http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Who wants to ride the Glasgow Velodrome? en Sun, 17 May 2026 07:22:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938&page=2#post-91758 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:06:11 +0000 paolobr 91758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Per my previous post, my daughter is also interested, usual caveats regarding dates etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91738 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:23 +0000 Dave 91738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Totally recommend this, although I'm not up for it myself (I did the try-out thing at Meadowbank after the last Olympics). Extremely different to anything else you can do on a bike, and very easy. </p> <p>You'll be amazed how slowly you can go and remain upright (just try not to be as amazed as me... I found out the limits the hard way!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91736 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:17:53 +0000 Kenny 91736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 from me. I'm 100% keen but can't guarantee to be available, as the wife works every 2nd Saturday. But I'll worry about that if/when dates are being suggested. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91639 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:28:49 +0000 chdot 91639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Then again -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/8202833894/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8202833894_2dd7c40683.jpg"></a></p> <p>Of course they'll be banned from racing now... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91623 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:00:59 +0000 Tulyar 91623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Track bikes have 165's I gather and anything longer runs a risk of digging in to all that nice wood - so they tend to restrict the use of the track to 'safe' bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91605 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:53:00 +0000 Darkerside 91605@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe they would if we arrived in force... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91596 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:56:52 +0000 EddieD 91596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like Morningsider I'd love to join, other than:-</p> <p>Never ridden fixed.<br /> Very, very unfit at the moment.</p> <p>And I once saw what happened to a friend who came off at Meadowbank. Not nice.</p> <p>And besides, they'd never let me take the 'bent round that... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91569 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:05:00 +0000 Uberuce 91569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Morningsider - as mentioned above, my fixed is available for tryouts. You can only embarrass yourself in front of me by falling into something worse than the canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91566 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:24:41 +0000 Darkerside 91566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>S'alright, I'm equally unused to sideways sloped surfaces and the closest I've ever got to fixed gear is when I left it a really long time before greasing my freehub. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91564 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:19:37 +0000 Morningsider 91564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WC - you are, of course correct. What I really mean is I have a typically British aversion to literally falling on my jacksie in front of a large group of people, many of whom will know what they are doing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91557 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:29:47 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 91557@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Morningsider, surely on the contrary it's the perfect place! Beautifully flat surface, adn no sharp turns to make (just follow the arc of the bank) so no toe-overlap issues and so on... AND with a teacher there to help us along! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91555 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:21:39 +0000 Morningsider 91555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm - I do fancy this, but have never ridden a fixed wheel bike before and I'm not sure this would really be the place to learn. I do know where you can charter a private train though:</p> <p><a href="http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/services/construction/railindustry/chartertrains.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/services/construction/railindustry/chartertrains.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91535 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:53:13 +0000 Baldcyclist 91535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, perpendicular, scary...<br /> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8EmfLSCUAMMGUV.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91531 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:36:43 +0000 ARobComp 91531@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My buddy Bruce is up for it too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91521 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:00:27 +0000 chdot 91521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty. </p> <p>In the competition for business, special trains were easy to arrange and were commonplace, both for goods and for passengers. Mail trains were run in connection with transatlantic liners, while passenger specials were used by the rich and famous, and were glamorised in the popular fiction of the time.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/publicationsdocuments/npsA67D_tmp.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/publicationsdocuments/npsA67D_tmp.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91520 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:55:07 +0000 chdot 91520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You'll soon be able to hire your own train - plenty room for bikes (well Sherlock Holmes used to.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91518 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:54:06 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 91518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cool. Up to around 13 by my count so this should be a go-er. As soon as I have my registration details I'll start sounding out on dates and we can get something organised. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91516 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:51:36 +0000 TractorFactory 91516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That sounds like fun. Sign me up, and JustSittingGordon expressed interest as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91513 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:45:25 +0000 Snowy 91513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very keen - my availability is a mixed bag though so it'll depend a lot on the date - keep me posted ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91502 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:26:54 +0000 steveo 91502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Baldcyclist's warnings aside... I'm game!.</p> <p>And if no one minds my mate would like to come along. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91501 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:25:47 +0000 ARobComp 91501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm in - although I might go and get my accreditation at some point soon as I'm hoping to do some track racing next year. I had a few goes at Edinburgh velodrome a few years back and loved it.</p> <p>@baldcyclist - When you're riding you are actually perpendicular to the ramp so it's steepness is negligible - honest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91498 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:19:44 +0000 Baldcyclist 91498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*Wimps out*. Did you see how steep, and high those banks were? I used to 'drop in' to smaller ramps on my skate board as a teenager.</p> <p>One advantage of age is that it has taught me fear, and I am scared of those banks. Enjoy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91490 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:59:39 +0000 Darkerside 91490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Me, me! Although only if it was after the weekend of the 9th of Feb. </p> <p>Would probably get married life off to a bad start if I was away cycling on the day itself... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91478 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:37:25 +0000 Uberuce 91478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll happily lend wintersaurus over weekends in the run-up as a fixed gear trainer. It's got flat bars and I expect it's a lumbering oaf compared to the bikes which are there, but it's fixed, and that's the part that really takes getting used to. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91459 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:34:44 +0000 wingpig 91459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, except on the last weekend in January. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91458 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:30:32 +0000 paolobr 91458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was talking to my daughter about the very same this weekend, so yes I'd be interested. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91457 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:26:01 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 91457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right, I've emailed off to get registered to be allowed to book. At the very worst with less than ten folk we can just join into one of the open sessions. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91451 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:03:14 +0000 earthowned 91451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What a fab idea! Yes from me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91450 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:54:51 +0000 PS 91450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would, but I doubt my achilles will be fit for fixed gear riding before the summer. I'll ask my physio though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8938#post-91447 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:43:11 +0000 Uberuce 91447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Want. </p>