http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: White Bikes - Glasgow en Sun, 17 May 2026 20:22:19 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6973 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:13:10 +0000 LaidBack 6973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/roxanne-sorooshian/art-bikes-stolen-by-a-chain-gang-1.1027931">Sunday Herald</a></p> <p>Herald is a Glasgow based paper so allowed to make 'generalised' comments of the 'what do you expect kind'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6965 Sat, 15 May 2010 09:09:41 +0000 gembo 6965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>organisers were bizarrely confident they could cope with thefts, this restores equilibrium in the warp and weft of my prejudices. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6953 Fri, 14 May 2010 16:25:53 +0000 wee folding bike 6953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They did try quite hard to get them back. This one, for example:</p> <p><a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-bike-rescue-from-the-kelvin/video/1007480/126249.html?b=" rel="nofollow">http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-bike-rescue-from-the-kelvin/video/1007480/126249.html?b=</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6951 Fri, 14 May 2010 16:14:06 +0000 recombodna 6951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm surprised they got any of them back. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6946 Fri, 14 May 2010 15:19:49 +0000 Kim 6946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye the credibly depends on the quality of you sources, <strike>a nods as good a wink to a blind donkey</strike>, can't say more than that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6939 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:47:06 +0000 chdot 6939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"a Glasgow art group has launched 50 free white-painted bikes and immediately lost 30 of them"</p> <p>"The bikes have a shop value of £250 but were bought by NVA from the manufacturer for £90 each."</p> <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/17454-thats-my-white-bicycle-jimmy" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/17454-thats-my-white-bicycle-jimmy</a></p> <p>No east-west prejudice please.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6864 Wed, 12 May 2010 21:16:38 +0000 chdot 6864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"There are rumours"</p> <p>er yes,</p> <p>Some more credible than others. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6863 Wed, 12 May 2010 20:59:20 +0000 Kim 6863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are rumours of a Vélib style hire scheme coming to Edinburgh, can give details just yet... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6856 Wed, 12 May 2010 19:03:42 +0000 chdot 6856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both. </p> <p>Rumour has it they are coming to Edinburgh for the Festival. </p> <p>Might be the only 'public bikes' in Edinburgh - see tomorrow's ENews. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6855 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:54:33 +0000 LaidBack 6855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Is it art. Is it cycling? </em></p> <p>Does it unify people or will cycling still be seen as an elitist 'lifetyle' choice.</p> <p>What does the forum think? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-6852 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:06:12 +0000 chdot 6852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> On 15th April hundreds of cyclists joined NVA and Central Station for a mass ride out in Glasgow, to launch the <a href="http://www.nva.org.uk/new-projects/witte+feitsenplan+white+bike+plan-24/">Witte Fietsenplan</a> (white bike plan) and the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts.</p> <p>We asked people who came along to film their experience of the day, and <a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-Bikes/video/1028416/126249.html">here is the result</a>. A crowd sourced film, that follows the cyclists' journey through the city.</p> <p>Please enjoy the <a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-Bikes/video/1028416/126249.html">White Bikes film</a>: watch it, pass it on, let us know what you think. This is a film for everyone to watch and share.</p> <p>The 50 White Bikes released into the city are now being <a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Anguss-thoughts-at-close-of-White-Bikes/blog/2332264/126249.html">called back to NVA</a> so they can be passed on to others. NVA have a register of local organisations and groups who would benefit from the donation of bikes, giving them life beyond the festival. NVA would like your nominations of anyone you feel would appreciate such a donation. Send contact details to <a href="mailto:godsal@nva.org.uk">godsal@nva.org.uk</a></p> <p>Thank you very much for your support of the White Bikes, especially to those who came along on the launch day and passed on the message.</p> <p>We hope you enjoy the film.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thisiscentralstation.com/home.aspx">Central Station</a> and <a href="http://www.nva.org.uk/">NVA</a></p> <p>Spotting the White Bkes: Remember - this is what an NVA Witte Fietsenplan (white bike plan) white bike looks like. (please don’t attempt to help yourself to any random white bicycle if it doesn’t look like this)</p> <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4528173656_b088c2dcc1_o.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4528173656_cf6cf33ea2.jpg"><br /> </a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5774 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:44:38 +0000 chdot 5774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"hen I was at school it was trendy to turn the handlebars up-side-down like that."</p> <p>perhaps, but I think they have moved due to not being tight...</p> <p>Also not sure brakes are left/rear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5773 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:41:22 +0000 Kim 5773@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Then I was at school it was trendy to turn the handlebars up-side-down like that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5772 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:39:18 +0000 chdot 5772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Handlebars look a bit strange...</p> <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4528173656_b088c2dcc1_o.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4528173656_cf6cf33ea2.jpg"><br /> </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5769 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:35:32 +0000 gembo 5769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>does seem a little early to conclude on the distribution of white bikes. If they have infinite numbers of white bikes then should be fine. I do not think Karma works in Barlanark, Balernoch, Barmulloch (I have only started with the Bs and the ones that sound the same, I could go on). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5758 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:27:38 +0000 recombodna 5758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Best of luck to them!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5756 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:19:43 +0000 chdot 5756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The organisers of the White Bike Plan say that they have no fear of the city’s wilder elements making off with the bikes and believe “karma” will track down any thieves. Failing that, the artists will hunt down the criminals themselves and nick the bikes back."</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/free-bike-plan-pits-hippies-against-light-fingered-neds-1.1016644" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/free-bike-plan-pits-hippies-against-light-fingered-neds-1.1016644</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=671#post-5755 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:14:32 +0000 wee folding bike 5755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This White Bike scheme has just started in Glasgow, a quaint fishing village on the Clyde some miles to the west of Edinburgh.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nva.org.uk/new-projects/witte+feitsenplan+white+bike+plan-24/">White bike plan</a></p> <p>We had assumed that they would all be in the canal basin behind Firhill by now or someone would have liberated the Nexus hubs however that is not the case, yet.</p> <p>On my way to the GFT last night I saw four white bikes on Buchanan St, which is pedestrianised, and two heading west from the pedestrian section of Sauchiehall St which is of course one way... east bound.</p> <p>I was listening to John Shuttleworth's "The Man Who Lives On the M62" at the time. </p>