http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist beats train... en Tue, 19 May 2026 21:30:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285806 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:20:10 +0000 dougal 285806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Headline conjures images of Basil Fawlty giving the train a 'damn good thrashing'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285799 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:48:27 +0000 acsimpson 285799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed, having failed to make a booking for RttS I bought gembo and my tickets of someone who couldn't make the ride.</p> <p>For a reason that only they know the booking was from Haymarket to Carlise with a separate booking from Waverley to Haymarket. Which seems fine except that Virgin don't load bikes at Haymarket.</p> <p>Upon turning up at Waverley the platform mangers were looking very confused at their list as they appeared to have 6 bikes booked into the 4 spaces. I explained that gembo and myself were 4 of them but couldn't help with the other two which were only booked from Haymarket.</p> <p>Another 2 riders to the sun had also turned up without a booking and got lucky as the Haymarket to Carlisle booking couldn't be honoured (and the folk with the booking didn't turn up). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285722 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:25:43 +0000 DrAfternoon 285722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An excellent effort at publicising what a nightmare train services are with bikes, especially Virgin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285714 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:12:56 +0000 panyagua 285714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This story was in the cycling press so I guess the Standard have picked it up and embellished it a bit. I met James on the Merse and Moors Audax in April - nice guy, works at Edinburgh Uni. It's possible he's on this forum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285682 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:00:35 +0000 Blueth 285682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More to the point, where did he find up there that was producing "whiskey"? Or shouldn't we expect a London paper to know any better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285680 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:39:34 +0000 ejstubbs 285680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Roughly three times as long. I'd have thought that a PhD student would be capable of performing such a straightforward calculation.</p> <p>And "bike beats train by starting eight hours earlier" must be right up there in the list of non-stories which only get printed to fill a slow news day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285662 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:05:04 +0000 Ed1 285662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He did take a little longer than the train takes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18943#post-285660 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:25:22 +0000 spytfyre 285660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cyclist-beats-train-on-170-mile-journey-across-scotland-after-he-couldn-t-fit-his-bike-on-board/ar-AAz01Iy?ocid=ARWLCHR" rel="nofollow">https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cyclist-beats-train-on-170-mile-journey-across-scotland-after-he-couldn-t-fit-his-bike-on-board/ar-AAz01Iy?ocid=ARWLCHR</a> </p>