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.
edi.bike | issue 95 | 2nd June '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Spokes Cycle Count & Updated Edinburgh Map; Porty Community Energy Funding & Carers Programme; Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-95-2nd-june-25/
Aware of a problem with publishing today's issue, where our email provider is forcing you to subscribe before reading on web. The visibility settings are broken (software glitch) and we can't do anything about it until their support in the Americas wake up and read our grumpy email.
On the other hand, a massive influx of new subscribers thanks to this bug and a timely link from the Edinburgh Minute, so every cloud...
In inboxes as usual, and web link is https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-96-9th-june-25/
edi.bike | issue 96 | 9th June '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Add Your Support for Retaining Protected Cycleways Before Sunday; Herald Series Covers City Cycling with Mixed Success; New Consultation in Meadowbank, community updates, route closures & more.
@ bakky
I’m not alone in appreciating your effort in researching/producing these.
Especially as you add useful comments/contexts.
It's an amazing update.
For some reason, I hadn't been getting these by email, largely been clicking on the link here. I had though that I was maybe putting them in spam or rejecting emailsfor some reason. But had enough time for some troubleshooting and could see no sign of the mail coming in!
Have resubscribed!
Thanks both :)
@chrisfl - Buttondown are quite aggressive with 'cleaning' the list of subscribers. This keeps it nice and active but I have had more than one person discover they're no longer subscribed... Not happening at scale, but there's clearly a bug somewhere.
As we know, software is built by humans, and as such is inherently very flawed and self-conscious!
The link above has now been fixed by the computing tinkerers, though they have yet to describe what they messed up other than referring to the issue as an ‘edge case’.
Between the subscription wall, a link from a post about ETRO expiry on the Edinburgh subreddit, and a link from the Edinburgh Minute, gained quite a lot of new email subscribers today due to the bug… will be interesting to see if they have a lower retention rate having been essentially arm twisted into it in order to read / view.
edi.bike | issue 97 | 16th June '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Council Road User Charging Powers, Roseburn Path Reopens After Police Investigation, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-97-16th-june-25/
Thank you @bakky for this week's digest.
Lots of community events going on. Appreciate mention too for the Afghanistan fund raiser!
edi.bike | issue 98 | 23rd June '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
New Design Option Renders for George St, June Transport & Environment Committee Agenda, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-98-23rd-june-25/
edi.bike | issue 99 | 30th June '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Edinburgh’s Bikeable City Rating, ‘Our Streets’ Creator Crowdfunding New Music Video, Transport & Environment Committee Roundup, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-99-30th-june-25/
edi.bike | our hundredth issue | 7th July '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
100 Issues of edi.bike; Summertime Street Closures; Inner Forth Bike Bus, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-our-hundredth-issue-7th-july-25/
“our hundredth issue“
CONGRATULATIONS
Appreciated
That photo
Shows too much space for motors (and they are not even using it…)
Thank you! And yes, absolutely - clearly nobody’s using it so we should probably get rid ;)
edi.bike | issue 101 | 14th July '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Spokes Advocacy Wins, Fettle’s Canal Trashcat, Major Junction Safety Pauses, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-101-14th-july-25/
Another great issue, thanks.
Network Rail as usual aren't covering themselves with glory making statements like their one on the South Gyle bridge. The bridge is the only access between platforms so any works would need to maintain pedestrian access. If the temporary replacement requires bike riders or any ability to dismount then it's apparent that they are lying when they say
"We understand the importance of this route for cyclists and are developing proposals for a temporary bridge to maintain access throughout the work."
They are clearly not developing any proposals to maintain cycling access during the work but instead accepting that they are unable to ban bikes from the station.
Thanks! The quote comes from an official Network Rail statement, which Robbie (who does the route and road closures section weekly) passed on. It includes, under 'notes to editors':
Cyclists would be asked to dismount while using a temporary bridge.
Dismount and accessibility issues aside, Robbie noted:
Temporary bridge probably with stairs in the Gyle later this year, examples here: https://www.mitchellbridges.com/pedestrian-bridgesNetwork rail have included a temporary active travel bridge at Bawbee bridge in Leven recently, but there were no ramps required. Probably a wheelramp is the best that could be hoped for? Likely affects Gylemuir Primary School too.
Once I finished giggling at 'Bawbee', it was interesting to see NR do have prior form regarding temporary bridges, which sounded rather expensive at first look.
edi.bike | issue 102 | 21st July '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
‘Amsterdam’ Crowfunder Finishing Up, Evans Cycles Possible Return, Critical Mass This Week, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-102-21st-july-25/
edi.bike | issue 103 | 28th July '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Council to ‘Soft Launch’ Bike Hire in August, Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘CADEL: Lungs on Legs’ Fringe Show, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-103-28th-july-25/
edi.bike | issue 104 | 4th Aug '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
‘Meadows to Union Canal’ Link Update, Princes Street Reimagined, Tram Consultation Dates, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-104-4th-aug-25/
edi.bike | issue 105 | 11th Aug '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Punting the Can: TRO Subcommittee Delays East Area Cycleways Decision, Again; plus events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-105-11th-aug-25/
edi.bike | issue 106 | 18th Aug '25
In your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
Fringe Artist Bike Programme Seeks Storage; East Area Lanes Update Coming Tuesday; events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-106-18th-aug-25/
edi.bike | issue 107 | 25th Aug '25
in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest’s 2nd birthday edition:
Voi hire bike press event; Protest ride for road safety; Open letter to CEC; ECCAN funding vote; events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-107-25th-aug-25/
WOW
That’s a lot of info/work.
Hope people are finding/reading/acting.
(Hope you don’t get exhausted/jaded)
Never ;)
edi.bike | issue 108 | 1st Sep '25
in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
All Eyes on TRO Sub-Committee; Voi Hire Bike Perimeter and Pricing; Tramline Consultation Launches; events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-108-1st-sep-25/
edi.bike | issue 109 | 8th Sep '25
in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest:
A big win for Edinburgh’s bike lanes; ‘Meadows to George St’ pause for public hearing; Voi bikes launch; TEC Agenda, events, community updates, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-109-8th-sep-25/
✏️ Correction to email: we linked to new podcast ‘Carspiracy’ with Tim Godwin of Ariel Bikes - the podcast has moved address since launch to https://carspiracy.transistor.fm/
Update from a source involved with the Edinburgh Riding of the Marches this Sunday 14th September.
The Innocent path will be used for first time for years as the road route closed at moment. Times are around 1500 as riders head towards Holyrood for final section up Royal Mile.
On another matter...
Hear that the historic iron bridge over the Braid Burn is due for repairs. Not sure if that's been flagged up.
“historic iron bridge over the Braid Burn”
Hermitage or?
Presumably the wee ankle-level thing at the Duddingston ROad West end of the Innocent?
@wingpig - yes.
Tech marvel of its time. Anyway the bridge has been neglected so decking needs replaced. This comes up days before the event this weekend - assume it will go ahead but afterwards that bridge will need to be redecked. Not because of occasional 'horse traffic' but just weather related I think.
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