http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in Copenhagen.... en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:07:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1477#post-14959 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:29:54 +0000 wee folding bike 14959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a Dutch lock on my Pashley. I use it when it's parked in school... in the locked physics store. It has a captive key so if I don't lock it some other blighter would.</p> <p>I also carry an Abus Granite on it all the time and if it's going to be left for a while it also has a heavy Abus cable lock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1477#post-14957 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:21:30 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 14957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think that helmet use is definitely on the rise over there. I got various reasons from meeting Mikael Colville-Anderson (the man behind Copenhagenize) while there a couple of years back, mainly down to economics causing a push of the culture of fear.</p> <p>But. Lovely place to ride around (we were only there for 3 days, but spent one of them with hired bikes from the hotel as our mode of transport). It was great to see so many trikes, and so many people using them to transport kids (even though it was bitterly cold).</p> <p>Ooh, and our hire bikes had those locks that simply stop the back wheel turning. My UK sensibilities had me worried every time we went to visit somewhere that the bike wouldn't be there when I returned. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1477#post-13971 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:21:29 +0000 SRD 13971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>more people are wearing helmets....</p> <p>Was remarking to a colleague's partner that I had seen a lot of helmets (more than previous discussions would have led me to expect), and he said that he thought more people were wearing them these days. If that is true, it causes some problems for the 'make it chic and they will come' brigade. Of course, he was wearing a helmet and lycra-like kit, and is a keen racer as well as commuter :)</p> <p>To be honest, I've been more struck by the prams than the bikes -- lots of old fashioned style big prams and modern variants of the style, but very few maclaren style strollers, and not very many of the trendy 'bugaboo' style buggies either. </p> <p>During my first day, walking around in the afternoon, I was struck that I saw relatively few christiania style bikes, but more seemed to come out at the end of the day. Bike seats all very minimalist though. Almost all the kids in cargobikes and seats wearing helmets. Adult helmets mostly the trendy sort that look like 1970s era hockey helmets, but a few (including my friend above) in 'racing' style ones. </p> <p>The touring/commuting bikes really are lovely. There are several I'd love to import/ride, but actually striking how similar they all are. </p> <p>Also saw an awful lot of people cycling without lights, but locals assure me that this is just because it is a transition period and people have forgotten to bring them. Also amusing to see lots of bikes parked in places plastered with signs saying 'bike parking here forbudt' (can't remember the rest of the danish, but 'forbudt' sticks in my mind). </p> <p>The only other thing that really struck me was the minimalist locks -- lots of bikes apparently unlocked, or locked just with those locks built into the frame that go through the wheels. U-locks not ubiquitous at all. Paradoxically, though, I was told that there is a problem with christiania trikes being stolen. </p> <p>The bike lanes etc seem to live up to the billing, but definitely the best things I've seen are the carriages for bikes (actually, I _think_ they said 'flexible space for bikes, prams etc - which seemed quite sensible). Anyway, these carriages, with bike racks down one side and fold down seats on the other seemed quite easy to use and plentiful - although getting bikes up and down into the metro stations a bit more of a challenge. </p> <p>Quite interesting, after all the debates, to see 'copenhagenizing' for myself. Just wish I had longer to out for some rides! </p>