http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 1000s Of Miles Of Protected Cycleways Pledges Boris en Tue, 19 May 2026 09:25:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335089 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:13:08 +0000 LaidBack 335089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin - one of many gaps in my DF bike knowledge! Also used to get origin of Ridley wrong.<br /> "They made custom bikes for local Belgian bike shops. Seven years later, in 1997, Aerts took the final step towards realising his dream by founding Ridley Bikes. He named it after his favourite English film director Ridley Scott."</p> <p>@Tulyar - shared bike schemes have arguably had a big impact on getting a much broader range of people riding. All ages and ethnic groups. They also do cycle where they think is safe so never surprised if seen on pavements tho.<br /> Yesterday two JustEat users went straight across at King's junction into Tarvit St head to head with traffic there. Drivers didn't react much as bikes stayed at left side and squeezed by. I also note Valleyfield is much used as direct contraflow cycling route now too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335086 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:41:10 +0000 stiltskin 335086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cervelo are Canadian. Nice to see their branding working well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335079 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:05:49 +0000 fimm 335079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The place to get nice cheese in Morningside is the French shop down the road from Mellis, opposite Bennets Bar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335077 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:53:43 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Morningside Mellis has a unique offering and draws in luxury spend from the whole of South Edinburgh. It's quite possible that people drive to shop in Waitrose using the rooftop car park and divert to Mellis.</p> <p>I would not expect to be able to park my automobile conveniently otherwise. I have only ever travelled there by bicycle. I expect I'd do that more often if I didn't know the French street value of their cheese jeezo that is some mark up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335075 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:43:38 +0000 gembo 335075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the Morningside Traders front - my pal Tam’s wife is an excellent florist in Juni Green. She parks in the layby outside her shop. But Tam does deliveries. Quite wide area of west Lothian etc. the Morningside place could hire a young person to walk deliveries to Morningsiders?? Also it would be very tricky to park outside that shop. Most customers would park streets away and walk so I feel these traders are moaning instead of thinking creatively. Also who drives to a deli? Mental. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335072 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:32:35 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335072@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great use of the passive voice @Frenchy.</p> <p>I'm going to let the 'stolid hybrid' thing go this time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335070 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:28:22 +0000 Frenchy 335070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He was given the Boardman when he rode the inaugural London-Surrey 100.</p> <p>He used to leave it propped up against a wall outside parliament, unlocked. It was stolen last year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335064 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 23:39:38 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 335064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I doubt the Cervelo was Boris's - bike shop in the pictures was in Nottingham, probably just what they had on the workstand at the time. Seemed to favour a stolid hybrid (a Boardman AFAIK) when he was London Mayor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335059 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 23:12:57 +0000 Tulyar 335059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just as well that we have Big Bike Revival, offering bike repairs AND lessons to help you do this yourself, as the £50 voucher scheme is about as well thought through as Westminster policies on COVID test &amp; trace/ferry services/almost any other current policy</p> <p>Refreshing also that by supporting free/discounted access to the 3 main public bike hire operations in Scotland people are getting access to robust &amp; functional bikes and EAPC, far more readily than the vaguely described bike giveaways. As with Car Club cars one bike hire bike can be used 6-8 times per day by 6-8 different people, and the e-bikes (EAPC) are (in Glasgow) hiring at twice the rate seen for regular bikes.</p> <p>One idea might be to get public bike hire available in all major Scottish towns, especiallt if this also created a revenue, and jobs that support community cycle centres. Models on which this could be based are in Glasgow &amp; Stirling especially, where Bike for Good and Recyk a Bike provide resource centres for many cycle-linked activities </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335044 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:46:06 +0000 chdot 335044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“sure it will be a decent English brand like a Mercian?”</p> <p>Used to be a serial Condor owner, but they don’t make frames in UK anymore. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-335043 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:37:40 +0000 LaidBack 335043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watched Ch4 News as usual last night. Jon Snow in action with stripey socks on a drop bar bike. (These all look the same to me ;-) but sure it will be a decent English brand like a Mercian? Not a Chinese Italian Cervelo like BJ).<br /> Whole bulletin had a blokey 'cycling's great' bit from BJ replete with jaunty helmet with go-pro. Considering his toxic lack of appeal to many voters now anything he supports maybe becomes tainted? Many parts of England can't forgive him for the inadequate response to floods so his enthusiasm for cycling isn't going to go down well there. Interview in cafe with sports cyclists in background. The odd thing is that London has plenty of European type commuting. Generally there still is a wilful confusion between sports cycling and just using a bike for a few miles.<br /> Jon Snow of course has just got on with cycling in his own way - flamboyant socks on bike and flamboyant ties on air.<br /> Doubt BJ will cycle much now? Or does he go full mamil on his Cervelo?</p> <p><a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/how-urban-cycling-could-be-made-easier" rel="nofollow">https://www.channel4.com/news/how-urban-cycling-could-be-made-easier</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334948 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:29:25 +0000 chdot 334948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/PidginPosting/status/1288139504793116672" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/PidginPosting/status/1288139504793116672</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334936 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:10:23 +0000 Roibeard 334936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Website for the free 50 quid vouchers <strike>crashed</strike> <em>was involved in an alleged collision</em> at 23.45pm last night. <strike>Too much traffic</strike> <em>Road widening schemes have yet to be implemented.</em></p> <p>FTFY</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334934 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:27:01 +0000 gembo 334934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Website for the free 50 quid vouchers crashed at 23.45pm last night. Too much traffic </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334928 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:58:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>NC said “all very interesting but the world has changed, these studies aren’t valid any more” </em></p> <p>Quantum physicists: right enough, break out the double slit apparatus we better check the whole wave particle thing again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334926 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 22:46:03 +0000 gembo 334926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nick and the other deniers ain’t gonna like the changes to the Highway Code either </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334917 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:39:05 +0000 chdot 334917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta</p> <p>“all very interesting but the world has changed, these studies aren’t valid any more”</p> <p>Or alternatively -</p> <p>‘Twice as valid’! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334916 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:27:31 +0000 Stickman 334916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NC said “all very interesting but the world has changed, these studies aren’t valid any more” - revealing that he believes cars are still the default. </p> <p>JMcL said that the TFL study he looked at wasn’t relevant as the places looked at weren’t like Edinburgh or the schemes weren’t comparable. </p> <p>Melanie Main was next up and told them that the TFL study was a good starting point but there was a huge number of studies in different places all pointing to the same result. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307&page=2#post-334915 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:16:59 +0000 chdot 334915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“dismissive of studies showing the benefits of cycling.”</p> <p>As in ‘I don’t believe it’, or did they outline their alternative facts? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334909 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:06:42 +0000 Stickman 334909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At today’s Council meeting Cllrs Cook and MacLellan were dismissive of studies showing the benefits of cycling to businesses. Will be interested to see if they make any comment on this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334901 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:47:48 +0000 gkgk 334901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, interesting re Highway code, toomanybikes, thanks. </p> <p>Even if the promises mostly fail to materialise, it's a big step forward if they update the design book or whatever that is called, which does seem to be one big strand of this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334882 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:13:31 +0000 toomanybikes 334882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's new-ish. A lot of the 2bn was going to be bus funding until lockdown started. Seems kind of reasonable to at least start to spend that before committing more. </p> <p>I want to be optimistic!</p> <p>Highway code changes will apply up here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334878 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:26:31 +0000 Cyclops 334878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well it is their usual modus operandi. No new funding and it will likely be kicked into the long grass in about a week when the media move onto something else. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334877 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:14:13 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We should always bear in mind the possibility that the regime is lying or trying to distract people from something else. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334876 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:11:56 +0000 acsimpson 334876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not disagreeing with the policy and perhaps it was just bad timing but a shot of Boris with a £3K plus bike perhaps wasn't the best idea for a grassroots cycling campaign. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334874 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:10:16 +0000 gkgk 334874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's Boris getting his Cervelo serviced!</p> <p>I suppose the mooted revisions of the Highway Code wld apply in SCO too?</p> <p>Here's a jolly side thought - that Nick Cook guy, he must be fuming today! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334869 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:28:12 +0000 chdot 334869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50162493116_9956f73bca.jpg"></p> <p><em>Boris Johnson visiting the Cycle Lounge, a bicycle repair shop in Beeston. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AFP/Getty Images </em></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/28/uk-coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates-quarantine-spain" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/28/uk-coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates-quarantine-spain</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334851 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:14:51 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@neddie</p> <p>I have begun this already. Suggested to two SNP councillors that Edinburgh should apply to join England. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334850 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:13:01 +0000 neddie 334850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suspect "our" campaigning should now focus on Scotland getting the same set-up (or better) as England...</p> <p>Let's not drop the ball.</p> <p>We are close... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20307#post-334835 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:39:48 +0000 sallyhinch 334835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some paint-only lanes might have gone in during resurfacing works, I suppose, but very few local authorities that I know of are spending their own money on bike infrastructure. </p>