http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Why cycling always likely to be more common in Edinburgh than Glasgow en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:04:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332313 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 08:39:48 +0000 edinburgh87 332313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Reminds me of an older debate that touches on some of this:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10584" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10584</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332308 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 22:31:18 +0000 gembo 332308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn’t look at the numbers? Just the 249% If something increase by 100% it has doubled.</p> <p>They do say it has more than doubled so they ain’t wrong</p> <p>Mr Cheyne was ace statistician but you must never ask him a stats question when he was having his lunch. Not because lunch was sacrosanct NO stats were sacrosanct so Mr Cheyne would immediately answer the question so his lunch would tend to gravitate right at you </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332307 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:25:33 +0000 minus six 332307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gembo studied with mr cheyne, the stats machine</p> <p>they didn't have calculators in those days </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332306 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:18:11 +0000 Frenchy 332306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Daily Reoord reporting 249% increase in cycling. Which they say is more than double. It is more than double it is also more than double double</em></p> <p>My calculator agrees with the Daily Record, but not with @gembo. Should I get it checked? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332305 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:12:30 +0000 gembo 332305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Daily Reoord reporting 249% increase in cycling. Which they say is more than double. It is more than double it is also more than double double/ This is in Livingston </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332179 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:16:28 +0000 gembo 332179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@weefoldingbike - you are at the epicentre of North Lanarkshire Cycling and before that East Renfrewshire Cycling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332175 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:30:08 +0000 wee folding bike 332175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmmm, I cycle from Airdrie because the memsahib already had a house in Airdrie. </p> <p> Before that I cycled into Glasgow from Barrhead and before that Cumbernauld. </p> <p>Number 4 son some got a gorgeous dark blue ‘83 folding Kingpin yesterday. I picked up a nice green ‘77 Twenty Stowaway. </p> <p>Boys 2 and 3 have been going all over Coatbridge and Airdrie on old three speed bikes. Last week I spotted a folding Twenty at the Fountain before I noticed it was number 2 riding it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332129 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:53:27 +0000 mcairney 332129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds about right tbh. I also suspect that even in Edinburgh it's a fairly fixed pool of mostly middle-class, middle-aged people who are fortunate enough to afford to live close enough to where they work that cycling to work is a realistic option for those who aren't a) a bit mad or b) have good fitness levels.</p> <p>( I'm not sure whether I'm in group a or group b ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332125 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:10:26 +0000 gembo 332125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@arellcat, nice guess, I could ask the maffs teacher. The statistician retired long ago </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332122 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:52:06 +0000 Arellcat 332122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>What are the chances of that!</em></p> <p>My guess is that the chance is 100%, while the probability is much less. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332121 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:51:34 +0000 gembo 332121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is now<br /> Or formerly working class like me<br /> HG Wells will be Birlin</p> <p>@stiltskin nice question. The name is not common Cheyne </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332119 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:39:03 +0000 chdot 332119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ gembo </p> <p>So, cycling to work (these days) is ‘middle class’ <em>and will now always be</em>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332116 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:07:57 +0000 stiltskin 332116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>(The statistician in the dept has same surname as my kids maffs teacher) same surname as my kids maffs teacher)</em></p> <p>What are the chances of that! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20234#post-332112 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:52:13 +0000 gembo 332112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was mulling over my days at Strathclyde Uni as a researcher (The statistician in the dept has same surname as my kids maffs teacher).</p> <p>At Strathclyde the psychologists all had young families and lived in dormitory towns and drove in to town centre every day. Most had some sneaky parking spot.</p> <p>YOu see if doing job with brain not brawn in Glasgow you could really only live in the west end where house prices shot up or a wee bit in south side with good house insurance.</p> <p>Whereas in Edinburgh there are tons of places within the city boundary you can live in middle class splendor and cycle to work.</p> <p>THis is why only Dave Brennan, Wee Folding BIke and the youngster in the Drizabone cycle to work in Glasgow </p>