Edinburgh Festival of Cycling

Maybe he could try doing a few days as an Amazon delivery driver as well...

photo of Kate with new Brompton on her rail commuter journey

Part of Kate's entry, including picture on Forth Bridge bike path... 5. If doing it as a there-and-back route from Edinburgh the Honeypot cafe in South Queensferry is lovely. Lo ok at all of the single track roads and paths in Dalmeny Estate and take a different route home. Highland cows and their calves are a particular treat in late summer. 6. On days when the weather plays fair, my commute home is the best part of my job. Crossing the Forth Road Bridge, the view always stops me. No matter how many times I’ve seen it, the wide sweep of water and sky makes me feel lucky to live here. Often my colleague and friend Tom rides with me. We always stop on the bridge, take in the view, and let the working day fall away. From there the route drops into Dalmeny Estate. The lanes are car-free and quiet, lined with trees and fields where highland cows and sheep graze. Pheasants dart out and, for a while, the pressure of the day is replaced by simple rhythm — turning the pedals, moving forward.

more from Kate's entry; pictures of cows & landscape At Cramond Brig we pause again, a small ritual that gives us time to catch up outside the hospital walls. Those moments of conversation and quiet are as important as the ride itself. The Roseburn Path then carries us back to the city, busy with other cyclists heading home. There’s a kind of shared purpose, even without words. The new link to the canal makes the route flow easily, and by the time we reach Bruntsfield Links the ride feels more like a privilege than a commute. The last stretch, past James Gillespie’s school and down into Morningside, is quiet and familiar — a gentle end to the journey. I work as a paediatric radiologist, and the job brings its own intensity. Families depend on the decisions I make, and the responsibility can be heavy. But this ride — when the weather gives me the chance to take it — restores perspective. It makes me grateful: for the beauty just outside my door, for work that matters, and for the chance to share the journey home with a friend.

😍 #SpokesComp prizewinner #KateThomas won a contribution to a @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social

"My new #FoldUpBike! No trouble getting this guy on the #train - my #commute is so much less stressful"

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photo by Vanessa Berrie of ghost bike before, starting to go rusty

photo by Jo Walsh after restoration by Infrasisters

👍 Great work @infrasisters.bsky.social renewing #portobello #ghostbike for #StuartElliott & #HeatherStronach

[Junction redesign needed asap]

@edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social @chrismurraymp.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

The important bit: It starts in Edinburgh 😉😄

Everything you need to know about the 2027 Tour de France Great Britain Grand Départ | BikeRadar Routes, reaction and more for the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grands Départs from the UK

Everything you need to know about the 2027 Tour de France Great Britain Grand Départ www.bikeradar.com/features/rac... Routes, reaction and more for the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grands Départs from the UK.

Is Eurostar’s policy for transporting bikes really that ruthless?  | BikeRadar We decipher Eurostar’s rules and regulations on taking your bike on one of its train services

Is Eurostar’s policy for transporting bikes really that ruthless?
https://www.bikeradar.com/features/qa/eurostar-policy-for-transporting-bikes
@BikeRadar decipher Eurostar’s rules and regulations on taking your bike on one of its train services

Orbea recalls Avant road bike models due to fork that could "crack and break" | BikeRadar Spanish bike brand recalls entry-level road bike

Orbea recalls Avant road bike models due to fork that could "crack and break" www.bikeradar.com/news/orbea-a... Spanish bike brand recalls entry-level road bike

What the world can learn from Paris’s cycling revolution momentummag.com/what-the-wor...

Can we get Edinburgh Councillors to listen?

A useful thread to understand why 15-minute cities are a good idea and why there is so much misinformation being spread about them

YouTube video by Markus Stitz - Bikepacking & Cycling Adventures The Best Season - Winter bikepacking in Norway on an e-cargo bike

The Best Season - Winter bikepacking in Norway on an e-cargo bike www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvpx...

Sad to see that Eastside Bikes will close [permanently] on Saturday 7th Feb eastsidebikes.com

ScotGov draft budget 26/27: Active Travel obfuscation www.spokes.org.uk/2026/01/scot... When the smoke and mirrors are removed, it seems likely that total funding for active travel will actually fall slightly in cash terms, and, as a % of total transport, from 4.3% in 25/26 to less than 4% in 26/27.

New York cyclists protest ride

Idaho : cyclists protest ride https://bsky.app/profile/theidaho97.bsky.social/post/3mdrillmn222j

Midwest cyclists protest for Alex Pritti despite -20C https://bsky.app/profile/biking4freedom.bsky.social/post/3mdqtktj2vs2k

Seattle cyclists protest ride https://bsky.app/profile/meadekrosby.bsky.social/post/3mdqovwbu3k2x

#USA cyclists #RideInUnity 🚲🚲

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A round, blue street sign depicting a white icon of a bicycle is affixed to a wooden planter filtering a road; we see the sign in close-up against the brown panelling of the wood, with some gently overhanging ivy and other plants growing from the top of the unit. In a hazy backdrop are the tops of sandstone buildings and the profile of hills beyond.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 130 | 2nd Feb '26

Scottish Budget Spin, Smoke and Mirrors Hide Huge Active Travel Underfunding; ‘Monster Bikes’ Bill gets First Parliamentary Reading; Transport Committee Round-up; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

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#edinburgh

Europe's 10 best cycling events: stay motivated with these epic rides | BikeRadar The best cycling events from across Europe, including the Mallorca 312, Paris-Roubaix Challenge and Gran Fondo Mont Ventoux

Europe's 10 best cycling events: stay motivated with these epic rides www.bikeradar.com/features/rou... The best cycling events from across Europe, including the Mallorca 312, Paris-Roubaix Challenge and Gran Fondo Mont Ventoux

Cycling UK statement on BTP bike theft policy reversal Cycling UK has released a statement following the British Transport Police's reversal on a recent bike theft investigation policy.

Cycling UK release statement on the British Transport Police reversing its bike theft policy bikebiz.com/cycling-uk-s...

Start of Spokes budget article... ScotGov draft budget 26/27: Active Travel obfuscation The ‘Level 4 spreadsheet’ accompanying the Scottish Government’s draft budget shows Support for Active and Sustainable Travel rising by an incredible 66.3%, from £135.8m in 25/26 to £226m in 26/27. This has been widely commended. However, when the smoke and mirrors are removed, it seems likely that total funding for active travel will actually fall slightly in cash terms, and, as a % of total transport, from 4.3% in 25/26 to less than 4% in 26/27. How can such an apparantly good news story be so misleading? We discuss this in detail later below, but, in summary… the big combined rise in Active and Sustainable looks likely to be for Sustainable (specifically, bus infrastructure) whilst Active looks likely to fall the quoted £135.8m for Active and Sustainable is misleadingly low, which makes the 66% increase to £226m look misleadingly high.

#ScotBudget

#ActiveTravel 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 falls below 4% of total transport

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/01/scot...

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Screen capture of the council committee webcast, showing the deputee

Map showing the rat run, highlighted in red

Fantastic deputation today at Edinburgh council’s Transport & Environment committee from Royal Park Terrace residents

They’re asking for a modal filter* in their street to prevent rat-running - a street that includes a school & care home & suffers from intrusive traffic trying to bypass London Rd

BikeBiz January Sector Guides: Bike Storage - BikeBiz BikeBiz takes a look at the latest bike storage from some of the leading brands in our latest sector guides.

BikeBiz takes a look at the latest bike storage in our latest sector guides from some of the leading brands, including M-Wave, Delta and EVOC bikebiz.com/bikebiz-janu...

Cycle project delivers £100million+ in social value and saves NHS millions; prompts renewed calls for long term investment - Cycling Industry News While the trade is at the moment less predictable than we'd like, a welcome reminder of the reliable benefits of cycling to the nation (and the Exchequer) has arrived in the CIN PR newsbag. The latest...

Cycle project delivers £100million+ in social value and saves NHS millions; prompts renewed calls for long term investment cyclingindustry.news/cycle-projec...

Yes, very true, but having one on the Meadows would have been very handy last autumn when the original post was posted 😉

Beginner’s Guide To Planning A Cycling Tour www.willcycle.com/2022/08/09/b...

"An extremely sad day": Sonder Bikes' owner Alpkit enters administration but "in advanced talks" with potential new owner Chief executive blames "incredible challenges" facing the business, including "rapid cost inflation" and new trade barriers

"An extremely sad day": Sonder Bikes' owner Alpkit enters administration but "in advanced talks" with potential new owner
road.cc/content/news...
Chief executive blames "incredible challenges" facing the business, including "rapid cost inflation" and new trade barriers...

If any community group is interested in how to get a hold of one (or more) of these, we now have contact with the manufacture 😉

Along a sandstone wall outside of a school; dozens of children’s bikes and scooters of all shapes and colours are lined up along some cycle rack parking and beyond. The ground is dry and it has clearly been a popular day to wheel to school.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 129 | 26th Jan '26

Pedal on Parliament 2026; Joint Active Travel Manifesto; January Transport Commitee Agenda; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-129-26th-jan-26/

#edinburgh #bikeSky

Bike bus is back again tomorrow, Friday 23rd! 🚲 🚌 😻

We ride in a group, making sure everyone is included and kept safe.

Details and dates of all the rides for this school year:

blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/jgps-travel-...

A large group of people, including children, on bikes of all sizes cycle through a green space. The text reads: Pedal on Parliament - Save the date: 30th May 2026, 11.30am - #PoP26 - Meadows to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-friendly Scotland

We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads.

#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26

Rather than reserach looking at tweets or posing hypothetical situations people know will never be implemented, consider the 'natural experiment' of what happens with actual cycling proposals in Edinburgh. It could certainly be argued that more consultation is the last thing we need.

Exploring public discourse about new cycle lanes and low-traffic neighbourhoods using Twitter/X data
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X25001462
• 36,696 UK tweets on cycle lanes and LTNs over four years were analysed.
• Tweets were analysed using Sentiment Analysis and […]

Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X25002236
• Public support was found for cycling infrastructure and traffic restrictions.
• Segregated bike lanes were […]