http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Charitable Lights en Thu, 21 May 2026 05:29:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339828 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:11:47 +0000 gembo 339828@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer, now wait a cotton pickin minute. My Covid contact ain’t as reliable as my workplace contact </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339822 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:58:40 +0000 Greenroofer 339822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was sure that the council have been in touch with my workplace about redoing the Be Bright Be Seen campaign that gave out free lights last year. However if @gembo's contacts dont' recognise this then I must be mistaken. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339821 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:51:14 +0000 dessert rat 339821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>if only there was a local cycling charity with offices in multiple locations across Scotland we could call on.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339808 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:39:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 339808@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@nobrakes</p> <p>There is an undercover policeman who poses as a Deliveroo rider on a souped-up e-bike that has been made to look tatty. He does the hot-pursuit of the bad boys.</p> <p>But he has lights and makes hand signals so the Yakuza will spot him for sure just like I did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339807 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:30:49 +0000 nobrakes 339807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know where you won't find them - on a Deliveroo rider's bike. It is company policy that you must not under any circumstances be lit up in any way when delivering stuff after dark. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339806 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:22:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 339806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>POLIS ALBA - FREEZE!</p> <p>F***in Baltic big man. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339778 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 23:04:13 +0000 gembo 339778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iainmcr</p> <p>When I were in the office I knew exactly who to go to for the freebies BUT these days I will have to check</p> <p>Have checked but they do not know, shame </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339777 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:59:50 +0000 dessert rat 339777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Council cycling team had them</blockquote></p> <p>Did not know such a thing existed. Any contact details Gembo san ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339776 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:54:23 +0000 gembo 339776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>E TENEBRIS LUX</p> <p>Bax san </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339775 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 21:49:40 +0000 minus six 339775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>POLIS ALBA</p> <p>that would work really well printed on their motors</p> <p>direct, with a hint of menace </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339774 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:47:53 +0000 gembo 339774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Libraries had them, some are opening</p> <p>Council cycling team had them </p> <p>Maybe Dr Bike?</p> <p>Maybe Universities?</p> <p>Maybe POLIS ALBA</p> <p>Assumes the shipping container got through from China this year. Not sure it has?</p> <p>I have distributed in a similar way in the past. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20396#post-339746 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:22:36 +0000 dessert rat 339746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Appeal for info ….</p> <p>If you have ever attended a CycleLaw or similar type event, there are generally sets of branded (pretty cheap, but better than nothing) lights given away. I tend to hoover up as many sets of these as I can, then hand them out as I trundle round the city around this time of the year. So many people do not seem to realise quite how invisible they are.</p> <p>This week I have given away my last lot so on the hunt for more.</p> <p>Possible sources are/would be:<br /> 1. There was a cycling charity I think attached to the police biking marking events who were giving away d-locks and lights, but no clue how to track them down.<br /> 2. Sadly CycleLaw have none left, although I am trying to track down an appropriate contact in Fettes, as I suspect there might be a box of something in there.</p> <p>Can anyone think of other possible sources ? </p>