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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Now we are three http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Now we are three en Mon, 25 May 2026 19:01:30 +0000 Arellcat on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-294355 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:34:27 +0000 Arellcat 294355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Agreed, though Life has a habit of getting in the way. I see Uberuce periodically on my commute. Even though we live mere minutes away from each other I've yet to bump into him locally. Amazing legacy, chdot. Nine already! SRD on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-294354 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:31:26 +0000 SRD 294354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ a good celebration would be to get dave, uberuce, anth etc out. chdot on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-294352 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:02:54 +0000 chdot 294352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Times 3. jcoutts on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89690 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:41:08 +0000 jcoutts 89690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hi All I've been posting on CCE for about two years - it has been a massive helpful thing! So far I've: * Bought a bike off another forumite * Found out where to get a replacement seat pad for my kids child seat * Been given a rear rack when I needed a spare * Been given a pair of handlebars for my bike * Given tickets away to help fill up an event up at work * Gave away the swept back bars I was replacing (!) * Got advice on the best way to get my 4 year old on a bike * Advertised bikes (and houses/flat) for sale, rent, swap and exchange * The best one: borrowed a wheelbarrow from a member when I didn't need one forever, just a few weeks. CCE - what a great forum and a fab group of forumites! JC. Dave on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89277 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:11:07 +0000 Dave 89277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ There's also an urban rumour that if you attach a high-power magnet to your shoe and put your foot down over one of the wire-cuts you're more likely to trigger the field. I think this is also a myth, because the sensor works on mass rather than induced current, but I can't remember the details (sorry, useless comment!) Darkerside on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89276 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:58:48 +0000 Darkerside 89276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Certainly I haven't noticed an increase in green lights when approaching them in an ambulance. kaputnik on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89267 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:13:48 +0000 kaputnik 89267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Induction loops are simple to spot - just look for the rectangles formed from buzz-saw cuts in the tarmac sealed with rubbery goop, into which the wires have been laid. It's apparently an urban myth that they won't detect an aluminium bike - aluminium is conductive so will still trigger the detector. Apaprently the best way to trigger these is to cycle along the saw-cut. If you (sensibly) take primary in the middle of the box, you are lease likely to induce the field and trip the switch. Also if the wire is laid in a "Z" shape across the road this is meant to detect 2-wheelers better. Basically, the further your wheels are from the wire of the loop, the less likely you are to trip the switch. There's also an urban rumour that if you attach a high-power magnet to your shoe and put your foot down over one of the wire-cuts you're more likely to trigger the field. At the last building where I worked, to open the security gates and barriers to get out of the basement car park you had to ride exactly across the intersection of the saw-cuts forming the rectangle. If you missed it, you had to loop back around and try again. My current building has a proximity detector in the ceiling, which is mounted in such a way as to be obscured by a roof support until you're just below it. If you approach too slow, you don't trigger it either. I also think that the "flash your lights at the detector and it will think it's an ambulance and will change" advice is also an urban myth. cb on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89206 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:42:02 +0000 cb 89206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ The cameras at traffic lights are just Radar not IR as far as I know. They usually pick me and my bike up OK. Darkerside on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89200 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:40:19 +0000 Darkerside 89200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Your trailer does incorporate a decent chunk of metal, it's true... ruggtomcat on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89199 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:37:29 +0000 ruggtomcat 89199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I find that the 'bent and the trailer will generally get seen, thats for sure. Oh look, the birthday thread has derailed in the first page! Uberuce on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753&page=2#post-89163 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:34:50 +0000 Uberuce 89163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Giant: I understand they work from either IR cameras or by induction loops just under the tarmac. If the junction has no cameras on the lights but does have a pattern of ~1cm lines of tarmac filler, then it's the induction coil. The IR camera needs the waste heat of a car engine to trigger and the induction loops need more metal than a normal bike. I will further speculate that they use induction coils on bus routes since I imagine their front ends aren't that warm. All half-informed guesswork, this post. Wilmington's Cow on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89147 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:48:13 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Or just ride the Pino, which probably sets off the lights for the next 13 junctions half a mile ahead... ;) Roibeard on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89146 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:45:54 +0000 Roibeard 89146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Kaputnik's advice is official... Highway Code Rule 176 You MUST NOT move forward over the white line when the red light is showing. Only go forward when the traffic lights are green if there is room for you to clear the junction safely or you are taking up a position to turn right. If the traffic lights are not working, treat the situation as you would an unmarked junction and proceed with great care. Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 36 So, if the traffic lights don't detect you, they aren't working... I tend to circle a bit first (as if I were a dog settling down for a nap), which can trigger some of the sensors. Robert kaputnik on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89138 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:20:01 +0000 kaputnik 89138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Giant I did a night time ride about a month or so back and was heading back into town from Milton Road and I think I ended up going through about 3 or 4 sets of red lights on otherwise abandoned roads because they refused to recognise me and change for me. Once you've been put through a complete cycle on an empty road and it refuses to recognise your presense then proceeding with caution is about the only thing you can do. lionfish on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89133 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:50:22 +0000 lionfish 89133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Giant: Yeah, I think we've all experienced traffic lights like that... I guess report it to someone when it happens. I was too lazy last time.. :) Giant on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89117 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:44:21 +0000 Giant 89117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Does anyone know ,why certain cross roads [Gilmerton Road/Marchmond Road -to name a couple] don't seem to recognize bikes? I''ve noticed, that if a car is behind me when cycling across them,it stays at green, but if there isn't ,I try to go across, but a car comes from the other direction, the lights change very quickly from green to red, to the other side receive a green light. It seems to be tuned into car use, rather than for those who cycle. Both got cycle lanes,but don't really take cyclists into consideration. lionfish on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89068 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:22:00 +0000 lionfish 89068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Happy birthday CCE! Things I can think of... Getting the breakfast bike ride happening, lending minimoth and me bikes and even an offer to drive to Oban and back! + helping organise PoP gazebo transport, ideas for how to fix things and how to spend people's money. Several new people cycling (including my office mate - who I think was 50% convinced purely by the wonderful poster kaputnik made), the awesome (if rather early) coffee meetups on canal boats and cafes, and the whole-new-level of bicycle-obsession :) Wildlife and ride ideas, and a place to share the bad and the good of cycling. Thanks everyone :D DaveC on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89056 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:23:34 +0000 DaveC 89056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Read the subject and thought someone had given birth... Happy birthday CCE. kaputnik on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89051 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:06:05 +0000 kaputnik 89051@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Hurrah. Three productive, useful and (relatively) harmonious years. Thanks to CCE, Edinburgh seems to me both smaller (it's faster and quicker to get around with my improved route knowledge), and infinitely bigger (thanks mainly to CHdot's endless "i know a little shortcut" routes that I could never have hoped to had found on my own) cc on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89041 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:34:35 +0000 cc 89041@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @chdot Indeed it was extreme - I do get a bit down at times! But cycling helps a lot with that. ARobComp on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89023 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:20:43 +0000 ARobComp 89023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've learned some wonderful new routes around and about Edinburgh through this forum, as well as introduced to some fun ideas of adventures to have, and possible bikes to own! Wilmington's Cow on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89021 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:15:27 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Three.... Is the magic number... I love you guys... *group hug* chdot on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89018 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:01:15 +0000 chdot 89018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "dinne be puffin him up too much now.." It's fine - I'm just getting quiet satisfaction from all this. The biggest 'unforeseen' for me has been the quality and generosity of people here. "I gave up cycling in a kind of horrified despair. There seemed no hope for Edinburgh." Wow that's kinda extreme - though I understand the second bit! gembo on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89013 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:36:56 +0000 gembo 89013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Indeed has been a boon to the commute and wider. Out of interest, has the forum had a drop in posts because of twitter. I don't do twitter, or facebook, ,so maybe I am missing out? James Bond goes all old school, ditching the jag with its tracking devices for the old Aston Martin DB5, immaculate in the lock up down the isle of dogs. At one point M in the Passenger seat is annoying him, ............ I won't spoil it. Actually this forum might be my only 21st century toy I use? cc on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89012 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:38:53 +0000 cc 89012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ When a year or two ago it became evident that the proposed QBC involved an increase in the number of cars parked on the road and a decrease in space for cycling in, I gave up cycling in a kind of horrified despair. There seemed no hope for Edinburgh. But I kept reading CCE. And the insistent sunny optimism of you lot gradually cheered me up. Day after day of positive hopeful supportive funny cycling chatter. After a few months I tentatively got on the bike again, despite the council and its QBC. Thanks everyone. ruggtomcat on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89011 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:33:34 +0000 ruggtomcat 89011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ dinne be puffin him up too much now.. thanks tho CH, I definitely have gotten real and unexpected befits from this enterprise. Likes a lots. innit. chdot on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89003 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:21:41 +0000 chdot 89003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "This might be the busiest bike forum in Scotland" Might? There are others?? LaidBack on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-89002 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:16:13 +0000 LaidBack 89002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Lots of new members posting. This might be the busiest bike forum in Scotland - certainly the most diverse. Congratulations steveo on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-88981 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:06:16 +0000 steveo 88981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Jings three year! That'll make the racer a little over three years old, that'll be me bike commuting for a little over three years. Hears to another three. Min on "Now we are three" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8753#post-88970 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:03:25 +0000 Min 88970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Happy Anniversary CCE Forum! It has been very useful, and fun for me.