http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: snow to come? - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:40:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35655 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:57:11 +0000 Arellcat 35655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I'd read cb's last comment, I would've found them quicker! Good spot, though. There are a couple of dozen pairs remaining, all size Large. They stretch nicely over my Shimano bike shoes so will probably do my hiking boots as well.</p> <p>Lots of pairs of trainers, trackie bums and tops, t-shirts, vests, sports bras, shoelaces, fluorescent yellow slapwraps, and even some anonymous and slightly lonely looking bicycle tyres. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35615 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:20:12 +0000 cb 35615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should have said, the YakTrax are next to the checkouts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35611 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:57:02 +0000 SRD 35611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>got in the lift* this morning with another guy who had parked his bike, and commented on the weather, and then looked at his clothes - long trousers, cagoule and...a fleece jersey underneath????????????????</p> <p>*Heavy panniers are my only excuse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35608 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:26 +0000 Min 35608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now is definately the time to buy them. I was very much Smuggy McSmug when the snow hit last year having bought my spikes the previous spring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35606 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:43:37 +0000 Arellcat 35606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good one, cb. I'll have a look after work today! The website reckons on size Large being good for up to EU47, just, so might be touch and go on the fit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35604 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:41:58 +0000 DaveC 35604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the reminder, I was looking at these when we received the big dump of snow and the next day they'd sold out. Since then Nevisport have had lots, which I suspect they bought but arrived too late...</p> <p>Speaking of large clumps of white stuff on the roads, our local train st, had large piles of white hails sized salt left over from winter behind a fenced off area. looking at it did strike me as very snow looking, strange especially considering the heat we've had recently. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-35595 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:07:28 +0000 cb 35595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly not the season to update this particular thread (although there was a metre wide patch of snow [probably hail, but it looked like snow] outside Cluny Church last Friday - anyone else see that? Very weird)</p> <p>Anyhows - grippy footwear was discussed back on page 6. Anyone who wants to be prepared for the next snow deluge might want to know that JJB Sport at Hermiston Gait are selling Yaktrax at half price (£10 rather than £20). They are closing down and everything is half price.<br /> They only had/have large size, but they seem to be a reasonable fit for my size 8 hiking boots.</p> <p><a href="http://www.yaktrax.co.uk/">http://www.yaktrax.co.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-24304 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:17:13 +0000 druidh 24304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>At first glace past the already open tab in firefox I thought that was a concrete explosion.</em></p> <p>I think you meant <em>glacé</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=15#post-24271 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:47:47 +0000 spytefear 24271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ice Road Truckers eat your heart out.<br /> At first glace past the already open tab in firefox I thought that was a concrete explosion... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-24144 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:42:20 +0000 steveo 24144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats brilliant! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-24122 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:09:30 +0000 kaputnik 24122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meanwhile, in Northern America...</p> <p>...everything is bigger!<br /> <img src="http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/7c880a46-beb8-4bad-8738-fd07d59a8783.gif"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-20359 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:31:08 +0000 kaputnik 20359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps some of the revenue created by the above scheme could go some way to reversing some of the idiotic "traffic calming" measures around town that also create road obstructions.</p> <p>I always come around the corner of Robertson Avenue on my way home and marvel at the cars apparently parked in the middle of the road. At first it was the "selfish owners" of the cars that annoyed me and incurred my mental curses, until I noticed, in better light, that they were in fact parked perfectly legally;</p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=robertson+avenue&amp;sll=53.800651,-4.064941&amp;sspn=19.543246,57.084961&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Robertson+Ave,+Edinburgh+EH11,+United+Kingdom&amp;ll=55.936351,-3.236509&amp;spn=0.002254,0.006968&amp;t=h&amp;z=18&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.936442,-3.236575&amp;panoid=QMgeKGLWCmBI5epm-Ooz6w&amp;cbp=12,161.6,,0,15.39">googolmap</a></p> <p>The recipe for success here seems to be to build a 10 foot extension to the pavement on a corner, but only paint the double yellows partially around it, thereby letting people park their cars along side it and in what was previously the middle of the carriageway. This of course completely defeats one of the major purposes of these extended pavements; to provide the pedestrian with a safe place to wait to cross where they are completely visible to drivers. </p> <p>But why stop there? You've already got cars parked on the opposite side of the road, but it's not quite narrow enough? So why not extend the bus stop out by a couple of metres - after all it's a busy stop served by one bus route, 3 times an hour at peak. It's an odd decision, they seem perfectly happy to plonk the bus stops in the middle of the pavement in town where waiting passengers and passing pedestrians mix and get in eachothers way to mutual frustration. </p> <p>So now traffic trying to go uphill is met not only by the cars parked in the middle of the road - and cannot see anyone trying to get out of the side street (and neither can they see you), but also the queue of cars trying to get around the bus coming the other way. However, the designer was obviously on a roll that day and delivered a coup-de-grace by placing the recycling bins exactly where they obscure the line of site between pedestrians and downhill drivers.</p> <p>Genius.</p> <p>&lt;/rant&gt;</p> <p>I needed that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-20352 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:59:50 +0000 chdot 20352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I've seen them do it, but they don't want to damage the engine, so they get out and 6 burly firemen "bounce" it out the way. It's quite a treat to see."</p> <p>"<br /> Hundreds of cars lifted for blocking fire engines' path <br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Hundreds-of-cars-lifted-for.6673179.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Hundreds-of-cars-lifted-for.6673179.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18760 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:56:55 +0000 LaidBack 18760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>smsm1 </strong></p> <p>That is an amazing story. Cycling the gap between Stirling and Camelon was a bit of genius. </p> <p>File under <strong>'incredible journeys'</strong> and send to Struan Stevenson! Or Scot-trial.</p> <p>Shows you that their info is in meltdown. Never has so much technology been used to so little effect. If you'd used twitter you may have given up... Better just to go for it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18753 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:22:20 +0000 chdot 18753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Council has told teachers to report to their nearest school ... Not sure what the point of that was"</p> <p>See <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1844#post-18749">here</a>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18752 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:19:59 +0000 wee folding bike 18752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>0730 Airdrie - Glasgow for a course at 0930. Got there a little early. Two other people turned up but the presenters didn't.</p> <p>Course cancelled.</p> <p>Council has told teachers to report to their nearest school. I drop in on the way home, report and leave. Not sure what the point of that was.</p> <p>A wee bit of yaw on some of the ice. I suspect it's the camber. Mostly positive responses to the trike apart from one taxi driver in Bargeddie. Apparently I'm a nutter... but he was the one ranting at strangers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18741 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:31:37 +0000 Min 18741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm no, just sliding a little on one foot, d'oh. Still works pretty well even as spikeless chains I have to say.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18740 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:28:05 +0000 chdot 18740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Make sure the spikes are pointing outwards on both feet though"</p> <p>Why? Have you been going round in circles? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18739 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:27:09 +0000 Min 18739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes indeed. Make sure the spikes are pointing outwards on both feet though.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18734 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:06:14 +0000 spitfire 18734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>on foot again today, these ice spikes are just too much fun not to use them </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18706 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:03:05 +0000 kaputnik 18706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>good effort smsm1! The bicycle must get through! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18705 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:02:27 +0000 Dave 18705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I started riding again this week on the MTB, after humming and hawing all last week (just put shiny new drivetrain on it which I wasn't sure I wanted to rust away).</p> <p>It's been surprisingly fine, even the deep snow in the side roads has now firmed up to the point where it's quite acceptable.</p> <p>There are some dodgy bits where compacted snow has made little ice nuggets, but I haven't had any near misses yet.</p> <p>The convenience is worth the risk. (An hour to bus a 15 minute bike ride, indeed!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18700 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:44:05 +0000 Cyclingmollie 18700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>smsm1 That was an epic. And there was me wondering whether to risk using the Innocent Path to go into the city centre tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18699 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:43:13 +0000 cb 18699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>smsm1: Good getting-home effort! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18687 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:14:08 +0000 smsm1 18687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rail unreliable?</p> <p>Tuesday night I was on a Caledonian Sleeper from London to Edinburgh, which was initially cancelled, but then half an hour later re-instated, yet the online live trains info continued to state that the train was cancelled, even so I was on it!</p> <p>Then waking up yesterday morning, I was informed that the train was going into Glasgow instead, with the end of the train where the bikes for Edinburgh go, off the end of the platform, luckily I was able to take the bike through a few carriages. I then get to Glasgow Queen to find the 0800 and 0830 trains to Edinburgh, with massive queues for the 0900.</p> <p>I thus ended up taking a bit of a gamble and taking the Alloa train, that according to the online live train times was cancelled, yet I was on it! I got off at Larbert to find that all trains on that line were cancelled until further notice due to a broken down train outside Stirling. I started cycling the next bit towards Falkirk, but then gave up and started pushing due to the road being too icy.</p> <p>I went into Camelon station to find all trains there were cancelled too, yet there was a northbound non-stopping train, and then the first Edinburgh-Dumblane train of the day, which was hopefully going to turn round and head back. I hung round the station for a while, and sure enough it did come back, with no information about that train on the displays, though there was an announcement where the guy was rather surprise that there was a train running. I had a nice chat with the catering guy on that train, including some cycling stuff.</p> <p>Cycling on Edinburgh's main roads from the Waverley, up the bridges to the Gilmerton Road wasn't too bad. Once I came off the main road though it was a lot harder, especially when hitting a speed cushion, or getting onto the lesser used roads, with 2 deep ruts to attempt to cycle in with the peddles hitting the top of the snow.</p> <p>Needless to say, I was cycling with 2 full panniers (probably weighing a good 10kg between them) and an additional 9kg on top of the rack too strapped on with bunggies, so it was even more challenging than normal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18660 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:53:57 +0000 chdot 18660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"'Warm' spell on the way but it'll last just 3 days"</p> <p><a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39Warm39-spell-on-the-way.6653376.jp" rel="nofollow">http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39Warm39-spell-on-the-way.6653376.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18653 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:16:23 +0000 ruggtomcat 18653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnic Touché! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18652 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:04:08 +0000 druidh 18652@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strangely enough, I've been convinced the past couple of evenings that it's colder at the shop than in Balerno. The state of some of the roads would appear to support that as the Lanark Road was wet, whereas Princes St was icy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18649 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:23:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 18649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Cycling to and from Balerno has been just fine.</em>"</p> <p>Seriously?!?! No snow or ice on the roads making it... fun? I need to move inland - supposed to stay clearer near the sea, but that's definitely not the case at the moment! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1733&page=14#post-18648 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:00:16 +0000 kaputnik 18648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Meanwhile, in Scotland...</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lcX_M9AmI&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lcX_M9AmI&amp;feature=player_embedded</a> </p>