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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it' http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it' en Tue, 19 May 2026 09:25:55 +0000 chdot on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231171 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:59:48 +0000 chdot 231171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "maybe it is time to call the west team in" Think so. Was there on Saturday and noticed 'vegetation' on various sections - plus the leaves are beginning pile up. paddyirish on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231170 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:54:49 +0000 paddyirish 231170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Blueth/acsimpson I follow Blueth's plan of going Eastbound in the bus lane. @acsimpson, I pruned the corner at the west end of the A90 about 10 days ago, as it was really bugging me. Lots of guys going down there at speed and not necessarily slow enough to take avoiding action. Only with secateurs to remove the worst, but maybe it is time to call the west team in. acsimpson on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231166 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:43:53 +0000 acsimpson 231166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Blueth, There has been head on collisions on the path. Thankfully the one I was involved in was at the top of the slope and low speed. Both me and the oncoming rider were holding their line on the kerb. The rider coming towards me hadn't spotted me due to the sun in their eyes. They spotted me and pulled left at the exact moment that I realised they hadn't spotted me and pulled right. It's not just that stretch which needs a prune. The corner at the West end of the A90 stretch has some very bad sightlines despite being a gradual curve. It's still great infrastructure thought and I would be delighted if Edinburgh built many more paths like it. LivM on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231144 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:47:28 +0000 LivM 231144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://20milers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/an-excursion-across-forth.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">http://20milers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/an-excursion-across-forth.html?m=1</a> LivM on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231143 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:46:35 +0000 LivM 231143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ 20 20-milers went to Aberdour and back yesterday, but that's not them :) fimm on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231138 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:03:49 +0000 fimm 231138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Ah, BoF mentioned a Ronde group. Blueth, I do as you do with the bus lane. Mind you I am only there at the weekend, I don't know what it is like at commuting hours. What we really need is some way of getting round the corner without having to merge onto the dual carriageway and immediately leave it again. Blueth on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231133 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:10:00 +0000 Blueth 231133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ The last stretch of that leading to Cramond Brig is rather narrow with blind bends and varying amounts of plant growth so I never use it on the way in, preferring to use the bus lane which I feel should be mandated for "incoming" cyclists. People tend to pick up a bit of speed coming down there and I would find it hard to believe there has never been a head on collision on the path or that nobody has ever had to jump off the kerb to avoid such. SRD on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231120 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:06:58 +0000 SRD 231120@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ My crew were out there yesterday too. Surprised they weren't caught in any pics/spotted. minus six on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231115 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:48:45 +0000 minus six 231115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ that path isn't wide enough to have a right or a left the ineffectual post with the 40 limit sign on it didn't even have a reflective sticker, until i had a cuss fuss chdot on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231108 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:21:42 +0000 chdot 231108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "It was the 2nd pic showing the riders passing each other to the right that threw me." Right! Yes, that's the thing about shared paths, no absolute rules! chdot on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231107 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:20:15 +0000 chdot 231107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Depends what you mean by big. I saw another similar sized one near Inverkeithing. Both groups had people with Ronde tops, so? fimm on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231105 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:16:22 +0000 fimm 231105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ BoF was out on his bike in that area yesterday and commented that he saw a big group or groups of cyclists and wondered if there was something organised going on. ih on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231102 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:50:15 +0000 ih 231102@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Ah!! It was the 2nd pic showing the riders passing each other to the right that threw me. chdot on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231096 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:39:08 +0000 chdot 231096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "they might be in a country where using the cycle infrastructure is mandatory" Photos taken yesterday between Cramond Brig and FRB. ih on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231092 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:59:20 +0000 ih 231092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ In fairness, they might be in a country where using the cycle infrastructure is mandatory. In the first pic, one of them appears to be cycling backwards. Now that's clever. chdot on "'No point in cycle infrastructure, they never use it'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16886#post-231091 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:52:31 +0000 chdot 231091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Often said about experienced cyclists willing to use the roads as they are. <img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8396/29133311054_f7b42964a3.jpg"> Encourages others too. <img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8338/29678599881_9d0dfb0d7f.jpg"> Of course it has to be well designed - and go where people want to go.