A Geo who Cycles

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A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· 29d

Just learned about the Daihatsu Hijet Deck Van and have never has the urge to remain car-free been so waning. 660cc Kei car, 4 seater, automatic. 4wd if needed, and has a truck bed. It’s the perfect automobile in a world where life exists outside of cities as well. I will not discuss further.

An olive Kei Car on a dockside facing to the right. Beautiful tiny wheels. Spacious interior hinted at with its boxy nature. The rear has chopped off, giving way to a functional truck bed. Is sublime in nature, and its presence makes a mockery of big American Trucks and Range Rovers alike.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Jun 28

That was a fun raceday out yesterday. Incredibly hard, and I’m in bits today, but incredibly fun. 6am start with a wheel dip in Lake Huron, and then 14.5 hours later finishing in Ludington to beat the sunset & dip a wheel in Lake Michigan. 28°C max, and huge gravel roads. Also: Sand is hard.

Strava screen grab. Map of Michigan with a big line through the middle from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan.

Text:

Michigan Coast to Coast 2026:
RACING THE SUN
Beat it. Job done.
Also known as the Extended Michigan Dawn Patrol
Your longest ride ever!
Distance
329.37 km
Moving Time
13:22:19
Avg Speed
24.6 km/h
Elevation Gain
2,083 m
Avg Power
135 W
Calories
7,266 Cali

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Jun 22

Back in America for a couple weeks to see family and friends, and take on a fun Gravel Grinder race at the weekend in Michigan. Everything arrived. Yay. AirTags are neat. On I90 headed back to the family home, and it always strikes me how *hostile* the environment is with huge roads and vehicles!

My well used bright red rolling case that’s seen far too many uses & many ovens crossings, next to my bike bag housing a well packaged and intact bicycle that I brought to the states for the event. Shot taken in the OHare baggage claim area, so the scenery about as nondescript as you can imagine.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Jun 11

Reading through this morning’s @edinburghminute.com. This headline gave me pause. Edinburgh - cleanest city in Scotland? Maybe I’m jaded a bit from living in Japan, and then living in a well-funded London. This is NOT a high bar. Yikes.

Text reads:

Edinburgh has been rated Scotland's cleanest city in the latest annual survey of local authorities.
The council says it plans to invest more than £100,000 in upgrading or replacing bins in busy areas. - lan Swanson, Evening News.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Jun 6

This has been my best addition to BlueSky filtering recently. Also does well for filtering out single-image low effort posters. Bliss. This shall remain an #AISlop free space. #AbominableIntelligence

Part of a screenshot from my feed. The post is removed replaced with a box hiding the content.

Text reads:

Al Imagery Poster (Account)

Labelled by @labeler.blackwall.gg.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· May 31

Generally a big fan of the graffiti wall on Marine Parade in Leith - always new stuff going on, and I feel like the area could use some investment to make it a really special spot. That said, today, I became a huge fan. 😅 One for you, @gundampixel.bsky.social! #gundam

The graffiti wall on Marine Parade, centered is a great piece of a white & blue Gundam (giant fighting robot from the Japanese Manga/Anime world) with its pilot being held in front of its head in an open robot palm. CALUM 2026 is the artists’ signature.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· May 30

It was an excellent morning with @leithfeederride.bsky.social and @pedalonparliment.org - greatly attended event, and glad I was feeling healthy enough to marshall this morning! Hopefully a sign of returning to health. #PoP26

Me at the Meadows, helmeted and smiling. Blue tabard to indicate marshalling duties. Loads of cyclists behind ready to roll out.

Looking down the Middle Meadow path, a sea of cyclists behind extending until pixels can no longer show proper resolution.

Top of the Royal Mile turn, cyclists everywhere heading down towards Holyrood.

Gathering on the lawn at Holyrood, waiting for speakers to start. Bicycles everywhere and slightly sunny skies await.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· May 26

Well. Guess this means we could use more bike racks on Great Junction Street. 😅 Who says no one is using the new Leith Connections infrastructure? @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike

A MTB locked to the Leith Connectikns footrest/bar rest at the light - which prevents its use.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· May 26

If this is how you advertise your newly opening business - by littering all over The Shore - we’re going to have a problem. Found all over The Shore to the OT, many had fallen off as the magnets are not strong. How many would’ve ended up in the water? 😡 @sosleith.bsky.social @lhncc.bsky.social

Backside of a square magnet on the ground along Commercial Street

3 Square Magnets on a light post on The Shore. One has fallen off onto the ground.

A square magnet just resting on the fence of the Scottish Government Building

A handful of nearly 100 magnets that have been prevented from ending up as litter or falling into The Water of Leith Basins.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Apr 17

We’re in the “8-days till Dirty Reiver” land, where forecasts start being paid attention to for the event on the 25th. This isnt terrible. 🤞

Weather line graph showing temps and conditions each day till the 26th. Varying from 13 for a high and 1 being a low with mostly sun towards the 25th.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Apr 13

We had some fun in Greenwich over the weekend. Going to these places with people who have PhDs in the subject matter is even more fun.

Three of us standing over the Prime Meridian. View is looking at our shows / legs, with each of us half in the Western Hemisphere & the other in the Eastern.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Apr 13

Great weekly mail as always @edi.bike !!! Just so you have a data point, I did indeed read it this morning AND clicked through to the web version. 😉 There’s a non-zero chance that any tracking pixels, etc. don’t get loaded because Pi-hole … but the support is there. 😁

Dashboard screenshot of my Pihole setup. 4 coloured boxes with the following:

Total Queries
61,817

Percentage Blocked
26.4%

Queries Blocked
16,307

Domains on Lists
2,554,432

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Apr 12

I realised I had some pálinka which remained as a gift when my mates visited Edinburgh last! This is for them & and other Hungarians seeing some hope in a long long time. I knew I was saving it for a special occasion! Egészségedre !

Me holding a small glass of cherry pálinka next to a really nice bottle of a cherry version of the spirit. A gift from Hungarian friends when they last visited.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Apr 11

You legend. Thanks for the tip! Just been and while they were out of the Gundam Base Clear Wing Zero, picked up some fun easy kits and also got my pin badge! Cheers! 😁

My two Gunpla models I picked up, boxed in my backpack.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 28

What a day. 21.5 miles hiked along the Fife Coastal Path from Newburgh to Dundee. Beautiful sun, a hefty amount of tailwind, and even some sleet thrown in to keep us on our toes. 😅 Ember bus back to Edinburgh - not waiting for the train. Tomorrow. A rest and a roast dinner. 😁

Beginning archway of the Fife Coastal Path in Newburgh. Clear skies and morning sunshine.

Looking East along the River Tay along the Fife Coastal Path. Inland a bit on the green pastures and rolling hills now. Mixed clouds with scattered sunshine dotting the landscape.

Top of Normal Law overlooking the Tay - a white trig point in the foreground. Dundee in the far background. More blue skies and scattered clouds. Lots of wind can be seen on the water in the distance.

View of the Tay Road Bridge from the Newport on Tay side looking towards Dundee. Cloudless blue sky. Golden light on the landscape. The Tay is covered in waves as a steady 20mph+ wind continues on blowing - as it had all day.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 26

Today we had our first cloudless morning as the Edinburgh Dawn Patrol left Seafield on the way along the coast towards Portobello. The first Dawn over the Forth was seen of 2026. It was something special to take in. Cheers to Markus Stitz for this amazing photo of myself and two mates on Patrol.

Golden hour sunrise over the Firth of Forth, three cyclists silhouetted in the golden light as they ride along the Seafield promenade with waves gently lapping in the background.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 21

NEW FAVOURITE DUCK SOUND FOUND!!!!!! Have never been this lucky to have them so close before. Absolute treat!!!

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 21

Heart rate not above 125 throughout the ride. Quick pull into Æmilia on the Porty high street for a porchetta sandwich & limonata (no need to worry about parking because BIKE!) and that’s continued to just the most lovely ride out along the water. These are healing days for sure.

My bike against a metal bench on the water’s edge looking West towards the Mussleburgh sea wall & Edinburgh. The skies match the water with a light blue of filtered sun coming from the upper left of the photo. In the far distance you can see Arthur’s seat rising at horizon’s edge.

Same background scene as other photo, with the highlight being an absolutely banging porchetta sandwich in the foreground. The focaccia looks light enough to float away, and it can be confirmed that it nearly is.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 20

Right! By the time I got there this afternoon the next frame was already moored and ready to unload Was amazing to see them all the way from the Forth Road Bridge.

Handlebars of my bike in front of a giant transport ship in orange, with a huge yellow windfarm frame that sits on the seabed on it. Blue skies and blue water.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 20

9am this morning. Using the new Leith Connections to get from The Shore to Foot of the Walk by bike to commute to a meeting. One couldn’t even get onto the cycleway though, with this van blocking the entrance at the start of Leith Walk. Poor form on all accounts by the business.

Delivery van for food supplies parked in the entrance to the cycle lane at the bottom of leith walk. Photo quickly snapped as I was on my bike riding past at the time - obviously not in the cycle lane myself at the time because of the carspreading going on.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 19

Yep.

Chart from the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust’s Walking and Cycling Index of 2025.

Bars show:

Percentage of residents who would like to see more government spending in their local area:
52% on walking and wheeling
43% on cycling
57% on buses
53% on trains
35% on trams
33% on other forms of public transport such as community transport, metro or subway, local ferry
30% on driving

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 19

Cannot get over the sheer size of the ships coming into the port these days. Those yellow transition pieces? 28m tall, 8.3m diameter, and 600 tonnes. Each. 🤯 Get to Western Harbour & Lighthouse Park over the spring when these ships are in. You will NOT be disappointed.

Wise angle shot. Calm sea. Blue skies. HUGE ship with a massive crane holding the transition pieces, loading the last one board. The disused lighthouse is to the left of the ship.

Closeup of the crane apparatus. A tiny control box that fits people is dwarfed by the sheer size of everything.

Closer view of Seaway7 with 5 transition pieces on board, last one about to be lifted on board.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 18

I wish to give everyone today’s worst parking photo that I’ve seen in a long time. The absolute audacity of this. Even diners at the nearby Granery restaurant just outside shot were laughing in disbelief with me. Hazards on. Driver can be seen kitty-corner about to cross back. Words fail. 🤯

Amazon delivery van parked in a 4-way stop-lighted intersection. Its front is completely over the marked pedestrian crossing, its rear sticking out into traffic coming on Commercial Street.

The driver in visibility vest is on the opposite diagonal corner about to walk back.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 18

And another for good measure! 😁 Great mini talk today as well! Your Venn diagram is something I’m absolutely borrowing for the future. 😂

Beautifully blue sky sunny morning showing off a section of of the Leith Connections active travel route ribbon cutting, with members from the city council, construction team, and Walk Wheel Cycle Trust in the foreground cutting a ribbon & many helmeted young kids just behind ready to ride through once it’s cut.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 14

Cafe Truva on The Shore - I need to come here more often.

Turkish coffee. Small cup and saucer with blue Turkish styling. Two Turkish delights. Cup filled with coffee poured from the copper Turkish coffee maker to the right.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 6

I knew there are overwintering chiffchaffs in Edinburgh as we saw them in December. Moments ago here I am, reading comments on Lothian Birdwatch about them while having a coffee and suddenly over my shoulder … A WILD CHIFFCHAFF APPEARED! It used immense joy. It’s SUPER EFFECTIVE!

Beautiful little chiffchaff. Small songbird with hints of yellow along the back and a dark line on the wind edge and a small white eyebrow. Sitting in a grey alder tree. Closeup, taken from a video.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 3

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Your Report Incorrectly Parked Vehicles webform isn’t accepting images currently. You can usually find people parked on the footpath just where the new Dockside development is just on Ocean Drive. Just go in the evenings. Like catching fish in a stocked loch.

Red MG parked over a footpath where it really shouldn’t be.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Mar 3

Some morning zen, brought to you by Leith Connections.

My gravel bike, morning sun rising in the back left to cloudless blue skies.

It’s against a bollard with a bicycle lane indicator. The stone setts forming the new separated cycleway over the Sandport Bridge on The Shore form the ground cover curving up with the Shore’s buildings in the background. Golden light everywhere.

The crankset is not level, nor are the valves perpendicular to the ground - an obvious omission in which the photographer says is due to the fact that this is actually a decently busy cycle way at times, and he didn’t want to impede anyone with the photo op.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Feb 28

Post a pic you took to bring some zen to your feed

Evening autumnal sun coming in through conifers over a small loch. In the front is a quite good looking steel gravel bike silhouetted by the golden light.

A Geo who Cycles@geocycle· Feb 23

A reminder to other cycling orientated folks out there as we start edging closer to Spring: 1. When was the last time you topped up your tubeless sealant? 2. When was the last time you checked your brake pads? Some quick maintenance this afternoon to address both these questions. 😁