http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Critical Mass en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:50:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17438 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:15:11 +0000 kaputnik 17438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ememka - likewise I never said I was unwilling to ride at night. I said I was unwillingly to ride in a group at night going deliberately slow with the objective of slowing up traffic. I also amn't up for riding in a mixed ability group in such circumstances. No thanks. I said I'd happily ride at night at a faster pace and with a different attitude to sharing the road with other users. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17378 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:42:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 17378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Hey, lets all walk our bicycles to the bridge at the castle espy and then mount up on mass and cruise down to the shore in leith taking a whole lane about 15 mile an hour or so. Pint and punt off home. call it the GravityFedSocial or something equally ridicularse</em>"</p> <p>I'm in! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17375 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:23:15 +0000 spitfire 17375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ememka - I didn't say I was unwilling, I said I didn't do it if I didn't have to. Unwilling suggests I wouldn't if I had to.<br /> Oh and I currently have more lights than the ISS </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17361 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:27:47 +0000 ruggtomcat 17361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ememka they are obviosly willing to cycle in the evening, just not at unicycle speeds (for a 20" at least not a <a href="http://www.cokercycles.com/">Coker</a>). Hey, lets all walk our bicycles to the bridge at the castle espy and then mount up on mass and cruise down to the shore in leith taking a whole lane about 15 mile an hour or so. Pint and punt off home. call it the GravityFedSocial or something equally ridicularse. Im up for riding and not racing or training but being visible as riders together, but not as hooligans. This place is too stiff, you have to work around things, its not a lawless cycle city and I like to cycle at a good pace, otherwise i would walk. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17360 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:20:29 +0000 ememka 17360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't understand why you are so unwilling to cycle in the evening? As you all do it anyway? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17357 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:40:56 +0000 ruggtomcat 17357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice video, but really, who would watch that? :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17334 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:36:43 +0000 chdot 17334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17137030" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/17137030</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17319 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:00:45 +0000 wingpig 17319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15683">Likewise</a>. I happily cycle in the evenings for commuting, shopping, leisure and exercise but when it's dark I try to be at my most vehicular, for safety's sake as well as annoyance-minimisation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17318 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:45:11 +0000 kaputnik 17318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I cycle in the dark too and sometimes because I want to. However I'm with Spytfyre - I don't think it's safe to go so deliberately slow that it will aggravate drivers, particularly when it's dark. It doesn't matter where the right or wrong lies, I just don't intentionally put myself in danger if I can avoid it and trust it to the actions of others to avoid me. It doesn't matter how well lit up you are, if someone hasn't dipped their eleventy-billion lumen headlights and they are shining in your face then drivers and cyclists alike are effectively blind.</p> <p>I'd happily cycle a critical mass around town in the dark if it were to do something over 15 and approaching 20 mph. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17316 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:26:47 +0000 spitfire 17316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I cycle in the evenings because I have to not because I want to, nor do I want to add into the mix angry drivers frustrated at being forced to speeds of 4 mph aggresively over taking in the dark.<br /> Thanks, but no </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17315 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:08:14 +0000 ememka 17315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What's wrong with it that it's dark? We all cycling in the evenings:) So bring as many lights as possible and come along! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17313 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:37:27 +0000 spitfire 17313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>it will be dark, I asked people several times through the daylight weeks too... so no thanks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17311 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:59:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 17311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fate always conspires against me - got a work leaving do. :( I'll be in the rough area with a bike so if I see it heading off I might break away for half an hour or so... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1752#post-17308 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:41:29 +0000 ememka 17308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What about Edinburgh Critical Mass?<br /> Are we going to meet this Friday? :) </p>