http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Here is the news en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:45:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8165#post-81103 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:37:15 +0000 kaputnik 81103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There were some thought provoking blogposts by <a href="http://www.voleospeed.co.uk/2012/08/promoting-sports-cycling-has-absolutely.html">Vole O' Speed</a> and <a href="http://crapwalthamforest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-olympic-cycling-legacy-its-crap.html">Crap Waltham Forest</a> on the whole sports cycling legacy != a cycling transport legacy.</p> <p>Written by London bloggers, with a London bent, but it's all very pertinent to our own parish here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8165#post-81071 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:56:25 +0000 chdot 81071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The London Olympics finished yesterday. </p> <p>Some Scottish and English (and other) cyclists did quite well. </p> <p>There's a lot of talk about bringing back competitive sports (compulsorily in England it seems).</p> <p>Dave Morris had a <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8059#post-81049">letter in the Sunday Herald yesterday</a>; extract -</p> <p>"It is obvious that Scotland will not become an active nation until, once again, most of our children can walk or cycle to school in safety."</p> <p>Edinburgh school pupils go back on Wednesday. More motor traffic expected. </p>