http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: First decent ride on my new steed. en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:49:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23936 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:05:11 +0000 Stepdoh 23936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not really uphill, just a very slight incline I use as an excuse to mask my unfitness :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23934 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:01:19 +0000 Mabs 23934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Stepdoh they were all heading towards Leith so they have no excuses. Or perhaps it was because they knew they were getting closer to Leith and once you're there there's no escape!</p> <p>I on the other hand was heading 'uphill' and didn't even notice it was uphill.<br /> Just can't get the staff these days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23924 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:33:03 +0000 steveo 23924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Those on the roseburn path weren't as friendly. Perhaps they're not used to someone smiling at them?</em></p> <p>You probably just spotted Spytfyre, he gets upset at the Innocent bias round here. ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23915 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:01:26 +0000 Stepdoh 23915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Those on the roseburn path weren't as friendly. Perhaps they're not used to someone smiling at them?</em></p> <p>Yep, pretty much everyone on the Roseburn path are morose bs. I never think there's any excuse as from Roseburn to Leith it's pretty much all downhill and is rather good fun to tear down. </p> <p>Going the other way on the other hand. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23899 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:39:05 +0000 kaputnik 23899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How is the Canal at night.</em></p> <p>Got to watch out for late night dog walkers and joggers and bat spotters concentrating on their ultrasonic detectors </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23897 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:17:14 +0000 Mabs 23897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alas I didn't take the scenic route. Went up Gorgie and took a left up to Slateford and down the the Walmart chainery.</p> <p>How is the Canal at night. Bein new to the city I avoid such areas at night ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23894 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:05:47 +0000 SRD 23894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Except that turning right out of Meggetgate is one of the most unpleasant/dangerous things to do! At least there is the option of turning left and doing a U turn when traffic 'allows'.</em></p> <p>I usually walk the bike across the pedestrian crossing! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23893 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:54:45 +0000 chdot 23893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"so you just backtrack a few yards to the Asda entrance"</p> <p>Except that turning right out of Meggetgate is one of the most unpleasant/dangerous things to do!</p> <p>At least there is the option of turning left and doing a U turn when traffic 'allows'. </p> <p>If you're walking (or have a light bike) the station footbridge gives a more direct route. </p> <p>That ASDA is moderately well connected to the WoL path with a link to New Mart Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23892 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:31:00 +0000 SRD 23892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>just cycled out to Asda </em></p> <p>on the canal? there's a path that leaves the canal just after the meggetland flats (the multi-coloured ones) and takes you to Slateford station, so you just backtrack a few yards to the Asda entrance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23885 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:20:52 +0000 recombodna 23885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>..or learn to fix it yourself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23884 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:57:20 +0000 ruggtomcat 23884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>get rid of it! :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23883 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:21:22 +0000 Mabs 23883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It fairly adds up.<br /> Its going into the garage soon to get the steering sorted and that's a good few £ straight away. Just terrible! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23882 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:04:20 +0000 kaputnik 23882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Also questioning the £50 a month I am paying for insurance...</em></p> <p>Add to that the fuel and MOT etc. and that's your next bike fund :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23881 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:01:17 +0000 Mabs 23881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm questioning why I ever thought driving in Edinburgh was fun. Also questioning the £50 a month I am paying for insurance...</p> <p>Just cycled out to Asda to get some maple syrup for breakfast pancakes the morn and was surprised at how quickly I got there.<br /> Granted the times I have gone in the car its been busy etc but wow. Cycling is the way.<br /> I'm looking forward to bringing the girlfriend's bike down after easter so we can both go out cycling.</p> <p>I second what Smudge says. I always found after long runs if I was sedentry the next day my ITB's would be on fire however light exercise+stretching really slowed down and reduced the onset of any cramps and sore muscles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23880 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:48:23 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 23880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Smudge: That sort of makes sense...a delayed warm-down reduces the delayed muscle aches. That means I should maybe do one of my wee training runs tomorrow night. I'll report back if it works. Which is kind of obvious, because if it <em>doesn't</em> work, then the chances of me being able to walk to the computer and raise my arms to the keyboard come Tuesday are pretty thin anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23877 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:21:14 +0000 Smudge 23877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IM Knees, as one who's steadily catching up with my elders ( ;-) ) I often find that if I've had a (for me) hard exercise session, if I have a very gentle short bit of the same type of exercise the next day then the following day doesn't hurt nearly as much and recovery seems faster.<br /> That said, it seems I have no intention of practicing what I preach as I'm taking tomorrow off as a "rest day" and not taking the bike to work (I'll use the c*r just for the one day! Hopefully I wont be excommunicated from the forum lol) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23859 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:26:01 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 23859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ ruggtomcat: On my old (car-based) commute I used to drive along West Harbour Road at Granton and regularly saw one of these machines coming in the other direction. My first thought was that it was only a matter of time before the pilot and machine disappeared under the wheels of one of the Biffa trucks that regularly scuttle up and down that road, but they were clearly more tenacious than I had given them credit for and kept reappearing (a CCE poster, by any chance?).</p> <p>Reclining, in all its forms, appeals greatly to me, but I confess there's something of the Sinclair C5 about the concept (<em>sans</em> leccy motor of course). I like the look of the trikes though, and it's true that my nads might have been better preserved after a long run on one of those. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23858 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:22:57 +0000 amir 23858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad, you're enjoying it Mabs. Nothing like a new bike.</p> <p>Mind you the first time that I went out on my newest steed, the rear wheel fell off. Twice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23857 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:06:27 +0000 ruggtomcat 23857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>get <a href="http://www.laid-back-bikes.co.uk/">bent</a> ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23856 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:42:53 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 23856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ruggtomcat <em>lol @knees, thats my favorite post this year :D</em></p> <p>They say the best humour is inspired by conflict and pain. Little doubt about the pain today, some of which was borne out of the conflict between saddle and nether regions... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23855 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:36:21 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 23855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Mabs : Having followed some of your other posts I'm aware of your new Ridgeback purchase - I'll look out for you. I myself have a rather beautiful Dawes Geneva hybrid which I bought from TBC just in time for the snow at the end of last year, and which I have wrapped in cotton wool lest it catch a cold or scrape it's metaphorical knees. I'll take it out again when the potholes are all filled and the weather is more Santa Monica and less Roseburn Terrace...</p> <p>So today I was riding my tuppence ha'penny suspensionless Falcon MTB that I bought from JJB Sports about ten years ago. Mostly white, no panniers, squeaky back brake. I canvassed opinion on this bike a few weeks ago on CCE in the hope that everyone would say get rid and buy something a bit more 'pro' (which I could then have used to justify another purchase to Mrs. Knees) but interestingly no-one suggested I junk it. </p> <p>When I got home I had a warm shower and walked about a bit to try to 'warm down' my legs but the concrete waders were too far set by then. The Big Ache may not arrive 'til Tuesday (a sad trait about ageing is that any aches associated with exercise hit you with a progressively longer delay, so after one sleep you may feel that you got away with it while after two sleeps...). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23854 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:34:00 +0000 ruggtomcat 23854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>lol @knees, thats my favorite post this year :D</p> <p>20 miles is a good training run, its what I started out with last year. Doing 20 miles once or twice a week was enough to condition me for 60 mile camping trips. It all adds up and remember most people would never guess that 20 miles could be possible on a bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23850 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:11:04 +0000 Mabs 23850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is rather the fun.<br /> I too tried to make eye contact with as many as I could and got a few smiles from folk heading up the hill near mussleburgh as I was bombing down.<br /> Those on the roseburn path weren't as friendly. Perhaps they're not used to someone smiling at them?</p> <p>I actually did some stretches when I got back in and I hope it has helped. I had a trapped nerve or such on friday afternoon. It was hellish sitting in class but I was fun walking and on the ride home.</p> <p>What do you ride Mr Knees?<br /> I am on a black Ridgeback Solo with silver guards and a panier. I shall more than likely be wearing shorts with a black HH base layer or a yellow/black running jacket.<br /> I look forward to the day of meeting another CCE minion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23847 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:23:04 +0000 Its_Me_Knees 23847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Was good doing some distance (For some I doubt its even a training run) and I hope my back isn't too sore tomorrow.</em></p> <p>@Mabs : To put this in perspective, after a few training runs around the estate, I went for my first distance &lt;cough&gt; run this morning: Silverknowes to Riccarton via the Roseburn path and the Union Canal towpath (and back again). 18 miles I think. As you say Mabs, not even a training run for some. </p> <p>My legs now feel like I have dangled them all day in waders full of concrete (which has set) and my arms and shoulders are aching with an incandescence reminiscent of what one might suffer after a visit to a particularly vindictive Turkish masseur. On the plus side, my nose, throat, ears and eyes have dripped and watered themselves clear of all the week's gunge, and my abs feel as taught as any beer-gutted fifty something's abs could be. The six pack may be invisible, but at least the barrel is better defined. And I think I will sleep well tonight. :-)</p> <p>En route, I did my best to make eye contact with all fellow cyclists in the hope that - despite never having laid eyes on one single CCE poster in the flesh - I might be recognised by a welter of pedallers with a cheery salutation (something along the lines of "Nice wheels and a fine turn of speed if I might make so bold, Mr Knees.."). If any of you were subjected to a curiously fixed, slightly maniacal stare from a fat and profoundly sweaty bloke whose expression suggested he was suffering from simultaneous bouts of constipation and lockjaw, can I just apologise to you now for any disturbance this may have caused.</p> <p>Despite all this, like yourself Mabs, I'm quite enjoying this cycling lark... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23843 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:32:42 +0000 kaputnik 23843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>(went along the promenade but there seems to be cycling prohibited signs?).</em></p> <p>Like this one (I think they're pretty much on every second lamp post, the swine)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5316041099/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5316041099_9af678c67c.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5316041099/">Not welcome here</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">kaputniq</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23842 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:17:23 +0000 tammytroot 23842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey, must have been the weather or something but I was out Sat am on my new bike. Did a very similar route from Porty to Port Seton then up to Tranent and then back through Wallyford/Musselburgh and back to Porty. First 20 Miler of the year. My new bike is a Claude Butler. A bit of a step up from my old hard tail MTB.<br /> Maybe we passed en route?<br /> Anyway well done, keep getting the miles in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23841 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:32:36 +0000 recombodna 23841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's pretty much my morning training run at the momment. I chuck in a cycle round arthur seat for some hill action. It's just about 20 miles on the nose and it takes me just under an hour so it's perfect for me to fit in between nursery drop of and pick up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2249#post-23839 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:02:24 +0000 Mabs 23839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As sundays are for relaxing and being awake between 3/4am (because of our puppy) and getting up rather early I decided today would be perfect for cruising some cycle routes to wake myself up.</p> <p>Popped down to Mussleburgh through the Inoccent Tunnel way, had a cruise around there then headed along to Leith via Portabello (went along the promenade but there seems to be cycling prohibited signs?).<br /> Stopped to check the map once in Leith and went up the Roseburn path right back to Haymarket then scooted along to Caledonian Crescent.</p> <p>Was good doing some distance (For some I doubt its even a training run) and I hope my back isn't too sore tomorrow.<br /> Its beena bit nippy on the short runs to KB but I'm putting it down to poor posture and simple not being used to a drop bar bike.</p> <p>I'm thinking of heading of doing another decent run on tuesday but I'm not sure where to this time.<br /> It seemed there was hardly any up hill sections on the route today and the single speed was perfect for keeping me rolling.</p> <p>I really must get a wee computer to note my distances and all that jazz.</p> <p>Gotta say I am loving this cycling lark. Much more civilised than my BMX'ing days. </p>