http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: I love... en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:56:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-37955 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:24:26 +0000 wingpig 37955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There have been reports of the Foodie festival suffering from Meadows Festival levels of mud and bogginess, so it's possibly that rather than the micro-burn on the opposite side turning into a raging torrent.</p> <p>@edintravel replied (by DM, unhelpfully for anyone else following them) that Historic Scotland have confirmed that both cycle and foot paths are open.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-37954 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:19:25 +0000 Min 37954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this the bit of road next to the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3023#post-31908">waffle arrangement </a>you posted a wee while back? (computer says no to opening Streetmap) There was no flooding this morning. The cat's nick has been closed for a while because of rock falls though.</p> <p>It did look as if some sort of do is about to happen since there were tents and stuff around this morning. But "until further notice" is a bit mysterious. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-37953 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:46:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 37953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh, I wonder what's happened there - just basic flooding? Or a more impressive landslide? Might have to ride home that way (using Wingpig's cyclepath alternatives). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-37952 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:33:20 +0000 wingpig 37952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...routes with dedicated cycle path alternatives in case of roadfail...<br /> "<a href="http://www.twitter.com/edintravel">@edintravel</a>: Holyrood Park - Queen's Drive closed between Parliament &amp; Meadowbank until further notice. #edintravel"<br /> --<a href="http://twitter.com/edintravel/status/101972422042984448">original tweet</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35835 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:11:52 +0000 amir 35835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... when the first thing that you try to fix a squeak/rattle/other noise works </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35805 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:19:56 +0000 Smudge 35805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/" rel="nofollow">http://www.itsnotarace.org/scr-rules/</a><br /> I'll let you work out the points yourself ;-)</p> <p>Sounds like a very satisfying scalp though :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35802 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:01:13 +0000 MeepMeep 35802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A chap on a non-suspension MTB with average kinda tyres for his bike. He was a third of the way up Drumbrae South last night when I set out up the hill from the PC World roundabout. Caught up with him about halfway up and left him trailing in my wake by the time I reached the car wash.</p> <p>To be fair, the only competitiveness there was in all probability my own and there have been many times I've just been thankful to make it up the hill on my ridiculously heavy MTB with its chunky MTB tyres without any cyclist (hill)walks of shame.</p> <p>How many points would that warrant? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35799 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:11:52 +0000 Smudge 35799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tell all... who'd you scalp? How many points?? :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35794 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:59:51 +0000 MeepMeep 35794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...competitive commuting.</p> <p>But only when <em><strong>I</strong></em> win! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35347 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:04:31 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... struggling in thinking your legs have given up on the day only to find out, coming down the steepest part of the ride, that there's a headwind strong enough to warrant pedalling to keep moving then realising you've got to work faster than usual.</p> <p>Confusing... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35346 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:29:36 +0000 chdot 35346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Some people may regard this as sacrilegious - I think there is a need for a bit of tree pruning/removal."<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5924585300/in/photostream"></p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5924585300_60b58713f9.jpg"></p> <p></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-35070 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:16:08 +0000 Bhachgen 35070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...when I'm on one of the bits of my commute that tracks alongside the M8 and I look across to see I am overtaking the motorway traffic. Puts a smile on the face and an extra zing in the pedals. Especially when considering a lot of the drivers are probably going from and to roughly the same places as me ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33664 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:18:49 +0000 onlyalice 33664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I love the Innocent path in summer, and my friend recently showed me a way (which I'm sure I've promptly forgotten and will get lost next time I try it) to go from there in a nice gentle sweep around to Duddingston avoiding the big hill, where you can sit by the beautiful loch surrounded by bunnies and ducklings - perfect. :)<br /> (The way home for me is great too, again a gentle climb with stunning views to get back to the Commonwealth/Pollock Halls bit of the Crags and then the nice long whoosh down Queen's Drive) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33662 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:08:04 +0000 holisticglint 33662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>.... that the I Love list is getting longer than the I Hate list! :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33639 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:08:14 +0000 chdot 33639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Riding along the banks of the silvery Tay in the sunshine"</p> <p>Or sunset.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/4401799107/in/set-72157623427545909"><br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4401799107_ec7d11d1a3.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33637 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:01:42 +0000 crowriver 33637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Riding along the banks of the silvery Tay in the sunshine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33615 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:10:04 +0000 steveo 33615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... having a bad day at work and then going out for a fast ride to work it out of my system. - </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170&page=2#post-33614 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:06:29 +0000 kaputnik 33614@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...when some chump comes up behind you when you're doing 27 in a 30 zone, gets on the horn, you keep your cool and give them a shrug of the shoulders, they floor it past you at 40, trip the speed camera and then you sail past them at the junction 150m down the road giving them your best smile and thumbs up :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33613 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:49:03 +0000 onlyalice 33613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Cyclingmollie</strong> - I really like those bike racks too! They also look like they'd be nice and versatilely easy to use (I never need to lock my bike there as I live quite nearby), the 'standard' kind can be a bit tricky for my bike with its dropped crossbar.</p> <p>Also hello to MeepMeep, of course! :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33612 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:34:34 +0000 Kirst 33612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>when sometimes I see a heron in the burn through the Bingham stretch of the Innocent... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33608 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:28:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 33608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stepdoh I don't know about the Channel 4 logo in London but if it only looks correct from one direction, when all the different elements have lined up then yes. I nearly took a photo of them this morning on my way past to put on here. Wish I had now.</p> <p>...and hello MeepMeep. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33606 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:12:56 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 33606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... new people joining the forum (hello MeepMeep!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33603 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:44:40 +0000 Stepdoh 33603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>"the bike racks at the Parliament that converge to form bike shapes." </blockquote></p> <p>Really! I never knew that, thought they were a bit needlessly abstract. Is it a perspective thing like the big channel 4 logo on Horseferry Road, London. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33602 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:41:04 +0000 MeepMeep 33602@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...arriving at work energised from my cycle, feeling ready to face the day. And riding away the tensions of my workday on my cycle home.</p> <p>(Hello, by the way - this is my first post on the forum!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33529 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:18:46 +0000 Dave 33529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But if you had a car, you could get there in 25 minutes in comfort and safety... "</p> <p>Hmm, if only - the extra drive from the foot of Leith Walk to Ocean terminal adds 5 minutes at least to my day... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33519 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:55:07 +0000 Cyclingmollie 33519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... the bike racks at the Parliament that converge to form bike shapes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33506 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:22:15 +0000 recombodna 33506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...everyone , everybody underneath the sun I think you're all the most amazing fun! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33502 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:47:20 +0000 amir 33502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... cake (stomach speaking) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33501 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:35:38 +0000 chdot 33501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"... being able to get to work in less than 17 minutes"</p> <p>But if you had a car, you could get there in 25 minutes in comfort and safety... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3170#post-33500 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:31:26 +0000 Dave 33500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... being able to get to work in less than 17 minutes </p>