http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Who is commuting on Monday? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:49:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95110 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:51:55 +0000 kaputnik 95110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I found myself tacking down the street through the mess of vehicles, moving more often sideyways than forwards </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95107 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:41:56 +0000 Arellcat 95107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I tried to cycle along George St this afternoon, too. It was nose to tail from Frederick St to St Andrew Square with no room to filter either. I turned off down Hanover St and went to the German market. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95103 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:46:09 +0000 Min 95103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kappers, yes I have noticed that too about George Street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95101 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:56:45 +0000 kaputnik 95101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Out of the centre of town, it was much, much quieter. I ended up going along Corstorphine / St John's Road and it seemed to be just myself, the Airport bus and the taxis all jostling for the bus lane. Much quieter in the work car park too and the office was pretty dead. Left work early about 2 to go do some cheese and booze shopping, had to go through George Street which was dreadful. It seems the done thing to do now is just stop your car in the middle of the road and wait for a space to come free. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95082 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:17:18 +0000 ARobComp 95082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm back down in Hartlepool. Cycled back from durham train station in a near gale yesterday which was rather exciting/scary. There were a few idiot drivers so I was always having to make sure I was waiting for a longing gap, then sprinting whenever there was any sort of blind rise/corner.</p> <p>However with the wind behind me I must have hit 33+ (ran out of gears) for a good long time on the flat which was ace. Although strava wasn't working so I shall not know :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95080 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:08:27 +0000 Min 95080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite a few folk still working + quite a few folk driving into town early for last minute Christmas presents? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95079 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:33:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 95079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Roads were a <em>bit</em> quieter, but not as much as I'd have imagined. Now sat in the office contemplating a bacon roll and the few things I need to get out of my inbox this morning so I can kick back in the afternoon... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95067 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 01:33:19 +0000 sallyhinch 95067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did try and persuade my other half that we could cycle to the mall this morning but our borrowed bikes don't have the carrying capacity. Also cycling to an American mall just feels like doing it wrong, although on the whole the drivers are extremely polite and one thing about having really really wide roads is that there's plenty of space to overtake. I get the impression that the drivers of the monster pickups don't want to have to worry about the strange bike thing so they tend to let you go first so you get out of their way. That said, we've seen a bakfiets and a folder here, so there's obviously some sort of a utility bike culture lurking under the surface. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95062 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:30:23 +0000 recombodna 95062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Christm@s &amp; new year in thé netherlands for my gang. Just pumped up the tyres on ma dutch syeed and hey presto! I'm a local. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95060 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:31:00 +0000 gembo 95060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@arellcat you should sign up for the Rapha 500 km over Xmas challenge entitles you to a free buff if you spend 500 pounds (I have exaggerated the prize) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95057 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:00:09 +0000 Smudge 95057@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did a spot ofnon-Christmas shopping today, bike was def the weapon of choice, rain varied in intensity but it was warm enough and the time I lost plodding up the horrid hill I more than gained not sitting in queues at the shopping centre :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95054 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:37:06 +0000 LaidBack 95054@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back on bike next thursday earliest. Did a wee cross town erand today overtaking huge lines of cars on last minute missions. Best wishes to all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95042 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:46:46 +0000 tammytroot 95042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep,<br /> Working Mon, Thurs+Fri next week. Hoping for quiet roads.<br /> Happy crimble to all on here and may all your pressies be bike related! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95039 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:12:17 +0000 wee folding bike 95039@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Picking up christmas from M&amp;S like a pure Margot Leadbetter then heading to Ben Ledi with number 2 son. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95034 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:52:47 +0000 Arellcat 95034@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I shall be cycling to work on Monday. And Thursday, and Friday. And the following Monday. I have to ride 135 miles between tomorrow and the end of the year to get my odometer up to 6000 miles. Eight days of riding available; 17 miles a day should cover it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95028 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:00:25 +0000 DaveC 95028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been off since yeaterday and don't plan to be back until the 3rd Jan. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95027 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:30:01 +0000 Uberuce 95027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The shifting on this thing was so horrible I pretty much ran it as a single speed, but the brakes brake and the wheels turn, so I shall stop kvetching. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95025 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:50:41 +0000 crowriver 95025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Basic hybrids can ride surprisingly well. My Raleigh Pioneer Trail (an early hybrid, okay it's got a reasonably nice lugged brazed steel frame, but still) has done about 1500km since I picked it up for next to nothing in 2011. Yes, I've fitted drop bars but it rode quite nicely with North Road bars too (wasn't keen on the original straight bars mind you).</p> <p>Oh, no commuting for me until mid-January. ;-)<br /> Still I'll be on the bike(s) (no car, y'see): got to do shopping, utility trips, leisure pootles with kids, training runs, and if the weather's okay a DIY audax the first week after new year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95024 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:25:56 +0000 Uberuce 95024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Minus the front suspension and butterflies, it's a very similar animal. It'll take me to the shops and if the skies clear, I'm only 20 minutes ride from real country dark, so I've taken a pannier and my lights up to go astronoming. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95022 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:15:41 +0000 wingpig 95022@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Uberuce How's it compare to my dad's budget hybrid half-suspended TT upright <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/5939123381/">commutant</a>?</p> <p>No commutes for me on Monday but taking my bike to the in-laws' as the only adult bike in their garage would embarrass even a ned cycling up the pavement on Easter Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95021 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:05:06 +0000 Smudge 95021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today was the last one, now planning to get fat(ter) and slow(er) until January :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95020 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:51:05 +0000 Uberuce 95020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm up in rural Tayside with only got my Dad's budget hybrid to keep the withdrawal symptoms at bay until the 3rd. </p> <p>If the weather had been good I'd probably have taken the Croix up tomorrow, but it ain't so I won't.</p> <p>Double no to the Monday commute, therefore. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95018 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:33:32 +0000 Nelly 95018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@WC - I wish I could - managed one day this week before being floored with a bug necessitating car to work. Now on 'holiday' and have barely made the bed-&gt;sofa journey all day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95017 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:16:46 +0000 sallyhinch 95017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sad but true: I used to love working over Christmas, and especially between Christmas and New Year. Not just the lovely empty trains and quiet roads, but the chance to actually do my own job for a change rather than everybody else's. And then I'd take a break in January when everyone else was back at work (or even better February) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95016 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:56:15 +0000 stiltskin 95016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My commute is going to be even quieter... On Tuesday :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95015 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:53:17 +0000 Min 95015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well if everyone was going to work on Monday you wouldn't have the nice quiet roads. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95012 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:45:43 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 95012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&gt;:(</p> <p>You've both gone to the bottom of my Christmas card list... ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95011 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:41:35 +0000 Min 95011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thankfully I am now ooty here till January! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95009 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:08:05 +0000 Instography 95009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm looking forward to a long lie and working on the sofa with the fire roaring and the music on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9149#post-95008 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:24:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 95008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm looking forward to quiet roads and (hopefully) an equally quiet time in the office. Roll on Monday! </p>