http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: winter - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:49:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-365278 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:49:31 +0000 acsimpson 365278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure if it's been edited but the article now says it keeps the CoG in the right place. Depending on how sharply you are cornering the outside pedal remains over or outside the tyres so keeps more weight pushing down rather than out on the tyres. Of course it isn't necessarily as simple as that as the cornering itself also creates forces on the tyres (otherwise we would fall off every time we turn).</p> <p>It's nice to see an article which doesn't concentrate on clothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-365276 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:25:13 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 365276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I really question the orthodoxy that weight through the outside pedal when cornering = lower centre of gravity. That does not compute for me. Probably other good reasons for it (not least clearance) but CoG arguments I struggle with </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-365275 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:46:11 +0000 chdot 365275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/seasonal-advice/travel/cycling-in-winter" rel="nofollow">https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/seasonal-advice/travel/cycling-in-winter</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695&page=2#post-300280 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:26:46 +0000 Arellcat 300280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does seem that CEC is taking a rather cavalier attitude to people's safety. Perhaps they shouldn't bother gritting any roads, and if a motorist's vehicle slides madly into a wall, well that's just their silly fault for going out when it's dangerous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695&page=2#post-300275 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:48:46 +0000 mcairney 300275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I came off at that corner last year. I'm also a casualty/statistic today as I came off just past the first bridge along the Brunstane burn path. I decided to take the MTB which gave me what turns out to be a false sense of security and the big went sideways while taking the corner.<br /> Got some nasty cuts to my leg which needed patching up but nothing broken and perhaps most importantly the bikes fine! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695&page=2#post-300269 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:46:12 +0000 Boab08 300269@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers Colin, just a bit of a sore head and knee. Thankfully the helmet took the brunt. If you could add some weight, they might just start gritting that section too.</p> <p>Also reported the phantom tree chopper. Lots of trees have been felled. Looks like vandalism. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300268 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:36:26 +0000 Colin 300268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boab08<br /> Sorry to hear about your crash. Hope you’re not badly hurt.<br /> Thanks for the heads up about that section though - I use that route frequently. Seems to a be reluctance to grit the shared use path between Milton Rosd and The Jewel. I’ll also ask that it gets more attention from the gritters.<br /> Cheers<br /> Colin </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300260 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:59:32 +0000 Boab08 300260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Came off the bike this morning on black ice at the subway by Asda Milton. That section is never gritted. Emailed the council this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300215 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:41:30 +0000 gembo 300215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently Gritty McGrit Face has an app now to say how icy it is and what types of grits are down on the road already. Well prototype.</p> <p>Gritty McVittie and Gritty Gritty Bang Bang </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300202 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:33:55 +0000 chdot 300202@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How many snowpersons worth is that? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300200 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:29:07 +0000 wingpig 300200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used our wee front garden as a skip for five housefrontsworth of snow and ice I cleared from the footways last year, with no perceptible ill effects. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300183 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:30:42 +0000 gembo 300183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Council Snow Plough on the road creates a wall of ice outside my house if I do not get shovelling immediately after it goes past. I have to create two mountains of ice and a valley to allow the car in and out.</p> <p>Many moons ago my sister-in-law's hyusband dragooned the pavement tractor to clear the wall of ice so they could head home. He insisted on giving them a large tip which they were embarrassed about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300179 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:29:21 +0000 ejstubbs 300179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Snow shovelled off a private drive shouldn't be particularly salt-laden, I wouldn't have thought. In any case, it's still no excuse for inconveniencing others.</p> <p>IME lawn grass always looks rubbish at this time of year anyway. It doesn't grow much if at all, so simple mechanical wear can easily make a lawn look quite sad. When the grass starts growing again in the spring it quickly bounces back.</p> <p>We had some fairly major work done in our back garden just before Christmas. The guys were meticulous about putting down boards for the mini digger but the relaid turf over the trench for the armoured cable is still a bit of an eyesore, and the other areas that just got trampled by feet still look rather downtrodden (literally). But we're confident that it will quickly start to look a lot better once the growing season kicks in properly. The trick in our garden, which has quite heavy soil, will be to stop the moss getting a head start on the grass and taking over. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300178 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:16:09 +0000 steveo 300178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>some exotic variety of grass which cannot survive snow which has been deposited other than by falling from the sky</em></p> <p>Dunno, the stretch of grass from my front garden to my bike shed is looking worse for wear, I'm assuming its salt from roads on my tyres killing it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300177 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:14:38 +0000 steveo 300177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When the parents of the kids school were clearing the pavements last year we must have blocked more than a couple of driveways just piling the ice from the pavements into the road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300172 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:42:13 +0000 ejstubbs 300172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>When it snows, it is wonderful when the snowploughs are out clearing the roads….but not if they dump the snow off the roads and onto the pavements.</em></p> <p>Even private individuals do this. Round our way, it is depressingly common to encounter blocked pavements caused by people who have cleared the snow off their drive and left it in a big pile on the public footway. These are properties with front gardens including ground which basically has no other purpose than to be flat and green ie lawns. I assume these people must cultivate some exotic variety of grass which cannot survive snow which has been deposited other than by falling from the sky. Or else the householders are just ignorant, thoughtless, selfish idiots. Take your pick. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-300152 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 20:18:59 +0000 HankChief 300152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another blog from @mummycycle that is bang on the money...</p> <p><a href="http://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/the-inequalities-of-winter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/the-inequalities-of-winter/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-274226 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:25:49 +0000 LivM 274226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Link at the top doesn't work any more. New one here: <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20227/gritting_and_salt_bins/506/winter_road_and_pavement_maintenance_map" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20227/gritting_and_salt_bins/506/winter_road_and_pavement_maintenance_map</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8695#post-274189 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:29:26 +0000 chdot 274189@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The current priority system for deciding which roads should be gritted will be re-examined after councillors agreed that “shortcomings” were exposed during the recent spell of cold weather.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-council-orders-review-of-road-gritting-1-4680563" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-council-orders-review-of-road-gritting-1-4680563</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=3#post-177220 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:48:11 +0000 Greenroofer 177220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On tarmac made with small chippings (like on the towpath) studded tyres sounds just like rice crispies. My favourite noise from them is on smooth hard surfaces (polished concrete being best) when I hear the metallic ring of the studs as they make contact. There's the same effect on polished setts, but usually there the ring is drowned out by the noise of my bike shaking itself to bits.</p> <p>This helps distract me from remembering that all that noise is energy that I am putting in being wasted into the atmosphere rather than being used to generate forward motion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-177216 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:36:00 +0000 dougal 177216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a satisfying brrrrrrrrr noise on the right surface. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-177212 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:22:53 +0000 wingpig 177212@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It wasn't until I was trundling up the resurfaced Leith Walk the other day that I remembered that I'd remembered what the sound of studs reminded me of: the noise normal tyres made on the Greenway surface in the late nineties, when it was comprised of lots of tiny little green splintery things which looked suspiciously like glass when they became detached and pooled in the gutters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-177208 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:12:02 +0000 acsimpson 177208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another hidden benefit is the removal of the need to ping ones bell. Pedestrians seem to hear you coming from 100 yards away and look round to see what that noise it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-177129 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:16:24 +0000 dougal 177129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also good for increasing awareness, sudden and aggressive braking not being great for the studs I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-177024 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:47:20 +0000 acsimpson 177024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They also seem good for training you out of the habit of freewheeling just because the road goes down hill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-176961 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:56:33 +0000 Smudge 176961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back on the winter studded lht here... At least it's good resistance training!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&page=2#post-176959 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:40:05 +0000 Greenroofer 176959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pushing our bikes over the aqueduct with mini-Greenroofer on Sunday after a trip to the Hailes Quarry pump track, I followed Snowy's advice <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9073&amp;page=2#post-94406">above</a> and asked her to keep an eye open for tyre studs as I have lost a few. Sure enough, we found one amongst the cobbles without looking too hard, and it's pleasingly unworn and new enough to re-use...</p> <p>...so it can go straight back in the hole it fell out of. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-133493 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:47:48 +0000 Focus 133493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very important:</p> <p>Don't drink a litre of chocolate milk just because its use by date is today, thinking it will make wintery wind seem a little less forboding. I just did and my stomach is a little annoyed with me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-133472 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:50:58 +0000 Dave 133472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good point. The meadows is probably an ideal place for it, since it's so badly damaged by extensive commercial use and other sports anyway.</p> <p>It may interest you to know that I kept a log last winter (or maybe the one before - this forum is a bit generous with time boundaries for old posts) and it was only inclement for 10 commutes out of 132 in Dec/Jan/Feb. That's counting each direction as "1"... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11657&page=2#post-133470 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:47:37 +0000 Smudge 133470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Practicing skidding on grass may be preferred to tarmac, a softer landing if it all goes a bit pear shaped! </p>