Alex @AvGeekAlex

Planes, trains and bicycles. F1/Urbanism too. Bit of a nerd, clearly. cycleparking.net Edinburgh, Scotland Joined May 2012

Tweets

14K
Followers

1K
Following

749
Likes

3K

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

Being on anything with wheels here is… quite the experience! It’s all so incomprehensibly cheap though: 75p for a 20min taxi (in a hatchback that somehow has six people in it) 20p for a bus ticket *Working speedo and doors optional, apparently

0 0 1 117 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

Central Asia in 14 days starts… now! I imagine it will go questionably wrong at some point, but hopefully it’ll be fun 😅 🇰🇿🇺🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯

2 0 6 470 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@justacwab @robinlovelace @DrDPMcArthur @AngusEd Seems to be based on OSM tags so runs into issues where things are mapped in a more complex way (like MMW). CyclOSM highlights streets based on speed limits but it's less useful in blanket areas (Lothian Road highlighted etc): cyclosm.org/#map=15/55.945…

0 0 1 39 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

Given the experience of entering Slovakia today, I think I’ll be having fun conversations with border guards for the next six years of my passport 🫡

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

Plenty of twists heading home… an unplanned stay in Gdańsk/London and being ‘un-exited’ from Schengen😅 Our first flight was delayed by: - A bird strike - Late cargo readjustment - Sudden assistance need - Someone tripping on the stairs That’s the bad luck used up for a while!

0 0 2 465 0

0 0 1 340 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@ElderGrizzly @paul_winginit Booking.com has similar options but each element is a fairly expensive add-on (10-20%). The first one sounds quite interesting though, depending on how generous they are with their rebooking options!

0 0 0 68 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@JSS779 I’ve been planning a similar trip and have had an *experience* trying to get a Tajik e-visa. Would recommend doing that early if you’re interested in going there 😅

1 0 1 45 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@waynewykwong @adamcobb They barely finished BER itself in that time 😉

1 0 0 171 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@RantyHighwayman Cycled from the airport to centraal via the Hovenring last year (while listening to You Spin Me Round). 10/10 would recommend

0 0 1 98 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@thatbobertguy Then I get paranoid and have to check all my previous answers 😅

1 0 1 40 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@JAMESMARTlN @JSS779 She’ll see the light one day, especially with how much she loves Schiphol 😉

1 0 1 54 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@HelenTodd3 I’ll *try* to get up for the race but qualifying will definitely be watched on replay at a normal time 😅

0 0 1 57 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@AndythePandy_ It’ll be interesting to see what else can be unlocked by the XLR as well, just a shame the max range has been reduced!

0 0 2 677 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@jonk @dkMOMUS Join us! When we have our fourty minutes of sunshine a year, it can be quite pretty too 😄

0 0 0 117 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@Flying_Abi Max’s phone right now: x.com/max33verstappe…

Max Verstappen @Max33Verstappen

10 years ago

@MercedesAMGF1 @F1 @MercedesBenz @MercedesAMG should I pick up guys??

1K 12K 59K 0 6K

0 0 0 100 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@LivingStreetsEd @neilinglis @justacwab @AlastairDalton @EdinReporter They’re yet to be installed, although the Grosvenor Crescent one also successfully lasted several months without them. I wonder if they were monitored?

2 0 1 3K 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@Samuel_Lloyds A mere £24m for a cookie cutter twin-platform 😬

1 0 1 50 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@EconomyBeyond I could have become the worst possible superhero, Ear Fire Man!

0 0 1 16 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

You cycle 1000s of kilometers and the one time you fall off is at walking pace on an incredibly busy Princes Street… Deeply embarrassing would not recommend 🙃

2 0 5 266 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@overlandertheb1 I’m hoping it won’t be a frequent occurrence…

0 0 0 23 0

View Details

Alex @AvGeekAlex

2 years ago

@jonk Is there some sort of feedback mechanism for things like that? Feels like you guys would be the perfect people to figure out what needs improving. Awesome stuff volunteering, by the way!