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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    Various societies and companies were formed to meet the housing needs of the working classes. Support from public figures and demonstrations of model artisan housing at the Great Exhibition all improved public awareness. The housing issue was further highlighted by the work of social reformers at the time such as Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), noted for his work to reform the Poor Laws and improve sanitary conditions and public health. In 1844, Freidrich Engels wrote in his book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, of how ‘from their smoky beehives ten stories high, the unwashed look down upon the open squares and gardens of the wealthy.’ This publication and Marx’s The Communist Manifesto and increasing fears of social unrest, increased concern for the welfare of the working class amongst the middle and upper classes.

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    http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/1209-COLONIES_FOR_WEB.pdf

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. Nelly
    Member

    New Style Chopper on the back of a camper outside Ecclefechan yesterday

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. DaveC
    Member

    As a yang to chdot's ying above a sign in Dalmeny Estate saying

    "Pedestrians and cyclists must give way to cars and other estate motor vehicles"

    on the route 1 detour through the Dalmeny estate. I guess Lord Rosebery is a little miffed at the proletariat not moving aside to doff their caps at his lordship?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. gembo
    Member

    @nelly that new chopper looks uncomfortable for the second person on the saddle.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Three shiny and fully laden tourists (Ortlieb panniers and bed rolls) have just cyled past my office window. I know exactly where they have come from, what they are trying to do and how they have come to go wrong.

    Security have re-directed them. Our cycle infrastructure is garbage compared to our motor vehicle infrastructure. I hope they don't end up in Greenroofer's Nettle Hell.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. jdanielp
    Member

    There's another new (I think) character cycling into town on the canal towpath in the mornings lately – a young/trendyish looking guy with rearview mirrors on both ends of his handlebars... I reckon he should be called Mirror Man or Wide Boy. Any thoughts @IWRATS?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @jdanielp

    That is 2Kool4Skool in his summer plumage! Winter kit is black hoodie. Most frightening summer kit was a full American football outfit.

    Suspect the bar-end mirrors are a nod to Maximum Spaceman. Not sure what 2Kool would have as a pet. An owl or a badger probably.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. jdanielp
    Member

    @IWRATS Ah, beaten to it again! I can't say that I have recognised him previously. Are the mirrors a new thing?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @jdanielp

    I only noticed them last week. Sorry to spoil your spot.

    We should sit down and catalogue the East-Westers some morning.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. HankChief
    Member

    IWRATS, I must have left the office shortly after those 3 shiny tourists went past as I caught up with them on the Glasgow Road. They were a little ahead of me and were riding in the parking bays rather than the bus lane. As we approached the build out for the pedestrian crossing they bounced onto the pavement, rode along it, crossed North Gyle Road and then rejoined the carriageway.

    Interestingly, at the front of this shiny convoy was a young lad in a hoodie on a mountain bike. I wasn't sure if he was a guide that they were deliberately following or just a random that they thought could show them how to ride the local infrastructure. Either way I slowed as I passed them and nodded/smiled at them but they didn't attempt to ask for help, so I carried on past.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. gembo
    Member

    Morningsider disguised as dad with pushchair trying to get on no16 bus when a stooshie developed between passengers alighting. I was disguised as dad at bus stop having just been at guardians of the galaxy. More laughs and better soundtrack than your average Marvel movie

    Posted 10 years ago #

  13. fimm
    Member

    Dave recumbenting up Lanark Road, following another cyclist on an upright (which illustrated very nicely that the 'bent isn't much smaller than the upright). I was driving a car the other way (see "Today's rubbish driving"...)

    Posted 10 years ago #

  14. DaveC
    Member

    Amazing what you see at a Railway Museum in Bo'ness:

    Posted 10 years ago #

  15. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Hors catégorie spot of @gembo on the canal at Wester Hailes police station. Perhaps he'd just been released after the Wester Hailes Towpath By-Laws Enforcement Club had performed a citizen's arrest?

    His waterproofs looked more proof than mine. One of my over-shod shoes was full of water.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  16. gembo
    Member

    it was wet and I deliberated long and hard before setting off.

    Feet - usual shoes, now quite worn so perhaps not so waterproof, but jumbo size neoprene shimano galoshes will fit over them now [they are not cycling shoes but allegedly waterproof decathlon items]

    legs- decided to get wet but not wear my new shorts from sainsbury's (seven pounds) and went with just cycling shorts.

    top - altura varium - leckies price. a bit warm but as was fiendishly treacherous with surface water I was going very slowly.

    Combo did the job

    IWRATS had been out in it longer than me by the time we passed but I can confirm he was officially soaking

    as so wet I also joined canal at hermiston as is my want on days the WoL path do be muddy.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  17. twq
    Member

    @gembo I've yet to find a shoe solution in the wet that works. Had on my painfully fashionable Vulpine Harrington jacket, and I must say it performed admirably.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  18. dg145
    Member

    Has anyone any experience, or views, on these, or similar?:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/northwave-celsius-artic-gtx-gore-tex-winter-mtb-boots/

    Quite expensive but this morning reminded me how often I spent last winter trying to dry out shoes and socks - even with overshoes on.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  19. gembo
    Member

    Specialized also do a boot which a colleague swears by

    Posted 10 years ago #

  20. Snowy
    Member

    Yeah, I've got the Northwave Celsius boots and was wearing them this morning.

    They are brilliant - very light, stiff, and completely and utterly waterproof so the only place the water is ever going to get in is at the open end. I wore mine round the Tour de Lauder this year; was concerned they might get a bit sweaty but they were actually better than my regular shoes on the long ride.

    The ankle cuff folds round your leg to form a flexible seal. The only problem is, hairy legs means the seal will not be perfect and some water will eventually get in.

    Top half of my socks were wet as a result today, but that's still not bad considering I was out in the heaviest bit of the rain this morn.

    Needless to say, this was with bare legs (shorts only) and if you had water-resistant longs, I don't think you'd get a drop of water getting in.

    Just one thing I would watch for if thinking about buying them. Since the soles are quite rigid and not made of a grippy rubber (more ridged moulded plastic) they are not particularly grippy on flat pedals or similar. My intention from the start was to use cleats so this wasn't an issue, but before I got around to fitting the cleats I used the boots with my mtb flat pedals and they were not a good match. So, you may want to think about the shoe/pedal combo. The alternative is the Northwave Farenheit which has a flat sole so might grip flat pedals better?

    Hope that helps

    Posted 10 years ago #

  21. DaveC
    Member

    Has anyone any experience, or views, on these, or similar?:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/northwave-celsius-artic-gtx-gore-tex-winter-mtb-boots/

    Quite expensive but this morning reminded me how often I spent last winter trying to dry out shoes and socks - even with overshoes on.

    I deliberated over these a couple of years ago. They are very expensive unless you get a pair in a sale. I buy Endura Neoprene M500 overshoes every year. I have had 5 pairs now in 5 years. I only use them on the wet days and in winter for added warmth. I still think I've made the right choice. They are waterproof and insulating but without them my summer shoes (Shimano Tahoe MTB) are nice and cool.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  22. Greenroofer
    Member

    Someone who looked very like rugtomcat holding the attention of a large crowd outside St Giles this evening.

    I was on my way back from buying tickets at the Fringe Box Office. I rode the Brompton, and took it with me right into the Box Office. I doubt there's a quicker way of getting from Morningside to the Box Office and back on a sunny evening during the Festival than taking a folding bike. Much quicker than a car/taxi/bus on the choked roads and no worries about finding somewhere safe to lock it amidst the mayhem that is the Royal Mile during the Fringe.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  23. acsimpson
    Member

    Panyagua (or the guy I always mistake for him) and Baldycyclist heading towards the new A90 tarmac this morning.

    The workmen were still doing a final sweep before the official opening.

    Also thought I spotted DaveC last night while chatting to a German who had cycled even further than him in the last few weeks... while carrying 35Kg of luggage on a heavy steel touring bike. May be a false spot though as he was on an upright.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  24. Baldcyclist
    Member

    "Panyagua (or the guy I always mistake for him) and Baldycyclist heading towards the new A90 tarmac this morning."

    If it was the guy 100m or so in front of me that would be Campbell who is not of these parts I believe? Unless he has a 'handle' I don't know which is of course highly possible.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  25. LaidBack
    Member

    Some people at Summerhall spotted these I'm sure yesterday. Pure pedal power of course - no electrics other than for lights + indicators.

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    Velomobiel Quest Carbon work in progress by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr

    Posted 10 years ago #

  26. panyagua
    Member

    @acsimpson - wisnae me. I went Standingstane/Burnshot this morning. Unlike Campbell, I have a black helmet and specs, if that aids identification.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  27. DaveC
    Member

    I rode home yesterday with Panyaqua through the Dalmeny Estate.

    This morning I also took the Standingstane/Burnshot roads but on the bent.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  28. acsimpson
    Member

    Could well have been Campbell (NoTP). From memory there was also another rider between the two of you who I didn't recognise so perhaps that was Campbell instead.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  29. chdot
    Admin

    @LB - obviously a fringe event...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  30. chdot
    Admin

    I'm sure it's been there a while, but I don't go on that section of the canal often.

    Posted 10 years ago #

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