http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Union Canal Thorns at Hermiston en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:43:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17607#post-246870 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 21:17:59 +0000 gembo 246870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@emur you are bang on the money that there is absolutely no sweeping. Many duders on here carry brushes for this very porpoise </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17607#post-246868 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:42:11 +0000 emuir 246868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose that's another problem with the path being so narrow - cannot get a sweeper down for that sort of thing.</p> <p>Perhaps it's just my road cycling paranoia showing through :p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17607#post-246847 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:41:29 +0000 gembo 246847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had hawthorn or maybe was blackthorn puncture one New Year's Day way out on the canal towpath beyond Ratho and I had a bad hangover and I had to change the tyre which was schwalbe marathon plus. Now these tyres are Kevlar bullet proof lined but not blackthorn proof.</p> <p>There was nothing suspicious though just random. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17607#post-246834 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:04:17 +0000 I were right about that saddle 246834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They trim the blackthorn on the canal from time to time and when they do it's a p*ncture frenzy for a couple of weeks until the debris gets blown and pushed aside.</p> <p>At least you didn't transpierce your thumb while feeling for the offending item inside the tyre. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17607#post-246826 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:27:47 +0000 emuir 246826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday afternoon my rear tyre was punctured on a suspiciously placed thorn branch before the aqueduct over the bypass at Hermiston (east side). On hind-side I should have stopped to take a picture and move it but at the time I wasn't sure and was then past it, only to wake-up to a flat.</p> <p>Anyone else had problems wit this? Worth looking out for anyway - pain in the ass fixing </p>