http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bike escalator en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:12:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-175391 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:32:21 +0000 acsimpson 175391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably they would have to shut any side streets to ensure the escalator could operate safely. I can think of a few not so steep streets where this would be a good think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-175383 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:50:12 +0000 i 175383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Market Street? And Mound/North Bank St? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-175230 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:11:08 +0000 gembo 175230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Morningside crescent? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-175229 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:08:01 +0000 Arellcat 175229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think you'll find that rule 342 (aka the thirteenth amendment of 1990) disallows non-Scottish central destinations. You could however play a decentralised manoeuvre such as Lybster. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-175219 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:40:59 +0000 gembo 175219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mornington Crecent? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174990 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:12:43 +0000 DaveC 174990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>???? posted minus one year ago????</p> <p><a href="http://s126.photobucket.com/user/Dave_Crampton/media/Untitled_zpsf5746dc9.jpg.html"><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/Untitled_zpsf5746dc9.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174986 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:08:30 +0000 DaveC 174986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it just me who reads the subject name and thinks...</p> <p>"Is this a tax escalator, so that people eventually can't afford to ride bikes and have to go back to driving everywhere?" The latest SNP policy? ;o) #letsBuildMoreRoads </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174974 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:04:50 +0000 chdot 174974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And pram pushers. </p> <p>it's an 'obvious' thing to do. Hope it happens this time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174972 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:55:41 +0000 cc 174972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting, thanks chdot. </p> <p>(More crazee Alpine switchbacks! At least it'll help infirm people to walk up the slope. I assume.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174953 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:21:15 +0000 chdot 174953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Dumbiedykes please, linking Dumbiedykes road up to St Leonard's."</p> <p>Well actually there's a plan to provide an alternative to the steep bit -</p> <p><a href="https://theskelf.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/5_project-site-drawings2.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://theskelf.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/5_project-site-drawings2.jpg</a></p> <p><a href="http://theskelf.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://theskelf.wordpress.com</a></p> <p><em>Actually</em> this improvement was proposed by Dumbiedykes residents a few years ago - but nothing happened then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174951 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:09:14 +0000 userfriendly 174951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ugh -_- the blasphemy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174936 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:22:00 +0000 skotl 174936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dalmeny to Cramond :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174908 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:05:10 +0000 wingpig 174908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From the WoL near the visitor centre up to the end of the aqueduct? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174905 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:59:07 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174902 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:52:58 +0000 Darkerside 174902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw that whilst in Norway last year. It seemed to have a slightly gimmicky status with the locals; the only people I saw using it were tourists.</p> <p>Idea seemed sound though. Certainly it got you up a near-vertical street with little bother. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174899 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:46:48 +0000 cc 174899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dumbiedykes please, linking Dumbiedykes road up to St Leonard's.</p> <p>Also at the bizarro alpine switchback entrance to the Roseburn Path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174871 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:57:29 +0000 gembo 174871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cranston Street (please can this game end with Mornington Crescent - from rAdio 4 see also belle and Sebastien song of that name) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174869 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:09:16 +0000 Ed1 174869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dundas street </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174855 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:36:46 +0000 Arellcat 174855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Popular concensus suggested Dublin Street or Dundas Street. Mentioned here back in the olden days:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2554#post-27184" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2554#post-27184</a></p> <p>but a bike lift in Edinburgh was actually semi-seriously looked at perhaps 15 years ago!</p> <p><a href="http://cyclingedinburgh.info/2007/04/02/should-edinburgh-rethink" rel="nofollow">http://cyclingedinburgh.info/2007/04/02/should-edinburgh-rethink</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14079#post-174854 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:12:20 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 174854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where in Edinburgh would benefit from one of these?</p> <p><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/bicycle-escalator-cyclocable-trondheim-norway/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boredpanda.com/bicycle-escalator-cyclocable-trondheim-norway/</a> </p>