http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Coordinated #pop28 Flyering ? en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:30:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67387 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:00:28 +0000 ruggtomcat 67387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OK, who flyred me? its a frickin recumbent, of course Im coming! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67384 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:35:50 +0000 Uberuce 67384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ran out of shiny double sided flyers at the Slateford aqueduct. I didn't have the presence of mind to count properly, but I'd say 20% of folk knew about it already. I ran out of time before I could give out many of the assets I acquired at site P, so I'll repeat the exercise tomorrow morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67371 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:51:59 +0000 Puzzle 67371@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD that would have been me. I too ran out of fliers and time (Only so much - "I'm just nipping out for a small errand" I could get away with at work!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67357 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:38:39 +0000 Uberuce 67357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Went along to the Saughton BMX park with hipster mode enabled. Flyered and pattered with the mums then took a deep breath and wandered over to our nation's Feral Youth, who were in fact a lovely bunch of lads. </p> <p>Unlike the folk north of the 18 barrier, they actually asked questions, and seemed pretty pleasantly surprised that some of us ancients actually understood that the status quo is not right.</p> <p>I did have to explain to one that we had to be seen to obey the rules of the road, so tricks in the water features at Holyrood would need to go on the back burner, but he seemed to be down with that hep beat, Daddio. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67345 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:04:19 +0000 Uberuce 67345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Craiglockhart campus and Fountainbridge done - very positive feedback from bloke unlocking and from two passersby. Good mood on bloke might have been because like me he'd just seen the Avengers, during which I nerdgasmed a lot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=4#post-67311 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:40:01 +0000 SRD 67311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>okay, have done bikes down W side of george square and about halfway across in front of library, and then I ran out again. must get some work done. just feeling 'orrible for not doing more down that way earlier in the week - everyday has been soooo busy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67310 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:39:17 +0000 spytfyre 67310@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig - I think you can saefly assume they are on 5:30 at the mound for a 6pm ride<br /> actually what with bairns dinner to sort I probably won't make it after all :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67308 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:33:44 +0000 kaputnik 67308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to FB, critical mass aware of POP and the organiser intends coming along and has encouraged others to do likewise.</p> <p>It's POP committee meeting tonight so won't be able to make it for some last-minute flyering. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67301 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:22:23 +0000 wingpig 67301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was wondering how to check if they were on today as I should be free to swing past the start-point if it's at the usual start-time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67300 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:15:44 +0000 spytfyre 67300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are we going to Critical Mass this evening to recruit them (and maybe just maybe get them to average 10mph)? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67296 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:01:39 +0000 SRD 67296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oh boy! went out and did North side of Geroge square and then up to Bristo square. ran out of flyers, even though someone had been there before me. Only to dsicover none of the south side/libbrary had been done at all - of there now as soon as I've finished cutting them up (the flyers that is, not the cyclists) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67249 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:26:55 +0000 Uberuce 67249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Argh. I forgot all about the existence of the other Craig, and got them mixed up anyway. Which is almost mathematically impressive. I'll buzz up to Craiglockhart this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67242 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:43:00 +0000 Zenfrozt 67242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yay thanks Uberuce, I was debating the ride up to Craiglockhart but you've saved me the trip. In regards to there being just one bike...a similar thing happens at Craighouse when the weather is pants... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67162 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:41:28 +0000 Uberuce 67162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>College of Art is now all flyered up. Both of the lads I spoke to as they were unlocking already knew about it - one is a rickshaw rider as it happens. It took all my willpower not to commit a public indecency in that ocean of lovely vintage bikes. Downtube shifters, battle scarred Dutch and sleekit 531 fixie homebrews as far as the eye can see. If it hadn't been for the weather providing a literal cold shower I expect I'd be in a cell right now.</p> <p>Also did the bike racks at Craiglockhart Primary and Napier Craiglockhart campus, although there was the grand total of one bike at the latter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67152 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:57:28 +0000 crowriver 67152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bit more last gasp handlebar flyering around Dundee Uni today. Was approached by the owner of a rather nice gloss black Cinelli framed fixie who wanted to know more about POP. He hadn't heard about it, I explained and encouraged him to visit the site, sign the petition.</p> <p>Still plenty of cyclists out there who have never heard of Pedal On Parliament. Work still to be done! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67121 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:42:07 +0000 SRD 67121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LIKE! Thanks HG!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67120 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:26 +0000 holisticglint 67120@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>RIE Bike racks done </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67118 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:29:02 +0000 kaputnik 67118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad my late-night / early-morning efforts have been noticed. I tried to put them where I thought cyclists would be slowing and be likely to see them and perhaps even slow to read. Also point them in the direction from which they'd be most legible.</p> <p>I didn't do much on the canal as I assumed British Waterways jobsworth would come and take them down, so I tried to keep them discrete and a bit away from the busier section near Leamington. Whole reason I went out really late was to get at least the Thursday morning commuters before they were at risk of being removed.</p> <p>I intend to go back around on, say, Sunday and remove any still left.</p> <p>I've got 3 laminated posters left, going to stick 2 on my pannier rack. Any suggestions for the final one?</p> <p>That makes about 22 that have gone up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67117 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:26:04 +0000 Jackson Priest 67117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did Towerbank school this morning. Gave away maybe 60 leaflets to parents. Quite a few seemed to know about it already. Then the nice lovely school said they'd put the rest of them (120ish) in the kids' bags to take home tonight. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67114 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:13:22 +0000 wingpig 67114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll try and get out to Cramond/Silverknowes this evening, possibly with chalk, though if it's not windy I could take a brush and form words out of all the shell-fragments. There's a big clutch of bikes near the office which I'll try and get at lunchtime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67113 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:10:06 +0000 Min 67113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Innocent chalkings didn't last long. I think the combined effect of loads of wet tyres running over them yesterday did the trick. Still, hopefully some people saw it at least. If I actually remember the chalk I'll do it again tomrrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67109 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:43:36 +0000 SRD 67109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of new posters along brunstfield &amp; meadows - great stuff! I did a bit of chalking on the links, but don't think it will last long... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67108 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:40:06 +0000 lionfish 67108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>kaputnik - I saw the one on the post heading onto GS from MMW, and last night on the cycle path from Leith. They're everywhere! I didn't laminate mine, so several of the ones I put up on Tuesday have disintegrated.</p> <p>I was a bit annoyed that all the ones I put along the canal disappeared. I don't think it was just the rain as there was no sign of any of them :/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67106 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:25:56 +0000 PS 67106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"I've just flyered the Informatics &amp; Dugald Stewart bike store by Bristo Square."</em></p> <p>I misread that as the "Duglas Stewart bike store" and for a moment thought the students had named it after the mighty BMX Bandits band leader (appropriately enough). :-D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67097 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:51:35 +0000 kaputnik 67097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got laminated posters up at a few more bits of Meadows, top of MMW, cut-through from MMW to George Square, top of Leamington Walk, Bruntsfield, beside Leamington Lift bridge (not on), new entrance into Harrison Park, the bottleneck before Slateford Aqueduct, the start of the Balerno railway path, WoL walkway toucan crossing on Gorgie Road and Corstorphine path where it turns under the bridge after Pinkhill. I was coming home via Russell Road, Roseburn Park, Telfer Subway and west end of Meadows but I had run out of cable ties as I had to keep doubling them up for wrapping around fat poles.</p> <p>Try get a few more done tomorrow on way to work but at this rate I won't be up in time for any more than my usual running-slightly-late dash across town. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67047 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:48:16 +0000 cc 67047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just flyered the Informatics &amp; Dugald Stewart bike store by Bristo Square. Did 80 or so bikes and ran out shortly before getting them all - I hadn't realised there were so many bikes there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-67010 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:52:54 +0000 SRD 67010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stopped to leaflet a woman this morning nr home, who said she knew all about it and that it was really well advertised at her work! (informatics - good work cc and lionfish!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-66987 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:47:42 +0000 SRD 66987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's fab Puzzle - thanks! I've been handlebar flyering bikes at that Sainsbury's and that side of George square a few every day, but always in a rush, so not consistently. The bikes at Sainsbury's change every day, so actually good, because reaching a range of people. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-66970 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:15:02 +0000 Puzzle 66970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Partial Grassmarket, Bikes outside the Sainsburys Express at the old RIE (Didn't even know that was there!)Omni Centre, Shore </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6225&page=3#post-66969 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:07:52 +0000 Puzzle 66969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bikes done along Bistro Square, Nicolson Square, Hill Place, Rose St (Outside Sainsburys) Partial - Nicolson St, George Square (Done two days in a row - nice postering today by someone) Pleasance Sports Centre racks, staff member took for notice board, Leith Victoria Swim Centre.</p> <p>All very positive responses </p>