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Azub Origami

Azub Origami

Azub Origami

It's an Azub Origami of course! ((😆))
A Czech folding version of the twin BMX wheeled recliner 'popularised' by Dutch models such as the Hurricane & Mistral. It's dead easy to ride and neat enough to add to your N+1 collection. Neat underseat bag and mini rack - this is a great spec for any folder!

View from Calton Hilll across the Old Town. Snow on Pentland Hills in the background.

EDINBURGH SPRING:—Reasons not to move to Monte Carlo.
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

Is it finally going south then? Been a 'fixture' for a while!

Azub bike in build.

Which model is this going to be? Anyone hazard a guess? It's neat with 20" wheels and SON Hub and lighting! Components all chosen from Azub online configurator. 8 week build.

Azub Max 700

Azub Max 700

Azub Max 700

Carry Freedom trailer with Azub box.

😆 Best not visit shop today@ Big boxes in build and pack for dispatch. Incoming from 🇨🇿 Czechia - Azub made in Europe to order. Max 700 features SRAM wireless & SON/ B&M lights. Pearl Grey. Other one to be revealed.

Prominent buildings in the city made from cake including the Balmoral Hotel (!) Back in 2015 with 16k visitors.

Did a lot of signage work for RBGE before then.

New snow at Glenshee overnight. Shots from Jo our neighbour out on her board and from Glenshee Insta ❄

Webcam on Braemar side - A93 gates opening at 8.45 - 🌞

Snowgate at Spittal just opening this morning Friday 6. Buses might be slightly late. Slight snow overnight on hill.

Doubt they would take something that large. Left the Urban Arrow parked at Dalrulzion. Bus stop is four miles from village.

Urban Arrow Bosch assisted cargo bike carrying skis and boots.

Ember E11 bus to Aberdeen at Glenshee Ski Centre.

Ski school with local primary children at Tom Dearg poma tow.

Glenshee Ski run loop from Strava on 4th March 2026. Chairlift up then circuits around Meal Odhar which had cafe open. Good snow cover on runs.

Skiing again yesterday by bike & bus. Chairlift and then runs around Caenlochan. Coire Fionn lift had a mechanical. Traverse narrow but actual runs fine. Plenty of snow to patch in but misty wet weather eating away at it. Good fun if you enjoy going round obstacles - used to it as a cyclist. 😆 🎿 🏂 ⛷

A foreground asphalt two-way cycleway set in a paved area gives way to a wide square with trees, flanked by high buildings with a clear view to the jagged and sculptural forms of the towering Scott Monument, against a pale blue sky.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 134 | 2nd Mar '26

Wellbeing, Health, and Road Safety in On-Demand Delivery Work; Princes Street & George Street - Spokes Write to Transport Convener; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...

#bikeSky #edinburgh

Edinburgh Airport stop = slower journeys 😞

Live track of Ember e-bus at airport. Most Ember buses stop now picking up passengers going north.

On Ember e-bus to Dundee and Aberdeen north. Arrived Edinbirgh Airport Terminal and picked up a lot of passengers! Connected transport works - even though we shouldn't make flying easier. ScotRail did have plans to have station here but looks like the bus and M90 + A90 will take the strain (or not)

Current mix from www.carbonintensity.org.uk
North of Scotland totally on wind power (includes cities of Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. Regular occurrence these days.

Urban Arrow Breeze at St Kentigern's LAR housing trust car free development.

We should have our first customer feedback in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 of Urban Arrow's new Breeze. Normally rides a Veloe so will make interesting comparison. Like keeping our customers on the road as much as we can! @edi.bike @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @spokes.org.uk @cargobikefest.bsky.social

Funny how politicians who are most keen on whining about immigration and refugees and asylum seekers are also very keen on starting the wars that create refugees and asylum seekers.

Map showing CCWEL route, with counter points marked. Michael Owen, an 89-year-old Edinburgh resident who uses his bike most days to stay fit, said: "I'm very supportive of improvements for cycling in the city. I'm approaching 90, and I use my bike to get local shopping most days. If it's a decent day I might add a mile or two onto my journey."

Cycling Scotland data report... In Edinburgh, a growing network of cycle lanes is also seeing more people choosing to travel by bike. Over the 48-hour survey period, traffic surveys recorded 4,744 bikes on Leith Walk. This was out of a total of 48,832 travel methods recorded, meaning that 9.7% of people cycled their journey – the highest cycling modal share yet seen on the route. On the western-most portion of the new City Centre West East Link (CCWEL), at West Coates in Roseburn, 2,798 bikes were recorded over the same 48-hour survey period. This was out of a total of 30,175 travel methods recorded on the street, equating to 9.3% of journeys being made by bike – a new record cycling modal share for this section of route. At York Place, where the new CCWEL protected cycle route connects to Leith Walk via Picardy Place, 1,921 cycle journeys were recorded over the two-day period. This is the largest number of bikes yet recorded at this location by a Cycling Scotland traffic survey and evidence of the growth in cycling being supported as routes join together.

👍 Nearly 10% of trips here already by 🚲

🙋 What would it be with the missing #GeorgeStreet link?

@edi.bike @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social

Swat = seat!

Urban Arrow Breeze.

Courtesy UA Breeze going out on loan to customer with motor fault on their Veloe. Own swat and crate. Interested to know what they'll think of it.

Finland had Europe's third-cheapest electricity prices in 2025 The only other European countries with more affordable electricity were hydropower-dominated Sweden and Norway, according to energy firm Helen.

"Finland's spot electricity prices, including taxes, averaged at around 5.1 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) this year, the company explained in a press release on Monday."

Domestic and integrated Nordic production of clean electricity improves energy security and affordability.

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Circe Helios tandem with dog basket mounted.

ICE Sprint Rohloff small seat version with short cranks.

Nazca Fuego demo bike. Adjust for very small rider with shortened cranks. 12 speed set up had enough range for quick test.

Busy morning... visit by Edinburgh Tool Library with Circe Helios tandem. Dog in charge naturally! New Sprint trike in build. Red with silver Rohloff and 90mm drums. Short seat. Plus new rider just learnt to ride two wheels reclined! Shop Fuego with Circe crank shorteners set 110mm to let her reach.

UA TopLoader

UA TopLoader

UA TopLoader

Today's job was moving quite heavyweight cargo across town. Book filled holdalls split over two runs. UA TopLoader using all available deck space plus ratchet straps.

Gleann Fhearnach

LOMO frame bag on 1985 EBC Contour MTB.

Strava map of route.

Milder weather dust down of Edinburgh Bicycle Coop Contour. @urchaidh.bsky.social Legendary 'MTB' from 1980s. Steel frame, road triple, mudguards, front and back racks, guards. Carried daughter till she was almost 5. Added LOMO (from Glasgow) frame bag - bit spacey for pre sloping top tube bike! 😆

🙋 TODAY Thursday 26 Feb

Customer feedback on the SW20 free-to-hire community ebike:

“The bike is awesome! Like a magic carpet on wheels.”

You can hire a magic carpet too!

Looking across a wide carriageway in the wet, beyond black and white cycle lane defence bollards, past a metal fence and bare trees flanking parkland, to the snowy topography of the pentland hills beyond under a sky thick with grey winter cloud.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 133 | 23rd Feb '26

City Scope launches new ‘Cycle Scope’ roadworks and route map; Cycling Scotland
infrastructure stats; Critical Mass this week, plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...

#bikeSky #edinburgh

Explore the data: how safe infrastructure is helping more people to cycle Latest analysis of cycling data shows thousands of people travelling by bike where new, safe cycling infrastructure is being built in Scotland

Explore the data: how safe infrastructure is helping more people to cycle cycling.scot/news/explore...
From @cyclingscotland.bsky.social

Is there a reward at the end? Leith certainly has a few temptations if you like a beer.
Nice walk whatever! 🌞

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

Melia seat in Nihola trike.

No problem. 👍 Just fitted other toddler seat to the Nihola Bafang trike. Drilled two holes to fix strap clamps too plus one heavy security zip tie through straps onto the steel cage round box. The acrylic allows you to squeeze this through. Rain cover very easy to pull off for access.