http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Spokes Competition: My Cycling Transformation en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:46:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-311099 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 02:31:33 +0000 Tulyar 311099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1964 was a long time ago - the 2 main driving factors</p> <p>1) with a bike I could do a paper round, &amp; earn money</p> <p>2) with a bike I could visit railway, and airport sites to take photos of planes, trains, &amp; industrial heritage, plus model railway shops &amp; spend the money I'd earned </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-311031 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:55:34 +0000 Rosie 311031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bumping this:-</p> <p>SPOKESCOMP: MY CYCLING INSPIRATION</p> <p>For our 2019 summer competition we’d like to know what inspired you to start getting around by bike or how you inspired someone else to start.</p> <p>There are brilliant prizes – vouchers/tickets for cafes, bike shops, entertainment; a Scotland rail trip for 2; and an amazing new prize of a £500 voucher towards purchase of a cargo bike!!</p> <p>It need not be about how you first learned to cycle – we’d equally like to hear how you were inspired to start using a bike for your everyday journeys.</p> <p>Your inspiration might be a friend, or the unhealthy sedentariness of driving to work, seeing a new cycle route, persuasion by your children, or maybe your parents showed you from the earliest age that this is the best way to get around; perhaps even it was something you saw or heard from Spokes!</p> <p>Competition form here:-<br /> <a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2019/05/spokescomp-my-cycling-inspiration/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2019/05/spokescomp-my-cycling-inspiration/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-309827 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:11:17 +0000 chdot 309827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“For our 2019 summer competition we’d like to know what inspired you to start getting around by bike – or how you inspired someone else to start.”</p> <p>Clearly CCE will feature in many entries... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-309826 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:06:11 +0000 Rosie 309826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>#SPOKESCOMP: MY CYCLING INSPIRATION</p> <p>For our 2019 summer competition we’d like to know what inspired you to start getting around by bike – or how you inspired someone else to start.</p> <p>It need not be about how you first learned to cycle – we’d equally like to hear how you were inspired to start using a bike for your everyday journeys.</p> <p>This year, in addition to the usual great prizes from local businesses, we are offering (thanks to an anonymous donation) a fantastic new prize of a £500 voucher towards a cargo bike. See entry form for conditions.</p> <p>Other prizes:-<br /> ScotRail: Return standard class ticket for 2 adults + 4 kids between any 2 Scottish stations<br /> Edinburgh Bike Coop: Edinburgh Bicycle £50 voucher<br /> Sustrans Scotland: Any 5 maps from ‘Pocket Cycle Map’ series<br /> Filmhouse: Tickets for 2<br /> Camera Obscura &amp; World of Illusions: Family day ticket [2 prizes]<br /> Kalpna Indian Veg restaurant: £20 lunch-for-2 voucher<br /> Edinburgh Festival of Cycling: day hire of Urban Arrow cargo bike<br /> Laidback Bikes: Recumbent Edinburgh tour for up to 2 people<br /> Harts Cyclery: One week hire of e-bike<br /> Boardwalkbeachclub: £25 voucher<br /> Cafe Milk: Lunch voucher for 2<br /> Lanterne Rouge cafe [Gifford]: £10 voucher<br /> <a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2019/05/spokescomp-my-cycling-inspiration/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2019/05/spokescomp-my-cycling-inspiration/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-290039 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:54:42 +0000 Frenchy 290039@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The competition closes on Sunday 2 September"</p> <p>That's this weekend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19035#post-288438 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:26:15 +0000 Rosie 288438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whilst Edinburgh City Council is planning a transformation for cycling (and more) we hope you have had a cycling transformation already! So, for our 2018 summer competition, we’d like to know what has brought the biggest positive transformation in your cycling life in recent years.</p> <p>It might be some advice from a friend (or from Spokes!), an improved cycle facility, buying a shopping bike-basket, seeing your child cycling to school every day, a new bike shed, a resurfaced road on your daily commute, joining a group such as Edinburgh Belles or All Ability Cycling – the possibilities are endless! [Also participating in the CCE Forum]</p> <p>So, tell us what transformed your cycling life – you could win a great prize plus some modest fame – and maybe other people will benefit from your experience too!<br /> Importantly, you must also explain why it transformed your cycling life – we will be judging the “why” as much as the “what.”</p> <p>Note that if your entry refers to a place, it must be in Edinburgh or the Lothians. If you’ve been to Copenhagen or Amsterdam, that may have transformed your cycling life, but it won’t count for our competition!</p> <p>Prizes:-<br /> ScotRail: Return standard class ticket for 2 adults + 4 kids between any 2 Scottish stations<br /> Edinburgh Bike Coop: Edinburgh Bicycle voucher (£50?)<br /> Grease Monkey Cycles: ‘Norm’ service worth £59.99 [2 prizes]<br /> Sustrans Scotland: Any 5 maps from ‘Pocket Cycle Map’ series<br /> Filmhouse: Tickets for 2<br /> Camera Obscura &amp; World of Illusions: Family day ticket [2 prizes]<br /> Kalpna Indian Veg restaurant: £20 voucher<br /> Edinburgh Festival of Cycling: day hire of Urban Arrow cargo bike<br /> Laidback Bikes: Recumbent Edinburgh tour for up to 2 people<br /> Harts Cyclery: One week hire of e-bike<br /> Boardwalk Foreshore Cafe: £25 voucher.<br /> <a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2018/08/spokescomp-my-cycling-transformation/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2018/08/spokescomp-my-cycling-transformation/</a> </p>