http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bicycle racks at Murrayfield and Dynamic Earth en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:48:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426&page=2#post-294968 Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:43:16 +0000 Rosie 294968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@davecykl - Just what I said to my hairdresser the other day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426&page=2#post-294967 Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:18:40 +0000 davecykl 294967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...unfortunately, some would sadly probably interpret that as a good reason for removing the cycle parking entirely... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426&page=2#post-294965 Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:17:31 +0000 davecykl 294965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps any "designer" who is trying to create (or purchase) excessively fancy (but ultimately less useful) bike parking stands needs to be given a copy of the following quote as a reminder:</p> <p>"Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher." -- Antoine de Saint Exupéry </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426&page=2#post-294917 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:06:28 +0000 crowriver 294917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have fixed it proper."</p> <p>I'm glad it's you saying that, and not a contractor working for a developer or the council. In the latter case, I'd be seriously worried as to <em>what</em> exactly they had "fixed". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294912 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:48:10 +0000 unhurt 294912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry. I have fixed it proper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294909 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:22:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 294909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As good as we can expect I suppose. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294908 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:17:09 +0000 unhurt 294908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like that? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294905 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:00:56 +0000 I were right about that saddle 294905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt</p> <p>Kindly edit your post to correct the flagrant apostrophe error in the quote. Can't believe you did that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294904 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:48:03 +0000 unhurt 294904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>This training plan may work in your favour. Not training mean's that your body doe'snt know what its' in for and can be taken by surprise.</em></p> <p>Essentially my past approach to bike touring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294901 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:12:33 +0000 I were right about that saddle 294901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kenny</p> <p>This training plan may work in your favour. Not training means that your body doesn't know what it's in for and can be taken by surprise.</p> <p>May I recommend plodding to the 5k mark followed by an exuberant and determined effort to overtake everyone you can see in front of you for the remaining distance? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294896 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 09:56:27 +0000 Kenny 294896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice, thanks. Yeah, started training for it 2 days ago, may have left it a bit late in retrospect. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294895 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 09:40:29 +0000 Frenchy 294895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, shown on the map here: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.94220/-3.23769" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.94220/-3.23769</a></p> <p>Enjoy the 10k! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294893 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 09:28:14 +0000 Kenny 294893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that the large triangular set of steps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294892 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 09:24:10 +0000 Frenchy 294892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are 4 or 5 racks near the steps for the tram stop.</p> <p>Also about 20 just round the bend at Roseburn Primary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-294890 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 08:18:03 +0000 Kenny 294890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have things improved at Murrayfield since these posts? Locking bike there tomz while I attempt to plod round the Edinburgh 10km. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186606 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:35:55 +0000 HankChief 186606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Lorlane: Little bits of paper to attach to handlebars to promote PoP - <a href="http://pedalonparliament.org/resources/">available here</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186598 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:13:52 +0000 lorlane 186598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, "wheel benders" were all I saw today so I did chain to the fence - staff actually advised me to do that.</p> <p>There were lots of bikes there too and, like mine, these were chained to fences along the entrance points.</p> <p>ah well.</p> <p>(PS. @SRD what are handlebar flyers?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186572 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:21:23 +0000 gembo 186572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>still wheel benders, but with a fence round them, i would lock to fence. I think this is a designated area and is better than just the benders which was how it was when i first went, but no change from two years ago.</p> <p>More stadium staff using bikes I think. Never seen a bike rack at a football stadium. the velodrome across from parkhead has some. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186551 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:12:23 +0000 SRD 186551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't forget to take some handlebar flyers ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186545 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:23:33 +0000 ianfieldhouse 186545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&gt; Oh dear - I'm going to Murrayfield this morning and this is what my google search brought up! Hoping things have improved in the last 2 years.</p> <p>I was at Murrayfield at the weekend and noticed some bike racks at the corner of south and east stands. They were of the type where you insert your wheel between two loops attached to a wall, so pretty rubbish. Better than nothing though. I'd imagine the new tram stop might have some racks too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-186539 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:45:11 +0000 lorlane 186539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear - I'm going to Murrayfield this morning and this is what my google search brought up! Hoping things have improved in the last 2 years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99301 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:21:52 +0000 DaveC 99301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey Nelly, flattery will get you everywhere... But your not my type unfortunatley, but being compared to Jason Borne is nice!</p> <p>We have a room under St James center with a key coded lock on and only those who know the code can enter. It also has staples in so we can lock our bikes up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99284 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:30:12 +0000 Nelly 99284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"my employers secure room"</p> <p>Dave C - Are you, like, a spy or sumfink??</p> <p>Always thought you remind me of jason bourne. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99271 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:25:56 +0000 DaveC 99271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OT. Arelcat. Feel free to park your bike in my employers secure room under St James Centre. I can meet you when you arrive to show you how to get in and out. The entrance is via the comercial truck entrance opp the Bus station. I think I still have your number, just let me check. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99265 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:03:21 +0000 EddieD 99265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have problems attaching my 'bent, and even the Croix can be tricky (but the stands are the least of the problems) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99263 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:35:14 +0000 SRD 99263@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've complained about the wonky racks around Bristol square before - where they are parked in a slant and I've found them very hard to use. But I used the similar ones by informatics the other day, were it is flat, and they were fine. Maybe even better than a Sheffield stand for a small wheel/frame bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99262 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:29:49 +0000 EddieD 99262@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They were - I was quite involved with all that, and the architects had a brief to make the building look modern and funky.</p> <p>I just wish the bike store was policed slightly better - I notice the problems with the funky stands on the days I can't get parked because of all the stored bikes - and like Arellcat, I don't like leaving my reasonably expensive bikes outside (and I get seriously into trouble when I park my bike in the server room) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99261 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:22:31 +0000 cc 99261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bicycle store at the Informatics/DSB building has functional and perfectly ordinary Sheffield racks in it so I'm not sure why the ones <em>outside</em> the shed should be oddly bent.<br /> Having said that, I had a peripheral encounter with the planning process for the Informatics half and I'm guessing that those racks were simply judged to look funky and stylish. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99249 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:08:43 +0000 steveo 99249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Much the same here, Tesco Corstorphine has a designated place for bikes, its at the entrance to the car park is a frankly rubbish rack. I generally lock up at the trolley park near the door, feels more secure but I doubt it really is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9426#post-99247 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:04:09 +0000 Nelly 99247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arellcat, I hate these kind of posts as they just remind me of the paucity of decent racks <em>anywhere</em> (although I cant vouch for sheffield itself ;-) ).</p> <p>I had the (mis) fortune to be at Smyths toystore out at Fort/Kinnaird whatever its called at the weekend, and they have some shockers of wheelbenders too. Rather bizarrely, they are right next to some 'designer' handrails which are shaped exactly like a.........sheffield rack which is exactly where I would lock up.</p> <p>These days I pretty much just go to my destination and look for something safe/strong and which works for me.</p> <p>Even in my office, I have never used the 'official' racks (relatively decent though they are) because I prefer the car park/atrium barriers which are (again) exactly like sheffields, and closer to the entrance. </p>