales-overtake-cars">http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/sep/17/recession-transport-bike-sales-overtake-cars</a> </p> <p>PS Funny how the countries where cars outsold bikes in 2011 were Spain, Italy, and Belgium.</p> <p>No wonder these countries never produce any grand tour or classics winners. (Joke.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125138 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:42:05 +0000 amir 125138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Incidentally, this isn't going to happen soon here - car sales are a million or two per year whereas cycle sales are 3 or 4 thousand.</p> <p>There are interesting figures up to 2011 on the CTC site (<a href="http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statistics)" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statistics)</a>. There was a big jump in numbers after 2002 but the increase in value seems to largely down to more expensive cycles being bought (CTC says inflation). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125135 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:30:15 +0000 amir 125135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"just one sign of Europe's wider economic malaise"</p> <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11149#post-125116 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:11:06 +0000 SRD 125116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/5237ef4be4b0bdcddbf1fcf2" rel="nofollow">https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/5237ef4be4b0bdcddbf1fcf2</a></p> <p>It seems that more bicycles were sold than cars in Spain last year – just one sign of Europe's wider economic malaise. Wherever you live in Europe, if you've bought a new bicycle in the last year – or you've given up your car in favour of cycling or walking – we'd like to hear from you. To take part, please show us a picture of your bike via GuardianWitness and tell us why you bought it and how your life has changed as a result. We'll feature some of your stories on the Guardian business live blog. </p>