Maybe time for another human-bollard event, but this time guiding cyclists towards the middle of the lane, away from the new kerb...
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The official account for the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling, find out more at https://edfoc.org.uk/
It seems City of Edinburgh Council have realised paving over a drain isn’t the smartest idea.
UK receives Grand Départ Trophy ahead of 2027 Tour de France cyclingindustry.news/uk-receives-... The UK has received the Grand Départ Trophy from Barcelona, confirming Britain’s status as the next host of both the men’s and women’s Grands Départs in 2027.
UK receives Grand Départ Trophy ahead of 2027 Tour de France - Cycling Industry News
The trophy was presented on the Tour de France final podium on the Champs-Élysées in Paris by this year's Grand Départ host, Barcelona, with Jaume Collboni, Mayor of Barcelona, handing it over to Brit...
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We’re aware of a local seller of an Urban Arrow CargoLine (Kiox) electric cargo bike: 🚲 2000 miles ⏳Bought in Oct 2022 🎁 Comes with Rain Cover, box mat, box cover and GPS tracker fitted. If interested, we can put you in touch. Let us know.
Temporary signage already been in hit by a motor vehicle. What happens when it blows over? #EdTravCyc
#GreyfriarsBobby Temporary #SummerTimeStreets wider footway Valuable BUT severe 🚲dangers unless mitigated 🙋 Solutions possible - and vital -> @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @edinpl.bsky.social @edi.bike @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social
SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 3mo ago#SpokesCount 🚲 up everywhere! 🚲 31% of citybound #ForrestRoad 🚘 single-occupancy 👇 -> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/05/spok... ?Reasons 🤔 #VoiBikes 🤔 #CostOfLiving @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social
🚲 edi.bike | issue 156 | 3rd Aug '26 A creative reallocation of jeopardy on George IV bridge; North Bridge reopens with ‘car is king’ layout; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-156-3rd-aug-26/ #edinburgh #bikeSky
The fact they put the dead space hatching and the pedestrian refuges back exactly as they were rather than widening the pavements and squeezing the lanes together at the bare minimum is absurd.
The Edinburgh Reporter@edinreporter.bsky.social · 4d agoWhat do people think about the North Bridge reopening? Work to repair the 19th century North Bridge took much longer, and was more expensive, than anticipated....
Simply love the reopened North Bridge, where Edinburgh Council took advantage of eight years of works to put active travel and pedestrians first
The classic Edinburgh red chips but no red tarmac approach, almost entirely invisible in the wet and dark (never mind daylight) to "define" cycling facilities, paired with painted markings that turning vehicle traffic will wear away in months. Might as well not have bothered.
Franca@applefranca.bsky.social · 2w agoDid a little detour on my errand to have a look at this. Chances of anyone working out what to do from the road markings are slim to none, I would say
🤔 "Won't buy what I can't try!" We know the cargo market is crowded so happy to let potentials try out our equipped Urban Arrows inc Breeze. Sold with double bench but our demo has easy-mount MIK childseat & front bag for mixed age 'cargo'. You choose where seats go! Super comfortable. @edi.bike
Rails to Trails: the thread about how North Edinburgh got its cycle paths threadinburgh.scot/2026/06/01/r...
Rails to Trails: the thread about how North Edinburgh got its cycle paths
On this day, 40 years ago, a councillor cut the ceremonial ribbon and opened a section of cycle path in north Edinburgh. This was a rather special bit of cycle path however as it hadn’t been …
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"I Only Want to Ride This Now! Intradrive GD8 First Ride" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1osH... Some might recognise where this was filmed 😉
I Only Want to Ride This Now! Intradrive GD8 First Ride
YouTube video by Alex Bike Tester
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🙋 #job with #ParentsForFuture --> goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP... - deliver our #ActiveTravel & #CleanAir project in 10 #Edinburgh schools - increase active/sustainable travel; set up #WalkingBus & #BikeBus - deliver #AirPollution awareness @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social
Danny MacAskill has been at it again www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... Pro Riders vs Impossible Bike Obstacle Course Race,
Pro Riders vs Impossible Bike Obstacle Course Race
YouTube video by Red Bull Bike
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More cities need to plan bike-lane networks like this video.canadiancivil.com/w/mcSKHiJJCZ... If Edinburgh doesn't want to learn from Europe, maybe it could learn this from N America...
More cities need to plan bike-lane networks like this
Most cities have long-range plans to build more bike lanes. But how many of them are building those plans with transportation in mind, rather than recreation? This video explores what may be the st...
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👍 #GreyfriarsBobby footway widening 🤔 We trust #cycling safety will be included, or will be very nasty pinchpoint on busy 🚲route .. we have asked @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social
10 reasons your anti-cycling ranting just sounds daft, even if some people are nodding along irishcycle.com/2026/07/27/1...
10 reasons your anti-cycling ranting just sounds daft, even if some people are nodding along
Comment & Analysis: When you see as many of them as I do, you start to think that anti-cycling rants are tedious, boring and often just daft — and clearly some people are repeating rants …
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Brompton World Championship returns with expanded 2026 event cyclingindustry.news/brompton-wor...
Brompton World Championship returns with expanded 2026 event - Cycling Industry News
Riders will compete across 10 qualifying heats, each featuring around 75 participants. The fastest 75 men and 75 women will progress to their respective finals, where the 2026 Brompton World Champions...
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Voi electric hire bike schemes approach major milestones in Edinburgh and Glasgow www.scotsman.com/news/transpo... The soaring popularity new electric hire bikes has been confirmed by operator Voi revealing it has clocked up nearly 1m rides in each city less than a year after their introduction.
Voi electric hire bike schemes approach major milestones in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Extra 200 bikes being added in both cities
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🚲 edi.bike | issue 155 | 27th July '26 Disruption for Trams to Newhaven sees Voi bike fleet increased; Work on the Causey finally begins; Summerhall upgrades land with a bump; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-155-27th-july-26/
Lovely story about getting used to a cargo bike for work. And now there's one less car on the road!
SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 2w ago☹️ "I was completely reliant on my car ..." 😍 #Puppeteer Elspeth is now super-happy with her @ternbicycles.com thanks to a Spokes #cargobike grant Info--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/ad... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @tragiccarpet.bsky.social @thomdibdin.bsky.social
Police admit mistake over destroying eBike and agree compensation cyclingindustry.news/police-admit...
Police admit mistake over destroying eBike and agree compensation - Cycling Industry News
West Midlands Police have reversed their decision to prosecute a Birmingham cyclist and have agreed to compensate Birmingham Bike Foundry after wrongly seizing and destroying a legal eBike worth £6,50...
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I'm a firm believer that if your "straightforward", "simple" street layout requires a 1 minute instructional video to try and explain what the ambiguous signs and all that paint on the road wants you to do, it's not nearly as straightforward and simple as you imagine it is.
The City of Edinburgh Council@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 2w agoTwo stage right turns for cyclists have been introduced on Summerhall. This will make it safer and easier for cyclists to turn right onto Hope Park Terrace and from the opposite direction on Summerhall, right onto Melville Drive.
Critical Mass tomorrow 2pm Middle Meadow Walk! Join us for our monthly friendly protest ride. We will go towards Braid Hills, through two modal filters that will unfortunately be removed soon.
☹️ "I was completely reliant on my car ..." 😍 #Puppeteer Elspeth is now super-happy with her @ternbicycles.com thanks to a Spokes #cargobike grant Info--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/ad... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @tragiccarpet.bsky.social @thomdibdin.bsky.social
![Elspeth's report [+ pics of the bike and of her on the bike]
In Spring 2026, Spokes granted me £1822.50 towards the purchase of a Tern Quick Haul and accessories from Soul Cycles.
I am an art therapist, puppeteer and group facilitator based in Edinburgh and I have been self-employed since 2016. My practice revolves around working with children and young people with a focus on creativity and wellbeing. In my current working pattern, I am in a different school or community venue everyday and was completely relying on my car to get me to these places. I usually have kit with me, such as art materials, and this was too heavy to carry on a bus. Recently, I have noticed more cargo bikes in the city and know a couple of people who have them so I started thinking about whether this would work for me. Staff at Soul Cycles told me about the Spokes Cargobike fund and I was elated to find out that I could get financial help to make this idea a reality.
My Tern Quick-Haul (Meryl Steep) has made my commute to work so much more enjoyable and with the Clubhouse Mini and Storm Box Mini accessories, it has the perfect carrying abilities for my kit. Parking a bike has been much easier than finding parking for a car and I feel better about the environmental impact of my travel. The bike, especially when fully loaded, is very heavy and it took some getting used to riding it and navigating it into my hallway in the evening. However, I am getting better at loading the weight evenly and more practised at steering it into awkward spaces. I found the gears a bit crunchy at first, but took the bike for its one month courtesy tune-up at Soul Cycles and they sorted it out. Now the Quick Haul is riding very smoothly and helping me get some vitamin D and fresh air on my way to work.
Having just been on holiday to Sweden and Norway, I am envious of their cycling infrastructure and how cycling is much more normalised in Scandinavia. I used to think Edinburgh was too hilly for me to cycle, but ha…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ood4k4wojq5jku2zl3myqco/bafkreid7mx3py6oscwilfmja2qjhtvocgjrhf6zj5nqu6f6czwq76ovz6m)
How the gravel cycling craze is transforming tourism www.bike-magazin.de/en/tours/eur...
New tour concepts: How the gravel cycling craze is transforming tourism
Gravel biking and bikepacking are opening up entirely new opportunities for tourist regions – but they are also causing headaches. The first regions are now venturing into this arena with innovative c...
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British Cycling and Lloyds have launched Sofa to Saddle, a free app-based programme designed to help more people start cycling and build confidence on the bike bikebiz.com/british-cycl...
British Cycling and Lloyds launch free Sofa to Saddle app to get more people riding - BikeBiz
British Cycling and Lloyds have launched Sofa to Saddle, a free app-based programme designed to help more people start cycling and build confidence on the
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6 free pro mechanic tips to make your bike last longer www.bikeradar.com/advice/works... Top tips to help you get the most out of your kit for as long as possible and save some money along the way
6 free pro mechanic tips to make your bike last longer | BikeRadar
Bike parts aren’t cheap so here are some top tips to help you get the most out of your kit for as long as possible
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