http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 19th May 50 mile Ride Route en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608&page=2#post-93297 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:40:55 +0000 Roibeard 93297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Truly ironic as there can be no off-road Sky Rides in Scotland. They explicitly excluded it from the Ride Leader training offered, and the off-road [1] extension training isn't offered in Scotland!</p> <p>[1] i.e. beyond tarmac - routes involving whin dust or the like, but not mountain biking</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608&page=2#post-93247 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:38:52 +0000 kaputnik 93247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As featured on front page of <a href="http://www.goskyride.com/">Go Sky Ride</a> website! </p> <p>Anna entered a photo she had taken in a competition and they picked up on it. Sadly we had abandoned Anth to the fate of his shonky rear tyre at this point as he had to get home, while we all headed off for further exploring, coffee and cake. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608&page=2#post-72942 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:07:26 +0000 SRD 72942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2012-05-22">"Don't be so dramatic, it was a parking garage ramp </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608&page=2#post-71098 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:42:48 +0000 DaveC 71098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers, I got to the MMR page and created a the ride in a gpx file but its corrupted I think as I've been able to upload two other gpx files I have here at work and they work, but the MMR created gpx doesn't load...</p> <p>Can anyone emailme the gpx please?</p> <p>ADMIN EDIT - done</p> <p>DAVEC EDIT - Cheers, for some reason mine keeps stopping at ~170kb...</p> <p>Cheers Dave C </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608&page=2#post-71096 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:18:20 +0000 chdot 71096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/93471659">Map My Ride Link</a></p> <p>(as <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70985">above</a>)</p> <p>"Export Map Data" (you have to be logged in) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71095 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:16:24 +0000 DaveC 71095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where do we get ther gpx from Anth/chdot please? Searching for Anth on MMR draws a blank. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71086 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:51:50 +0000 chdot 71086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"is that the iPhone's MMR app screen shot? I ask as mine is different"</p> <p>It's the <a href="http://www.everytrail.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.everytrail.com</a> app (available all platforms - free. Upgrade version available but I've never bothered).</p> <p>I downloaded anth's gpx file (I already had an MMR a/c) to my computer and uploaded to <a href="http://www.everytrail.com/create_trip.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.everytrail.com/create_trip.php</a> (marked as private as it's not mine!) and then available for immediate download to 'phone app. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71084 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:37:43 +0000 chdot 71084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"City streets set to empty as Cup final kicks off"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/oh-it-s-all-gone-quiet-over-here-city-streets-set-to-empty-as-cup-final-kicks-off-1-2303710" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/oh-it-s-all-gone-quiet-over-here-city-streets-set-to-empty-as-cup-final-kicks-off-1-2303710</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71079 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:19:49 +0000 wingpig 71079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After several attempts, MapMyRide.com finally let me download an actual .GPX file rather than a 108-byte export failure. OpenGPSTracker and rMaps quite happy to open/import and display the route. MapMyRide.com turns out to have a "send to phone" option which appears to be the only way to get the application to open the route for the purposes of following it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71074 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:53 +0000 DaveC 71074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm bringing the &gt;X&lt; (differenciated from anth's by the extra '&gt;' and '&lt;'). Also its orange not black.</p> <p>chdot, is that the iPhone's MMR app screen shot? I ask as mine is different.</p> <p><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/SC20120518-115635.jpg"></p> <p>[Ignore the route, that is a wee ride I'm doing on Saturday]</p> <p>Also I'd love an app which I can load a GPX file in and use like a garmin as mine died and needs a refurb from Garmin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71061 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:23:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 71061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cafes are a fluid notion... ;) Can stop as and when, plenty of choice! Porty Prom, the Shore/Leith, Cramond, Morningside, Canal, WoL visitor centre. Loads of stop points. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71059 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:13:15 +0000 PS 71059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You don't seem to have listed the cafes?</p> <p>Assuming I make it, I'll be on my trekking machine, with some fairly rugged tyres. Nice bit of practice before a couple of weekends touring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71057 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:10:22 +0000 wingpig 71057@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's probably more rideable (wider and distinctly less puddlysplodgy) than the Saughton chunk of the WoL but the odd bit of tree-detritus might pose a puncture risk to inferior tyres.</p> <p>My wheels are straighter than they were yesterday but I'll try and get a fresh pair of brake inserts in this evening. Hopefully the insert-retaining bolts on my current holders have not yet welded themselves into place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71056 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:06:50 +0000 steveo 71056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its been many many years since i've been up there and I can't remember any metalled paths but since I'll be on the racer with its slightly high gear ratios I'll probably be in 19th (pushing) with in a few hundred yards any way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71052 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:01:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 71052@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course there IS an option to ride Kaimes... Then back down. Doesn't really affect the distance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71051 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:25 +0000 Uberuce 71051@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, if only you'd known I was going up Kaimes Road yesterday, I could have recce'd that path. I've been in those woods on wee blue floofy and had to use fourth gear* in quite a few places, but I was going to the monument at the top, not just over to the road. It's quite possible I wasn't even on the path we'll use, I can't remember.</p> <p>*pick it up and carry. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71033 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:24:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 71033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I <em>think</em> the only actual 'off road' bits are a 50-60 yard section before Duddingston House (which is hard packed); the bit from the top of Kaimes Road (which I think is mainly a tarmac lane route?); and the bit by the WoL from Murrayfield (which again is hard packed).</p> <p>I've not got 'guards for the X, so likely Kaff-ing it.</p> <p>Going to keep a watching brief on the weather. As DaveC said this morning - if the weather is like this tomorrow... At present it's looking cloudy, but dry. The route ain't going anywhere though, so can be tucked away of we ditch. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71029 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:13:12 +0000 steveo 71029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My options are 23c single speed (creaking) my 23c racer with dubious chainset stability (carbon forks) or 2.3 inch tractor... Might need the racer to keep up so i'll bring the correct allen key and skip the off road bits. Done it once not fun. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71007 Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:55 +0000 Zenfrozt 71007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doh, I can't copy and paste the images into a paper version because you've got all rights reserved anth. Never mind lol, I'm bringing my trusty spokes map in case I get totally lost or wuss out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71004 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:35:04 +0000 chdot 71004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"not sure if it exports to GPX"</p> <p>Yes - Urban_50_miles.gpx (just register with MMR and sign in) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71003 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:31:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 71003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cool, I get a hashtag! Yeah, was planning on tweeting on the move...</p> <p>Arellcat, I just created the route in MapMyRide, not sure if it exports to GPX - I'll have a check. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71002 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:23:32 +0000 chdot 71002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7218394556_fa4802910c.jpg"></p> <p>Would be good to ride some of it, but I have one day relatives.</p> <p>Presume someone will be tweeting progress - #anthsride </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-71000 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:12:03 +0000 kaputnik 71000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>awesome! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70999 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:02:53 +0000 Arellcat 70999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can you post a link to a GPX track, Anth? I'm registered with RideWithGPS but not MapMyRide. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70995 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:41:21 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 70995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I <em>might</em> take the X, but to be honest, I've had the Kaff down worse (and the cobbled sections are probably as bad!). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70994 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:40:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 70994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I've said all along. This is the route I'll be doing, folk are more than welcome to join in!</p> <p>Start point is PY, I reckon I'll get there about 8.30 for coffee and a cake, then a 9am start.</p> <p>Lunch would seem to coincide with around Cramond. Maybe. Depends on pace, but at a relaxed ride rate to stop for pics and so on... That could work out well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70993 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:40:35 +0000 wingpig 70993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Turning right at the top of Kaimes and the Roseburn/Balgreen/Saughton section of WoL : you're taking the X, then?<br /> Wee tyres will handle it but I'll bring something to wipe my shins down with and hoick the muck out from my brakes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70992 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:38:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 70992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>44-50 miles</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217844264/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7217844264_e909b3443e_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217844264/">50</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>A Morningside detour when the canal hits Harrison Park, for a snippet of the Wild West (if it still exists). Hadn't known about this till today...<br /> Then simply park/Parliament/and finish with a view up Calton Hill</p> <p>Going down Clerk Street instead of into the Park would mean cutting out the climb back up... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70991 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:36:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 70991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>36-44 miles</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217844870/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7217844870_e0ef41cd22_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217844870/">44</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Kaimes. Road.<br /> I don't actually know if the lane at the top connects with the lane on the other side of Corstorphine Hill, but worth a look.<br /> Then simply Water of Leith and Canal.</p> <p>Shortcut would involve <em>not</em> going up Kaimes Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6608#post-70990 Thu, 17 May 2012 22:34:49 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 70990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>30-36 miles</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217845256/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7217845256_31d1cd4920_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/7217845256/">36</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Heading back inland, as flat as possible, but also taking the road skirting Cammo cos, well, it's nice.<br /> Then out on the Turnhouse Road cos I really want to get a pic of people on their bikes as a plane flies over...</p> <p>Big shortcut by cutting out the Turnhouse Loop and carrying on Maybury Road to wait at the Deco Maybury Casino. </p>