http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Tour of Britain bid en Mon, 18 May 2026 09:08:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168961 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:13:41 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Those are 'the reasons', but is there any more info on 'value for money' or the ToB part?</em></p> <p>I'm not enough of a policy wonk to dig any deeper into it. And how do you define "value"? I expect at bottom the judgement is based on what has been done in the past. The committee is made up of counsellors so it becomes politics. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168958 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:04:01 +0000 chdot 168958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Strategic Outcome CO20 and Pledge P24"</p> <p>Those are 'the reasons', but is there any more info on 'value for money' or the ToB part? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168957 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:57:09 +0000 Cyclingmollie 168957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The decision to support a bid for the Pearl Izumi series was agreed because it meets Strategic Outcome CO20 and Pledge P24.<br /> P24 - Maintain and embrace support for our world-famous festivals and events.<br /> CO20 – Culture, sport and major events – Edinburgh continues to be a leading cultural city where culture and sport play a central part in the lives and futures of citizens.<br /> Neither of these is a transport matter so it's unlikely that the money is coming from transport budgets as it would if ATAP had been cited for example. This is all a Culture and Sport issue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168909 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:20:44 +0000 chdot 168909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Hope they don't take all the money to pay for it out of the cycling budget"</p> <p>Hope they don't take ANY. </p> <p>This is sport with bicycles (and/or 'economic development'/bread and circuses) nothing to do with QBiCs and Family Networks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168907 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:15:26 +0000 threefromleith 168907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hope they don't take all the money to pay for it out of the cycling budget - although I doubt there'd be enough in it to repair all the roads they'd be using PLUS pay for the organisation etc ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168872 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:54:18 +0000 chdot 168872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Councillors are now being asked to agree funding of £250,000 to hold two stages of the Tour of Britain and one stage of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series.</p> <p>If the plans are approved, the council will work with Tour of Britain organisers to identify a cycling route through the city.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Presumably for the PI that's the Grassmarket/GivB?</p> <p>For the ToB I wonder if CEC expects it to remain within the city boundary?</p> <p>Perhaps 'we' should devise a route that includes the most potholes...</p> <p><em>However</em> this isn't about 'cycling', it's sport being used for 'economic development'. </p> <p>Some councillors will see it as 'more money for cycling' and some drivers will think it's just 'more cyclists in my way'. </p> <p>A marathon isn't about encouraging 'active travel' - and for all the publicity given to (attracting) 'the world's best athletes' they are participatory events. </p> <p>I'm not against sport/these events, just hope CEC doesn't try to proclaim it as part of its 'commitment to cycling'. </p> <p>At a time when the council is asking for help in setting priorities/balancing the books, I just hope there are some very sound figures for justifying spending £1/4m. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168868 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:30:04 +0000 crowriver 168868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the Beeb site:</p> <p>"Edinburgh bids to attract cycling events"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29697026" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29697026</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168832 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:27:21 +0000 Min 168832@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They'd have to mend the roads otherwise the opening stages of the TdF would crumble in a pile of bodies and bikes as the cream of the worlds male road cycling crop smash headlong into craters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168819 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:13:40 +0000 gibbo 168819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw this in the Scotsman on Friday. Sounds like it's a done deal - unless the council decide they don't want to spend the money. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13686#post-168805 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:01:35 +0000 SRD 168805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just heard Richard Lewis saying. Edinburgh's bidding for 2 stages of the tour of Britain (or possibly that he is asking Council to agree this today? ) </p>