Putting health and environmental reasons to one side for a second, I’m really struggling to see how cycling can be more expensive than driving in this context…

We have a gazelle cabby that has bolt in mounts for maxi cosi mount baby seats. Dead easy as it is the same system as for many buggies and car seats. The mounts bolt to the frame of the cabby so could probs be attached easily to a ply box or similar.

If you get a proper Dutch bike then you won’t need to do anything. Even if it is 40 years old. I have one that gets left outside every day and night, does 8 miles every day, yet is still zero maintenance. Hub brakes and gears, chain case, dynamo, mudguards blah blah blah. Most parts are stainless, and ace mudguards keep everything that isn’t clean and rust free. A cable adjustment is literally all that really ever gets done. Oil the chain once a year maybe.

its probably 35 years old. I recovered it from a garden where it had been lying for a number of years. Air in the tyres and off it went.

If you find one that wasn’t that cheap in the first place, from one of the proper brands (gazelle, batavus etc), it’ll just work. And keep working.

Oh yeah. Unisex frame FTW

eg

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183350058650

Jam is ace.
Jammy pieces are ace.
What’s not ace, are the dafty roasters that use jam jars as cutesy hipster drinking vessels.

Get in the sea.

I work for an architects in the new town.
As above, it doesn’t sound unreasonable. I could see if someone could prepare a second quote if you like?

this was being discussed on here a wee while ago. some decent advice and interesting opinions.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cargo-bikes

(my advice is get a proper dutch style cargo bike with box. we use ours for shopping, two kids etc etc)

That’s also a sorry excuse for a piece of bread up there. Proper bread with proper texture takes butter much more easily.

We’ve got a gazelle cabby, having had trailers, seats etc. It’s ace. That’s all.

thinking about it, for this type of thing the intersect tool as described above probably makes sense. you’ll just have to do the faffy deleting bit manually.

zorro is an ace plugin though, for rendering and other things.

That slice plugin rings a bell. I remember using it for model
making a while back.

*plugin is called ‘zorro’

There’s a good plugin that uses your section plane to actually chop the model, deleting everything that you can’t see. For complex models it’s miles easier than the intersect tool. Used on a series of separate models this could work for you.

I’d tell you what it’s called, but my computer isn’t starting up this morning…

Not sure there’s an easy way to convert your slices into components before chopping up, but using 2d elevation views you can carefully select all the bits you want to group.

I got one of these last winter and am still very pleasantly surprised by how bright it is. It still works as it should, and is bright enough to do basic bike fixing. Have been thinking of getting another to have inside for temporary use when the shed isn’t fully switched on.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-led-solar-floodlight-with-pir-10w-silver/1499g

As above really.

There isn’t much money in it, even at the upper end of a decent practice (speaking from experience in Edinburgh), but if you find a nice place to work it can be rewarding in other ways.

Hard work, long hours at uni and after. A dwindling amount of respect from others involved in the construction industry (who needs experts?), a shocking procurement system for public buildings (in Scotland at least), fee levels that are likely to only get lower, etc etc. Also as mentioned, expect opportunities to come and go as the economy swings. We’ve just had a round of redundancies, and may have more soon.

Saying that, we have a few part 2s with us just now who all seem remarkably enthusiastic, and are well aware of the various pitfalls.

You might have done some drawing in Revit or similar at school, and that is now how buildings are drawn, for better or worse. Model making with your hands is still a very valuable tool though, and a technique our office strive to make use of. We have a laser cutter, 3d printer, and workshop for woodworking and all sorts of other interesting things.

Regardless of computer use (I spend my days in sketchup and photoshop), being able to draw properly is a huge bonus at uni and for CVs, as it’s a very direct way to communicate design sensitivity and attitude. A beautiful hand drawing can be much more revealing than a visual from a piece of drawing software. There’s no denying you will almost certainly end up tethered to a mouse and keyboard, but the ability to sketch and draw will be appreciated.

As long as you go in with your eyes open there can be a rewarding career in there somewhere.

ah, I see. might be worth pulling it all apart then. they are relatively easy to get in and about at least.
I just started with easiest to replace bits and maybe got lucky.

If the diff bearing doesn’t fix it, it might be a cv on the way.
I had a 205 and the dying cv made itself known by howling much like the banshee you describe, albeit at slightly higher speeds. Wasn’t really evident when doing the usual cv checks either. There might have been a barely there click when jacked and spinning a wheel, but can’t rightly remember (I was investigating in a dark car park somewhere near Leven in Fife, so wasn’t hanging around..)
I sought advice somewhere or other, switched the cv, and it was fixed.

Shan times.
I live near to and cycle through drylaw/pilton everyday, so although not local, I wouldn’t be surprised. I’ll keep an eye out.

Maybe ask the local farmer about the cats too. Much more likely to be a human action I think.

Buzzards do probably like picking brains though.

Ace.
Both of em!

NZ, I hope you are ok. Not a nice thing to experience.

It’s not been made clear which way the cyclist was going.

One of the witness statements on the news said the bus and cyclist had just left the traffic lights together, other reports refer to the bus as oncoming, which suggests otherwise.

For those that are in Edinburgh next week, it looks likely that there will be an informal gathering on Wednesday morning at the junction of Lothian Road/Shandwick Place.

8.30 seems to be the time. The details of why, what, and when are being discussed here:

http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17789&page=6

excellent, thank you.

Hopefully i’ll find myself back up there at some point soon.

My old batavaus step through is ace for all the reasons above. It’s quite simply the most civilised and practical bike I have. Being a bit old and of extremely skinny lugged construction, it is quite amusingly flexible (especially when loaded with child on the back and a basket load of stuff on the front), but it really doesn’t matter. It only makes it more comfortable over the cobbles in Edinburgh.

If I get a replacement it’s likely to be a Gazelle Heavy Duty NL like PP, and it may well be a step through too!

Oh, and I commute about 9 miles a day on it, often a bit more.

It’s the same as this, but a bit older and with a big old rack on the front.

PS. who reckons the OP will want one for himself after collecting this one?

buy it!

I’m in Edinburgh and ride a similar although elderly Batavus 3spd dutch bike everywhere. Work, shops, the park, the pub, the dentist, with child seat, trailer, panniers, whatever. It lives outside, and only ever requires an occasional bit of air in the tyres.

Mudguards, chaincase, hub brakes, centre stand, racks and basket. Weighs a tonne or thereabouts, but it doesn’t matter. It just glides along.

It’s ACE. Honestly. I used to ride mountain bikes with slicks or road bikes around town, and the dutch bike is better in every respect apart from outright speed, because that is what it is designed for. My extremely civilised commute now takes about 20 mins, compared to 17 or so on a ‘faster’ bike.

get it bought!

I may upgrade to a slightly more modern gazelle at some point, as my friend sells them in his bike shop.

*mine is ‘unisex’ too, for full effect

Go in with an open mind and you should learn techniques to avoid getting caught again.

I can think of a very obvious one…

Kit, were you flying a drone too? There were a couple floating around, and I’d like to see some of what was captured.

Nope. I was being an envious spectator, unable to ride due to a broken wrist. Looks flippin ace though.

Ha! Saw that. Also had a good chat with the ace old dude on his speedway bike.

I have a wee but n ben on the east side of the haughs of cromdale, and as an alternative you could follow the Avon instead of the Spey and pick up some of the crown estate trails.
there’s a path over the hill from Cromdale to Mains of Inverourie, and various ways to get north to Ballindalloch, on and off road.

another SGS here, but the 3 ton heavy duty one. happily deals with 2 and a bit tonnes of jeep and has a good height range.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-Mk-2-twin-rear-wheel-1983-Dry-stored-28-years-ONLY-147-MILES-/232199060415?hash=item3610247bbf:g:Wn0AAOSwKOJYGyi3

In the UK, well you’d have to be really dedicated to put up with the rain, traffic, potholes, and lack of courtesy from other road users. May as well be in a nice warm comfy car in those situations.

Unfortunately too many people apply that same thought process to cycling, or indeed anything other than driving, and so the Car Is King. Which is all wrong.

I’d have another mini, or a 205gti, and maybe even another Defender (assuming it was on a galvo chassis).

Not owned one (yet), but have always wanted one of these. Helped no doubt by their racing performance. I was reasonably youthful when they first appeared too.

Theres a chasm of understanding between those who get it and those who refuse too

Too true.

Part 1 and 2 students that come to us tend to be familiar with revit and sketchup. and photoshop. As above though, they need to demonstrate that they can design and draw regardless of the software. That doesn’t mean just knowing the regs either.

oh, and Revit is pretty hungry as far as computer specs go.

Any use?

Man’s luxury watch successfully impresses fellow ****

What he said re sockets too.
Anyway, what’s wrong with mole grips, molgrips?

Also out of curiosity I tried wheel nuts with an 18v dewalt impact driver. Nothing doing, but a 600mm bar did them no bother.
An impact wrench is a different beast though. I remember reading in practical classics or similar that those corded Clarke ones were great for rattling things off, but risky to use for doing stuff up, because of the torque.
Air ones are good, as mentioned above.

aye, good effort. it’s pretty grim out there.
did you venture onto the tops or stay low?