http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: POP Feeder Rides (now organising for 2017) en Thu, 21 May 2026 18:21:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-288595 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:54:48 +0000 chdot 288595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Can’t find 2018 thread)</p> <p>“</p> <p>At #TECttee Councillor @ProfScottThinks raises need for investment in outer areas e.g. #Colinton #Fairmilehead #Liberton. The local ride to @POPScotland #PoP2018 was 'tortuous.' Officers will meet him &amp; locals to discuss. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/spokeslothian/status/1027507455444615168" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/spokeslothian/status/1027507455444615168</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247682 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:14:34 +0000 gembo 247682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My whistle features prominent;y on the merging footage </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247680 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:09:27 +0000 HankChief 247680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some great shots <a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/1309277529132788?view=permalink&amp;id=1383480285045845">here</a> from the West Edinburgh feeder ride by a local photographer. </p> <p>And on the POP Facebook site the Dunfermline Cycling Club have posted a video of the merging of the Fife and West Edinburgh Feeder rides. It us a minute to have everyone (150+) joined up and away. Huge capacity on the roads if you use them properly.</p> <p>(Sorry - can't work out how to share that one but have asked nicely for a copy) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247599 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 11:10:47 +0000 biketrain 247599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Big thanks to Gembo for helping with Ratho Feeder ride. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247541 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:46:25 +0000 gembo 247541@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm, hankchief had an agreement with the builders that took us all in a oner round from pedestrian lights up to leamington lift bridge. At other times we did just stop the traffic and all get out. The only issue we were aware of (good to wear shades on an overcast Gorgie Dalry morning) was a road cyclist who was intent on ploughing through us despite the traffic being stopped. I had to offer her an individual stop sign by putting my palm out towards her ( she was still some way off) which did make her brake and wait but she tired of this and came out and joined us for a bit but then turned round and cycled back into us. No harm done there though all fine so yes I would go always where safe just t stop traffic and get everyone round in a oner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247540 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:30:41 +0000 fimm 247540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Harrison Park had a dog ;-)<br /> Front basket passenger on an elephant bike, no less.</p> <p>I think our ride went OK. I didn't do a very good job of organising the marshals... I think I did an OK job of explaining the ride to everyone (feedback welcome). Thanks to chrisfl for being lead person, SRD for being tail, pisoad and jdanielp and Mr SRD for helping along the way. </p> <p>Traffic lights did split us a bit, but it seemed to be OK. I think we may have caused more issues at the Gilmore Place temporary lights (by the time the tail of the group had got through, the lights had gone red for oncoming traffic; I wonder if we'd have been better (if illegal) to just keep getting everyone through until everyone was out of the way...)</p> <p>We had some flags left over - I gave 3 to a woman with a trailer, saying "Please would you carry these for me, I can't fit them on my bike!". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247537 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 16:13:27 +0000 HankChief 247537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Some protests struggle to even get 150 - we got that on the way to the protest!</em></p> <p>Yeah but did we have an embarrassed dog?<br /> ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247534 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:44:58 +0000 gembo 247534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well done hankchief for marshalling your marshals, helped, builders, coppers and particpants </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247532 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:33:43 +0000 Stickman 247532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes the feeder ride went well. </p> <p>Some protests struggle to even get 150 - we got that on the way to the protest! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247529 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 14:31:22 +0000 HankChief 247529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Phew...</p> <p>Well that went as smooth as it could do.<br /> About 150 by the time we got to the Meadows :-)</p> <p>Thanks to my marshalls &amp; helpers and the various people i've pestered in the last week.</p> <p>Bring on the Glasgow ride... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247523 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 08:02:35 +0000 fimm 247523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You have email. Thank you so much.</p> <p>EDIT:<br /> Just been out to collect tabards and check HP route - came back via Telfer subway and reverse of HankChief's route - credit where credit is due, the barriers have completely gone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247522 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 07:53:24 +0000 SRD 247522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247521 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 07:12:56 +0000 fimm 247521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Help! Are any of the Harrison Park marshals up and able to print a couple of documents out for me? You know who you are, please email me if you can help. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247519 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 07:06:14 +0000 fimm 247519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wondered if that was you, nedd1e_h... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247502 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 20:08:05 +0000 HankChief 247502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks. Appreciate the update. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247501 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:43:27 +0000 neddie 247501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@hankchief</p> <p>Dalry barriers still there as of 17-30 this afternoon. However, they have been ...ahem... automagically moved to leave a large gap where the drop kerb is </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247500 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:21:34 +0000 Klaxon 247500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice job, thank you very much :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247497 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:27:26 +0000 wingpig 247497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Restalrig Path from Leith Links to Hawkhill swept. Lochend Park clear from the middle cut-through by the muddy slope to the Marionville exit. If the feeder avoids an extra chunk of Marionville by going behind Sainsbury then there are always a few chunks which get kicked back into the path as there are no verges to sweep onto. Haven't done Easter Road to Hawkhill yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247493 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:42:47 +0000 fimm 247493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies to the cyclist at the Dalry barriers I had somewhere else I needed to get to </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247488 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:05:08 +0000 acsimpson 247488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great work Hankchief,</p> <p>The council clearly haven't read their own copy and past permission letter:</p> <p><em>The procession will at all times continue moving and no part will stop except for emergency purpose</em><br /> So we can ignore red lights</p> <p><em>After the procession concludes participants disperse at the specified times above.</em><br /> I guess we can disperse around the queue</p> <p><em>No vehicles or animals should be part of the procession unless by approval of Police Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council prior to the day of the event.</em><br /> They know the purpose so safe to assume our vehicles are OK but why even include this.</p> <p><em>Official(s) are appointed to liaise with the police/council officer and shall indentify themselves to the Police Officer/Council Officer in Charge at the assembly point before the commencement of the parade/procession.</em><br /> Are they even going to send one?</p> <p>and my personal favourite:<br /> <em>Unless prior agreement, all persons participating in the parade/procession shall not walk more than six and not less than four abreast.</em></p> <p>Seriously though I cannot begin to comprehend how organised you have been in pulling this all together and liaising with all necessary parties. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247487 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:53:17 +0000 HankChief 247487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can I just say how surprised I am by the various building contractors that we have to pass on our feeder ride.</p> <p>4 different ones have all been very helpful to us.</p> <p>(The Dalry barriers will be collected tonight)</p> <p>I think we're all set for tomorrow, we have our permissions, our flags have been spread across West Edinburgh ready for our various joining points. We have our Marshalls briefing call tonight to check all is in orderr and we'll be good to go.</p> <p>Hope everyone feeders go smoothly tomorrow and we'll see you on the road or in the Meadows. Please take lots of photos. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247475 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:04:06 +0000 Frenchy 247475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Anyone on the Liberton feeder? I'll be joining from TBS @ Causewayside.</em></p> <p>Yes! See you there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=6#post-247471 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:56:33 +0000 Hopey 247471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone on the Liberton feeder? I'll be joining from TBS @ Causewayside. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247450 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:55:49 +0000 fimm 247450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, <em>those</em> barriers. I cycle past them most days. I'll have a look on the way past this evening (if I remember). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247448 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:50:08 +0000 HankChief 247448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have <a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/855291829792550913">tweeted</a> and they are following up.</p> <p>Worst comes to it, they can be gently nudged out of the way ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247447 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:43:59 +0000 davidsonsdave 247447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@nedd1e_h I noticed that too this morning. The barriers don't stop me but would cause a problem for the feeder and I was planning to bring the kids in the trailer tomorrow. I will *check* that they have been removed when I pass on my way home tonight. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247440 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:37:27 +0000 neddie 247440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@hankchief</p> <p>Barriers still at Telfer entrance this morning </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247439 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:29:23 +0000 Luath 247439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks HankChief and everyone else involved in organising and marshalling the feeder rides. I'm beginning to appreciate the amount of work involved but it is appreciated and, as you say, it will be worth it in the long run.<br /> Myself, Mrs Luath and micro Luath are planning to join the HP feeder ride for our first POP. Looking forward to it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247429 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 06:38:32 +0000 HankChief 247429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Feeder rides are all part of the fun of @POPScotland.</p> <p>Working out how to safely get across town with a range of abilities is not easy, but by bunching up into a large group and having a sensible marshalling plan it can be achieved. (We have a good team but always room for more - DM me if able to help)</p> <p>Going through the formal route has got us the support we wanted at Kings Theatre, but are several hoops to go through to get it, including receiving the ironic advice that cycling a group through town is not recommended on safety grounds.... we know that's why we are doing it :-)</p> <p>But it is all worth it and when Canal-Meadows and Roseburn-Canal are built we will look back fondly on the stresses involved in organising this feeder ride. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16308&page=5#post-247422 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:36:01 +0000 Klaxon 247422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That way! But there's now no point in using the narrow cut through now since the wide shared use was built on Lochend Butterfly Way and a hole <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9621521,-3.16219,3a,75y,116.29h,73.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTscgP2uoR8y0OXQQDoCC4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656">knocked in the wall</a> </p>