http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT (ish): Kips bypass track (Pentlands) en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:38:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357733 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:36:41 +0000 steveo 357733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chrisfl tags added, loved the smoothness key.</p> <p>Went with smoothness very horrible! Sounds like it was dreamt up in the pub! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357732 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:24:29 +0000 steveo 357732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure it would be a riot on a road bike.</p> <p>A woman I follow (on instagram) rides down that regularly on her gravel bike (just recognised it) she's a machine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357722 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:07:49 +0000 chrisfl 357722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Definitly worth correcting this one, definitly worth removing the bicyle=no - but worth adding surface and smoothness tagging, to help the routers avoid sending road bikes aliong.... </p> <p>What is the surface and smoothness, normal options are here:</p> <p><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface</a></p> <p><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357703 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:35:51 +0000 steveo 357703@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rode it this afternoon, lost track of time so it was pitch black when I was coming down. Quite a difficult track even on a mtb but certainly not the worst path in the Pentlands. I think I'll remove that tag.</p> <p>@dave I also thought to check the heat map, it's a pretty busy path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357655 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:16:13 +0000 Dave 357655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can definitely ride it, I've done so a few times and there are no gates etc. just a couple of deep ditches, bit wet probably in parts. Strava segment here: <a href="https://www.strava.com/segments/4732540?filter=overall" rel="nofollow">https://www.strava.com/segments/4732540?filter=overall</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357650 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:35:52 +0000 steveo 357650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Definitely going to be muddy! </p> <p>Went over Maidens yesterday, the semi slick rear tyre on my mtb made it "interesting" :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357645 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:46:46 +0000 Morningsider 357645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah - from rusty memory I think that should be doable, but a quick swatch at OS maps shows the first section would be a killer on the legs. Also, from a saunter up Braid Hill today I reckon mud/bog could be a problem. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357644 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:21:41 +0000 steveo 357644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah thats the one, forgot its got that really steep bit at that end probably worth remembering before hitting it! </p> <p>Might try and find the time to ride it next week and if I don't die I think I'll remove that tag. Since cycling is not forbidden its a bit misleading.</p> <p>edit: just checked the weather forecast. Maybe in a few weeks.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357643 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:06:08 +0000 Frenchy 357643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This path? <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/220438003#map=15/55.8364/-3.3095" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/220438003#map=15/55.8364/-3.3095</a></p> <p>It is tagged as "Bicycle=no" on openstreetmap, which might be the source of kommute saying cycling is forbidden. I suspect whoever tagged it this way was thinking more about whether it was possible (on a non-mountain bike) than about whether it was allowed (which is what bicycle=no is supposed to be used for).</p> <p>I've also pedestrianed along it, and also can't think of any reason it'd be particularly dodgy on a mountain bike. You might need to push at the very northern end of the path though, as I think it is pretty steep there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357642 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:50:40 +0000 steveo 357642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any one ridden the "Kips Bypass" runs down from the base of West Kip to Green Cluech? Oddly says cycling forbidden in kommute but I can't really see why given access codes, I've ran it before and can't think of reason that it would be dodgy on a mtb. </p>