CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 16years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
resolvedThe Sciennes posters (which were there with the permission of the head teacher) have been taken down on the grounds that it's a political event - it's amazing how much trouble one person with a bee in their bonnet can make...
In other news I flyered a grand total of 8 bikes in Dumfries this afternoon... did consider flyering all the parked cars with bike racks on them instead but decided against
"it's amazing how much trouble one person with a bee in their bonnet can make.."
Indeed
Person's Twitter profile -
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Edinburgh Scotland ..City Walker..Love my city.. Politician Watcher...Anti Unions..Anti Corruption.
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https://twitter.com/alinver/status/334307053436821504
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Jim Orr (@CllrJimOrr)
14/05/2013 17:29
@CyclingEdin @alinver @AndrewDBurns Seems like a private matter for @SciennesPS They already organise a regular "Pedal on School" from KB.
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Any volunteers for some mass leafleting at Sciennes this week?
@SRD you being political??
Looks like your "attitude" is stirring some twitter trouble chdot! Maybe you should get some corrupt official and a union boss to back the campaign...
His attitude -
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Al (@alinver)
14/05/2013 14:59
@CyclingEdin ok if they are not removed by noon tomorrow I will remove them on pop behalf. Lets keep political activities away from schools
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(Presume he. Has 22 followers)
My "attitude" -
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Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)
14/05/2013 14:39
@alinver @Edinburgh_CC Not PARTY political so perfectly OK
@SciennesPS encourages #ActiveTravel you should too
@AndrewDBurns @CllrJimOrr
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yup being perfectly reasonable on an Internet forum is completely unacceptable! ;-)
"Lets [sic] keep political activities away from schools"
I hope they never find out about Royal Mile Primary. There's an entire parliament stuffed with politics barely fifty metres away from it.
"There's an entire parliament stuffed with politics barely fifty metres away from it."
Yeah that is a corrupting influence, better shut the school.
I'm just disappointed that CEC backed the view of a lone Twitterer rather than the judgement of the school.
CEC have the spine of an invertebrate, they're just worried Muppet features would run to the chip wrapper...
There was a very friendly PoPper at the top of MMW this morning offering PoP flyers. We had a wee chat while the light was red. Someone here?
They're "worried Muppet features would run to the chip wrapper" - maybe it would be good if he could (before Sunday): all publicity's good publicity, right?
@SRD: You around for me to pick up lots of A5 fliers? I'll try to pop in about 2, but if you're away could you leave them outside your door? :D Thanks!
Yes. i am here! see you then.
I did a few more handlebar flyers in S Gyle/Ed Park area today. I wanted to do Aegon but the fact that the bike parking is in a security camera riddled multi-storey made me feel like I shouldn't be there, and I chickened out (sorry). Is there anyone able to do it? I think there are quite a few bikes there so would be worth it. I have spare fliers!
Racks at Haymarket done this morning. Will do them again on my way home
Bike racks at Hermiston Park and Ride done.
Done some chalking, too, and will do some more later.
I was going to do Haymarket again tomorrow afternoon, but I've just realised that I have to go to Waverley... are the racks there being done? If not, I will see what I can do (if I can find them - I believe there are some tucked away somewhere?)
Waverley racks are at the back near the walkway to Calton Road. About 120 spaces and 100ish bikes?
Ah, every day I look at the forecast it changes drastically, on Tuesday it was a sun, on Wednesday heavy rain, now it's a cloud - can't the met-office put confidence intervals on their estimates?
"can't the met-office put confidence intervals on their estimates?"
They'd need to have 'confidence'!
I vote for the 2nd one.
Chris Hoy @chrishoy
Help make Scotland a cycle friendly nation! Support Pedal on Parliament, Edinburgh 19th May 3pm. http://pedalonparliament.org/ #POP2 @POPScotland
Good thinking SRD :D
The chalk didn't last long. I wrote two messages - then it ran out. Maybe I should just write #POP2 ...
At least now we can just write "Sun" to conserve chalk, though it's all the same when it keeps raining.
wingpig - good point.
@SRD: Any more chalk available? :D
On the plus side:
1. My poster on the canal is still up - but maybe this means nobody notices it?
2. I'd say over 50% of people I speak to know what POP is now :) But I guess that means the bit of Edinburgh I'm doing is reaching saturation point!
Leamington / SMW were effectively chalked as I rode home this evening, but I think the showers around 7PM may have ruined all that good effort.
Someone was handing out leaflets and Fiveways junction tonight, which was nice to see.
I'm off to the weige tomorrow so shall endeavour to put plenty around the stations/trains and glasgow in general!
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