http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: I did a shocking thing today en Sun, 17 May 2026 09:40:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117838 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:13:00 +0000 gembo 117838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>if windy or feeling peely wally or on skinny tyres or if it is busy or just for the hell of it I will get off and push bike across too. the sign does advise this. two folk pushing in opposite direction causes a jam in way one person leaning into railings but staying on bike and another cycling by doesn't </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117835 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:02:35 +0000 custard 117835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha! @CC<br /> I was scared to admit I'm the same<br /> glad I'm not the only one </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117763 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:23:30 +0000 cc 117763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My aqueduct etiquette is to huddle up against the railings and create room for braver souls to pass me, then when it's all clear to resume my slow walk across. Used to cycle it when I was younger, don't dare now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117742 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:03:31 +0000 gembo 117742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WoL path good today. Did have slight Mexican standoff on way home on the aqueduct. My aqueduct etiquette is that if I am over half way then I should have precedence but if I am under half way I cede. However, the person coming the other way, who had just come on to the cobbles had to cede to the guy in front. I came up close behind and their etiquette was wait for one, be allowed to pass the next one. Led to the stand off. I was on the outside and prevailed but no one in the right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117700 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:18:05 +0000 gdm 117700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Glentress has nothing on Wester Coates eastbound... </em>"</p> <p>Paris-Roubaix has nothing on some of Edinburgh's cobbled streets... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117697 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:02:42 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 117697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shocked, but not surprised. That's why I have taken to commuting on my MTB (c/w sizeable Schwalbe M+ too). It's big and heavy, but it's comfortable and helps make the skinny-tyred weekend road runs feel that little bit easier. Glentress has nothing on Wester Coates eastbound... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10686#post-117589 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:15:59 +0000 gembo 117589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I know lots of you do it all the time with no difficulty but I took a fast road bike with skinny tyres from Balerno to waverley today and it was no fun. Surface of road shocking, amount of glass shocking, driving standards shocking. I was so shocked that tonight I went home through the park. Shocking number of people jogging on the cycle path when perfectly good pedestrian path and indeed my favoured running surface, grass on either side. </p> <p>Nice new Tarmac on the shocking craiglockhart road.</p> <p>Back to Schwalbe marathon plus and the WoL path tomorrow. </p>