http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Ice en Thu, 21 May 2026 03:47:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382691 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:20:32 +0000 Arellcat 382691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was going to ride to work today but I looked out of the window at 7am and decided not to travel. The streets here in Midlothian were so icy you could have skated on them. I daresay the trunk roads that comprise most of my commute would have been gritted already but I wasn't prepared to find out and risk falling off my Elephant Bike (spiked tyres already installed) or risk crashing the torpedo and damaging it severely.</p> <p>Mid-morning the gritters came to all the side streets here and the ice has more or less melted for now.</p> <p>I need to commute tomorrow though so may pick the EB. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382690 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:34:33 +0000 gembo 382690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Last night no ice until Juni green then started to freeze [on wol path] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382689 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:24:35 +0000 chdot 382689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like icy weekend, then warms up a bit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382688 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:18:51 +0000 gembo 382688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>N-ice will swap out front wheel for spikes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382687 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:42:01 +0000 Morningsider 382687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was out for a brief trip on my beefy tyred MTB there. Stuck to bus routes only, as they are the best gritted roads, and there was still lots of ice towards the edges of the carriageway. Pavements pretty lethal - especially the Council's beloved granite paviours.</p> <p>On balance, probably best to give it a miss today unless you have spiked tyres. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382686 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:27:25 +0000 neddie 382686@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A rider came off on the ice on this morning's Dawn Patrol, near Leith </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382684 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:58:28 +0000 neddie 382684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep. Did not cycle today.</p> <p>I think even if they had gritted, it would've all been washed away by the rain last night.</p> <p>Lady getting on bus was both thanking the driver profusely for waiting and grumbling loudly about how she'd "nearly broken her neck" falling on Princes St and there was "no grit anywhere" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21862#post-382682 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:05:35 +0000 nevelbell 382682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My goodness, I've never known it to be so icy. Be careful out there, lots of roads untreated and many folk acting like NPCs and not paying attention. </p>