http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: race - Recent Posts en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:40:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293550 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:07:51 +0000 lingcat 293550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is excellent to hear. Just took a closer look at the route, and if they start at 7:30, the bulk of them should have cleared the Innocent Path by around 08:00, 08:30, so it's almost definitely not worth diverting when I come through a little later. I didn't make a note of the times on the sign when I was there – does that match up with their estimates?</p> <p>Thanks, everyone! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293543 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:18:49 +0000 jdanielp 293543@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've encountered it in previous years (but possibly not whilst cycling myself) and don't have any particularly unpleasant memories; more just a degree of bemusement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293537 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:43:37 +0000 fimm 293537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would also expect that participants would be told to share the paths nicely. Whether they will is beyond the control of race organisers unfortunately. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293536 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:28:53 +0000 acsimpson 293536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The path should be fine. I used to do the survival of the fittest event which posted this one. It may be a bit busier than usual but no need to divert. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293516 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:40:21 +0000 gembo 293516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Signs on the aqueduct too - 9.30 til 13.00 so if starts to the west at 9.30 think it will be the return that will be your issue @lingcat</p> <p>Edit - ah maybe not, innocent being used at start and finish? Cheeky blighters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19185#post-293513 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:31:18 +0000 lingcat 293513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a sign up at the St Leonard's end of the Innocent Tunnel about the path being used for the Rat Race (<a href="http://ratrace.com/ute/route/" rel="nofollow">http://ratrace.com/ute/route/</a>) next Sunday. </p> <p>I normally cycle out to Portobello on Sunday mornings for a swim and don't fancy having to bypass that stretch of path to take on the drivers speeding down empty Sunday morning roads – if this event's been held here before, has anyone encountered it? Or anyone planning to take part and know a little bit more about it? It's an ultra-marathon, so I'm wondering if the crowds might be scant enough for the path to still be useable. Any info would be helpful! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-153392 Tue, 13 May 2014 19:20:07 +0000 Broony84 153392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great Videos above. I was up next just behind the boy in the first video and was on my way back down the hill when the tandem was coming up. Great Effort. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-149026 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:04:25 +0000 gibbo 149026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>Gibbo - thanks for sharing the videos </em></blockquote></p> <p>You're welcome. I hadn't used the camera in ages, so managed to hit the stop button while I was filming you. (Hence 2 videos, rather than 1.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-149021 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:29:36 +0000 MeepMeep 149021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I'm not mistaken, there's a couple of Hervelo names in the womens results! :o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148956 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:20:20 +0000 Focus 148956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought it looked wrong when I copy and pasted it from the Red Bull site! You'd think <em>they</em> could get it right.</p> <p>IIRC, it's pronounced "Shahnaize". <strong>Dangerous</strong> was just highlighting the incorrect letter with the use of a capital ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148954 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:46:07 +0000 gembo 148954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also on a BMX. Much respect</p> <p>How do you pronounce her name then? is it Sh-Anaze given the capital A which is not standard in the middle of a name.</p> <p>Some people had good qualifying times but then do not appear in the top 40? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148953 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:27:20 +0000 Dangerous 148953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Continuing with the current theme.</p> <p>It is ShAnaze Reade!</p> <p>To be fair her name seems to be mis-spelt frequently</p> <p>She was absolutely amazing beating most of the men and winning the ladies final by a huge margin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148942 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:12:42 +0000 chdot 148942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mine wasn't a typo, just unthinking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148941 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:03:27 +0000 Focus 148941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you saw the amount of typos <em>I</em> make on here...! Plus the ones I spot when it's too late to edit ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148939 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:59:23 +0000 chdot 148939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It is Mike Burroughs Burrows..." ;-)</p> <p>I (used to) know that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148936 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:49:50 +0000 Focus 148936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>It is Mike <strike>Burroughs</strike> Burrows...</em>" ;-)</p> <p>I wonder if he's had Chris Boardman testing <em>that</em> round a velodrome track? :-D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148896 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:50:02 +0000 chdot 148896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"If the rear wheel is on a stub axle, surely it's out of line with the front one though? Surely not?"</p> <p>Well...</p> <p>It is Mike Burroughs...</p> <p>That's how it works on the 8 Freight. </p> <p><em>But</em>, that has a longer wheelbase - so I expect this one has an S-shaped mainframe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148895 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:46:44 +0000 chdot 148895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> 4: having parents with the time/resources to cart/send you all over the country</p> <p>"</p> <p>Not just football. </p> <p>That's how Chris Hoy developed as a BMXer. </p> <p>I think same dedication (child/parents) applies to other sports and some aspects of music. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148882 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:04:14 +0000 wingpig 148882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"Cycling has the "everyone can be a pro" aspect to it I think."</em></blockquote></p> <p>Mmmmndunno. Millions of small children of either gender, exposed to near-ubiquitous references to association shoutball in popular media and the relative accessibility of the equipment and facilities, see that they only need to 1: be able to play football reasonably well and 2: male in order to be able to progress to the highest level. There are even people actively trawling to recruit promising youngsters, with the result that my nephew is now in some sort of youth team thing, at which point the additional requirements of 3: being prepared to allocate all remaining available spare time to training and 4: having parents with the time/resources to cart/send you all over the country and beyond to attend performances against other youth team things became apparent.</p> <p>Cycling, meanwhile, requires more equipment from the very beginning, give or take some tradeoff between fanciness of equipment/availability of facilities between disciplines. It seems like there may be more/greater barriers earlier on, as well as the same dedication/selection/patronage stuff further up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148877 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:28:42 +0000 I were right about that saddle 148877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like that bike. Verging on practical-looking. If the rear wheel is on a stub axle, surely it's out of line with the front one though? Surely not? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148876 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:20:26 +0000 chdot 148876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"pro-recumbanteer" -</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13803995814/"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7225/13803995814_47db17b161.jpg"></a></p> <p>and his latest product -</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13803669853/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/13803669853_b20f95ae40.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148875 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:05:12 +0000 ARobComp 148875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"if we really want to get people into cycling then there is a danger that making it look too pro puts people off." </p> <p>I'm not sure about that. Thousands of small boys around the country playing football in the park and at school don't seem to be put off by the fact that the pro's are rather untouchable and (for the most part) also complete asshats. </p> <p>Cycling has the "everyone can be a pro" aspect to it I think. Whether you're a pro-team rider, a pro CXer, a pro commuter or even a pro-recumbanteer! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148863 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:05:52 +0000 HankChief 148863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gibbo - thanks for sharing the videos </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148832 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:58:17 +0000 rust 148832@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The fixie didn't make that corner easy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148830 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:35:00 +0000 LaidBack 148830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Good to get into the first heat rust. Not so many people turn up to these events for fun these days you can be sure!<br /> </em></p> <p>On a recumbent you could certainly do it but really just to show it can be done rather than do a 'time'. It's all about 'out-comforting' uprights you see! I have cycled right up Ramsay Lane to castle just for the 'fun' of it.</p> <p>I do plan to do the SCMA longer hill challenge at EdFoC. I know it will take 4 mins up to Dunsapie Loch and the elite can do it in 2mins - but so what. if we really want to get people into cycling then there is a danger that making it look too pro puts people off.</p> <p>Most 'bents have to drop down through the gears (bit like a tandem). Too many changes mean you lose your cadence. The real 'semi-pros' can do a course like this and maintain cadence throughout with one click down on the corner I reckon. Or no clicks if they ride single speed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148827 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:09:30 +0000 rust 148827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the others were mostly modified mtb's. Skinny tyres and rigid forks, etc.</p> <p>I scraped through the qualificiation and then crashed out my first heat - I was on the inside and a guy cut across and hit me, I over corrected and ended up hitting the barriers on the other side taking another rider out along the way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148824 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:49:09 +0000 gembo 148824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some 'other' categories in the top 40. Tandems, folders? Not a course for recumbents? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148822 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:32:29 +0000 gibbo 148822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WacDmzTd6U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WacDmzTd6U</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbwZYaNZayA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbwZYaNZayA</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148821 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:27:02 +0000 gibbo 148821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWKHaL3Ldk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWKHaL3Ldk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9507&page=4#post-148804 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:19:36 +0000 HankChief 148804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was a good night's entertainment. Not especially mobbed, but enough of a crowd to get an atmosphere - especially good that they had a big screen - although cold and windy.</p> <p>Here's us in from earlier...</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/91842878@N03/13807666704" title="P1060954 by HankChief, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2890/13807666704_bb466b325e.jpg" alt="P1060954" /></a></p> <p>Given we were moving twice the weight and 3 times the number of people, I'm happy with our result and we weren't last!!! </p>