http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling gets seriously sexy en Mon, 18 May 2026 12:25:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69873 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:23:11 +0000 crowriver 69873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After them, Muttley! Hee hee hee hee hee hee! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69866 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:02:05 +0000 Darkerside 69866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Que? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69858 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:48:04 +0000 Uberuce 69858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Uberucé y Antonio? Si, Senora Min, pero no estas aqui. They go that way *points to horizon* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69853 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:39:34 +0000 Instography 69853@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see I've just inserted some stats into a Marx Brothers skit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69851 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:38:03 +0000 Min 69851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Patagonia - home to one of the worlds toughest endurance races. </p> <p><em>*starts filling out entry form*</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69850 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:38:01 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hang on a minute, I've had another flash here, we could build an app that works with one of these touchscreen things, and use it in automatic conjunction with something like Google document data-entry.</p> <p>Uberuce, you and me bud, we've got this thing sussed... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69849 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:38:00 +0000 Instography 69849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Finally, the network is back. How the numbers build for Edinburgh:</p> <p>Usually cycles to work / ed - 4.5% (CI approx +/- 1.1%)<br /> Above or regular cycles as alternative to usual mode - 5.8% (+/-1.2%)<br /> Either above or has cycled in past 28 days - 12.1% (+/-1.7%) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69846 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:35:17 +0000 wingpig 69846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still need to transmute the data from the screen to some sort of electronic data-storage and manipulation facility. What about a touchy-pressy-tappy smartphone app or Google document data-entry form thing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69842 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:34 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Uberuce, that is <em>genius</em>. See, that's male lateral thinking that is, the type of thing that saw the lightbulb invented.</p> <p>*hops in Uberuce's case* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69841 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:07 +0000 Uberuce 69841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't worry, Anth, we can rescue this. Observe:</p> <p>Ooh, I've an idea. Why don't we film the junction for a representative length of time and use freeze frame to count accurately at leisure?</p> <p>*hastily books flight to Patagonia* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69834 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:08:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Damn your female practicality! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69832 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:04:52 +0000 Min 69832@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or just film the junction for a while and count later with the aid of the pause button. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69831 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:53:43 +0000 Uberuce 69831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*splutters at wingpig's technobabble*</p> <p>What sorcery is this? I was just going to arrange a cunning Greek to put out my eye with a stake and then count the cars as they passed under my hand. Not falling for his 'tie yourself under the chassis' trick this time, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69813 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:38 +0000 SRD 69813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oops! sorry insto! I thought it was you who had previously explained/disparaged it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69811 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:48 +0000 wingpig 69811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. This sort of counting is beyond the ability of hand-held mechanical clickers, even with multiple people. However, with touchscreen technology and the Android app builder or Googledocs it should be possible to whip up a wee thingby for quick tap-counting of various things with multiple parameters, such as vehicle type, vehicle operator gender, number of passengers, vehicle operator headwear status, lateral pannier-mounting distribution and so on... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69810 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maths is (are?) sexy? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69807 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:49:24 +0000 Uberuce 69807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps we could hijack a coffee morning for some Fun With Maffs? Instead of a barge or Yard, we get takeaway from somewhere central and take it in turns to count wheels until eyes glaze over and someone takes a turn at the front. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69805 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:38:00 +0000 Instography 69805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD<br /> Not great! That data's a national statistic (and it's mine). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69804 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:34:34 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I guess I'm basing this on 'do I see one cyclist for every 14 cars' when I'm commuting. Which is a little unfair because I'm usually passing the cars, but generally going the same pace as cyclists.</p> <p>Need a nice morning to do one of my 'stand on a stret corner photographing every cyclist and extrapolating the results of what they're wearing and cycling and the colour of their hair' things again. I can factor in a car count at the same time. Might be interesting to note the single occupancy rate.</p> <p>'Confidence interval' is waaaaaaaay beyond my ken, I'm not going to even pretend to know what that's about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69803 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:33:03 +0000 SRD 69803@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>okay, okay,. just reacting to the jargon that (sometimes) appears on here. </p> <p>what that means is that the 7% is based on not great data (household surveys?), and that it is probably accurate to plus/minus 2%, so it might be 9%, it might be 5%, but it is quite reliably somewhere between those two. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69802 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:31:04 +0000 wingpig 69802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"Sadly cycling being sexy is a long way from cyclists being sexy..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>Perhaps if cycle paths had more smooth humps and curves (rather than the skin problems many have at the moment), or if bicycles were dressed in skimpy clothing. Jiggle.co.uk is available. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69801 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:54 +0000 Instography 69801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends how you define it. My network's down so I can't check but if I take 'cyclist' as someone who usually cycles to work or regularly uses a bike as an alternative mode to get to work or (most loosely) has participated in cycling one at least one occasion in the previous 28 days, 7% is a bit low. It depends how bad ass you want to be in calling someone a 'cyclist'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69800 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:50 +0000 chdot 69800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mmmm</p> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/7/2/e/72e4d2fc1ff31e7e1e6c6fc99d94e1f7.png"></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval#Intervals_for_random_outcomes" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval#Intervals_for_random_outcomes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69798 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:23:07 +0000 SRD 69798@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@anth, i believe there's a 2% confidence interval attached to the 7% </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69797 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:21:23 +0000 ruggtomcat 69797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>maybe something in the middle? just for fun. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69795 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:10:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly <em>cycling</em> being sexy is a long way from <em>cyclists</em> being sexy... :P</p> <p>Is that 7% share figure for Edinburgh correct? Certainly on days like this it seems a touch on the high side. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69788 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:34:35 +0000 Instography 69788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Between your Captain Caveman and Victoria's, well, Victoria, bikesexy's just about wrapped up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69785 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:25:05 +0000 Uberuce 69785@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Silyl Scotsman. Cycling got sexy(dare I say it: sexarh) a year ago.</p> <p>In related news, I think I've just had or am about to have my one year anniversary of bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69779 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:25:23 +0000 crowriver 69779@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That there DdF of Spokes is quoted in the Scotsman almost as much as the bloke from the Institute of Advanced Motorists these days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6505#post-69775 Thu, 10 May 2012 06:40:12 +0000 BikeFan 69775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It says here in the Scotsman article today<br /> <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/worth-2m-a-day-cycling-gets-seriously-sexy-1-2284966" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/worth-2m-a-day-cycling-gets-seriously-sexy-1-2284966</a> </p>