http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Took the Innocent this Morning en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:38:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19564 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:41:30 +0000 duncans 19564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I cycled this Monday evening...it was nasty even on spiky tires, very bumpy and rutted, not to be recommended. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19502 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:01:07 +0000 Stepdoh 19502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Old deathtrap road. hee hee, I'm so using that from now on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19497 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:50:00 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 19497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, you must have turned off just before I got to the western end. After seeing the chap riding the ice I really wish I'd invested in winter tyres! As he said, he felt daft buying them in the summer, but not any more! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19493 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:35:27 +0000 Min 19493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I rode it too and was pretty glad I was there and not on Old Deathtrap Road when the blizzard started! Mind you I have a shorter distance to go on it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19491 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:22:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 19491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the update and the photos. I think I'll keep clear of it for a few more days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19490 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:16:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 19490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That was on Melville Street - contractors from Lightways trying to work out how to attach the snowplough, and pretty much failing. They tried moving it forward, but the blade was catching on the ground and there was lots of shouting to stop. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19489 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:15:32 +0000 kaputnik 19489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Last photo - what the ****?</p> <p>Although it looks like they picked the right man out of the 3 to provide sufficient ballast, surely that will just flip as soon as the blade hits a bank of hard ice!</p> <p>So now the cooncil PR cribsheet will read "but we've got 12 mini tractors and now even a quad bike" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897#post-19488 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:07:07 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 19488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Decided to take my normal Innocent Path commute today to see what the conditions were like. Icy was the answer. Huge swathes of unrideable ice (that is until a chap coming the other way showed me his studded winter tyres). There are patches where the ice ran down the middle (where a compacted snow path had been created during the snow), but the longest of these was about 100-150 yards long.</p> <p>I'll be sticking to the roads for the time being...</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5265927996/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5265927996_7b701214ef.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5265323155/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5265323155_5d4228e1a1.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5265324765/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5265324765_c09b508da9.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5265325947/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5265325947_eeea48e94c.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5265933532/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5265933532_8e4830795f.jpg"></a> </p>