http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Getting ready for winter en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:57:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-46782 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:56:47 +0000 chdot 46782@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/8887016/November-on-course-for-being-warmest-since-records-began.html">November on course for being warmest since records began</a>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-44768 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:42:32 +0000 chdot 44768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not forgetting -</p> <p>"Other measures to be considered include sending shovels <strong>and even mini-tractors to local communities to let them help them clear snow in their area themselves</strong>." </p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2043" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2043</a></p> <p>Bet they've decided against the bit I've put in bold! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-44740 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:34 +0000 chdot 44740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"New-style shovels and snow ploughs have been issued to all staffed stations to help clear snow from platforms and walkways, and equipment used by roving station maintenance teams has been increased."</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/rail_chiefs_spend_2m_to_fight_off_winter_weather_1_1940024" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/rail_chiefs_spend_2m_to_fight_off_winter_weather_1_1940024</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-44582 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:46:43 +0000 kaputnik 44582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Couple of white-top traffic cops doing checks at the side of the road just on boundary between Edinburgh / Musselburgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-44581 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:38:59 +0000 chdot 44581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Avoid winter blunderland </p> <p>POLICE are carrying out roadside checks on vehicles this weekend to help ensure motorists are prepared for winter driving. </p> <p>Officers are also visiting shopping centres in the force area to offer road safety advice as part of the Get Ready for Winter weekend. </p> <p>The campaign, which got under way yesterday and runs until Monday, will see officers carrying out checks to make sure vehicles are roadworthy for the winter months. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/avoid_winter_blunderland_1_1937764" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/avoid_winter_blunderland_1_1937764</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=3#post-44361 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:59:37 +0000 chdot 44361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"two harsh winters don't make an ice age"</p> <p>"if children have to have a couple of days off, they learn a lot about snowmen"</p> <p>"increasingly people want someone to blame"</p> <p>"need to think about doing more for ourselves and each other"</p> <p>Towards end of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01685zk" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01685zk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44360 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:53:09 +0000 recombodna 44360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mudguards and marathon +'s have gone on the fixed wheel today. Replaced broken spoke re trued wheel and replaced the Beautiful but broken Middleburn cranks with the classic looking SR/ stronglite. The winter beater looks positively gentrified!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44356 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:34:41 +0000 kaputnik 44356@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dynamo front light arrived today, but in all the misleading confusion of BuM's website I appear to have bought one pre-wired for a tail light (the IQ Fly had contacts for tail light but not actual wires and clips).</p> <p>Will have to see if I can wire it up without the tail light and cover over the naked clamps with lots of insulation tape. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44348 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:10:54 +0000 chdot 44348@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> 13:30 Radio 4</p> <p>Costing the Earth </p> <p>Let it Snow!</p> <p>Tom Heap investigates ways to keep Britain moving if we have another harsh winter.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01685zk" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01685zk</a><br /> " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44248 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:06:19 +0000 Smudge 44248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I've ordered but not yet fitted a set of schwalbes spikies, I've ordered but not yet collected a 1w cherry bomb from tbc to accompany the original type I already have and applied some more retro-reflective tape to various steeds, and of course I ride a Surly LHT 26" which is of course nuclear winter proof as standard ;-)</p> <p>Clothing wise, the cold (when it arrives) allows me just to stick cycling waterproof jacket/trousers over work clothes, most of my bikes run half and half pedals so I can wear clip ins or hiking boots as required, and glove wise a cheap pair of full finger fleecies from t*sco did all last winter :-)<br /> A good wooly hat and I should be sorted.</p> <p>I've got most of the parts for a set of sod off bright headlights, just need to source some 1"sq alloy bar and spend some time with the dremel next, oh and build a battery pack for it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44241 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:31:06 +0000 druidh 44241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>wee folding bike</p> <p>How does this fall under the justice secretary's remit?</em> </p> <p>Just a guess like, but maybe because it's all liaising with the police? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44143 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:48:06 +0000 kaputnik 44143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed they have an entire sledge "department"! (also known as the bit of floor space between the windows and the first set of shelves on your left) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44130 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:18:16 +0000 chdot 44130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Just noticed that tbc also sells sleds!"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/is-it-time-to-get-the-sledges-in-stock/012089" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/is-it-time-to-get-the-sledges-in-stock/012089</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44071 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:37:45 +0000 spytefear 44071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><font color="red">Spam filter has eaten my posts AGAIN!</font></p> <p>Once there is more than an inch on the roads (never mind pavements) when I get up and there is no sign of it letting up I will don the pogu foot spikes and walk. Two falls in two days (in the same spot almost re-using the indentation my body made the day before no-less) last year thanks to the buried tram tracks and that was with the winter "hack" bike. Rear wheel replaced on it not so long ago but now the freewheel is bust and I do not feel the need to repair a bike for 3 weeks of the year what was basically a cheap igor patchup discardo anyway. Has lain unused for a year at the bottom of the stairwell - anyone want a spare frame/tyres/bits?<br /> I found the spikes were too much fun as I found I could run on ice (Dalry Road South side pavement on the stertch past Sillycon computing had a foot wide hump of ice from the overflowing gutters above that nobody was standing on at the 4 deep bus stop queue, it was the only space left so I walked then ran past everyone giggling like a child. Same day ran UP Glouscester street on packed snow/ice/cobbles past 5 stunned looking tourists towing heavy suitcases (they really needed to find an alternative route)<br /> Another reason for walking is I will most likely get roped into volunteering to clear snow from the playground at the bairn's school and in preparation for that I have stockpiled 3 (three) snow shovels from Makro that look like they need a few screws added. Will raid grit bins and store grit in our underground garage as I cleared the access road and corner of West Bryson more times than I care to remember last year and got fed up with people dumping huge wads of it rather than sprinkling economically each day...<br /> I highly recommend them to anyone<br /> Oh yes and I will be buying a set of autosocks for any trips we may have to make in the car to grandparents or for emergencies</p> <p>UPDATE: same site as the autosocks have half price ice spikes called <a href="http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php/car-accessories/veriga_ice_track_shoe_chains_l_41_to_44_uk_7_to_10_/njNA_vmEEsshIkzV%7DcmYY%2CR%7BaNk#myGallery-picture%282%29">Veriga</a> and look like a complete copy of the pogu ones just without the velcro strap that is meant to keep them secure on your foot in the event of the spikes getting stuck in the ice/tarmac and you pulling your show out of them </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-44069 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:27:31 +0000 spytefear 44069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Once there is more than an inch on the roads (never mind pavements) when I get up and there is no sign of it letting up I will don the <a href="http://pogu.co.uk/outdoor-equipment/foot-spikes-snow-foot-tracks-grips.html">pogu</a> foot spikes and walk. Two falls in two days (in the same spot almost re-using the indentation my body made the day before no-less) last year thanks to the buried tram tracks and that was with the winter "hack" bike. Rear wheel replaced on it not so long ago but now the freewheel is bust and I do not feel the need to repair a bike for 3 weeks of the year what was basically a cheap igor patchup discardo anyway. Has lain unused for a year at the bottom of the stairwell - anyone want a spare frame/tyres/bits?<br /> I found the spikes were too much fun as I found I could run on ice (Dalry Road South side pavement on the stertch past Sillycon computing had a foot wide hump of ice from the overflowing gutters above that nobody was standing on at the 4 deep bus stop queue, it was the only space left so I walked then ran past everyone giggling like a child. Same day ran UP Glouscester street on packed snow/ice/cobbles past 5 stunned looking tourists towing heavy suitcases (they really needed to find an alternative route)<br /> Another reason for walking is I will most likely get roped into volunteering to clear snow from the playground at the bairn's school and in preparation for that I have stockpiled 3 (three) snow shovels from Makro that look like they need a few screws added. Will raid grit bins and store grit in our underground garage as I cleared the access road and corner of West Bryson more times than I care to remember last year and got fed up with people dumping huge wads of it rather than sprinkling economically each day...<br /> I highly recommend them to anyone<br /> Oh yes and I will be buying a set of <a href="http://www.roofbox.co.uk/car-snow-socks/">autosocks</a> for any trips we may have to make in the car to grandparents or for emergencies</p> <p>UPDATE: same site as the autosocks have half price ice spikes called Veriga and look like a complete copy of the pogu ones just without the velcro strap that is meant to keep them secure on your foot in the event of the spikes getting stuck in the ice/tarmac and you pulling your show out of them </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43906 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:51:12 +0000 wee folding bike 43906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How does this fall under the justice secretary's remit?</p> <p>I can see people dying from the cold as an injustice but justice, in the case of a government ,usually means law</p> <p>Warmed up a bit in the west. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43895 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:39:15 +0000 kaputnik 43895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> before its 'best before' </em></p> <p>That's the before the best before date then? You better throw it away before that, just to be safe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43893 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:32:44 +0000 custard 43893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>jesus. now LBP are telling me i need to get a pet to take out on cold days </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43890 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:21:00 +0000 wingpig 43890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Get a goat and feed it the out-of-date food. Now stop tarrying on the internet and go and stock up on cat-pellets and chicken-granules before the shops all run out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43887 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:16:14 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>remember to use or discard food and water before its 'best before' date, and replace it with new supplies</em>"</p> <p>Argh! That kind of wastefulness really gets my goat! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43884 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:58:19 +0000 chdot 43884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> KennyMacAskill: </p> <p>Just launched the Ready for Winter awareness campaign. Thanks to Red Cross for all their effort and help. </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://witter.com/KennyMacAskill/status/128433189583732737" rel="nofollow">http://witter.com/KennyMacAskill/status/128433189583732737</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43876 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:33:15 +0000 crowriver 43876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em><a href="http://www.lbp.police.uk/information/ready_for_winter.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.lbp.police.uk/information/ready_for_winter.aspx</a></em></p> <p>Crikey, that's more like preparing for a nuclear winter! </p> <p>Mind you might be handy if you are in the Lammermuirs or the Pentlands with heavy snow approaching... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43867 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:35:20 +0000 Cyclingmollie 43867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arellcat: <em>"the thermometerness plummeted nine degrees within an hour"</em></p> <p>I'm pretty sure I once cycled through a temperature drop like that. At West Saltoun it was shirtsleeve weather; by East Saltoun crossroads it was like being inside a fridge. It wasn't lapse-rate either as the road's flat there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43866 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:34:43 +0000 chdot 43866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> bbcgms: </p> <p>@kennymacaskill tells GMS he's co-ordinating winter preparedness campaign. "Individuals &amp; businesses need to be prepared &amp; know what to do" </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/bbcgms/status/128368387234598912" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/bbcgms/status/128368387234598912</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43864 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:30:19 +0000 SRD 43864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just noticed that tbc also sells sleds! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43863 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:26:33 +0000 chdot 43863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.lbp.police.uk/information/ready_for_winter.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.lbp.police.uk/information/ready_for_winter.aspx</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43779 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:53:40 +0000 thebikechain 43779@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Speaking of getting ready - we have these deals on the go<br /> <a href="http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/Commuter-Mega-Deals/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/Commuter-Mega-Deals/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43777 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:23:50 +0000 Arellcat 43777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, it was a nice change today to put my mitts back on and wear one layer fewer under my fleece!</p> <p>According to Edinburgh University's <a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/latestweek.html">weather station</a>, which we haven't mentioned in a while, the thermometerness plummeted <em>nine degrees</em> within an hour mid-morning on Monday, and then climbed five degrees since midnight today (Friday 21st, for those reading this post after today). Tomorrow I have been mostly fitting Ice Spikers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43773 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:27:33 +0000 kaputnik 43773@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>winter definitely cancelled. At least for today! was back in mitts, regular cap, no buff, no skullcap. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4204&page=2#post-43772 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:57:24 +0000 custard 43772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>unfortunately my funds dont stretch to me stuff just now :(<br /> So its cheap and cheerful if its anything for me </p>