http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Lessons in how to get onto a bike and pedal are being given to officers from Gra en Mon, 18 May 2026 03:01:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26860 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:00:33 +0000 Cyclingmollie 26860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was going to add a photo of a policeman on a bike stopping traffic on the Royal Mile 'til I realised that I didn't take it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26852 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:05:17 +0000 ruggtomcat 26852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>aye perhaps, maybe a trials rider....</p> <p>anyone wanna try get the insurance to do a top gear style test? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26850 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:59:48 +0000 Dave 26850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Surely a motorbike is always going to be faster than a bike, since it's the same width but has hugely better accelleration &amp; top speed (but alas, a numberplate ;-)</p> <p>There are often guys on dirt bikes zooming around Craigmillar without that attribute that would be impossible to catch on a pedal bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26845 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:19:25 +0000 ruggtomcat 26845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ohohoh, Danny Mac vs <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Foucan">Sebastien Foucan</a></p> <p>Place your bets! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26844 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:57:47 +0000 chdot 26844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>K MacAskill (no relation)<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/2052689490/#"><br /> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2052689490_531b3ae2e8.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26843 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:56:48 +0000 Jackson Priest 26843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I laugh at bike cops, but its a fearsome idea. We must have some pictures, what kit are they running? Bet its too heavy. </em></p> <p>Remember coming across this last year when I was looking for safety vest supplier type people:</p> <p><a href="http://www.kitinfo.co.uk/products/police-cycle-patrol-starter-pack.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kitinfo.co.uk/products/police-cycle-patrol-starter-pack.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26842 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:41:33 +0000 ruggtomcat 26842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>expect them to carve it through rush hour traffic at full speed chasing an evil BMX hoodie?</em>"</p> <p>or god forbid a speeding car! maybe they can have instant 5pound fines for people in ASLs, just photo the car, print out a notice and slap it on the windscreen. jobs a good un!</p> <p>Actually, i recon if that D MacAskill was a copper he could chase down <em>anybody</em> within the city bypass.</p> <p>A bicycle ridden with no regard for the rules is <em>the very fastest thing</em> in the city. </p> <p>I laugh at bike cops, but its a fearsome idea. We must have some pictures, what kit are they running? Bet its too heavy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26839 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:32:13 +0000 holisticglint 26839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/apr/14/wrong-police-bike-training">One day seems very light seeing what the Met training covers.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26821 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:49:35 +0000 Dave 26821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who here would take Joe Random from the adjacent desk in the office, give them a bike and expect them to carve it through rush hour traffic at full speed chasing an evil BMX hoodie? </p> <p>One day training seems to be pretty light, when you think about it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26819 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:45:40 +0000 Stepdoh 26819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mind you, cycling in Aberdeen... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26817 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:41:52 +0000 Morningsider 26817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Employer trains staff to do job properly" - shocking stuff! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26815 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:30:50 +0000 rosscbrown 26815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>FOIA for the 17 page booklet anyone? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2521#post-26814 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:26:36 +0000 kaputnik 26814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12745313">Grampian Police officers receive pedal bike training</a></p> <p><em>Lessons in how to get onto a bike and pedal are being given to officers from Grampian Police.</p> <p>A one-day training course is accompanied by a 17-page booklet<br /> </em> </p>