http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Tour of Britain: How cycling found its Scottish home en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:58:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124935 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:15:09 +0000 chdot 124935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> ProcyclingLive (@procyclinglive)<br /> 15/09/2013 14:01<br /> NOW: livestreams Tour of Britain stage 1 (Peebles - Drumlanrig Castle) - United Kingdom up and running: <a href="http://ow.ly/oSEdu" rel="nofollow">http://ow.ly/oSEdu</a> #tob2013</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124934 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:13:42 +0000 SRD 124934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On Eurosport 2 now </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124933 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:12:23 +0000 chdot 124933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> The Tour of Britain (@TourofBritain)<br /> 15/09/2013 13:50<br /> Crowds are filling up on the finish line at Drumlanrig Castle - and the sun is coming out! #tob2013</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124927 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:56:19 +0000 chdot 124927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Live' photos by Larry Hickmott of VeloUK</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veloshooter/with/9757541853" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/veloshooter/with/9757541853</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124912 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:25:37 +0000 gembo 124912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought they might postpone it </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124910 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:21:06 +0000 chdot 124910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An hour ago in Peebles (not taken by me)</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9757324796_8da38e2b80.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124875 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:45:16 +0000 Charterhall 124875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course, the finding of cycling's "Scottish home" does somewhat overlook the fact that South-West Scotland is the home of cycling per se, the place where the bicycle was invented. Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Keir Mill and all that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124873 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:30:00 +0000 chdot 124873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From an ERC member I know -</p> <p>"<br /> Staying over in the borders. Rode along with 4 Sky pros today :-D</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124853 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:56:08 +0000 Charterhall 124853@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just saw the IAM team accompanied by two team cars out on a warm up, they'd just passed Hunters Tryst when I saw them. I was cycling in the opposite direction, I waved but disappointingly got no reaction from either them or their drivers. A poor show if you ask me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124849 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:45:34 +0000 crowriver 124849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They had probably all seen the forecast for tomorrow. :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124847 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:04:37 +0000 amir 124847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw the Sky Team Bus travelling towards Edinburgh in Eddleston :) I waved but no one waved back. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124827 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:15:03 +0000 Try Cycle 124827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it possible to get to peebles early on a sunday by public transport? had a look at horsburgh and first bus websites, and 11.30 looks like the earliest you can get there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124825 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:45:19 +0000 Charterhall 124825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The weather has often been testing when the race has visited Scotland"</p> <p>How true, and especially so tomorrow from the sounds of it ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11130#post-124823 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:09:19 +0000 amir 124823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24049568">"When I bought my first racer - more than a quarter of a century ago - it felt like I was the only person daft enough to cycle in southern Scotland."</a> </p>