http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Recent Topics en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:07:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15762#post-204715 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:36:52 +0000 MediumDave 204715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>This dropped through my door last night:</p> <p><a href="https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/roseburntounioncanal" rel="nofollow">https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/roseburntounioncanal</a></p> <p>I couldn't find an existing thread to add this post to. </p> <p>Though I haven't yet dug into the detail, personally, I like the use of bridges over potentially unpleasant roads. There is however a toucan crossing on the WAR which even so is probably better than the alternative (Telfer subway). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21592#post-376167 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:28:10 +0000 chdot 376167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-53-12th-aug-24/" rel="nofollow">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-53-12th-aug-24/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19103#post-290745 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:58:28 +0000 dessert rat 290745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>walked out of the office this morning to find a small bee trapped in a vortex of wind in the office doorway. Was getting very buffeted.</p> <p>Spent a few mins rescuing it and then placed it on a buddleia next to the office. No sooner had it appeared to regain its footing a gust of wind swept it away into the middle of the large puddle 20 feet below.</p> <p>welcome to Monday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766#post-355966 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:51:59 +0000 chdot 355966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I’m sure on one level ‘we’ are all bored (or even terrified) about all this. </p> <p>I doubt if there are any ‘deniers’ on here, but maybe some people more (or less) optimistic than ’the average’ due to ‘hope’ or actual understanding/knowledge. </p> <p>It’s fascinating/depressing that (most) governments (and the BBC) are (at last) fairly sure ‘it’s real’ and ‘something must be done’ and there’s no need to ‘balance’ science with scepticism anymore. </p> <p>The UKGov/Boris seem scandalously complacent about only setting targets and relying on the market and individuals to deal with it all. </p> <p>It’s understandable that people don’t want to be worse off and even more so that those who feel/are ‘poor’ want/expect more. </p> <p>As ‘we’ know, even getting people to imagine that fewer cars/less traffic might actually be better for most (not just in a climate context) is hard/impossible. </p> <p>For the Govs (inc SG), more/bigger cars isn’t a problem - as long as they are electric - and, maybe, people use them less - say 20%…</p> <p>Covid changed everything, for a short while, but then ‘back to normal’ as fast as possible. Some changes in work patterns - the possibilities of, and now desire for, WFH (for some) plus realisations that ‘I don’t want to do that job anymore - at least not for THAT money’. </p> <p><strong>What’s to be done/what can be expected?<br /> </strong></p> <p>Can’t see me getting rid of the gas boiler any time soon. A completely free heat pump installation might change that, IF it was actually as useful/convenient/reliable. </p> <p>(Recent talk of the possibility of hydrogen instead of fossil gas - any chance of that?)</p> <p>But ‘better answers’ would be district heating - no sign of that being compulsory, even for new housing developments (or ban on flood plains or MUCH better insulation standards). </p> <p>Not ready to give up milk/cheese, partly because the vegetable ‘milks’ are not great. </p> <p>Meanwhile UKGov seems content to damage UKFarming with misguided expectations of cheaper food from elsewhere - have they seen the increase in shipping costs?</p> <p>As always, energy - its provision and cost - is a big issue. </p> <p>Not much emphasis on reducing demand. </p> <p>More concern about the stability of fossil fuel supply than accelerating the “transition” to renewables. </p> <p>Nuclear is firmly back on the agenda (not forgetting that even people like George Monbiot think it’s necessary). Even ignoring the radioactive waste problem, (industry says ‘not a problem, gets turned into glass and buried’), is the cost of nuclear electricity ‘value for money’?</p> <p>I don’t really expect to be alive in 2050, but I certainly hope the lives of my grandchildren are generally pleasant and secure. </p> <p>Before then I want there to be an obvious trajectory towards the elimination of the danger of ‘runaway climate change’. </p> <p>Meanwhile I don’t want to be cold or hungry. </p> <p>More importantly I want that to be the case for others - plus good health and wellbeing. </p> <p>Rational changes in energy and food production plus adequate housing might be good places to expect improvement. </p> <p>More trees (probably) good, not convinced artificial/industrial carbon capture likely/possible and potentially dangerous to rely on the development of such technologies. </p> <p>Where are we with tidal, large scale battery storage and other ‘maybes’? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19573#post-305455 Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:36:38 +0000 I were right about that saddle 305455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A thread dedicated to the joy of first sighting a swift over the City of Edinburgh each year and knowing that the summer migrants are all here.</p> <p>Not a competition, just a place to share that feeling when your heart skips a beat at the sight of a tiny black crescent or the sound of otherworldly aerial screeching.</p> <p>Also a thread for sharing the sadness of realising that the swifts have gone, but we'll come to that later shall we? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21983#post-385047 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:31:54 +0000 chdot 385047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spokes –(“<a href="https://cyclefridays.wordpress.com/links/">not just The Lothian Cycle Campaign, but probably the most successful volunteer run campaign in the UK!</a>” was created in 1977 </p> <p>The same year as Recycles, which grew into EBC</p> <p>Also the year Cyclebag began to revolutionise cycle campaigning in Bristol and later developed into Sustrans</p> <p>And -</p> <p>“Mr. Cunningham began building bikes in 1977, turning his garage in Fairfax into a workshop”</p> <p>(<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/sports/cycling/charlie-cunningham-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wlA.98Rb.igl3_2GbeONP&amp;smid=url-share">Obituary in New York Times</a>)</p> <p>Expect events to commemorate all of these things next year </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21978#post-384945 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:01:17 +0000 gembo 384945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tour starts Saturday in Barcelona?</p> <p>League you can join us called FietsclubCCE and the code you need is 197531812</p> <p>@srd, @shuggiet @paddyirish, et Al</p> <p>Come on down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14986#post-191132 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:21:36 +0000 Klaxon 191132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I almost added this to the end of my other topic, but it deserves a thread of it's own.</p> <p>I'd love to talk to some people about getting a post-powderhall railway closure action plan together. There is so much potential when it goes for a direct link into the NEPN from Abbeyhill and quiet feeder routes running the length of Leith Walk / Easter Rd and beyond into Leith Links. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21841#post-382112 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:48:32 +0000 chdot 382112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54938756190_d069d25245.jpg"></p> <p>Until Dec 7th </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15606#post-201937 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:34:07 +0000 chdot 201937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps not a well known name in the UK, but a genuine Mountain Bike pioneer and bicycle inventor/innovator. </p> <p>His wife (Jacquie Phelan) is better known and has visited Edinburgh and met several people on this forum. </p> <p>"</p> <p>In early August, 2015, Charlie Cunningham, bicycle builder, inventor and all around amazing person, fell off his bike and sustained several serious injuries. </p> <p>Charlie suffered broken bones, bruises, and trauma to his head. At the time, he didn't feel his head injury was significant. Unfortunately, six weeks later, the head injury manifested into a subdural hematoma, a life threatening condition that resulted in emergency brain surgery. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg" rel="nofollow">https://www.gofundme.com/w85tn3dg</a></p> <p><a href="https://changingpace.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/jacquie-phelan-blogs" rel="nofollow">https://changingpace.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/jacquie-phelan-blogs</a></p> <p><a href="https://bikeweekfilmfestival2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/jacquie-phelan-gets-ready/" rel="nofollow">https://bikeweekfilmfestival2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/jacquie-phelan-gets-ready/</a></p> <p><a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5bdsXCVyfUI" rel="nofollow">http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5bdsXCVyfUI</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21485#post-373962 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:52:28 +0000 chdot 373962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53579863798_c24f2f391a.jpg"></p> <p><em>This image is from the second, 2014, Pedal on Parliament (PoP) when THOUSANDS of people turned out to protest, demonstrate and lobby politicians, primarily at Holyrood.<br /> </em><br /> Without people brought together by CCE, PoP wouldn’t have happened. </p> <p>Before the first ride, organisers were nervously hoping a few hundred would come. </p> <p>So they were shocked/exhilarated to see about 2000 people with bicycles!</p> <p>PoP definitely changed things, with politicians changing opinions and raising ‘active travel’ budgets. </p> <p>But still sticking with ‘promises’ to widen the A9 and build a bridge on the bypass. </p> <p>At council level, Glasgow seems to have got unexpected enthusiasm for new cycle infrastructure. </p> <p>Meanwhile councillors in Edinburgh have voted to remove a small bit of AT infrastructure which, if it doesn’t change the plan (again), will mean taking money from projects ‘in the pipeline’ and building unnecessary (and largely unwanted) <em>cycle</em> infrastructure NOT on a main/arterial route. </p> <p>Of course improvements for people who cycle/want to cycle in Edinburgh would be even worse/non-existent without 47 1/2 years of Spokes. </p> <p>It’s truly amazing the work that has been done by this group (and it continues) all without any staff EVER. (It has attracted funding for various projects -some of which I have been involved in, including The Bike Station). </p> <p>PoP was always an addition/complement to Spokes, not a criticism. There’s only so much a small group of volunteers can do!</p> <p>After a few years of only slight progress (a lot due to the unexpected/tragic intervention of Covid) <em>and</em> much greater awareness of ‘climate’ and health (particularly mental) it’s perhaps not surprising that some people are <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21481#post-373945">thinking of ‘retiring’ from cycle campaigning in Edinburgh</a>. </p> <p>Obviously personal choice. </p> <p>Anyone involved in any sort of campaigning is aware of the effort involved and the toll it can take - if only by taking up time. For many people, circumstances change and ‘free’ time is no longer available. </p> <p>It’s also dispiriting when ‘progress’ seems to stall/hit a brick wall. ESPECIALLY when (it would seem) it’s more about Party politics than improving things for people living in Edinburgh. </p> <p>There will be no PoP this year, mostly because there are (apparently) not enough people willing/able to do the work required to make it happen. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16209#post-215209 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:12:01 +0000 chdot 215209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This could have gone in the "tram latest" thread but that would be the wrong place - in spite of the headline!</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/fears-edinburgh-bus-fare-rise-to-fund-tram-extension-1-4082100" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/fears-edinburgh-bus-fare-rise-to-fund-tram-extension-1-4082100</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>Bus stops in Princes Street will be reshuffled with the aim of reducing delays and speeding up journey times.</p> <p>" </p> <p>(And other things.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383399 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:29:49 +0000 chdot 383399@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are CCE threads on GSt &amp; PSt. </p> <p>Now there seems to be the need for an ‘all embracing one’…</p> <p>“</p> <p>Transport and environment convener Stephen Jenkinson said he had now asked officials to come up with a new strategy, embracing Princes Street, George Street, the "cross streets" running between them, and St Andrew Square and Charlotte Square.</p> <p>He said: "All the projects are linked. We need a masterplan, potentially bringing together all the city centre projects into a programme of works to be considered by the committee.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/2026.03.11-082428/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-city-centre-future-of-princes-street-and-george-street-up-for-debate-5627427?ref=edinburghminute.com" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/2026.03.11-082428/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-city-centre-future-of-princes-street-and-george-street-up-for-debate-5627427?ref=edinburghminute.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671#post-87706 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:44:43 +0000 Kim 87706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle parking in Edinburgh, where have we got to? <a href="http://www.kimharding.net/blog/?p=1816">This is my experience</a>, what are yours? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=165#post-1071 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:25:20 +0000 chdot 1071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/31580/The-electric-bike-is-not-a-short-term-trend">BikeBiz story</a></p> <p>It will be interesting to see how this 'market' develops - especially in a places with hills like Edinburgh.. The technology is far from 'mature'.</p> <p>Will electric bikes move many people from 4 wheels to 2? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238#post-366249 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 23:20:47 +0000 chdot 366249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A positive update on blue bridge over Water of Leith @ Bell’s Mills.</p> <p>I’m pleased to share that the team is ready to proceed with repairs. Work will begin in the coming weeks &amp;, all being well, the works completed by 17th Feb ‘23.</p> <p>Please do not try to cross until repaired</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/maxmitchell91/status/1620846791704076288" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/maxmitchell91/status/1620846791704076288</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6430#post-69144 Sun, 06 May 2012 13:15:35 +0000 chdot 69144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"200 statues of men, 2 statues of women"</p> <p><a href="http://womeninstoneedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/living-statues-of-2012.html" rel="nofollow">http://womeninstoneedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/living-statues-of-2012.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21673#post-377766 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:30:14 +0000 MediumDave 377766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This thread is to honour the majesty of the Clubbiedean Big Puddle. </p> <p>Status on Sunday 8th December 2024: resplendently spanned the full width of the path. Stepping stones just visible but only the bold dared to use them. </p> <p>Colour was brown green with a slight sheen. Turbid. </p> <p>All glory to the Big Puddle! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20915#post-359705 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:24:02 +0000 chdot 359705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In these days of trouble and uncertainty, I thought someone might like to see a relic from past times -<br /> <a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52000592982_05925a7de5_4k.jpg"><br /> <img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52000592982_5ea39ceb5e.jpg"></p> <p><em>Click for big</em></a></p> <p>Was almost original apart from the wheels, which I’ve replaced with 650B.</p> <p>This is a genuine classic from the days of slack angles and looong wheelbases!</p> <p>(Yes the chain’s too short. Other modifications to come.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17102#post-235271 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:51:37 +0000 HankChief 235271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought I would set up a 1 stop shop for all the historic and open consultations so that we can respond accordingly... </p> <p>A positive response even if just to say that we support what it is trying to achieve is a good thing.</p> <p>It is apparent just how many there are...</p> <p>Now you could go straight to the <a href="https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk">Consultation Hub</a> or you could go via the wisdom of the CCE thread on the subject below.</p> <p><strong><br /> Live</strong></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17104">Corstorphine Placemaking</a> Closes 4th November</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17011">Easter Road</a> Closes 18th November 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17011">Carrington Road</a> Closes 18th November 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17038">QR8 - Balgreen</a> Closes 26th November 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17038">QR8 - South Gyle Access</a> Closes 26th November 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17038">QR8 - Roseburn Park</a> Closes 26th November 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17071">NEPN Improvements</a> Closes 2nd December 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17058">Lower Granton Road</a> Closes 3rd December 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17098">Meadows to Castle Terrace</a> Closes 9th December 2016</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17097">Inverleith to Goldenacre</a> Closes 9th December 2016</p> <p><strong><br /> Potential</strong></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15800">Dundee Street</a></p> <p><strong><br /> Historic</strong></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15760">Roseburn to Leith Walk a.k.a. E-W City Centre</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16685">Macdonald Road</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11898">Meadows - Innocent</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16604">Grange Road</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856">The Causey</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16461">Meadowbank to Northfield</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15762">Roseburn - Canal</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13536">Marchmont to King's Building</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15826">A8 - Gyle to Newbridge</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13465">Canal - Meadows</a></p> <p><strong><br /> Feasibility studies</strong></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16102">A71 - West Lothian</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15590">East Lothian</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21982#post-384994 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:06:30 +0000 Yodhrin 384994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So I rode my new cargo bike home to Broxburn from Laid Back the other day and experiencing the A8 path without the front suspension I'm used to has really driven home how much it's degraded from neglect. Quite apart from the overgrown/inadequately trimmed foliage that's a perpetual problem on every path, the surface quality of several stretches is terrible whether due to potholes or huge tree roots pushing up speedbumps.</p> <p>When I could ride in to Ingliston on the mostly much nicer northerly path and catch the tram the rest of the way it wasn't a big deal, but with the ebike ban that's no longer possible so it's the awful southerly path all the way in to the loop at Gogarburn. I was all ready to write in about it but honestly, is there any point when they'll inevitably just point to the West Edinburgh Transport Improvements Programme that might, maybe, at some unspecified future time once funding has been agreed and the 7th consecutive consulation has has downgraded the plans to "compromise" with carzealots include path resurfacing?</p> <p>Has there even been any news about WETIP lately? The most recent thing I managed to scrounge up searching was from 2024. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15281#post-195725 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 09:34:18 +0000 chdot 195725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/selfish-cowgate-parkers-putting-lives-at-risk-1-3857377" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/selfish-cowgate-parkers-putting-lives-at-risk-1-3857377</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16409#post-220390 Wed, 18 May 2016 19:04:44 +0000 fimm 220390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>When Emily Chappell and I first started sharing ideas that would eventually become The Adventure Syndicate, they were all about celebrating attributes commonly associated with women but in a context more often seen as male-dominated. In short, we wanted to show the world what groups of strong, enduring, co-operative, caring people could achieve together in a sporting context where aggression, strength and speed usually dominate.</em>"</p> <p><a href="http://theadventuresyndicate.com/blog/2016/5/17/seven-women-518-miles-36-hours-team-time-trial-round-the-north-coast-500-by-lee-craigie" rel="nofollow">http://theadventuresyndicate.com/blog/2016/5/17/seven-women-518-miles-36-hours-team-time-trial-round-the-north-coast-500-by-lee-craigie</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15760#post-204667 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:49:12 +0000 SRD 204667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Please find attached a letter regarding the launch of the consultation for the proposed Roseburn to Leith cycle link and street improvements for your information.</p> <p>The Council would like to get your feedback on these proposals. This is your opportunity to comment, request changes and provide suggestions for improvement. Please review the information on the website <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roseburntoleith" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roseburntoleith</a>, and give us your feedback. Please pass on details of the consultation to anyone who may be interested.</p> <p>The period for comments is between 17 November 2015 and 5 January 2016.</p> <p>Comments can be submitted by email to <a href="mailto:cyclingprojects.consultation@edinburgh.gov.uk">cyclingprojects.consultation@edinburgh.gov.uk</a> or via the online survey at the website <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roseburntoleith" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roseburntoleith</a> . </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17899#post-254566 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 14:23:24 +0000 Harts Cyclery 254566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I might go insane if I read about another new cycle hire scheme somewhere in the UK whilst Edinburgh still goes without. Doubtless there have already been threads on this but what's the latest?</p> <p>Did spokes say something was getting delivered this year? What is it going to be? When is it going to be delivered? Who is delivering it? Has it been scoped out? How many bikes?</p> <p>Hoping someone has the inside track to restore my confidence that this will happen. Auchtermuchty will be getting a bike hire scheme before Edinburgh at the current rate of progress... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18609#post-276011 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:22:11 +0000 rbrtwtmn 276011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been a member of Edinburgh's 'City Car Club' for a good long time. More recently it became 'Enterprise Car Club'. I'm going to ask for comments on here because I'd assume that members of this forum are probably over-represented in being members of the Car Club.</p> <p>How are they doing now that they are well established as 'Enterprise Car Club'?</p> <p>As would be expected, as would be reasonable, they are going to start to do things in new ways. I'm currently encountering their newish and relatively restrictive process for validating a licence - but I think I've understood it...</p> <p>However in looking for comments on this I've also come across at least one website with a host of very negative comments, from people who feel they have been charged for damage they didn't cause. Given that the Internet can magnify certain things above others - in this case inevitably magnifying negative over positive - I'm cautious about putting too much trust in these... but on the other hand they have the ring of truth about them. They feel like the kind of comments I'd expect to see about your average car hire company... and I long ago learned to be very careful with hiring from some companies, making sure that every little scratch was recorded and so on. </p> <p>Generally I've been more relaxed with the car club, trusting that they treated these cars just a little bit more flexibly (recognising that it wouldn't ever be easy to pin blame down for minor dents and scratches) - but I'm wondering whether it's time to start to treat this like any other hire... being really careful to record absolutely every scratch and dent, no matter how tiny, viewing the car in daylight and so on... and with that in mind whether the whole thing may become too much of a hassle.</p> <p>Any thoughts from other club members? This matters for a bike riding community in a car-centric city... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8710#post-88398 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:42:27 +0000 chdot 88398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Official report with lots of new photos -</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/36955/82_edinburgh_tram_project-update" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/36955/82_edinburgh_tram_project-update</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748#post-39367 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:53:56 +0000 Stepdoh 39367@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>was brought to you by the lady doing a right turn from the western approach on the drumbrae roundabout while not indicating and talking on her mobile.</p> <p>Gah. It's not like it's a hugely busy roundabout or on a major route or anything. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21981#post-384972 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:42:37 +0000 amir 384972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In case you've missed this:<br /> <a href="https://iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/italian-icons-the-history-of-bicycles-between-competition-and-design/">Italian Icons – The history of bicycles between competition and design</a><br /> At the Italian Institute of Culture </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21980#post-384971 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:15:54 +0000 chdot 384971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/someone-is-going-to-get-hurt-fears-over-group-wreaking-havoc-8775386" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/someone-is-going-to-get-hurt-fears-over-group-wreaking-havoc-8775386</a> </p>