http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Kaye Adams talks bikes on Radio Scotland now en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:07:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659&page=2#post-266546 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:23:39 +0000 HankChief 266546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09fb0cb" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09fb0cb</a></p> <p>From 2hrs 32mins</p> <p>Interesting discussion about how to get more women cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5699 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:36:46 +0000 Kim 5699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Far too logical. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5695 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:41:10 +0000 chdot 5695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But let’s get back to road space. Instead of hating on cyclists, motorists should be showering us with love. Why? For every car not driven, that’s a huge piece of real estate taken out of the road space equation."</p> <p><a href="http://ipayroadtax.com/?p=300" rel="nofollow">http://ipayroadtax.com/?p=300</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5677 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:48:43 +0000 Matchstickwarrior 5677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was something on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 the other day too.</p> <p>Didn't listen to it much as there were all the usual comments about murderous, abusive, mad-cat cyclists who run red lights and ride on the paths and make everyone's life such a misery.</p> <p>I didn't know there were so many cyclists that we are able to make so many peoples' lives a misery. (Justified sarcasm?)</p> <p>There was the odd cyclist that called, but the anti-bike brigade generally get by, by shouting their continuous drivel to the point that Jeremy Vine has to tell them to shut up.</p> <p>Before that they had been talking about speed bumps, so all the drivers were already suitably worked up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5675 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:07:28 +0000 SRD 5675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All our radios are digital so I can get the World Service all day! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5671 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:13:02 +0000 LaidBack 5671@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I only hear it when it crashes into Radio Scotland at midnight... </p> <p>At that time it's a phone-in with a high degree of envy, fear and loathing...</p> <p>Kermode can be amusing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5655 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:33:54 +0000 Stepdoh 5655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it wasnae for five live we wouldn't have the wittertaining wonderment that is Kermode and Mayo bickering like a non-fuzzy felt Statler and Waldorf. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5651 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:45:10 +0000 LaidBack 5651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>anth at work</strong> <em>I deliberately avoided this.</em></p> <p>You missed some good stuff today...;-)!</p> <p>• 'some dispute that Gaelic is really a language'<em> - I don't think there is any doubt that it is?</em><br /> • 'I feel I don't have any connection to Gaelic'</p> <p>This coming from a broadcaster based in Glasgow (Glaschu - Gaelic name meaning 'dear, green place'). Not all place names in Scotland are Gaelic but once you get outside TKmaxx land you may find a few!</p> <p>Know this is off-topic but is another example of a minority interest being 'blethered about'.<br /> Is a bit Radio Five Live - a station I detest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5613 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:26:55 +0000 Kim 5613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can confirm that it wasn't me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5612 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:08:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 5612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I deliberately avoided this.</p> <p>Stupid question to begin with - can our roads 'cope' with a 10% cycling increase? Erm, they seem to think this is 'in addition' to the current traffic rather than taking some of the cars off the road.</p> <p>Ah well. Couldn't expect anything better really. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5599 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:08:10 +0000 SRD 5599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>did you notice how as soon as she got three texts (or whatever) pro-cycling, we were the 'cycling lobby'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5598 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:06:01 +0000 spytfyre 5598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was too slow or I would have called in... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5597 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:12 +0000 LaidBack 5597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I 'loved' the fact that personal finance was mixed in. One big debt item being someone's car loan. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5596 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:03:33 +0000 chdot 5596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Kim was on....'</p> <p>but not the one from this forum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5595 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:02:44 +0000 chdot 5595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You could listen again (last half hour) - but I don't think you should..</p> <p>Kaye Adams conclusion - cycling should be part of driving test. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5594 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:02:21 +0000 LaidBack 5594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A 'Kim' was on from Edinburgh.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5593 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:01:08 +0000 LaidBack 5593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was on next... hanging on phone.... then they ran out of time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5592 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:59:39 +0000 Arellcat 5592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There isn't a radio in my office, nor do we have internet radio.</p> <p>*luxuriates in blissful ignorance* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5591 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:53:09 +0000 recombodna 5591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What a load of tosh!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5589 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:39:24 +0000 SRD 5589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ARRRGGHH. I can't listen to this anymore. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5587 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:37:13 +0000 chdot 5587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"great idea but not on the roads"</p> <p>AD </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5586 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:35:58 +0000 chdot 5586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaye Adams lives 2 miles from work and doesn't cycle - sweaty</p> <p>Fred MacAulay lives 8.8 miles and is 'thinking about cycling one day a week'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5584 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:18:55 +0000 SRD 5584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have emailed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5583 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:17:36 +0000 LaidBack 5583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Alan Douglas</strong><br /> Guild of Motoring Writers' Regional Motoring Journalist of the Year and former BBC newsreader.<br /> <em>Now Director of The Broadcasting Business.</em></p> <p>Douglas still writes extensively about driving and cars as motoring correspondent of Scottish Field magazine and contributor to Saga Radio, ITV's official motoring website <a href="http://www.carkeys.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.carkeys.co.uk</a> and the BBC.<br /> He is a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and holds a car, bus, lorry and motorbike licence and is a former Regional Journalist of the Year of the Guild of Motoring Writers.</p> <p><em>He knows nothing about cycling though...</em></p> <p>Could the BBC not get someone more suitable? More bikes = less cars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5582 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:04:47 +0000 chdot 5582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="mailto:callkaye@bbc.co.uk">callkaye@bbc.co.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5581 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:03:45 +0000 chdot 5581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Can our roads cope without a rise to 10% of all journeys by bikes?"</p> <p>The 'motoring correspondent' seemed remarkably stupid - there'd be MORE room with 10% fewer cars</p> <p>He also seems to think bikes shouldn't 'pass on the left' or ride in middle of traffic lanes.</p> <p>At least Kaye Adams said that was safer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5580 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:18 +0000 LaidBack 5580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alvin Hall (a financial expert) likes the bike lanes in New York city. Feels much safer there than here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5579 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:57:29 +0000 SRD 5579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can our roads cope without a rise to 10% of all journeys by bikes? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5578 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:55:20 +0000 chdot 5578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Radio Scotland NOW - motoring correspondent saying no room for more cyclists on city roads... phone in 0500 92 95 00 or txt 80295</p> <p>There are various other topics for next hour (currently personal finance) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=659#post-5577 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:53:01 +0000 LaidBack 5577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alan Douglas (a motoring journalist) repeats well known myths that will muse all those sat in traffic on way to work....</p> <p><em>Here are just some!</em><br /> • our roads are for cars<br /> • miles and miles of unused cycle lanes<br /> • Glasgow is 18th bike friendliest city<br /> • cars and bikes don't mix<br /> • cyclists jump red lights(!)<br /> • motorists take account of cycling<br /> • road tax....</p> <p>Get hot and sweaty etc.</p> <p>Is very poor so far. I might phone in and lower the standard further... </p>