http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Airport cycling advice kiosk thing en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:01:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159679 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:27:17 +0000 algo 159679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gkgk - that's fantastic advice…. a bit like "well if you wanted to get there, I wouldn't have started from here"... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159649 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:50:29 +0000 gkgk 159649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I tried using that screen thing 3 or 4 years back. Didn't work. Returning from cycling hol, thought to cycle home to central Edinburgh without planning route two weeks ahead. </p> <p>The lady at the info desk was no help, mainly there to explain that she never lets her husband cycle on the roads, too dangerous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159628 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:36:09 +0000 cb 159628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose we'll have to wait until they build some new piece of transport infrastructure linking to the airport as that would be the ideal opportunity to build a cycle lane alongside.</p> <p>Bit strange that it actually displays the Sustrans site before saying it's not available. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159604 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:50:51 +0000 algo 159604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>that is a good point…. I wonder a bit I suppose for whom it's intended.. I now cycle to the airport and leave my bike there if I only have hand-luggage which while not a great physical effort, is not something I would recommend with the bike provision in its current state... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159603 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:45:18 +0000 I were right about that saddle 159603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That does sound totally lame, but to be fair I don't suppose many people take a bike to Edinburgh on a plane without having some idea of where they're going.</p> <p>Dutch punters might be horrified if they try to cycle into town, but that horror only dawns at the A8, not in the terminal. And they'd have to pay €500 excess baggage to get their mamafiets here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13135#post-159602 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:14:33 +0000 algo 159602@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>the other day while at the airport I was interested to see that at the luggage carrousels they have an option to check out local advice for cycling at the transport advice "kiosk". I had assumed this would be directed at people arriving with bicycles on the plane - I know some people do that to tour Scotland etc. It's a shame then that there is no real cycle provision properly marked at all until the A8. </p> <p>The computer attempts to direct people to the sustans site - which doesn't work at the terminal:</p> <p><img src="http://algorhythmical.co.uk/na.jpg"></p> <p>Without some sort of half-decent cycling provision from the airport, this seems pretty half-arsed and pointless to me, but perhaps I'm being mean. </p>