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  • Ride Planet Earth on Sunday

    Ahead of the Earth Summit in Copenhagen next week thousands, maybe millions, of cyclists will be riding to show their support for measures to combat the effects of Climate Change. (http://rideplanetearth.org) In Edinburgh the normal monthly Spokes Ride is to be a RPE event. It sets off as usual from the [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:55am EST
    by chdot

  • Psst, Wanna Buy a Used Bike Shop?

    It’s only been open a few months (Eastside Bikes in Abbeyhill) but already owner Nik Antestenis is planning his exit strategy. It’s not that he’s made a fortune and is cashing in – bike shop owners seldom become ‘well off’. He’s returning to the States for sound family reasons. So (in the [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:32am EST
    by chdot

  • Princes Street Set to Re-open

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    Princes Street is expected to re-open to buses (and bikes of course) at 5 a.m. on Sunday. It’s also due to see an “Art Car Parade” – “this electrifying spectacle will feature illuminated customised vehicles of all shapes and sizes being pushed, pedalled and driven from the Royal Mile to St [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 4:02pm EST
    by chdot

  • New On-line Forum for Edinburgh

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    CyclingEdinburgh.info and CityCycling (the Edinburgh based monthly on-line cycling magazine) have teamed up to create CityCyclingEdinburgh.info – a new forum “for people who cycle in and around Edinburgh” (though a wider view is welcome). The idea is to create a site where any aspect of cycling (and particularly encouraging more of [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:12am EST
    by chdot

  • Hard to Beat…

    Christmas is coming and stockings need filling. ‘Bargains are bargains’ but you tend to ‘get what you pay for’. Each item here is merely a pound (Poundland St. James Centre). Batteries not included. [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:08am EST
    by chdot

  • Cycle Speedway Action Retry

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    Last Sunday’s planned cycle speedway open session was severely rained off. The track was only suitable for seagulls. Edinburgh Falcons will be hoping for better weather this Sunday (8th) – currently (Friday morning) the forecast is quite promising. If it’s not raining too much why not ride along to Redbraes and take [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:01pm EST
    by chdot

  • Scottish Parliament Committee Wants YOUR view on “Active Travel”

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    The Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee is “holding an inquiry into Active Travel – walking and cycling”. Yesterday the Committee took evidence on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2010-11 from John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth (in private). According to Spokes (via Twitter) Des McNulty MSP asked Mr. Swinney [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:49pm EST
    by chdot

  • Government Encourages Cycling to Work

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    The Department of Transport (DfT), alongside the NHS  Change4life initiative, has publicly launched the Cycle to Work Guarantee. The idea is to encourage employers to pledge to provide the measures that many people expect before they are willing to cycle to work such as showers and secure cycle storage. In addition [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:29am EDT
    by chdot

  • Try Speedway on Sunday

    Photo of new Falcons signing 19 year-old Polish rider Robert Bandosz Scotland’s only cycle speedway team Edinburgh Falcons is staging an open session at the Redbraes Park track (Broughton Road by the Powderhall refuse depot MAP) on Sunday (1st November). The event is “primarily aimed at attracting new riders to Cycle Speedway”. [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Professor Criticises Council Practices

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    Photo blackpuddinonnabike Writing in today’s Sunday Herald, Edinburgh University professor Michael S Northcott mentions the ‘cycle facility’ near his office. “..when the new Missoni Hotel was opened earlier this year the cycle lane was ditched in favour of a publicly provided parking bay for the hotel and two lanes for motorists.” It’s been [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:14am EDT
    by chdot

  • CycleStreets Gets Better

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    CycleStreets is the UK’s best cycle journey planner. It’s probably the only one that covers the whole of Great Britain and has a good understanding of where the cycle paths are. The underlying mapping is from Open Street Map which is the work of hundreds of volunteers (YOU could be [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 4:46pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Super?

    Still from video of video A few days in London confirm that cycling is ‘hot’. Cycle commuting is rampant – multi-colours of Bromptons, monotones of yellow jackets, obsessions of speed. Many examples of fashion on wheels – one gear wonders (a lot of London is fairly flat), and plenty of retro/traditional [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:23am EDT
    by chdot

  • “Less Traffic Equals Smarter Working”

    Sustainable Transport campaigners Transform Scotland today issued a new briefing paper – Less Traffic: How Scotland would benefit from Road Traffic Reduction. The 8 page document (“supported by BT Scotland”) mentions cycling twelve times! It contains solid arguments for traffic reduction with Public Transport and car sharing (and cycling) as key [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 3:24am EDT
    by chdot

  • Meet the Cycling Author

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    Edinburgh sports journalist and bike book writer Richard Moore will be live at the Portobello Book Festival on Saturday. The fact that he raced himself (including being in Scotland’s 1998 Commonwealth Games team) has greatly helped him with insights into the top riders he has written about. His first book was about [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Learn to Fix Your Bike

    Edinburgh’s largest cycle shop, (and one of the UK’s biggest bike businesses), has released a list of dates right up to next March for its highly popular maintenance classes. Classes include “Foundation Course in Cycle Maintenance” (£27.47 for a half day) with an all day “intensive” version (£47.96 including lunch!). There [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 3:52am EDT
    by chdot

  • Cyclehoop Comes to Edinburgh

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    Photo Anthony Lau Award winning simple cycle parking has arrived in Edinburgh. The Cyclehoop is a simple but stylish way to provide secure parking for two bikes. It can be fixed to poles commonly seen on most streets for holding (car) parking/waiting/loading information. They are often used for bike parking already. Cyclehoops demonstrate [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:59pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Barriers to Cycling – the Saga Continues

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    (Before) Sunday morning 9 a.m. (apparently) workpersons arrive in Portobello to make some modifications. Half an hour later one barrier is removed and warning panels added to the remaining furniture. Next on the scene is a local resident who just happens to know the Council’s guidelines on such things. A polite conversation ensues [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 7:54pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Pretty, but Waste of Money

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    Photo smsm1 Seems City of Edinburgh Council’s Road Services is on a mission to ‘restore’ some of Edinburgh’s pedestrian and cycle ‘facilities’. Recently it refurbished the gates at the mouth of the St. Leonard’s Tunnel by replacing the long absent hoop which impeded touring cyclists. Predictable howls of protest (mostly by e-mail) [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 8:23am EDT
    by chdot

  • Another Barrier to Cycling

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    End of European Mobility Week Update Rumour has it that the new addition will be removed in the next few days… (NOW DONE) (New flickr group created – barriers to cycling in Edinburgh) It’s easy to blame ‘the Council’ for things. Sometimes it’s justified. One problem though is the notion that ‘the [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 6:25am EDT
    by chdot

  • What Do YOU Think of Edinburgh’s Roads and Paths?

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    Edinburgh recently signed the Brussels Treaty which has a target for cycle journeys of 15% by 2020. A LOT needs to be done to have any hope of this being achieved. Today it was announced (Evening News story) that £150,000 is to be invested to create a “corridor” of bus and cycle [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Bike Friday Routes

    “Looks like a lot of fun” Tom Morton Radio Scotland Tomorrow Edinburgh will have three “Bike Friday” rides. This is the first time that the city has tried to run such organised commutes. Billed as “Edinburgh’s social cycle commute” it will be interesting to see who turns up – and in [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:00am EDT
    by chdot

  • Bikes to the Fore in Commuter Challenge

    First arrival at St. Andrew Square in today’s annual Commuter Challenge was Richard Bloodworth (left) on a minimalist recumbent. He covered the four miles from The Royal Infirmary in just 15 minutes – half the time of the bus. A tandem was the first arrival from Ocean Terminal – again twice [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
    by chdot

  • One Week to First Bike Friday

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    Next Friday three groups of cyclists will set off from different parts of Edinburgh and head for Festival Square (off Lothian Road). It will be Edinburgh’s first organised ride for cycling ‘commuters’. It’s an event in Edinburgh’s European Mobility Week and is a mixture of social fun and confidence building. Similar rides [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 3:51am EDT
    by chdot

  • Government Relies on Spokes Statistics

    UPDATE: A civil servant has suggested that the headline should say “Holyrood Relies on Spokes Statistics”. “Cycling in Scotland” is produced by the Scottish Parliament not the Scottish Government. It’s assumed that the report’s author looked for statistics from the SG first. It’s also assumed that the SG relies on [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 4:53am EDT
    by chdot

  • City Seeks Cycling Development Officer

    City of Edinburgh Council is looking for a new “Temporary Cycling Development Officer” – based at the Bangholm Sports and Outdoor Complex in Trinity. The post has been vacant for about six months. Salary: £20,388 – £25,551  (Pro-rata) for 20 hours per week Job spec. “To organise and deliver cycling programmes in schools [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 6:06pm EDT
    by chdot

  • New Midlothian Map

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    The Lothian Cycle Campaign, Spokes, has just published its latest map – a brand new one for Midlothian. This is first update for seven years. One addition is the recently opened Dalkeith Bypass which slices through Dalkeith Park. Unfortunately Spokes has also had to add a short section of “proposed cycle link” – [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Rodney Street Tunnel “Officially” Opens Today

    Actually open for almost four months, Rodney Street Tunnel has its official opening ceremony at 2.00 today. (Performed by Councillor Gordon Mackenzie, the Council’s Transport leader). The work was carried out by City of Edinburgh Council, in partnership with Sustrans – with funding from the Scottish Executive/Government – both because [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Edinburgh Cyclists Cross Canada

    UPDATE: Euan’s back. BBC story Photo by cyclingtheamericas Photo by Euan Hunter Two Edinburgh cyclists are currently crossing Canada on solo adventures. One, Mark Beaumont, is already well known for his 18,000 miles circumnavigation of the globe which ended in February last year. He is currently “Cycling the Americas” from Alaska to Ushuaia [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Bathgate (to Airdrie) No More

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    Sculpture “Legs” by Doug Cocker If you’ve never cycled on the old railway route between Bathgate and Airdrie you’ve missed the chance for some Central Scotland moorland solitude – and a few sculptures. The recreation of an extra Edinburgh to Glasgow rail link is proceeding well. The cyclepath was closed last year [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 6:21am EDT
    by chdot

  • Green Passport to TreeFest

    Cycling promoters ChangingPace have organised the third Green Passport Day on the North Edinburgh Path Network. This one is designed to encourage people to walk or cycle to this year’s TreeFest. On Sunday (19th July) ChangingPace will have a stall where people can bring their Passport for entry into a prize [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 7:36am EDT
    by chdot

  • He Didn’t Mention Cycling

    UPDATE – TEXT OF SPEECH  NOW ONLINE The sight of a well heeled, white, Western, very conservatively dressed man hardly conveys the impression of eco/class warrior or radical anti-capitalist. Prince Charles’ appearance on last night’s Dimbleby Lecture will have reassured some and turned off others. But it’s the words that count. They were [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2009, 5:42am EDT
    by chdot

  • Chris Hoy Wins Again

    This year’s winner of The Edinburgh Award is Sir Chris. (Press release) “The Edinburgh Award was set up in 2007 to recognise an individual’s outstanding achievements and contribution to the city of Edinburgh. The winner is selected by a judging panel chaired by the Lord Provost, with representatives from all political [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2009, 3:55am EDT
    by chdot

  • “IS THE GOVERNMENT SERIOUS?”

    That’s the question Scottish cycle campaign groups are asking this morning. Spokes (Edinburgh) and Go Bike (Glasgow) are handing out leaflets to delegates at the transport, technology and climate change conference in Glasgow. The handout contains a selection of quotes – e.g. “Transport is the poorest performing area in terms of sustainable development” and, [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 5:06am EDT
    by chdot

  • “Smarter Ways Forward”

    Photo Colin Howden Smarter Ways Forward is the latest report from transport pressure group Transform Scotland Trust. It’s 50 pages of detailed research into the results of various measures, north and south of the border, encouraging people to walk, cycle and take public transport. It highlights the ongoing problems and some of [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 7:14pm EDT
    by chdot

  • “investment in walking and cycling is declining”

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    That’s the sad, but very understandable, conclusion of Transform Scotland after reading the Scottish Government’s new Climate Change Delivery Plan. Press release in full - “ Responding to today’s launch of its Climate Change Delivery Plan, Transform Scotland have criticised the Scottish Government’s plans as being unambitious on transport. Colin Howden, Director of Transform [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 10:47am EDT
    by chdot

  • Free Breakfast – Courtesy of the Council

    In the morning (Wednesday) there’s the annual Spokes Bike Breakfast, at the City Chambers, as part of Bike Week. From 8.00 there will be orange juice, cofffee, bacon, rolls and scrambled eggs. In addition there will be stalls from organisations like Spokes, Sustrans and Transform. There’s “free chain clean and lube from Edinburgh [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
    by chdot

  • iPhone 3.0 Week

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    Not everyone has, wants or could afford to have an iPhone, but they can be of great use to cyclists. At a basic level it’s a ‘phone, with text, e-mail and (almost) full web access. So it’s ‘your office in your pocket’ and means, if you have a flexible work [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 6:12am EDT
    by chdot

  • Velib Comes to Capital

    Photo sidewaysbike Yes that looks like Edinburgh’s Rose Street, but of course it’s Dublin. (More photos on Velovision Forum by Sideways Bike inventor Michael Killian.) London is due to be next and Edinburgh – one day, maybe. City of Edinburgh Council is actively looking into the idea – having seen the success [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 5:33am EDT
    by chdot

  • Bike Week Film Festival Starts Today

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    Edinburgh’s Filmhouse plays host to the Bike Week Film Festival for the 4th time this year.  Tonight there’s the chance to see Dave Sowerby’s sensational YouTube video hit, Inspired Bicycles, showing off the exploits of talented Edinburgh based rider Danny MacAskill on the big screen. Danny is on a non-stop 24 day [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2009, 6:32am EDT
    by chdot

  • Will WNBR Happen In Edinburgh this Year?

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    Edinburgh isn’t very good at doing mass cycling events that are wildly successful elsewhere. On the last Friday of each month thousands take to the streets in more than 300 cities across the world in local Critical Masses. Here it’s just a few people, maybe. Similarly with WNBR.  70 cities have [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 6:48pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Cycle Speedway International Comes to Edinburgh

    Scotland’s only Cycle Speedway club, Edinburgh Falcons CSC, is hosting the Home International on Saturday. Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will compete elbow to elbow, (it’s a contact sport), at the red bleas Rebraes track (map). Thrills and spills in fast four lap heats. Tapes up 2.00 (admission FREE). [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 5:38pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Cycling Could Boost Rail Use

    Photo of Barrhill Station © AJ Kirkham A new report, Ayr-Stranraer rail regeneration study, has been published by Transform Scotland, the “national sustainable transport alliance”. Paul Tetlaw, Chair of Transform Scotland, said:  ”Ayr-Stranraer is Scotland’s forgotten rail line. It has great potential but is currently greatly under-valued and under-utilised.  The railway has for too [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 6:59am EDT
    by chdot

  • “Much more commitment is required to boost cycling and walking”

    Four Scottish organisations with an interest in ’sustainable transport’ (Ramblers Scotland, Sustrans Scotland, Transform Scotland and Living Streets Scotland) have had a letter published in today’s Herald newspaper in response to a recent Herald editorial. Under the heading “Unsustainable policy” the paper argued that “Scotland boasts one of the most ambitious targets in the [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2009, 6:55am EDT
    by chdot

  • Opportunities to Promote Cycling

    Cycling in London is on the increase. Periodically there are Public Transport strikes which result in more people trying cycling. The London Cycle Campaign has reacted to the latest strike (due to close the Tube tomorrow evening for two days) by launching a simple web site giving advice to people thinking about [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 7:53pm EDT
    by chdot

  • See “Age of Stupid”

    Several chances to see Age of Stupid in and around Edinburgh in the next few weeks. On Thursday (11th) it’s at Davidson’s Mains Parish Church (7.30) Saturday (13th) it reaches Dunbar Parish Church Hall (7.00) A week on Sunday (21st) it’s in Porty – St. Philip’s Church Brunstane Road North. 7 .00  ”Tea [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 7:18am EDT
    by chdot

  • Spokes Appeals to Swinney

    Veteran (31 years and still going strong) local cycle campaign group Spokes has written to the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, continuing its campaign for increased investment to encourage more people to cycle. (PDF) It’s not many years since the case would have to be made for [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2009, 5:06am EDT
    by chdot

  • “Darlings in Darlington”

    News of new film about cycling in Darlington. Story – Copenhagenize.com – The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog. [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2009, 4:39am EDT
    by chdot

  • It CAN be done

    It’s only two weeks since City of Edinburgh Council signed the Treaty of Brussels which ‘committed’ it to making cycling account for 15% of journeys by 2020. It’s a fabulously ambitious target, but not impossible.  Since then the Council has been backtracking a bit and is talking about it being “aspirational”. Meanwhile across the [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 5:13am EDT
    by chdot

  • citycycling .issue 48 – Now Online

    Includes participant’s report on last Saturday’s folding bike race. [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 3:19am EDT
    by chdot

  • Cycle East Lothian – Sea, Art, Food

    Just east of Edinburgh is East Lothian. A county of contrasts, (once known as Haddingtonshire), it is mostly rural with rich arable on the flatter land near the coast and sheep grazing on the slopes of the Lammermuirs. The extensive coast has a fishing tradition which remains today and also [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Bike Week Looms

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    Less than a couple of weeks away it’s that annual celebration of cycling that adds a few extra organised rides to the streets of the Capital – and elsewhere throughout the UK. Find your nearest ride (and a range of other events) on the official Bike Week web site’s Google map. Some [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 7:07pm EDT
    by chdot

  • citycyclingedinburgh ‘team’ ready to race

    .citycycling editor .ant robson waits in the Grassmarket pits for this evening’s folding bike race. (Full programme) Unless the heat cools a lot he’ll wish he hadn’t worn those trousers! Racers are supposed to ride in ‘businesswear’ but judging by previous races (in London) many will be wearing shorts. He is in [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2009, 2:26pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Rapha Ride Today

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    Photo Ben Ingham (from a series available as prints) As a prelude to this evening’s Nocturne racing in central Edinburgh part sponsor/organiser Rapha is organising a ride around the city. Rapha is a successful upmarket cycle clothing brand which is trading on a mixture of style (with a distinctly retro/nostalgic feel) and [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2009, 6:09am EDT
    by chdot

  • Copenhagen Comes to Edinburgh

    Maybe. Anyone familiar with the web site Copenhagenize.com (a celebration of cycling in a city that has taken bikes seriously for years) will probably have come across Copenhagen Cycle Chic ”Streetstyle and Bike Advocacy in High Heels”. Originally a photo record of well dressed, normal, people (mostly female) going around the Danish capital in [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2009, 6:14pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Edinburgh Council Signs Cycle Treaty!

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    City of Edinburgh Council is often criticised for the gap between its (sometimes lukewarm) pro-cycling rhetoric and the realities in the streets. Manifesto pledges for a ‘model cycling city’ are, so far, little more than words. Things may be about to change. Fairly new Head of Transport Marshall Poulton travelled to [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 9:20am EDT
    by chdot

  • Places Left for the Folding Nocturne

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    Fancy racing around the centre of Edinburgh – legally and without traffic? The Nocturne Series is coming to Edinburgh on Saturday. Unless you’ve already signed up, you’ll only be able to watch the ‘proper’ racing on the course which starts and finishes in the Grassmarket and takes in the climb (and cobbles) of [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 7:35am EDT
    by chdot

  • This is Progress?

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    The contraflow has been removed from George IV Bridge to reveal a brand new pavement, a drop-off bay for the hotel and a short section of hard to reach cycle lane. [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 5:55am EDT
    by chdot

  • You Might Be Surprised By The Answer…

    “Winner of The Congress for New Urbanism CNU 17 video contest. This short film explores the connection between New Urbanism and environmental issues.” – Copenhagenize.com The solution doesn’t seem to involve bicycles! [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 6:13pm EDT
    by chdot

  • More needs to be done for “Vulnerable Road Users” – Official

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    Photo blackpuddinonnabike Improving Road Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists in Great Britain is a new report from the National Audit Office. It reports that “the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured fell from 2000 to 2004, but rose again by 11 per cent from 2004 to 2007, despite the amount of [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2009, 5:42am EDT
    by chdot

  • citycycling .issue 47 – Now Online

        citycycling .issue 47 – may 2009. [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Saturday Morning Ride to IKEA on the Cargo Bike

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    Photo copenhagenize.com Of course we’re not talking Straiton here. “Saturday Morning Ride to IKEA on the Cargo Bike” is the latest post on the famous/delightful/groundbraking (sic) blog copenhagenize.com (subtitle “Life in the World’s Cycling Capital”). Remarkably the photo shows various similarities with the stretch of dual carriageway at Burdiehouse where cyclists are encouraged [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2009, 5:58am EDT
    by chdot

  • Very Cheap Summer Travel

      National Express East Coast has just e-mailed its customers (or is that potential passengers?) with details of its latest cheap ticket offer. NXEC (it’s still so much easier to say GNER) is letting people travel up and down the East Coast Main Line for a mere £9. The image shows seats [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 4:10am EDT
    by chdot

  • Not Seeing Red

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      GOOD NEWS. City of Edinburgh Council is due to spend £19m on road repairs in the current financial year. (Evening News story). According to the News “road chiefs have agreed to focus their efforts on residential streets due to the already “exceptional” level of roadworks in the city centre as a [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 6:35pm EDT
    by chdot

  • 2,000,000 Views and a New Web Site Too

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    A week ago Danny MacAskill was a name known to his friends, family, some customers in Macdonald’s Cycle Centre (where he used to work), a few of the people who have seen him working with The Clan Team and those in the BMX/skate/Trials Bike scene (mainly in Edinburgh). Now due to [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 3:31pm EDT
    by chdot

  • No Tram for Roseburn Corridor

    City of Edinburgh Council’s Head of City Development, Dave Anderson, confirmed on Radio Scotland this morning that Line 1b will not be going ahead ‘for the foreseeable future’. This controversial route was planned to branch from the tram line currently being built through the city. The spur (the previous plan for [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 2:57am EDT
    by chdot

  • Big Fun on Saturday

      Edinburgh Falcon’s cycle speedway base at Redbraes Park is hosting a Big Bike Family Fun Day on Saturday (25th) between 11.30 and 3.00. As well as the opportunity to try cycle speedway there will be a range of activities to watch and do. (More details) In addition there will be a free, [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 7:56am EDT
    by chdot

  • Government Cycle Policy Published

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      The new “National Cycle Policy Framework” has been published. “ Our vision is that all cities, towns, villages and rural areas will be bicycle friendly. Cycling will be a normal way to get about, especially for short trips. Next to walking, cycling will be the most popular means of getting to school, [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 5:59am EDT
    by chdot

  • Video Views Reach 1m

    Photo tdave Edinburgh’s star street rider Danny MacAskill is not only highly skilled he is now ‘world famous’. Overnight the great video shot by Dave Sowerby received its millionth hit (9 a.m. tally - 1,138,271 views). That other Scottish sensation Susan Boyle is getting more viewers – but she has had the benefit of appearing on a mainstream [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 4:13am EDT
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  • Single Speed Sports

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    Photo sindändùne Yesterday a man on a bicycle with one gear (in Edinburgh) was an Internet sensation – he even featured on BBC Scotland radio and tv news programmes. It was just the latest example of a world wide return to a certain simplicity – bikes with one gear. In the 20th century such [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 3:00am EDT
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  • Edinburgh Bike Video Runaway Success

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    Danny MacAskill is well known for his extreme bike handling skills. His creative approach to using Edinburgh’s urban assets is striking. It’s easy to find videos of his trick riding on the web. Now there is a new one shot in recent months by Dave Sowerby. As a rider himself (some history) he [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2009, 6:38pm EDT
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  • It’s Open!!

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      It’s more than a year since Rodney Street Tunnel was strengthened and ‘finished’. Now the path has been laid and lighting fixed. In addition a new surface has been laid on the steep ramp up to Scotland Street. One of the first users works in Henderson Row and is happy to use [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2009, 7:53am EDT
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  • CycleStreets Goes LIVE!

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    Cambridge cycle campaigners Martin (front) and Simon have every reason to look pleased with themselves! They have just pressed the button to remove the password protection on CycleStreets.net. The pair were also responsible for the seminal Cycle Journey Planner in Cambridge produced because of their computer programming skills and active involvement [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 12:25pm EDT
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  • Google Street View Arrives

    Last year car mounted cameras toured streets in Edinburgh (and 24 other UK cities). At last the results (Google Street View) can be viewed on-line. Really quite impressive - unless of course you’ve been photographed somewhere you’d rather not have been… Faces may have been blurred but your distinctive bike won’t have been! [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 7:29pm EDT
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  • Another 20 miles

    Edinburgh is fortunate to have a wide range of places to explore in the city, its suburbs and surrounding countryside. It’s possible to devise routes using mostly off-road paths and quiet roads. There are various groups organising rides to suit most sorts of cyclists including TryCycling (usually 5 to 10 miles) [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 7:06pm EDT
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  • Hoy Stands Up for Mental Health

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    Superhero Chris Hoy is on a roll - the medals, the knighthood, the cheesy cameos in TV adverts for breakfast cereal! He is in demand - personal appearances, game show panellist, big figure sponsorship opportunities etc. The pressure must be immense - and that’s not counting the training schedule required for [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2009, 7:50am EST
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  • Chris Wins Again

    Another prize for the rider who started track racing in Edinburgh. Will it persuade those responsible for the Meadowbank Velodrome that a replacement should be a priority? There will now be even more Edinburgh youngsters who want to have a go and maybe join Edinburgh Racers - but they’ll have to wait ’til [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2008, 4:37pm EST
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  • Spokes Counts

      The autumn Spokes cycle count coincided with a bright calm day. As cycling in Edinburgh is firmly on the increase, expect numbers to be higher than twelve months ago. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 2:55am EST
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  • Spokes Calls for Cyclists

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    At the end of European Mobility Week (on In Town Without My Car Day) Spokes will handing letters to political leaders at both City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government asking for more investment in walking and cycling. If you want to join this short campaigning ride, assemble in West Parliament [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2008, 6:45am EDT
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  • Have Your Say on Cycling

    The Cycling Action Plan for Scotland (CAPS) roadshow rolls into Edinburgh tomorrow (Sat 13th). It’s at the St James Centre from 11am until 5:30pm. “Do you want more cycle paths? Subsidised cycling? More cycle clubs in your area? Or have you never considered getting on a bike? Whatever your views, we want to [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2008, 2:55pm EDT
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  • Sustrans Boss Welcomes Green Passport Day

    The new Green Passport Day next Saturday (September 20th) has been welcomed by Sustrans National Director for Scotland John Lauder: “Events like this are a great idea. Sustrans’ vision is a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. With the continued expansion of [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2008, 6:59am EDT
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  • Yellow Bus Report Encourages Cycling

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    The Yellow School Bus Commission has issued its report today. It concludes that a widespread, America style, system of school buses would reduce ’school run’ traffic congestion and have positive effects on pupils and the environment. It is also clear about other methods of getting to school: “The Commission strongly believes [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2008, 6:31am EDT
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  • Cycle to the Smiddy

    This month’s 20 Milers ride will visit the Cousland Smiddy - a restored Smith’s Cottage and 18th century Smiddy building - which is only open a few days a year. As usual the ride will leave the top of Middle Meadow Walk (by the two Police Coffee Boxes) at 10.30 on Saturday [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
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  • Commuter Challenge Volunteers Wanted

    Once again Edinburgh is to have a Commuter Challenge as part of European Mobility Week. For the past few years the destination has been Princes Street.  For 2008 (Friday 19th September) it will be the newly opened, almost tranquil, St. Andrew Square gardens - complete with cafe. Participants will set off from each [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
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  • CyclingEdinburgh in The Scotsman

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    CyclingEdinburgh was asked to comment on cycling provision in relation to the recent success of Chris Hoy. It’s in today’s paper - on-line (if you have a Premium account).   and here - Every summer, for a couple of weeks, streets and courts are awash with ‘Wimbledon effect’ racketeers. There are plenty of tennis [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
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  • Velodrome Honour Irony

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    After Chris Hoy’s third Olympic gold medal today, Glasgow City Council has announced that it intends to name its new velodrome after him. Chris Hoy is an Edinburgh native who learnt his initial track riding skills on the Meadowbank Velodrome. This was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games and used again [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2008, 11:09am EDT
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  • Even More Cycling on TV

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    In the week when Britain’s cyclists (including Edinburgh’s Chris Hoy) are doing rather well at the Olympics, there’s a completely different type of cycling on BBC1. First shown in Scotland several months ago, the story of Mark Beaumont’s amazing record breaking round the world trip is on four nights this week [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
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  • It ISN’T Leith

    Hopes of Council officials and cycle campaigners have been dashed. Leith is not one of the lucky winners in the Scottish Government’s Sustainable Travel Demonstration Communities project. City of Edinburgh Council’s bid was based on the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership area. Various proposals were put forward to encourage walking and cycling. Much needed [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 10:19am EDT
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  • English Stations Encourage Cycling

    Thirty one railway stations in England have been chosen in a pilot “to encourage rail users to use environmentally friendly forms of transport when travelling to and from station”. “Over the next nine months, extensive passenger research will be carried out at pilot stations to understand how and why passengers choose [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2008, 7:10am EDT
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  • Shop Promotes Cycling

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    Richard Dowsett has been running his cycle shop for just over a year. He has just produced a short video (just over a minute) which promotes his shop - and cycling in Edinburgh generally. Previously known as Great Bikes No Bull, the Leith Walk shop has been rebranded as Leith Cycle Co. He explains [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2008, 8:48pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Cycle Speedway Today

    Edinburgh Falcons Speedway Club is at home to Astley & Tyldesley today 2.00 at the track at Redbraes Park (map). Spectators welcome (free). [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2008, 8:01pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Weekend of Cycling Possibilities

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    The great thing about cycling is that (assuming you have a bike!) it can be done anytime, (almost) anywhere, on your own or with others. This weekend there are several things to take part in or watch (this is a small selection). On Friday evening you could go along to the foot [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2008, 7:08pm EDT
    by chdot

  • “A Georgian Razzmatazz at Redhall Walled Garden”

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    If you’ve been to Redhall Walled Garden (normal opening 9am-3pm, Monday to Friday) before, you’ll know what a delightful, tranquil place it is - especially at mid summer. When it has one of it’s Open Days there’s even more fun to be had. This year it’s billed as a “Georgian Razzmatazz“. “There [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 7:02pm EDT
    by chdot

  • UK’s First Official Cycling City

    Bristol has just been declared the “UK’s first official cycling city”. It will now receive a significant proportion of the £47m on offer from Cycling England’s Demo Town fund. Of course this particular money (from the UK Government) is only for English local authorities. 74 applied, 19 were shortlisted and now [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 4:36am EDT
    by chdot

  • Film Fest Final Day

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    BWFF organiser Maggie Wynn listens to Jacquie Phelan Another successful Bike Week Film Festival finishes today with two showings. At 1 o’clock there’s 24-Solo about World Champion Chris Eatough - a “rare glimpse into the personal life of the sport’s most successful 24 Hour racer is a rollercoaster of energy and emotion”. After [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 6:55am EDT
    by chdot

  • Let the Festival Begin

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    Pioneering Mountain Biker Jacquie Phelan waits for the first film in the Bike Week Film Festival and practices her banjo. She appears in Klunkerz (Friday) and Hardihood (Sunday) and will be answering questions afterwards. [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 2:52pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Tag a Photo, Win a Prize

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    Photo taken at the Shore by blackpuddinonnabike The internet is a dangerous, wonderful place - full of weird ideas and images. Like almost anything, it can be used in good and bad ways! This site wouldn’t exist without free (and easy) WordPress software. The ever changing strip of images on the [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 5:44am EDT
    by chdot

  • It?s Bike Week

    It officially starts on Saturday and gets off to a flying start in Edinburgh on Thursday with the Bike Week Film Festival. The opening event is also a book launch for ‘Heroes,  Villains and Velodromes: Chris, Hoy and the British Cycling Revolution’ by Richard Moore, to be published by HarperCollins on [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2008, 8:44am EDT
    by chdot

  • East Lothian Art Cycle

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    It’s 3 Harbours Arts Festival time again. All sorts of interesting and unusual events to watch and take part in. This year for the first time there’s an organised ride along the Prestonpans Murals Trail (Google map). This is part of “Pedal Power day” in Prestonpans on Saturday. “We will have [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
    by chdot

  • Spokes is 100

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    Or at least its Leaflet/Bulletin has just published the hundredth edition. (See all the covers on Flickr.) As well as all the usual news of successes (often due to the letters and e-mails of Spokes members) and failures (usually Governments’ - at all levels - inability to take cycling seriously), there’s [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2008, 6:37am EDT
    by chdot

  • It Might Be Leith

    City of Edinburgh Council is through to the next round of the ’sustainable travel community’ bid process with its proposal for the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership area. “It is a partnership project with Local Authorities to reduce car dependence; increase physical activity; reduce emissions and congestion; and promote sustainable places. Activities might [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2008, 5:25pm EDT
    by chdot
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