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Specialist Retail Partnership with e-cargo and e-trike/bike shop in Edinburgh. Also in Strathardle, Scotland. On Insta, FB and the other place people are flitting from! www.laid-back-bikes.scot (updated / refresh) Brands: Urban Arrow, ICE, Nihola +

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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 8h
This Sunday, 11am to 2pm, at Pavilion Cafe, Meadows, Edinburgh. Your chance to try out this model of cargo bike and others.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2026 street 'furniture' in Marchmont is changing. • New 'smart' post boxes from privatised Royal Mail company. ✉️ 💌 (Using correct Scottish crown with no royal initials here of course!) • VOI city rental bike park and van man replenishing batteries. Arguably city's biggest public transport upgrade.
Royal Mail Scotand 'smart' parcel post box on Warrender Park Road.VoI bike park maintenance on Warrender Park Road.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Van-free UA delivery is convenient with a Brompton folding bike. Goes in through rain tent side window with room for extras. @edfoc.bsky.social
Black Urban Arrow cargo bike with pink/orange Brompton folding bike inside passenger box.Strava map and info for delivery of cargo bike. 10.91 miles in 52 minutes. Elevation gain 270 feet.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can't beat a cargo bike fly by. St Peter's Place still closed at junction but bikes can get through cones with care or access canal via the ramp. Open today for all flavours of Urban Arrow and more. 🍧 🍨 Repairs and maintenance during week by Joe's Bike Garage. Details on our homepage.
Urban Arrow family cargo bike crossing canal bridge at Viewforth. Black Urban Arrow in foreground.Urban Arrow Breeze longtail e-cargo bike outside Luca ice cream parlour in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's something lovely when all three buses we rely on (71+E11+E1) run late at same time. 😆 Means plenty of time to cross the many highways around Dundee! Lovely evening for travelling electric (first 7 miles diesel). Trip up had two bikes booked on board. One E-bike, one manual. @spokes.org.uk
Ember e-bus at Slessor Gardens, DundeeThe 'City of Discovery' with V&A in background.Interior of Ember e-bus with space for a booked wheelchair or bike in foreground.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mobile sun beds are(n't) trending! 🌞 But... the two or three wheeled reclined format allows a solar array to go where it needs to. A decade of Voyage Solaire events prove it can be done. Azub from 🇨🇿 Czechia cover in link. Pleased to be dealers for this innovative company! www.azub.eu/vale-vale-fr...
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Vale Vale from Kilian Weigand and his Solar-Powered Journey to Asia | AZUB recumbents
After Sun Trip 2024, Kilian Weigand embarks on a 200-day solar-powered ride from Germany to Turkey on an AZUB Ti-FLY X recumbent trike.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 28/09/2026
🚲 edi.bike | issue 164 | 28th Sep '26 ‘How we could turn Edinburgh into a real cycling city’; Edinburgh Delivery riders unveil a Fair Work Charter; Minto St to Craigmillar Park Corridor; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky #edinburgh
A person rides a bike up a sunlit street in the evening; a pedestrian waits to cross outside of a classic pub frontage for ‘The Conan Doyle’ with a black facade and golden trim, with hanging plants outside. The weather is dry, and in the background we can see rising sandstone and glass shops and offices under a blue sky, as well as the steps leading up to a cathedral building as passers-by pass by.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's another world down Jamaica St. 🍺 🍻 Is the fire on?
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Q. How low can you go? Last decade we shifted quite a few of these red metallic folding Sprint 26 models from Inspired Cycle Engineering (Not yet on BlueSky 😞). Still available in 2026 with or without a motor. A. Around 25cm seat height with excellent stability and visibility. (Model for sale)
ICE Sprint 26. Non electric folding recumbent trike from 2014. Urban Arrow Flatbed transporting folded ICE Sprint 26 trike.
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Merchiston Districts Community Council @merchistoncc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚣🏽Sunday 27th September 12-5pm “end-of-season” event for traditional Rowing Boats on the Union Canal Try the boats and enjoy the stalls with Tea/Coffee/Cake & Raffle (with great prizes!) 📍On the canal towpath, opposite Ashley Terrace Boathouse Info & booking: www.eucs.org.uk/2026/09/even...
Four identical posters printed on different colour paper, advertising the final day of rowing boat hireA traditional boathouse is seen reflected in the water of the union canal. People walk on the path and a large willow and colourful bunting hang overhead
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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Want a simple measure of walkability for your city? Really know your councils travel priorities? Where to visit for a grass green walkable paradise? Or to keep away from sewer brown car dominated concrete sprawls. You heard of the Bigmac Index, now we have the Decathlon Index… decathlonindex.app
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The Decathlon Index
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Labour MSPs agreeing with the SNP and Greens on this. Sad to see the Liberal Democrats actually voted against Scotland's right to decide!👎 This from a party that once believed in home rule and currently enthuses on rejoining the European Union ! 🇪🇺
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Flown out of Edinburgh with separable reclined tandem twice. Once to La Rochelle and second time to Copenhagen to go up into Sweden. Didn't have time to go overland. £500 million pound development! 💰 One of the larger public transport projects. Could electrify a railway for that!
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you own a cargo bike (or trike) then please drop by to share your experience of how it's benefitted your family or work transport needs. ❤️
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On Wed lots of other two wheelers on A93 to Braemar. (54miles round trip). Recliner = low energy = comfort, plus only fun road bike I have 😆! Steepest bit slow but Strava average. Downhill rapido. Av 14.5mph twice by Glenshee Ski. Well done to Peak Tour LeJoG riders 80 mile ride slogging up north.
Glenshee Ski Centre with M5 CHR parked against snow pole.The Bothy, Braemar cafe and takeaway.Old military road near Braemar heading south towards Cairnwell.Strava board of time taken to ride over Cairnwell by those that care to use Strava. Fastest are crazily fast. 350 riders in 2026 so far.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Was it haddock? Did you have salt & sauce? 😆 Good to do that and great that the train is there from Dunbar to let you do an evening ride. Time on a bike is never wasted. 👍
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You did however break free ⛓️ from the chain gangs and tackle Talla ahead of the crowd. 👏 👏 👍 Your Optma didn't need to draft of course, as aero profile way lower than uprights saving you lots of watts. Did you not average 23mph + !? Optima moved on to UAs. Parts box arrived this week with logo.
Optima label on Urban Arrow parts box.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Agree that there is something nice about sailing down the Forth. Also loved cycling out to Rosyth and going to Zeebrugge and cycling onto Amsterdam years ago. If the new offering had been to Esbjerg then campervans from England may have driven here on way to other parts of Scandinavia?
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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Bike bus is back again tomorrow, Friday 18th! 🚲 🚌 😻 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-...
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Cycling Bus - Blackford Safe Routes
Bike bus calendar for the 2026/2027 school year – always on Fridays! – 21st August– 4th and 18th September– 2nd and 23rd October– 6th and 20th November*– 4th and 18th December*– 15th and 29th January*...
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Talking to Dutch & German tourists in Highlands it seems that Scotland's port is Newcastle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Without traffic to & from Scotland, DFDS would miss a substantial chunk of revenue. From a public transport and 🚴‍♀️ point of view it's a PIA to get to. But bikers and campervanerati just love to drive. 😞
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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 17/09/2026
A huge and growing majority of journeys in Leith are by sustainable means - walking, biking or by bus and public transport. Investment in trams, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and bike lanes pays off.
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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland @sccscot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
'Parliament votes to pause hyperscale data centre applications until guidance is in place AND all are to be required to do Environmental Impact Assessments.' A huge step in the right direction 🙌 Read more on @aprscotland.bsky.social's full press release: aprs.scot/press-releas...
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Parliament votes to pause data centre applications until guidance is in place - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
Parliament votes to pause hyperscale data centre applications until guidance is in place AND all are to be required to
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 17/09/2026
📺 New on our Youtube channel: a video about Summerhall upgrades, safety problems, and teething issues — www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWiR... #Edinburgh #bikeSky #EdTravCyc
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edi.bike: Summerhall Upgrades and Issues, September 2026
YouTube video by edi․bike
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Signs of renewables are everywhere in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 . Signs of renewal less so. Perth station must be one of the most decrepit city stations on ScotRail's network? One access ramp closed this morning. Leaky gutters and general neglect. Too many diesel trains surrounded by surplus electricity.
Station view of Perth.Massive wind turbine towers at Leith for offshore windfarm.Prime agricultural land beside Bridge of Earn hosting solar panels.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yesterday was helping at a big horse + People's Procession event from Holyrood Park up the High Street. Spotted a couple of our cargo bikes, taking families into park. Shop UA can also be seen parked in last shot. Ideal for keeping extras & packed lunch! Spent day being asked about buses & toilets!
Horses at Holyrood after the Edinburgh Riding of the MarchesCycling family with two bikes on cycleway in Holyrood Park.Nihola ekectric Family Trike in Holyrood Park.Chinese an Ukranian participants at the 2026 People's Procession.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Right. All will be revealed soon no doubt.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Chain is well hidden. The power side will go through a chain tube direct to right side of a Rohloff. Left side of hub links to a rear axle with differential I think. Chain return is guided up into a level tube beside frame with idlers to direct. Not a PERS chainless bike yet (as some ICE trikes are)
Hase sociable tandem Kettwiesel.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Kettwiesel just got bigger and more sociable. LB have been Edinburgh dealers for this innovative German marque since 2010. Currently have their other Pino tandem on order. 🇩🇪
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 12/09/2026
#SpokesComp ends Sunday 🙋 We'd love more entries from Non-Members! -> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot @jarlathflynn.bsky.social @sw20.info @d4cae.bsky.social
screenshot of bluesky post about the competition

Entries "Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route"picture of West Lothian bike mapPRIZES FOR THE 2026 COMP

Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff

    Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum
    Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip
    Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit
    Edinburgh Bicycle £50 Edinburgh Bicycle voucher
    Camera Obscura Family ticket [2 prizes]
    Filmhouse – prize of 2 tickets
    Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire
    Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hire
    Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire
    Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher
    Water of Leith Visitor Centre – £10 cafe voucher
    Spokes £1000 voucher* towards cargo-bike purchase
    Spokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase
    Spokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps

    RUNNERS-UP Spokes map or Edinburgh map-buff
spokes Edinburgh map cover
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Veloe offer a decent spec with Shimano equipment at competitive price point. Other colourways available with Bosch. Choose between Multi and Multi Lungo. Made in Milan 🇮🇹
Graphic showing both Veloe models in Espresso colours.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday caught up with one of our reclined trike users (with e-assist) & joined them for an 18 mile cycle into Glen Isla. Coffee & cake at the Glenshee (Lair) Cafe. Cycled 15 miles to cafe at 17mph av + 7.5 miles back 19mph av. M5 CHR a lot of fun to use. Non electric but low energy (sometimes!).
Glenshee Cafe with tractor and reclined bike parked in front. Reclined e-trike with loch and boathouse in background.Strava route to cafe via Bridge of Cally.Profile of route into Glen Isla and back from Glenshee.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 07/09/2026
🚲 edi.bike | issue 161 | 7th Sep '26 Bike Station fundraising after flash flooding; Spokes push back on unambitious Princes St plans; Byelections deliver two more cycling councillors; Transport Committee agenda review; events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...
Three bicycles are locked to a wavy orange cycle parking rack in bright sunshine, in a sandstone courtyard under blue skies. There is cafe seating and a rusted iron planter with long grasses.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
People want stuff. I used to think it was just junk food but modern economy is all about delivering quickly. If it wasn't bikes, would be something else. Some places have pavements cluttered with robotic delivery caddies. Would rather have imperfect humans (like all of us). @workersobservatory.org
Guardian article about bike delivery 'gig economy'.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You're right of course. The bike time is very fast due to £1 million spent on Roseburn Link with a ride along the NEPN - a former rail track. If a tram had been put in then it could possibly match cycle time and beat bus on path - but a longer walk to a stop to board tram? 🤔
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yesterday had to do a pick up at the Western and drop off a gluten free prescription for Mrs LB. • The day before it too over 30 mins to do the journey one way using a No. 22 bus with short walk. 🚌 • Yesterday it took half the time on the shop e-cargo, including a detour to Tollcross pharmacy.⚡️🚲 👍
Fast bus journey listing from Google.Faster bike journey infographic from Strava.Bike parks at Western General Hospital Edinburgh. Another red cargo bike parked at further away stand. A green Urban Arrow in foreground.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There's no doubt that cycling would be poorer without @spokes.org.uk In the pre-web era they were central to getting things done and having some fun events too. Our daughter loved BikeFest in the Meadows around 2001. Ten years earlier Spokes campaigned to lift the ScotRail bike ban. Images (c)Spokes
Image of 'BikeFest' cycle parade on Princes Street in 2001. These were often led by 'Gandalf' on his home built recumbent bike. Image from Spokes Lothian display board covering the lifting of the ScotRail bike ban in 1991.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
☆☆Joe's Bike Garage☆☆ would approve! 👍 Our resident bike technician has a mission to keep older e-bikes viable. Sometimes seen on pre-2012 Bosch Classic step-thru with rack battery which he rescued and got re-programmed to work. The Nihola must have a few kms on its basic Shimano Steps set up now?
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Off road to Glen Tilt via Gleann Fearnach. Track gets rough then dissappears beside loch. 😆 But a decent non electric 29'r is the way to get through - light enough to carry. Wee paddle through river with boots hung on bars. Then easy run down to Blair Atholl for ☕️ 🍰 & back by Pitlochry & Moulin.
Grassy track with bike alongside going towards Beinn a' GhlòTough non-cycling route between glens. Glen Tilt48 mile map of route around Southern Cairngorms.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 03/09/2026
🗳️ If you’re registered in Craigmillar/Porty or Southside/Newington don’t forget to vote in the City of Edinburgh byelection today!
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 31/08/2026
🚲 edi.bike | issue 160 | 31st Aug '26 Even ‘the world’s worst cycle lane’ works; ScotGov under-delivery on Active Travel Investment; our August ‘Full Council’ Meeting Roundup; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/iss…
A muckle pile of haphazardly parked cycles and helmets lean jauntily on security fences and white pickets, atop a patch of grass inside a festival venue embedded in parkland; there are kids bikes, adult cycles, child seats and a prominent large multicoloured wall painted purple, orange, green and blue.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We don't get many 'Frozen' models here. Internet build for local family. Yes it is a toy but it seems to be liked. Bendy plastic brakes. 'Disney' work that well. 😆
Huffy 'Frozen' theme childs bike. 😆 'Frozen' themed bike.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Veloe Lungo Multi heading out. New customers living out east. ❤️ Steps Assist. Steel frame made in 🇮🇹 Italy. 24" front 20" rear •Polisport MIK system rear seat. •Basil MIK system front basket (Rabbit secured with zip ties)
Velo Multi cargobike.
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Edinburgh Bus Users Group @edinburghbug.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
EBUG at Holyrood next Tuesday www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-... Our written evidence at the link (above). The session will be on www.scottishparliament.tv and a written report one or two days later.
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The Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Your occasional reminder that your children can pedal with you too. From 2009 onwards we sold a few Circe Helios tandems. A brilliant short, adjustable tandem (generally unpowered). Also with cargo rack extra to swap with stoker saddle. Now though the market wants longtails like the Breeze it seems?
Circe Helios separable compact tandem with Steps E-assist.Urban Arrow Breeze longtail cargo bike with Bosch E-assist.
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Edinburgh Critical Mass @edcriticalmass.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As well as tonight, we have the regular Saturday Critical Mass ride, this time to Portobello. Getting out of the city while the Festival is on and getting some ice cream at the beach!
a poster advertising the monthly Critical Mass ride on Saturday 29th August
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Livin' on a prayer! 😆 Bon Jovi are playing on an Edinburgh Festival Friday. The trams aren't fully functional. Buses are stacked up in George St. 🎶 🎵 New UAs needed moving to storage near Haymarket. Borrowed Brompton was handy to carry along with extras. Colleague does have big s/h van but non LEZ.
Map of urban cycling routes from Marchmont to around Haymarket.Brompton folding bike with Urban Arrows.Brompton folding bike with accessory boxes loaded on an Urban Arrow cargobike.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Corridors Assessed... 4.4 The SBC (Strategic Business Case) focussed on eight key corridors... 4.4.1 A90 Forth Road Bridge to Edinburgh City Centre; + seven others ★The Ember bus merged past traffic and used bus lane to Barnton. Was 25 minutes late at Queensferry St. - left Dundee 4 minutes late.★
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Public transport priority meets driving reality at Cramond Brig. Now being overtaken by cyclists. 😆
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
First time on an Ember bus using old Forth Road (public transport and cycling/ walking) Bridge. Traffic jammed up on the new Queensferry Crossing. Bus running late on M90. Festival and Bon Jovi Murrayfield concert coincide. 🌙 🌚 🌔
View of Queensferry Crossing bridge from Ember bus.View of Forth Rail Bridge from Ember bus.
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Leamington Lift bridge is planned to be a centre feature of developments around the canal. A favourite cut through by cyclists heading towards Meadows. Architects impression of 'Leamington Square' project. (c) 7N Architects
Architects impression of Leamington Square project. (c) 7N Architects
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