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Edinburgh Critical Mass

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A shorter ride through the New Town this month. Beat the January blues and ride with us for safer streets!

Edinburgh Critical Mass
New Town Trail
2pm Saturday 31st January
Middle Meadow Walk

January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

Pedal on Parliament is back!

Sat 30th May 2026. A mass ride from Middle Meadow Walk #Edinburgh to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, starting from 11:30.

Pedal on Parliament #pop26 @pedalonparliament.org · 9d

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

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

January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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🎁🚲Gift Sustainability & Health!🎄✨
Wee Spoke Hub vouchers support:
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💪Healthy, active lifestyles
🔧Cycle or wheelchair maintenance
🔹£25 & £50 options
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🔹Use on repairs, accessories, refurbished bikes 🚴‍♂️
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Ornament of Santa on a bicycle next to a sticker quoting ‘riding for people and planet’ on a sparkly backdrop (from glitter card rescued from a public bin, of course).

December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM

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SpokesLothian

@spokes.org.uk

Sat 29 Nov, 3-4pm #TheCausey

Free ☕ + check your 🚲 by @weespokehub.bsky.social

Also @edcriticalmass.bsky.social ride ends there (meet 2pm Middle Meadow Walk)

@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @steveamburgess.bsky.social @simitakumar.bsky.social @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social

Poster by The Causey about free bike maintenance Sat 29 Nov, 3-4pm

Map of Critical Mass ride, Meadows to The Causey via city centre

Map showing the Causey location, West Crosscauseway

November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM

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SpokesLothian

@spokes.org.uk

#Tram consultation - Spokes submission

--> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🙋 You have till midnight Monday for your own response!
HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

@edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Intro...

Tram, Granton to Bioquarter consultation
Spokes Planning Group response, November 2025
1. Introduction
Spokes has the objective of promoting cycling as part of an overall sustainable transport and access
strategy. As such, we support a growing tram system for Edinburgh, provided cycling is well catered for in
the project design and operation.
The aim of the tram is to reduce car traffic, and to head off potential traffic growth in development areas
such as Granton and the Bioquarter. If successful, this is a huge benefit to walking and cycling, as well as its
benefits in terms of congestion, public health and climate. However, the project should be accompanied
by complementary measures to further encourage use of public transport and active travel, for example
bus gates, traffic filters, and, notably, congestion charging. It is well established that traffic reduction is best
achieved by a carrot/stick combination.
The tram project must support and promote active travel as a whole, and cycling in particular, and must not
introduce additional dangers without effective mitigation. The Council has ambitious targets to increase
cycle use, much of which must come from novice and inexperienced cyclists, as well as visitors and locals
using an expanding bike hire scheme. As such it is essential that there is a safe, comprehensive and
connected bike network of segregated bike lanes and low-traffic areas, easy and safe to use by anybody,
and with any kind of cycles - including cargobikes, adapted bikes, hire bikes, etc.
Introducing the tram should be seen and planned from the outset as an integrated sustainable transport
place making project, not a tram-only project into which cycling and walking have to be slotted in once all
the tramline decisions are taken as happened with tramline 1 and to a considerable (though lesser) extent
in the Newhaven extension.

The Bridges corridor is hugely problematic..

8. City Centre to Bioquarter
Top issues
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The section through North and South Bridges is of extreme concern to Spokes, with no cycle provision, new tramlines and continued through traffic on a road where width is at a premium. This is making cycling provision far worse than in the current bus lanes. The project should include a bus gate / modal filter (as was planned, though never implemented, as part of the Spaces for People proposals ) potentially single track sections (like at Roseburn) and fully segregated cycle provision, or consideration to tram tracks on one side of the road and a bidirectional bike path on the other. For the reasons in the following two bullet points, many cyclists will continue to use this corridor - our above section on Bikes and Tramlines notes that Princes Street as a good example of this, with many choosing not to use the quieter George Street when it is less direct or lacks desired destinations. Thus cycling conditions must be safe.
●
Whilst alternative north-south routes for cycles are proposed in the consultation, these would not suit all journeys, with many cyclists using the Bridges to travel between South Edinburgh and Leith given the more suitable gradient and directness than the Mound. And whilst there is a brief reference to the proposed Meadows to George Street route on the west side of the Bridges, there is no reference to the east side, where the Mobility Plan suggests a new active travel bridge connecting from the Old Town to Leith Walk. Such projects must be an integral part of the tram project provision including during the construction phase, also providing a permanent legacy of improved provision once finished.
●
The Bridges corridor is a major residential, shopping and destinations location, and many cyclists use it for that reason; indeed many live along or just off the corridor. Routes via the Mound or Pleasance are irrelevant as alternatives for these categories of user.…

linking the North Ed Network to the new canal path without descending and re-ascending - a transformative opportunity - diagram.

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Connecting Roseburn to the new Canal link path - The sketch below shows a possible layout for this crucial linkage. The yellow dotted line shows a ramp down to Russell Road, but this is possibly optional if it would cause engineering difficulties, given that most people will stay at high level, whilst those needing to descend or ascend could do so at Roseburn or at the nearby ramp to the new canal path. Finally, we understand that earlier discussions with Network Rail did not meet objections to a bridge provided that all necessary clearances are achieved.

Picture of single-track shopping-street tram in Amsterdam

November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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Thanks @edcriticalmass.bsky.social! It took us about 20 mins to respond to the #Edinburgh #tram consultation. Roseburn Path guidance was helpful:

www.savetheroseburnpath.com/consultation...

Edinburgh Critical Mass @edcriticalmass.bsky.social · Nov 16

The tram consultation closes tomorrow so if you have any views about the project and how space in the city is used, now is the time to be heard.

consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

Trams from Granton to Edinburgh BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Beyond - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council

consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk

November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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Thanks for these #tram #consultation link reminders @drmhartl.bsky.social. Deadline to respond: Monday 17 November - that’s tomorrow! 😬

www.savetheroseburnpath.com/consultation...

Dr Mark Hartl @drmhartl.bsky.social · Nov 9

Just responded to the #Tram #consultation to voice my objection to building it along the #RoseburnPath in #Edinburgh - deadline 17 November 2025.
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

Information and useful guidance from the Team at
www.savetheroseburnpath.com

November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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So much fun to be part of this ride!
💡🚲🌟 Thanks @infrasisters.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social @andycatlin.com 😃

Andy Catlin @andycatlin.com · Oct 24

How Friday Ends: another brilliant @infrasisters.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight ride through #Edinburgh in partnership with @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Rides 👍 (including support from an unexpected glowing juggler 😀)

A cyclist riding at night with a large banner attached to their bike which reads "Glow Ride"

A group of cyclists at night looking at a juggler who is performing with illuminated clubs

A group of cyclists passing Edinburgh Castle at night

A large group of cyclists riding in a group at night

October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

So happy to support @infrasisters.bsky.social Our Streets, Our Nights! Friday 24th October 7:30pm meet at Middle Meadow Walk #Edinburgh 🚲✨Light up your bike (and yourself!) and join a leisurely ride around the centre of Edinburgh. More here:
www.infrasisters.org.uk/post/our-str...

InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · Oct 20

Our lovely friends at @weespokehub.bsky.social are coming along on Friday with tools and expertise to help with any unexpected issues.

And if you pop into their shop between 13.00 and 18.00 on Friday, they'll also do a free safety check on your bike!

📍 13 Guthrie Street Edinburgh

A double sided shop frontage with bikes, accessories and signs, together with a pride flag.

October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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🎦 Do _you_ and your bike 🚲want to be in the music video sequel to OUR STREETS?

The sequel is called _Amsterdam_ and it's being shot in #Dalry #Edinburgh today (Friday 19 Sept). 😊

Be at the Dalry Lidl car park in time for 16:45 to join the fun!

Our Streets video (3 mins):
youtu.be/qhtrIWBuoAg?...

A person with a bike, holding a sign that reads "Bikes are the answer". The person is standing beside a busy city street. The background shows old buildings (1890s), and an improbably blue sky.

September 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

To all our customers and supporters - this is what Guthrie Street #Edinburgh looks like today. 🤔

The only notice was this yellow sign, sorry we didn't know sooner! @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social the company who closed the street off appears to be Class One Traffic Management.

Guthrie Street with yellow sign saying ‘Road closed here from 0800 to 1700 on 13/09/25 for 2 days’.

Blue cherry pucker in Guthrie Street, which had been closed.

September 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

🚲🍂 Lots of cycling training dates for September! 🍂🚲

Book your tickets (link in bio)👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-spoke-hub-by-shrub-coop-76333207123

Cycling training levels:
🌱 Absolute beginners
🪴 Introduction to on-road cycling
🌳 Advanced on-road cycling

#Edinburgh #ActiveTravel #BikeRepair

September 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

Do you wish you could cycle to work?
We will help make it happen!

#Edinburgh #Scotland #BikeBuses #BikeBuddies #CommuteByBike #CommuterBikeBuddiesAndBuses #EverydayCycling #GetOnYourBike #ActiveTravel #CyclingCommunity #CyclingCommuter #InclusiveCycling #CyclingEdinburgh

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Vote for our cycling project!🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm 🕚

Do you wish you could cycle to work? Know a someone who would try if they had a bit of support? Whoever is dreaming of that refreshing cycle commute, we will help make it happen!

Next slide

What’s in it for me?

Our Commuter Bike Buddies and Buses project (CBBBs) will support you, your friends, and your colleagues to commute by bike, bringing communities together along the way.

For those who cycle already - this will be a great opportunity to help others reach their goals, to get involved with your local community, and to show support for safer cycling infrastructure.

🚲The impact
- Direct reductions in transport emissions
- Creating community activity around pro-environmental behaviour
- Generating wider interest in active travel

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So, how can I help?!

1️⃣ Join ECCAN for freewww.eccan.scot/join-eccan
2️⃣ Vote for our project (A6) www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting
3️⃣ Rank 3 projects in each category for your vote to count
4️⃣ Share this post with your community and relatives

🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm 🕚

This is a Wee Spoke Hub and SHRUB Coop project. We are partnering with Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign, and Edi.Bike

August 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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Vote to help us get funding!
🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm

So, how can I help?!
1️⃣ Join ECCAN for free www.eccan.scot/join-eccan
2️⃣ Vote for our project (A6) www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting
3️⃣ Rank 3 projects in each category for your vote to count
4️⃣ Share this post with your community and relatives

August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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Want more cyclists? A re-velo-lution? Bike-Buses with 18 wheels?

Wee Spoke Hub applied for ECCAN climate action funding, and YOU can vote.

www.eccan.scot/join-eccan

You have several votes, so you can...

Vote for Wee Spoke Hub❣️

... AND for some of the other (frankly awesome) projects out there.

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August 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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We’re back at #edbookfest #repair #Edinburgh until 3:30pm Sunday 17th! Bring your bike for a free safety check, and today only 📣 claim a free 🚲 gift card when you visit us to learn to fix an inner tube. What’s not to like. 😃📚Repair Sheds schedule here:
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Edinburgh Book Festival Repair Sheds with bicycles-down in foreground.

Wee Spoke Hub gift cards next to Edinburgh Book Festival programme booklets.

Two people seated, fixing a bicycle wheel.

August 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

Good morning #Edinburgh! We’re at #edbookfest today, Sunday 10th 10am-1pm. 👋🏾 Join us to learn the lost art of inner tube repair. 🚲🛞 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Edinburgh Book Festival events book next to a potted plant.

Wee Spoke Hub volunteer wearing a red Shrub re-use shirt with an Edinburgh Book Festival facilitator’s pass.

Repair Shed schedule for 10 August 2025 showing Wee Spoke Hub on 10:00-13:00.

August 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

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☀️ Lots of events planned at the @weespokehub this month! ☀️

Bookings 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-sp...

🛠️Swing by our shop Wednesday-Saturday 1pm-6pm to get your bike serviced or check out our refurbished bikes!🛠️

#QueerFriendly #BikeRepair #InclusiveCycling #DIYBikeRepair #EdinburghEvents

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 2 - Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 5 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 7 - Bike DIY Session
Fri 8 - Advanced on-road cycling

Following dates on next slide

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 9 - Introduction to on-road cycling
- So... you’ve bought a bike! Q&A with our mechanic
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 12 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 14 - Bike DIY Session

Previous dates on the previous slide.
Following dates on the next slide.

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Fri 15 - Introduction to on-road cycling
Sat 16 - Advanced on-road cycling
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 19 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 21 - Bike DIY Session

Previous dates on the previous slide.
Following dates on the next slide.

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 23 - Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 26 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 28 - Bike DIY Session
Sat 30 - Puncture repair workshop
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling

Previous dates on the previous slide.

August 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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Build confidence for cycling on the road! August cycle training slots in #Edinburgh now available at Wee Spoke Hub. 🚲 Book here: www.shrubcoop.org/events-at-wsh

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Book now for August".

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Advanced on-road cycling".

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Introduction to on-road cycling".

July 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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One of the many benefits of working at the Wee Spoke Hub: you get to wrap up long-distance unicycles!

This lovely unicyclist (NL🇳🇱) had just cycled from #Aberdeen, and needed his #unicycle wrapped for the #Eurostar - for environmental reasons he doesn't want to fly @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

A unicyclist with a blue unicycle standing in front of the Wee Spoke Hub workshop.

The same unicyclist (in front of the Wee Spoke Hub) with what is probably the same unicycle, completely wrapped up to the wrapping standard required by Eurostar.

July 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

Look what just arrived at the Wee Spoke Hub! Stitch it, don’t ditch it. 📚🌍 We like bikes, but just for today, this is our favourite stock item. 😍 #repair #upcycle More on #EdinburghStreetStitchers here:
linktr.ee/stitchitdont...

Book called Stitch it, don’t ditch it available at Wee Spoke Hub.

Authors Jeanna and Mary holding copies of their book: Stitch it, don’t ditch it.

Wee Spoke Hub with the books in the entrance and a bicycle parked outside.

July 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Wee Spoke Hub

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Happiness is a coffee shop next to a bicycle shop. Welcome to Guthrie Street #Edinburgh, Longhope Coffee! Their coffee is excellent, pastries yum and service fantastic. ☕️🚲😃 Well worth a visit next time you bring your bicycle in for a service.

Wee Spoke Hub with bicycle outside, next door to Longhope Coffee.

Pastries in foreground with barista making coffee in the background.

Flat white coffee and espresso, beautifully prepared.

July 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

@walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

The weekend is upon us so why not get out with your little one and their bike and get them going without stabilisers?

Our blog has some great tips that'll get them pedaling in no time 🚴‍♀️💨

👇 www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/get...

Teach a child to ride a bike without stabilisers in nine steps

A nine-step guide put together with the help of Sustrans' experienced school officers, to help you teach a child to ride a bike without stabilisers.

www.sustrans.org.uk

July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM

Wee Spoke Hub

@weespokehub.bsky.social

☀️ This month again we’ll be there to help you level up your own cycling maintenance skills ☀️

Can't make it this month or tickets are sold out? Most of our events recur weekly or monthly, check out our Eventbrite for more dates and information! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-sp...