http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: repairs - Recent Topics en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:41:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11057#post-123836 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:49:05 +0000 gdm 123836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rear derailleur hanger.</p> <p>Actually yesterday but the title sounds better in the present.</p> <p>I was heading back into town and just started cycling up Dundas Street when I shifted down given the (ahem) gradient, when instead of the expected clicks I was simply met with an almighty <strong><em>PRANG!!</strong></em> (If such a sound exists).</p> <p>I looked down to see my rear derailleur hanging limply from whence it had once happ'ly resided and thinking to myself: I didn't even know it could do that...</p> <p>Fortunately, I was only a few blocks away from the EBC on Rodney Street so was able to get a replacement quickly. <strong>Un</strong>fortunately, it was a fairly long walk back to Duddingston with a heavily loaded pannier and somewhat unwilling bicycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=85#post-217 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:40:40 +0000 Matchstickwarrior 217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just lately, it seemd CEC has decided to patch up some of the slightlier busier roads in the capital.<br /> Some work has been done on the eastbound bus lane on Corstorphine Rd, which was lovely and smooth until they put back the coloured surfacing - why are the old lanes so smooth and the new ones so bumpy?</p> <p>And on Calder Road there seems to have been some extensive "patching" work, but has anyone noticed that in a few areas the "repairs" seem in some way to have maintained the presence of the holes they were supposed to cover?</p> <p>Need I mention the lack of a reinstatement of the cycle lane on the soon-to-be-opened (maybe) section of Princes St?</p> <p>Anyone else noticed some dodgy repairs where the council thinks no one will notice? </p>