http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Has Anyone Cycled... en Tue, 19 May 2026 16:28:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257774 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:39:59 +0000 LivM 257774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... and then water gets into every crack and joint and geography GCSE reminds me that you get freeze-thaw shattering etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257769 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:00:40 +0000 Nelly 257769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have to ask WHY can't they make roads as smooth as this in the city"</p> <p>They can and are laid very well - I cycled up to the Bike Co Op from Gilmore place earlier......from lunar landscape to silky smooth within 200 yards.</p> <p>The problem is that heavy buses drive in the town and there are multiple utilities buried under the road which get dug up and poorly reinstated. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257713 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:37:34 +0000 nevelbell 257713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I managed to cycle down the off ramp of the Queensferry south approach yesterday. I wanted to get down to the main road and spin a uee and come back, but some works vans were heading up from the bridge side and I didn't want to get in their way. </p> <p>The road is sooooooo smooth, for the 20 or 30 seconds I was on it, it was bliss. When you consider how awful the current 'road improvements' are in Edinburgh, I have to ask WHY can't they make roads as smooth as this in the city! Answer is probably money I imagine. </p> <p>It seems such a waste that only motorised vehicles will be able to use this road in a couple of weeks time.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/XHBEv2" rel="nofollow">https://flic.kr/p/XHBEv2</a></p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/WGiAqR" rel="nofollow">https://flic.kr/p/WGiAqR</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257542 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:58:47 +0000 HankChief 257542@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes. Not me, but someone on my Strava feed has done it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257540 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:57:32 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 257540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very tempting!</p> <p>As a boy I cycled the WAR before it opened</p> <p>Also got a backie on a chopper along it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257538 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:48:12 +0000 redmist 257538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's very tempting, isn't it. The chances of not being spotted aren't great though. Good luck ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18033#post-257536 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:43:54 +0000 nevelbell 257536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...the soon to be opened, 3 lanes of brand new road, approach to the new Forth road bridge on the Edinburgh side? I might sneak on it this weekend. </p>