http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Extra Leaf Jam on the Seafield Street - Leith Links cycle path en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:51:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170484 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:58:19 +0000 bdellar 170484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to Andrew Burns, I'm currently discussing the slabs with the relevant council officers. I do not accept the argument that the slabs are there to help the visually impaired, seeing as they ask people to walk into railings. It seems obvious to me that the segregation, chicanes and slabs are all designed to hamper cyclists outside the school.</p> <p>I'll let you know if I get any useful responses. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170373 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:34:37 +0000 amir 170373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had dodgy moments bothways on Middlewalk due to leafjam + tactiles. Not very nice - gave me flashbacks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170371 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:23:57 +0000 I were right about that saddle 170371@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had a rear end slide on tactiles this morning. Rarely have the back end step out on any other surface in fact.</p> <p>I can't imagine that the visually impared gain anything from having the surface between the raised hemispheres so slick. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170368 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:21:02 +0000 chdot 170368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What's the rationale for having this particular type of slabs?"</p> <p>'It's in the design manual'. </p> <p>IF true I can't see how anyone thinks it's a good idea <em>next to </em>the chicanes. </p> <p>I don't think being in the manual will be a suitable defence when someone has the misfortune to need to sue the council. </p> <p> 'Safety measures increase danger' (headline) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170366 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:15:26 +0000 Mandopicker101 170366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bigjack - exactly my experience of the chicane gates and their 'rumble slabs'. </p> <p>I've been extremely wary of them after seeing a wee boy on his bike go down on them and almost smacked into the railings. Thankfully he wasn't going too fast and his mum was just behind on her bike. </p> <p>When I went over the slabs last night I could feel my rear wheel itching to dance away from me. Usually I cut over the grass, which is fine when my crosser has CX tyres, less good when I'm on the skinny road rubber (as at the moment). </p> <p>What's the rationale for having this particular type of slabs? I appreciate their need for visually impaired people, but surely there must be a better design that accomodates everyone's needs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170315 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:02:55 +0000 Bigjack 170315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I find the main problem with that path is outside St Marys PS where the chicanes and "wrong-way" tactile slabs make it really treacherous in damp/wet conditions, especially with road tyres. Unfortunately I have taken to leaving the path altogether at the chicanes and following the well used avoidance route on the grass/mud. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170258 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:38:25 +0000 Mandopicker101 170258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I heartily second the proposal of 'Leaf jam' being adopted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170256 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:35:08 +0000 I were right about that saddle 170256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch. Glad you're OK. Even gladder you've adopted 'leaf jam'.</p> <p>Can we add that to the glossary? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13811#post-170248 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:16:18 +0000 Mandopicker101 170248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just in case anyone hadn't noticed, the path is particularly slippery with a fine combination of mud, leaf jam and rain. Worth taking a little extra care. </p> <p>I lost my front wheel and found myself bouncing along the tarmac, thankfully not at great speed. No road rash and my new cycle jacket shrugged off its rude introduction to tarmac. And there was me thinking how 'grippy' my tyres were... </p> <p>My thanks to the passing dog walker who stopped to check I was Ok (and for finding my rear light). </p>