http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Spokes Public Meeting: Tackling Bike Storage en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:22:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-21369 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:30:11 +0000 chdot 21369@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"some of those"</p> <p>Towards the back 2nd left aisle.</p> <p>Usually have some some cycle related items. </p> <p>But you 'get what you pay for'</p> <p>Don't buy the hacksaw blades!</p> <p>Not a lot to go wrong with this one though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-21368 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:26:54 +0000 DaveC 21368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ chdot,</p> <p>Many thnaks, I'll get some of those!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-21357 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:57:55 +0000 chdot 21357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New option -<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5351331793"><br /> <img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5351331793_17ff88a59f.jpg"><br /> </a></p> <p>Poundland St. James Centre </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17643 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:22:56 +0000 chdot 17643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"we'd have to lose some car parking spaces for that and as we all know, Edinburgh's streets"</p> <p>make money for the council. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17642 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:18:03 +0000 kaputnik 17642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>don't be silly Kim, we'd have to lose some car parking spaces for that and as we all know, Edinburgh's streets were built for <strike>horses and carts</strike> parking cars on </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17641 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:10:52 +0000 Kim 17641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What we really need is an improvement in <a href="http://www.kimharding.net/blog/?p=1533">on street parking</a>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17621 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:15:42 +0000 spitfire 17621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ruggtomcat - as promised<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/5206577119/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5206577119_2170e718e7.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/5206577119/">hook</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/duncanwallace/">spytfyre</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17420 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:17:19 +0000 PS 17420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's an article in the latest <a href="http://www.boneshakermag.com">Boneshaker magazine</a> about a guy (I think) who is recycling bits of bikes into useful stuff. One of the examples appears to be some drops on a vetical pole that sits in a set of casters from a chair. Such a thing might well solve my problems. Off to the tip... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17419 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:16:40 +0000 spitfire 17419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ah see mine aren't hanging - the back wheel is on the floor </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17415 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:56:05 +0000 chdot 17415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I had a thing from EBC"</p> <p>Oooh, looks just a pair of drops.</p> <p>Get old frame, stem and bars and fix to wall somehow! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17405 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:00:18 +0000 wingpig 17405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In my old flat's cupboard-under-the-stairwell I had a <a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=8836&amp;f_SupersetQRY=C288&amp;f_SortOrderID=1&amp;f_bct=c003154c003136c003545">thing from EBC<br /> <img src="http://84.19.224.73/products/thumbs/00001089/00008836.jpg"></a><br /> which folded out from the wall to that it could support the frame as I was wary of leaving something as heavy as a bike (to which would still be attached both locks) hanging by a single wheel. Didn't use it much as the cupboard was so small it was slightly less convenient to use the hook. Might get another one to reduce the amount of hallway I take up at the moment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17404 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:54:33 +0000 PS 17404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We've got a couple of these Topeak Oneups. Reet smart, they are.<br /> <a href="http://www.topeak.com/products/Storage/OneUpBikeHolder">OneUp</a><br /> <img src="http://www.topeak.com/mediafiles/products/687/"><br /> However, we've got four bikes, and I want another <strike>one</strike> two, so not sure what to do next. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17402 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:42:54 +0000 chdot 17402@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use these -</p> <p><img src="http://www.homebase.co.uk/wcsstore/homebase/images/164646HBO111111X.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=20001&amp;partNumber=164646" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=20001&amp;partNumber=164646</a></p> <p>vertically - though should be strong enough horizontally if in solid enough bit of wood.</p> <p>There are also these, which I have never actually seen and not sure how you're supposed to mount them -</p> <p><a href="http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=20001&amp;catalogId=1500000701&amp;langId=-1&amp;searchTerms=bicycle+hook" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=20001&amp;catalogId=1500000701&amp;langId=-1&amp;searchTerms=bicycle+hook</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17400 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:41:33 +0000 ruggtomcat 17400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>lol ta. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17397 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:33:28 +0000 spitfire 17397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>will take one tonight and upload to flickr tagged simply as "hook" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17391 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:20:19 +0000 ruggtomcat 17391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>close-up of a hook please? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17384 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:05:19 +0000 spitfire 17384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For indoor storage - bike hooks:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/5205923485/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5205923485_e2eb29e7a7.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanwallace/5205923485/">Bike Hooks</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/duncanwallace/">spytfyre</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17381 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:51:43 +0000 PS 17381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Council and Grange/Prestonfield Community Council seem to have managed to arrange a meeting to discuss "plans for traffic, cycling and parking issues in large parts of the ward" at much the same time as the Spokes meeting tonight. </p> <p><a href="http://cameronrose.blogspot.com/2010/11/reminder-public-meeting-tonight.html">Details here</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17358 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:27:08 +0000 chdot 17358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Twitter</p> <p>"</p> <p>SpokesLothian: </p> <p>When coming to the Spokes Public Meeting Thurs 25th ... <a href="http://bit.ly/spk_pubmtg101125_2" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/spk_pubmtg101125_2</a> </p> <p><strong>please note the Mound is closed Thurs evening. </strong></p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/7505389985730560" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/7505389985730560</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-17274 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:22:11 +0000 chdot 17274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tomorrow </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-15104 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:18:39 +0000 DaveC 15104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for this, I have put up a copy of the poster in my office. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-15077 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:34:46 +0000 chdot 15077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TimPosterAutumn.10prf.pdf">Poster</p> <p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/5103862771_e869b1b550.jpg"></p> <p>PDF for printing and posting.<br /> </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-13470 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:10:48 +0000 chdot 13470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was going to design my own and share it for all here to decorate their stairs with too"</p> <p>Still worth doing (saves waiting 2 months...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-13468 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:03:07 +0000 kaputnik 13468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>There will be a poster available nearer to the event - worth putting that up too!<br /> </em></p> <p>I was going to design my own and share it for all here to decorate their stairs with too :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-13466 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:21:35 +0000 chdot 13466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I'm on the verge of putting a sign up in my stair"</p> <p>There will be a poster available nearer to the event - worth putting that up too! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-13464 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:17:58 +0000 kaputnik 13464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I might go to this. I'm on the verge of putting a sign up in my stair to ask the students to better park their BSOs so as not to block access to the back green. </p> <p>Last week there was a wall of bikes 4 deep, completely blocking the door. </p> <p>A number of bikes found themselves spending a damp, chilly night in the back green. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1423#post-13460 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:21:57 +0000 chdot 13460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The Spokes autumn public meeting on <strong>November</strong> 25 discusses the Spokes tenements bike storage project – and how to move forward with practical bike storage improvements at home and at work."</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2010/09/spokes-autumn-public-meeting-tackling-bike-storage" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2010/09/spokes-autumn-public-meeting-tackling-bike-storage</a> </p>