http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Golden Swan Award en Sun, 31 May 2026 15:08:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-87597 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:10:53 +0000 SRD 87597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>another classic thread + competition </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3633 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:08 +0000 LaidBack 3633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Min</strong> <em>'Hehe, did you feel nervous being at the back?'</em></p> <p>Just slightly.</p> <p>It's an interesting exercise in trust and communication. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3629 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:38 +0000 Min 3629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hehe, did you feel nervous being at the back?</p> <p>Great swan photo Anth! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3621 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:30 +0000 LaidBack 3621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just been on the back of the tandem with someone from this forum... (no names!)</p> <p>Round the park but then onto the road... Causewayside, Grange Road... tandeming in traffic - you can't beat it.<br /> Benefit is you have a witness to any stupidity you may encounter!</p> <p><em>Highly interesting</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3604 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 3604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Min, that looks great fun! Done tandemming once and it's... odd... David's bents are great fun. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3603 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:50 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 3603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Duddingston Loch swans tend to stay further away from the road...</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4423287086_96cff61acd.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3595 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:53:02 +0000 Min 3595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Swanning about, groan! </p> <p>Well we went to try out the tandem Sunday past. The Meadows was full of runners unfortunately but we managed to use the bit down the side instead which didn't curtail the fun.</p> <p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/20050314/Tandem3.jpg"></p> <p>The Circe Helios was good fun to ride and although my position looks a bit funny there it felt fine. I like the idea that it can carry cargo as well though if it were me I would need to practise cornering a bit since having a ride on it on my own, you definately felt that the bike was longer than normal going round corners!</p> <p>I have never ridden a tandem before and it was pretty scary to begin with. Especially with my husband at the front! Don't tell him. ;-)</p> <p>And Velovision is a really cool magazine filled with my favourite things, bizarre bike contraptions, hurray.</p> <p>Plus Laidback is a very nice chap, aside from doing something as cool as the "Golden Swan". I'm still trying to rope a friend in for a recumbant tour, I will get there! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3529 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:03 +0000 LaidBack 3529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>An example of the kind of EN letter we might expect should the swanways ever be built.</em></p> <p><strong> 'Idiot' swans are needing protection</strong></p> <p> THE problem of discourteous swans is not limited to the city and its parks. I travel daily to and from Livingston on the A8 and whilst segregated swanways have been recently constructed I have yet to see a swan use one.</p> <p> They prefer risking their own safety and the safety of (insured) vehicles by swanning about on the road during peak traffic times, darkness and even in times of limited visibility. Something really needs to be done to protect these swans from themselves.<br /> A Clark, Glasgow </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3405 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:31:17 +0000 LaidBack 3405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wanted to give <em>everyone</em> prizes (gushing Hollywood style tone...).</p> <p>But my partner says <strong>no</strong> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3400 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:18:13 +0000 miggy_magic 3400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Congratulations Min! A worthy winnner. I am delighted with my 2nd prize. Thank you, kind judges :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3399 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:56:28 +0000 Min 3399@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yaaay, thank you! :-) Will PM shortly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3398 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:05:09 +0000 LaidBack 3398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The winner is <strong>Min</strong></p> <p>For the <em>Segregated Swanways</em> initiative. </p> <p>The runner up is <strong>miggy_magic</strong> for the inspired <em>Swan Warden</em> prisoner employment scheme and photoshop work</p> <p>All suggestions were great of course and now preserved in pixelated posterity at CityCycling.<br /> <a href="http://www.citycycling.co.uk/issue56/swan1.html">City Cycling Swanning About</a><br /> Thanks to our judges Anth + Chris.</p> <p>Winners should contact me via the Laid Back Bikes empire or pm me here. Prizes can then be handed over whenever suits. If any are outwith Edinburgh they can be posted etc... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=454#post-3384 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:28:43 +0000 LaidBack 3384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>- nomintions closing soon.</p> <p>I'm still waiting for final confirmation from our team of expert, unbiased judges. </p> <p>A winner and runner up will be announced shortly. I've extended to two places as the response was good. We also had a few suggestions on Tom Morton's radio show. </p> <p><strong>The winner</strong> will receive a copy of the excellent Velo Vision magazine (£6) plus one hour in The Meadows on any Laid Back Bike of their choice</p> <p><strong>The runner up</strong> will receive a copy of '...Barring Mechanicals' an epic tale of the 2009 LEL Audax.(£6)</p> <p>Stay tuned to this channel... </p>