http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: " - tell us your cycling problem - " en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:15:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059&page=2#post-72944 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:11:43 +0000 DaveC 72944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah Now you tell me!!!</p> <p>EDIT</p> <p>Sorry I think I have seen this before. Looks too big for Louis.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>DaveC </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059&page=2#post-72943 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:10:24 +0000 SRD 72943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>just spotted a 5 geared tagalong at Soul cycles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-72877 Thu, 31 May 2012 23:42:40 +0000 DaveC 72877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Problem of how to manage two children of differing ages, as the 5yr old wants to race ahead and the 3 yr old will stop and throw a tantrum if so much as my front wheel goes an inch in front of his?</p> <p>Well, this evening andafter the rounding success that was POP Scotland, I bought a Tag a long from a chap in Stenhouse off Gumtree. After carefull vetting, advert had his daughter riding it,it was a nice new house and not sone dodgy flat (sorry everyone), and on opening the garage door the garage was like mine, crammed with family bikes, I paid the money and took away the tag a long. I've just attached to Mrs DaveC's bike (;-)) and ensured it secure, level and fits approx child no.2</p> <p>Finally I can go to bed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32419 Mon, 30 May 2011 11:36:53 +0000 crowriver 32419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah well, my cargo bike dilemma is at an end, for now. The garages have all been let. :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32397 Sun, 29 May 2011 22:34:27 +0000 Cyclingmollie 32397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot: <em>N+1 sheds</em></p> <p>We sort of have that already. I could shift all the rubbish out of the wendy house. I think that could then take the kids bikes leaving me more room in the shed to <strike>work on DIY projects</strike> store more bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32365 Sun, 29 May 2011 15:43:36 +0000 crowriver 32365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. I can see that having a garage could be 'dangerous'. Then there would be little to stop me buying a cargo bike: a Ute, Xtracycle, bakfiets, Bullitt, Christiana trike, utility tandem, the list of possibilities starts to grow...</p> <p>Must.. resist.. temptation... to.. max.. out.. credit card... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32362 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:44:18 +0000 SRD 32362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>f I moved the stuff currently in self-storage in Leith to one of these, then the saving might even justify the cost of renting the garage...</em></p> <p>Now that sounds like us! </p> <p>Let me know if you want to try the Helios sometime. Your kids ages sound about right for it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32361 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:38:33 +0000 crowriver 32361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD Good that Helios is working for you. We are on 3rd floor too. Our back green is not secure, there is access to street without any gate for some ground floor flats. So a shed was necessary. Alas our 2 year old is getting a bit chunky (14kg already!) to carry on a front mounted seat (usually max 15kg), otherwise I could try this with the 6 year old trundling on a tagalong too.</p> <p>I know some of the more expensive tagalongs mount on a special carrier rather than the seatpost, which theoretically allows a rear child seat too. However I'm not keen on forking out £300 just for a tagalong. </p> <p>@chdot Thanks, the ones in Meadowbank/Abbeyhill would actually be very convenient for me. They must be new on the market as I've been looking at this possibility for a while. If I moved the stuff currently in self-storage in Leith to one of these, then the saving might even justify the cost of renting the garage... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32360 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:20:20 +0000 SRD 32360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver 'garage?'. nope. backgreen, and raincover. green is quite secure, but still not ideal. no room in our stairwell, we're on the third floor, and in a one-bed flat. so, not much option. </p> <p>The helios does seem to be working well (will see if I can find time to post an update later). have yet to try babe in the childseat though. husband has been using tagalong and one of the front-riding child seats to good effect. But probably not ideal for a long ride/in heavy traffic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32359 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:01:14 +0000 chdot 32359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Random Google search -</p> <p><a href="http://www.findaproperty.com/searchresults.aspx?edid=00&amp;salerent=1&amp;regionid=525" rel="nofollow">http://www.findaproperty.com/searchresults.aspx?edid=00&amp;salerent=1&amp;regionid=525</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32358 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:52:20 +0000 crowriver 32358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A lockup would be the ideal solution: space for storage <em>and</em> a tinkering workshop. If anyone has or knows of a lockup garage for reasonable rent in East/Central Edinburgh, I'd be interested! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32357 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:49:14 +0000 crowriver 32357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot <em>N+1 sheds?</em> Apart from the expense, in a communal green the problem is really not upsetting the neighbours too much. They need space for sitting out, barbecues, planting stuff out, etc. Another shed might not go down well with some. Plus the security issue: bikes in sheds, whilst out of sight, are much more vulnerable to thieves and vandals. I've installed floor anchors to chain everything to in our wee 'bike store' type shed. I don't know if I'd want to put a reasonably valuable bike in such a shed, though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32356 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:45:40 +0000 crowriver 32356@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Cyclingmollie Currently our wee shed holds three cargo trailers, two kids bikes, plus assorted spare wheels, tyres, crates for carrying cargo in etc. I'll probably fit a tagalong in there too. The bikes proper are in the stairwell, which limits the N+1 possibilities! Other residents need space for their bikes, buggies, etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32355 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:43:55 +0000 chdot 32355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>N+1 sheds? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32354 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:36:08 +0000 Cyclingmollie 32354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver Yes, storage is my problem as well. If N is the number of bikes I can squeeze into the shed then why do I always seem to have N+1 in there. Fitting them back in after a family outing is like doing a jigsaw. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32353 Sun, 29 May 2011 12:54:45 +0000 crowriver 32353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wfb A Moulton would be nice, but I don't fancy the price! Lovely bicycles, however I'd find it difficult to justify, and I'd have an even worse storage problem...</p> <p>@SRD I'm looking into possibilities for transporting 2 children on one bike. Currently it requires my wife to come along with one kid on the back of hers. That's fine, but a solution to carry 2 would be good. I'm not keen on child trailers, and our oldest is too big to fit in one anyway. I've always fancied a longtail cargo bike like the the Kona Ute. Maybe fit stoker bars and footrests for the oldest, then a child seat further back for the young one. Converting my current hybrid into an Xtracycle was considered, but space is an issue: tenement stairwell crowded with bikes, small shed in back green. Xtracycles are just a bit too long. How do you store your Helios? Garage? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32352 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:45:32 +0000 wee folding bike 32352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Already got 4 (kids).</p> <p>I'll probably be picking 3 of them up from school one day a week after August so I'm starting to wonder if I could bungee a kid's bike on the trailer when it's folded. Then I can put 2 boys in the trailer and one can cycle home. If one bike fits on the folded trailer then perhaps I could even fit two on it. Two boys in the trailer is tight these days. </p> <p>Their school is being rebuilt on Route 75 but not due to move till about October. I'm not convinced the Sustrans route would help as the access point nearest the house is at the bottom of a big hill whereas the road to the school is more or less level (but involves one of the main roads in/out of town - way to go North Lanarkshire council).</p> <p>Still interested in a Moulton. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32351 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:16:12 +0000 chdot 32351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Now I just need more kids...."</p> <p>It would be cheaper to borrow them. </p> <p>In fact you could start a kid minding/transporting service and charge! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32350 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:13:22 +0000 SRD 32350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"How to still cycle when I have two kids?" At least that's the problem I had when I joined this forum...</p> <p>On the way back from Asda this am, I worked out that I can carry 4 kids on my bike (stoker, bike seat + two in trailer) and my husband can carry 2 (2 seats or 1 seat and tagalong). I think I have answered my problem. Now I just need more kids.... (oh, and to pay recombodna for the newest seat!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32348 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:06:00 +0000 chdot 32348@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope some of the answers above actually get sent to Spokes - they are not just looking for 'simple' suggestions. </p> <p>To selectively quote -</p> <p>"<br /> something exotic, as long as you found a great solution </p> <p>or more personal or philosophical matters like </p> <p>"Why on earth am I doing this?”<br /> "</p> <p>I do periodically wonder about the last question. Not sure whether it's enough to think about 'the things that are getting better' and ignore 'the things that don't change or are getting worse'!</p> <p>More practically my N is too big. I have gone past the stage of "each one has a different purpose". Time for a cull. The 'solution' is probably ebay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32346 Sun, 29 May 2011 10:43:50 +0000 SRD 32346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@twowheels -- Good one!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32341 Sun, 29 May 2011 07:46:15 +0000 Min 32341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't have a cycling problem. I could give up any time I want to. I just don't want to. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32340 Sun, 29 May 2011 03:34:23 +0000 TwoWheels 32340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think I have a cycling problem. But my friends, they all had this big surprise thingy for me, and they told me that I have a cycling problem and they wanted me to go to meetings.</p> <p>I told them, yeah, sure, I'd love to go to meetings, but PY is about 3,000 miles away and I'd have to get up dang-all early to get there for Friday meetings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32338 Sat, 28 May 2011 22:54:10 +0000 crowriver 32338@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My problem is lack of storage space. Just where am I going to put the bike I'm building up from an old cromo frame once it's finished? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32335 Sat, 28 May 2011 21:06:37 +0000 wee folding bike 32335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose my problem is a dragging BWR hub coinciding with a wedding anniversary which means I can't spend more time mending the bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32326 Sat, 28 May 2011 18:12:26 +0000 Smudge 32326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm currently at N=3 (one road, one tourer, one MTB (plus a frameset that's free to anyone who can use it))</p> <p>However I do hanker after a folder :-/ my worry is would I actually use it or would it just be an expensive ornament (as my MTB has kind of become). </p> <p>Of course if the train was to become so busy with bikes that I struggled to get on it in the mornings then I'd have an excuse.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32324 Sat, 28 May 2011 18:08:56 +0000 kaputnik 32324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm currently content with N = 4. What I'm not content with is wheelsets (W) for bike N2 being W=1. I'd like W = 1+1. W2 costs considerably more than 1 x N :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32323 Sat, 28 May 2011 18:07:25 +0000 kaputnik 32323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Win a bus pass? Is that so you don't have to continue with problem cycling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32322 Sat, 28 May 2011 18:02:53 +0000 chdot 32322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I'm not certain that there is an answer to the correct figure for N!"</p> <p>Sounds like (for you) it's N = N+1 - 2 ...! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3059#post-32321 Sat, 28 May 2011 17:33:33 +0000 Smudge 32321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My cycling problem is that while N+1 is the/an answer, N appears to be an increasing number without a logical maximum... and I'm not certain that there is an answer to the correct figure for N! </p>