http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Dogs in a bike cage - where are they going...? en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:54:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144753 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:50:21 +0000 Stickman 144753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is absolutely awesome!</p> <p>I read his article on building the trike and it's really impressive. </p> <p>(Incidentally, I clicked on a few of his links in that article and found Kinetic Bikes in Glasgow - it turns out that Ben who runs it was in the same university physics and astronomy classes as me. I remember him cycling his recumbent out on the Switchback to get to the labs at the old observatory! I haven't seen him since leaving uni, but I recall him being a really nice guy and it's good to see him doing something he clearly loves) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144752 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:44:07 +0000 Min 144752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's children. Easy mistake to make. Didn't do me any harm etc! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144751 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:39:17 +0000 chdot 144751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"rather than in the boot of someone's car"</p> <p>Illegal? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144749 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:35:06 +0000 kaputnik 144749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I semi-often see a guy heading between Fountainbridge to Gyle (morning) and back again in the evening on an orange-branded, orange-coloured cross bike. He has a large kiddytrailer in which is an even laerger black poodle. Poodle either lies down in the trailer or can put it's head out a hatch in the top.</p> <p>If I were a dog I'd love to go for rides in the fresh air rather than in the boot of someone's car where there's no view and no breeze. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144747 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:12:37 +0000 skotl 144747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bemused is a permanent state of affairs for me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144746 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:09:18 +0000 algo 144746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@skotl - sorry I completely misinterpreted your first paragraph... bemused I understand :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144745 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:03:19 +0000 skotl 144745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the responses, folks!</p> <p>I certainly don't have any objections, @algo, quite the opposite - I was simply bemused, partly because I guessed he *couldn't* be going to work because you can't take two largeish dogs to most workplaces.</p> <p>Unless, of course, you are a vet! See - the internet answers everything :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144680 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:33:50 +0000 Min 144680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have spotted this dog bike and I think it is great too. It is a great example of not needing a car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144677 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:28:04 +0000 algo 144677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think this is totally brilliant - not sure I understand the objection I'm afraid. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144676 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:20:29 +0000 le_soigneur 144676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw him quite a few times, looks like he comes off the NEPN track at Craigleith and goes out Queensferry Rd to <a href="http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk">Oaktree Vets </a>at Barnton. I guess he comes from Roseburn on the NEPN as I've never seen him on the North side of the cycle path.<br /> Some good information, (incl his name) here (<a href="http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/dog-trike.html">clicky linky</a>):<br /> The benefit of having the dogs on the back is that it calms down the motorists a lot. Motorists tend to get a lot less angry with dogs, horses and children than adult cyclists ;-( And going up the hill on Queensferry Rd to Clermiston at 10mph, less angry motorists is a big concern.<br /> Good on him for not having latch-key dogs, I say.<br /> For </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144662 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:16:38 +0000 Roibeard 144662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Firedog - but if I were transporting you, I'd prefer the cage to the rear...</p> <p>Although perhaps any excess heat could be harnessed into forward motion!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144661 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:10:30 +0000 Firedog 144661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can hear his dogs barking from quite a way back -always helps keep my speed up on the way to work! </p> <p>Think it's an electric bike - what a great way to travel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144654 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:22:49 +0000 Kenny 144654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've always been impressed by how calm his dogs are, whenever I have seen him on the Queensferry Road. It is an impressive cage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144653 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:19:43 +0000 gembo 144653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That man is a legend. His website gives details of the two cages he has built over the years. He has been mentioned here before. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144651 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:44:58 +0000 Instography 144651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Vet on Queensferry Road. <a href="http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk</a></p> <p>I see him sometimes on the NEPN. I assume they're his dogs and he takes them to work. Has done for years. I assume he lives somewhere not within walking distance of his surgery and further assume that he likes to ride a bicycle. I also assume he is a committed environmentalist on the basis that he has gone to the bother of getting either a specially built or customised cargo bike for transporting his dogs. So I'm guessing he doesn't have a car.</p> <p>I think the question you meant to ask on a cycling forum is why not?</p> <p>My name's instography but you can call me Sherlock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12350#post-144642 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:49:58 +0000 skotl 144642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>With huge apologies if this chap is a member here, but... why?</p> <p>So you're not taking the dogs for a walk. You're not taking them a mile down the road (cos then you'd walk them), so why? If I was taking two largeish dogs ~10 miles then I'd stick them in the car.<br /> Where do you go, where you want to take your dogs, that is too far to walk and not far enough to drive?</p> <p>By the way, this was taken at Blackhall so it's not someone living in the inner city looking to take the dogs somewhere nice for a walk.</p> <p>Slightly bemused but I'm sure some folks on here recognise / know the pilot!</p> <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/peogPYL.jpg"> </p>