http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Your commute today(?) en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:21:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-51985 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:35:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 51985@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thirded. I stuck to main roads, and given it was dry went with the more surefooted CX-tyred Cotic. Still lingering frost, and low puddles iced over. Also, as with amir, found drivers to be remarkably impatient this morning - got tailgated at least half a dozen times. Slightly offputting and unsettling in those conditions... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-51982 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:48:47 +0000 amir 51982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, it was pretty icy this am, particularly out of town. Most is dry frosty stuff but some is slippy so be careful. Either no gritting was carried out (no crunch perceived) or it is ineffective on dry frost. The ice means that a half metre perimeter on the road is out of bounds. Of course most motorists don't realise this :(</p> <p>Motorist motto: impatience before safety </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-51981 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:58:43 +0000 Uberuce 51981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wee bit of frost on the roads this morning; enough to make me wish I had Wintersaurus, but given how dry yesterday was it nothing careful riding couldn't cope with. </p> <p>The few bits of water I could see on my dry route were well frozen, so persons who do the more aqueous paths might want to play it canny. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-50042 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:40:55 +0000 steveo 50042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah I found the roads a bit slippy, I put it down to the rubbish tyres but they might just have been more greasy than normal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-50038 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:34:35 +0000 kaputnik 50038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of oil and diesely looking stuff floating on the surface it seemed to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-50037 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:27:14 +0000 custard 50037@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>anyone else find the roads greasy today? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49922 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:36:20 +0000 Smudge 49922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah sorry to hear that Custard, hope the bike(s) weren't damaged!<br /> I'm with Uberuce, roasting hot bath and the alcoholic tipple of your choice (apparently W Churchill favoured a nice malt) is good for easing out bumps and scrapes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49920 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:20:53 +0000 Uberuce 49920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hot bath and a good wine is the best for post-battering soreness, in my Humbledore.</p> <p>First mini-commute on the newly fixulated racer today.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69352765@N06/6482731241/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6482731241_e3717c1c14_m.jpg"></a></p> <p>I shouldn't really have taken it out but I reckon the last couple of days of rain and lack of night frost means the salt levels today will be low and since the roads were dry, little would spring up even if not, and as a last resort it was only the ~1.5 mile leg of the day's travel so I could push her home easy enough.</p> <p>I used to find that bike moderately comfortable, so I presume I will again once I become reaccustomed to drop bars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49919 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:56:00 +0000 crowriver 49919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arnica is good for lumps and bumps. Hope you are back to normal soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49918 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:34:29 +0000 amir 49918@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nasty, Custard. Get better soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49917 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:24:29 +0000 kaputnik 49917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh custard sorry to hear that, hope you and the wheels heal quickly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49916 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:12:31 +0000 custard 49916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>no bike today<br /> my fall on the ice and then fall in the wind yesterday has left my body somewhat battered<br /> I had an inmpressive lump on one of my skinned knees and it was very stiff.<br /> so no bike.<br /> the bus journey home was boring! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49874 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:23:36 +0000 amir 49874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>May go out for a ride this lunchtime to make the most of this quiet weather and catch up on miles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49871 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:16:22 +0000 crowriver 49871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Supposed to dip below zero once the sun sets so watch out for frost and ice this evening... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49854 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:58:20 +0000 Smudge 49854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only my second one on the bike this week, cold, and I had to sprint* for the up the hill to Falkirk high to make the train which didn't feel at all nice. Made it though :-)<br /> Now awaiting the promised snow.....</p> <p>*Sprint in this case (Surly LHT on 26x1.75 marathon spikes) meaning the usual lung busting/thigh hurting effort but without the expected speed increase :-( It meanders along happily enough but speed is not an option... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49850 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:52:26 +0000 DaveC 49850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[Hangs head in shame]</p> <p>Forgive me father for I have....</p> <p>... taken the bus in all week, well except for yesterday when I got the train home after the closed the bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49848 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:50:59 +0000 steveo 49848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tractor and Coxwain today nice and sedate roll in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49844 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:48:26 +0000 kaputnik 49844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cool and breezy, but a much reduced sort of breeze. Nice not to be worrying for hidden patches of ice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49824 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:10:43 +0000 wingpig 49824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cold-ish. It felt like there might now be some salt on the sub-Crags path between the Scotsman/Dynamic Earth roundabout and the Dumbiedykes escape. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49821 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:07:04 +0000 amir 49821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was lovely this am! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49819 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:56:33 +0000 chdot 49819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cold and calm this morning? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49626 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:34:54 +0000 amir 49626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wasn't able to commute by bike today due to meetings. Same tomorrow. So went out for a wee ride this evening. Seemed quite toasty with 3 degrees. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49620 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:13:25 +0000 LivM 49620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A colleague has a face covered in scab today after wiping out on Monday (ouch). I was very glad to have my new spiky tyres on. In fact some chap just behind me went splat following the same line / same speed as me round a corner from the new Chancelot Path to Warriston Path - I am guiltily thinking that he might have been thinking it was safe because I had just made it around the corner without incident. Oops. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49614 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:35:22 +0000 ExcitableBoy 49614@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Less other cyclists around this am - saw 3 others rather than usual dozen or so.<br /> No ice, but wind was blustery, buffeting me from side to side. Still not given any more room by passing vehicles - makes tomorrows forecast all the more worrying. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49604 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:29:16 +0000 wee folding bike 49604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tricycle so no issues. </p> <p>More jeeps forgetting that they have the same brakes as everyone else. Some cars came down the big hill sideways and backwards so I stayed out of their way.</p> <p>I got a mention on Facebook, a colleague's Friend commented that she had just seen a man on a tricycle going though Coatbridge. Colleague was able to fill in the details. </p> <p>Noticed a passenger in a car taking photos this afternoon.</p> <p>I'll probably go back to two wheels tomorrow, there isn't much ice left here.</p> <p>Show about the history of trams on BBC 4 this evening. </p> <p><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/nvsvg/timeshift--timeshift-the-golden-age-of-trams---a-streetcar-named-desire" rel="nofollow">http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/nvsvg/timeshift--timeshift-the-golden-age-of-trams---a-streetcar-named-desire</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49599 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:58:11 +0000 chdot 49599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Last winter -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1897">Took the Innocent this Morning</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=227#post-1684">I took the Innocent Path this morning, sort of purposely looking to see if the ice had gone.</a></p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=190&amp;page=2#post-1527">I cycled in this morning (yaay). Tried the Innocent path but it was pretty much unrideable. Rutted ice with slush on top.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49591 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:13:48 +0000 chdot 49591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@custard shouldn't have to hope the sun has melted it. </p> <p>Anyone on Twitter might like to re-tweet</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/CyclingEdin/status/144448295857700865" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/CyclingEdin/status/144448295857700865</a></p> <p>"<br /> CyclingEdin Cycling Edinburgh </p> <p>@east_team @south_team Hope you can grit The Innocent Path before more of this <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635#post-49586" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635#post-49586</a> #walking #cycling #Edinburgh #SAFETY</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635&page=2#post-49589 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:12:22 +0000 Min 49589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is clearer today than it has been but the ice that is there is black and glassy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635#post-49588 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:10:39 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 49588@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's astonishing how long that path stays icey. Main roads today were even more clear than yesterday.</p> <p>Anyone noticed <strike>less</strike> fewer cyclists the last couple of days? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4635#post-49586 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:05:06 +0000 custard 49586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>made a schoolboy error of going the innocent this morning<br /> thought i would give it a go and see if the rain had melted the ice<br /> first part was dodgy and i decided that if the next part was icey I was turning around to take the road.<br /> only made it a few metres in before i was A over T :o<br /> few bruises and a sore knee but still alive </p>