http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: offroad - Recent Posts en Sun, 17 May 2026 10:50:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-44117 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:58:04 +0000 Bhachgen 44117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gave up using the canal anywhere 'inside the bypass' within a few weeks of starting my commute. Too many dogs, kids, aimless wanderers in headphones, etc. OK if you're just out for a gentle ride, no good if you've somewhere you need to be. The H2EP route, as marked on cycle streets, is pretty good, although if I'm coming into town later when the traffic has calmed down, I tend towards Corstorphine Rd and the greenways as I reckon it's quicker </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43965 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:06:35 +0000 Nelly 43965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cc, that route while not my preference is is 'ok' this time of year (I do southside to gyle), but too many peds with dogs / occasional drunks etc in the summer months to be relaxing for me.</p> <p>I started going the road route as (IMO) it is less grief, certainly if you can go to work earlier.</p> <p>P.s. my road route still includes that damp underpass at edin park station - be careful when its frosty, sounds obvious, but that inch of water freezes and takes you by surprise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43959 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:33:27 +0000 gembo 43959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tom - no yelling but now very large words SLOW CYCLISTS painted on tarmac and lots off wee signs from the local kids asking cyclists to slow down</p> <p>I like coming back from Carricknowe / Corstorphine through Pinkhill, the route CHdot mentioned on a sunny day - straightish quiet roads, nice neighbourhood slightly hidden away. Must be sunny tho. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43928 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:40:30 +0000 RJ 43928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This works for me:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/44936152/">http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/44936152/</a></p> <p>Not exactly "off-road" but pretty quiet and free of traffic lights. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43918 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:46:25 +0000 kaputnik 43918@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I take it that nonsense doesn't happen any more.<br /> </em></p> <p>Think we solved it by getting rid of park keepers and having "services for greenspaces" instead </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43915 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:25:18 +0000 Cyclingmollie 43915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back in the nineties I got yelled at for cycling through Roseburn Park. Some officious park keeper told me to get off my bike and push it (which I duly did). I take it that nonsense doesn't happen any more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43913 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:20:26 +0000 custard 43913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>just watch out for crazy drivers on Dovecot/ladywell Avenue </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43911 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:05:12 +0000 chdot 43911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"to Edinburgh Park station, under the railway line"</p> <p>Subject to water levels...</p> <p>If flooded use station lift.</p> <p>Good route parallel to Corstophine Road. Takes a bit of finding (slower too, but mostly traffic free/local).</p> <p><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/ch.edinburgh/ep2/pdf/Epark.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://homepage.mac.com/ch.edinburgh/ep2/pdf/Epark.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43910 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:04:36 +0000 custard 43910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yeah Ive gone along the canal many times to the Gyle (I work out there too)<br /> sadly no MTB now and I dont go 'offroad' on the Boardman </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43909 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:04:31 +0000 wingpig 43909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm never sure until I get there which bits of the Edinburgh Park end of the path-which-used-to-be-beside-the-guided-busway will be open, or how much graveltrap-diversion there'll be to get between the exit of New Cutlins/Hermiston Gait and the waterlogged underpass. If I'm not in a hurry and there hasn't been any torrential rain in the past week then the canal's usually the best minimal-motor-vehicle-interaction option.</p> <p>If going westerward than the Gyle then there are also secret paths underneath the A720, one of which only involves a rocky path to get onto a road rather than tramping across a muddy field. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4220#post-43907 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:53:12 +0000 cc 43907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly I'm the last one to realise this, but there's<br /> a great offroad route which takes you almost all the<br /> way from the city centre to the Gyle.</p> <p>I had to get from my home in south Edinburgh to the Gyle shopping centre yesterday, and tried cycling there.<br /> Having never done it before I asked Cyclestreets for a route, but didn't fancy any of its suggestions - the "Quiet" and "Balanced" routes seemed awfully fiddly and prone to getting tangled up in tram works, and the Fast route looked a bit too scary for me.<br /> Then I realised: the Union Canal towpath goes offroad right from Tollcross to Wester Hailes. Consulting the map I found that it's even better than that, it takes you right to the edge of Sighthill industrial estate.<br /> All you need to do is leave the towpath just before it curves round and crosses over the City Bypass, then go downhill for a hundred yards to Edinburgh Park station, under the railway line, then just go <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=Lochside+Ct&amp;daddr=55.936126,-3.315654&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FQJkVQMdnIfN_w%3B&amp;sll=55.930741,-3.305426&amp;sspn=0.026157,0.070724&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;mra=me&amp;mrsp=1,0&amp;sz=14&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;z=14">through Edinburgh Park</a> and you're there!<br /> So much simpler. And so much of it was offroad that I almost felt I was in the Netherlands. A somewhat neglected bit of the Netherlands, maybe, where the cycle paths are for some reason not 4 metres wide and super-smooth, but it was a lovely ride nonetheless.<br /> The illusion was enhanced when I passed an<br /> elderly couple, bursting with health, gliding along<br /> on big upright bikes. Must have been Dutch tourists :-) </p>