http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling along M25! en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:01:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12280#post-143611 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:15:49 +0000 Focus 143611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's face it, anyone following an app's advice to cycle on a motorway isn't wise! Anyone who would choose to ride on a motorway, let alone think it's legal, shouldn't be let out of the house on their own.</p> <p>I rode along the Edinburgh Bypass once after a ride with my co-workers (3 of us took the bypass). Back then, it was legal to do so but I never chose to do it again after that one experience! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12280#post-143565 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:00:04 +0000 twq 143565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've found myself on the A90 south of Aberdeen as there seemed to be no alternative. Did about 200m before finding a muddy side-track. Not advised. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12280#post-143563 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:37:45 +0000 fimm 143563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends a bit how fast the traffic was going (25 refers to the speed, doesn't it? ;-) ) - stuff belting past at 70 is a bit different to a traffic jam... Also if one was right on the inside edge of the hard shoulder one would be a more reasonable distance from the traffic than being on a narrow pavement... not that I am saying that it is sensible! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12280#post-143551 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:42:49 +0000 kaputnik 143551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You have to wonder how little "danger sense" some people have.</p> <p>I've had the mispleasure of cycling alongside the A9 on a verge/path from Gleneagles Station to the main road to Creiff, which is the only way in and out. It was a bl**dy terrifying 500m and I really had to put my head down and grit my teeth and get out of there as fast as possible. How anyone could manage this voluntarily onto the hostile environment of one of the busiest motorways in the country is beyond me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12280#post-143541 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:04:40 +0000 DaveC 143541@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26336618" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26336618</a></p> <p>Sounds a bit silly to me! </p>