http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A first! en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:23:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20768#post-356098 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:59:39 +0000 gembo 356098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A68 is a nightmare off Soutra, I can only stay on it until the Turn for Humbie. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20768#post-356097 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:17:08 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 356097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had a car on Comiston Rd manoeuvre AWAY from the bike lane to let me by - don’t think that’s ever happened for me either!</p> <p>Restored slight faith in some drivers after a white knuckle ride down the A68 from far side of Soutra </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20768#post-356091 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:07:39 +0000 chdot 356091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tonight I was cycling along Inverleith Row to the junction with Ferry Road.<br /> An Audi (well yes, a black one even) overtook me (safely) with a flourish that was pointless as the lights had already turned red. </p> <p>I was intending to get off and push road the corner (see other threads…) because I know the lights can take ages to change. </p> <p>But no, I found the Audi in the ASL quite close to the kerb, so decided to ‘stake my claim’. </p> <p>SO I squeezed into the small space between kerb and the car. </p> <p>Then I gestured to the driver that he was in ‘my’ space. But it was dark, inside the car too, so I wasn’t sure he’d noticed. </p> <p>THEN he reversed. </p> <p>Really don’t think that’s happened to me before! </p>