Pedal on Parliament Edinburgh 26/04/2014
Only a month to go!
Surely one for the MacRetro rides calender, and looking back in a few years will hopefully turn out as having been an epic of a different kind.
http://pedalonparliament.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/591776797576322/
(not the social media type but if it was not for my token presence on facebook I would not even know this was happening)
While the aims are in my opinion waaaaaay toooooo tame it's still a step in the right direction and any campaign for better cycling infrastructure has got to be worth supporting.
So come along and show your support for better cycling infrastructure.
Bring family and friends, spread the word, tweet, share on facebook, if you'r a member of a cycling club get it included in the club calender and a notification sent out on the club e-mail list. Put up a poster on the notice board tea room if you work in a large organisation. etc. etc.
I'm not usually one for demonstrations, or asking people to promote them but I have to say i'm a bit shocked at how little publicity for this I have seen.
I'm sure I had seen more about it, and much more in advance last year. Apparently 4000 folk made it last time.
I think it needs at least 10 times that to even get more than just notice as an interest so small it can savely be ignored.
I would not want it to shrink, what signal would that send, so although I have no connection to the organizers I'll be putting a bit of time into trying to spread the word.
I'm not a member of any other cycling forums. are there any other cycling fora that have a Scottish section/area group or some such where I could post this?
Last year I had to abandon my plan to take part last minute so i'm determined to go this year.
With start time, current fitness levels, and commitments the previous day, cycling their from Selkirk with the kids camping for 2-3 nights as originally envisaged won't be an option. So I'm planning on parking in Fort Kinnaird and cycling along the innocent railway to the Meadows if anyone wants to join me.
Only a month to go!
Surely one for the MacRetro rides calender, and looking back in a few years will hopefully turn out as having been an epic of a different kind.
http://pedalonparliament.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/591776797576322/
(not the social media type but if it was not for my token presence on facebook I would not even know this was happening)
While the aims are in my opinion waaaaaay toooooo tame it's still a step in the right direction and any campaign for better cycling infrastructure has got to be worth supporting.
So come along and show your support for better cycling infrastructure.
Bring family and friends, spread the word, tweet, share on facebook, if you'r a member of a cycling club get it included in the club calender and a notification sent out on the club e-mail list. Put up a poster on the notice board tea room if you work in a large organisation. etc. etc.
I'm not usually one for demonstrations, or asking people to promote them but I have to say i'm a bit shocked at how little publicity for this I have seen.
I'm sure I had seen more about it, and much more in advance last year. Apparently 4000 folk made it last time.
I think it needs at least 10 times that to even get more than just notice as an interest so small it can savely be ignored.
I would not want it to shrink, what signal would that send, so although I have no connection to the organizers I'll be putting a bit of time into trying to spread the word.
I'm not a member of any other cycling forums. are there any other cycling fora that have a Scottish section/area group or some such where I could post this?
Last year I had to abandon my plan to take part last minute so i'm determined to go this year.
With start time, current fitness levels, and commitments the previous day, cycling their from Selkirk with the kids camping for 2-3 nights as originally envisaged won't be an option. So I'm planning on parking in Fort Kinnaird and cycling along the innocent railway to the Meadows if anyone wants to join me.
