http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Pothole - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:07:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-127166 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:33:42 +0000 LivM 127166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Response from Craigleith re the bad access detail email I sent earlier:<br /> "We note your concerns and would agree that the entire Shopping Park could benefit from better cycle facilities. However, please note that Craigleith Shopping Park and Sainsbury’s fall under separate ownership. The areas referred to falls under Sainsbury’s ownership and any improvements will require their consideration. For information and ease of reference I’ve attached a layout plan (not to scale) showing our boundary lines.</p> <p>Of course we are fully committed to providing our customers with a safe and pleasant shopping experience, please rest assured that we would raise your concerns with Sainsbury’s and investigate the possibility of perhaps resolving the issues with a combined effort."</p> <p>TL;DR that bit is not our responsibility, it's Sainsbury's. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-127148 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:45:00 +0000 chdot 127148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Savills UK (@SavillsUK)<br /> 04/10/2013 18:28<br /> @CyclingEdin Sorry to hear about this. Our team does not manage the cycle lane area, but we understand they have been in touch to help.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-127128 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:52:22 +0000 chdot 127128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cushman &amp; Wakefield (@CushWakeUK)<br /> 04/10/2013 17:03<br /> @CyclingEdin - hope you're not too sore! We contacted @SavillsUK's park manager and they should be in touch by now #staysafe</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-127044 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:08:36 +0000 LaidBack 127044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>across the new Toucan crossing, and thence into the park. However after the crossing it is not at all cycle friendly. The choice is to either wiggle around on a narrow overgrown segment with pedestrians, ending up at a tight turn onto the road just after the roundabout, or to bump down off the kerb (not safe, especially for bikes without suspension), into busy traffic, and then have to do an immediate left-wiggle</em></p> <p>I did it once before but on my visit this week I reckoned it was easier/safer to stay on the road. Of course that's not the answer as your nasty pothole experience and the tortuous route ensures that cycles are a rare sight. Bike parking right outside the shops is easy - but only if you have a kickstand! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126999 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:59:34 +0000 wingpig 126999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That was FixMyStreeted <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985&amp;page=6#post-125364">a couple of weeks ago</a> (if it was the non-NEPN-side exit), so if you've any resultant damage, hassle them for costs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126993 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:36:46 +0000 jamesire 126993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>haha, thanks for this chdot </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126992 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:34:50 +0000 chdot 126992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)<br /> 04/10/2013 08:33<br /> @CushWakeUK 'looking into a hole'</p> <p>citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.…</p> <p>Hope they'll look at improving cycle access/facilities at all sites @CushWake</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126990 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:20:23 +0000 chdot 126990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Please can you investigate, and improve the facilities for cyclists."</p> <p>That's a good approach/tone. </p> <p>A few more like that and there <em>might</em> be some action. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126988 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:16:39 +0000 LivM 126988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have gone on the Craigleith website and sent them a comment thusly:<br /> "I hope you can improve cycle access to the park. I regularly visit by bike, coming from the excellent Roseburn cycle path, across the new Toucan crossing, and thence into the park. However after the crossing it is not at all cycle friendly. The choice is to either wiggle around on a narrow overgrown segment with pedestrians, ending up at a tight turn onto the road just after the roundabout, or to bump down off the kerb (not safe, especially for bikes without suspension), into busy traffic, and then have to do an immediate left-wiggle to avoid the trolley-trap on the road. Getting out is even worse, as it's not safe to reverse that latter route, and the former is just as bad. Please can you investigate, and improve the facilities for cyclists. "<br /> <a href="http://www.craigleithshoppingpark.com/contact.aspx">Contact us</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126985 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:08:13 +0000 LivM 126985@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch. :(<br /> Thanks for the info about the site managers though; I have been wanting to grumble at someone about the rubbish access on the West side, where bikes come over a lovely new Toucan crossing, only to be fed into a narrow overgrown ped-path or forced to bump down off a kerb and then do an immediate wiggle to avoid the trolley-trap. And getting out is even worse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11274#post-126982 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:54:27 +0000 jamesire 126982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Snagged by a bad pothole, leaving Craigleith Retail Park. It's on the bike lane next to the knobbly 'anti-trolley-theft' bit. Was dark at the time, and the hole was completely hidden by rainwater, so impossible to see. </p> <p>Stopped my bike dead, managed to escape with only a sore bum. Tyres, wheels hopefully okay, getting a service today anyway which was fortuitous. </p> <p>Have reported to Clarence, and Cushman Wakefield, who manage the park, the latter has replied saying they're 'looking into it'. I cycle around 15 miles a day, dodging potholes left right and centre, can't believe I was stumped by one in a car park whilst going 10mph. Grr! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6601 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:30:44 +0000 chdot 6601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"now we've moved on to music..."</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8</a></p> <p>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/songs-about-bicycles-19539" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/songs-about-bicycles-19539</a></p> <p><a href="http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/40278/top-10-bicycle-songs/" rel="nofollow">http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/40278/top-10-bicycle-songs/</a></p> <p><a href="http://bikesongs.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://bikesongs.blogspot.com</a></p> <p>etc. (new thread someone....) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6599 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:26:18 +0000 recombodna 6599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to have a mini clubman estate with a 1300 engine......best car I ever had..sob gone now sob!! and the motorbike hasn't seen action for a couple of years..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6597 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:20:39 +0000 spytfyre 6597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>now we've moved on to music... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6596 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:19:13 +0000 chdot 6596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Why would you choose the MG BGT over the normal MG B?"</p> <p>He must be a Richard Thompson fan.</p> <p><a href="http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/richard-thompson-lyrics/mgb,,gt-lyrics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/richard-thompson-lyrics/mgb,,gt-lyrics.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6594 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:17:01 +0000 spytfyre 6594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yup </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6592 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:14:58 +0000 chdot 6592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This forum is de-generating.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6591 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:12:56 +0000 wee folding bike 6591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a '71 VW 1600TE Fastback with rear seat belts. They aren't original but the mountings were always there.</p> <p>It's not a great choice for a classic car as the parts are more difficult to find than Beetle or Kombi parts. It hasn't moved since early '02.</p> <p>Why would you choose the MG BGT over the normal MG B? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6589 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:12:24 +0000 spytfyre 6589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd go with the mini </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6587 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:08:45 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 6587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm torn at the mo between a Mini, MGB GT and Triumph Spitfire as a wee starter classic... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6586 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:03:03 +0000 spytfyre 6586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the 40 year old mini also costs a shed load less to maintain, my honda cost me £400 for a new catalytic converter and a further £400 for back exhuast when my escort cost me £55 for the whole assembly... also the insurance is crazy cheap, however it doesn't have seatbelts in the back and none can be fitted as it was the last model to leave the production line before they even thought of adding the achor points that future belts could attach to... so it is far away from being a "family car" and as such gets left to sit until I need to somewhere solo beyond the range of bike and too far from a train station </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6545 Wed, 05 May 2010 15:00:23 +0000 recombodna 6545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a good point ! I wonder if classic car drivers are subjected to the same "road tax' speil as cyclists.....? "that mini's 40 years old you have no right to be on the road etc etc blah blah" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6091 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:44:02 +0000 spytfyre 6091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - Oh I called in after not receiving it (they claimed they had sent it)<br /> Apparently the "third part" they sent it to are not lawyers and it didn't cost a penny to the council</p> <p>I will be looking the letters out of my crap pile of paper work sometime over the weekend, calling the company and asking them directly...</p> <p>@recombodna - I have two cars, one of which is a classic and does less than 1000 miles a year, so I pay my tax and pay it well, if you like I could put the tax disc from that car on my bike as it is safely parked off the publis highways and byways :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6089 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:37:36 +0000 recombodna 6089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why should you get a bean?? After all you don't pay road tax.....no pay no say!!!;p</p> <p>God I'm Hilarious </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-6088 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:24:53 +0000 Arellcat 6088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So how are the FOI requests doing? Any responses yet? Anth asked about road condition surveys, Spytfyre asked about FOI costs, and in the Meadows paths thread Dave asked about path legalities. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3659 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:46:43 +0000 Arellcat 3659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>20 working days for a response, remember. If it goes beyond that, or if you have a case for being unhappy with (traditionally, the lack of) information released, you're entitled to ask them to conduct an independent review, which may or may not find in your favour. You could even then raise an entirely new FOI request for sight of the review document...which isn't quite in the spirit of the FOISA but is allowed, and on it goes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3658 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:40 +0000 spytfyre 3658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>FOI request is in... will update later </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3582 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:13 +0000 spytfyre 3582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the nevereding FOI... another movie title </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3534 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:50 +0000 chdot 3534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Then you could an FOI for how much the previous FOI cost... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3532 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:01:50 +0000 spytfyre 3532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the idea of an FOI to find out how much it cost to send me the two letters - I wish I had thought of that... </p>