http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Looks like a nice road..... en Sun, 17 May 2026 04:44:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102132 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:12:32 +0000 chdot 102132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clicked first link</p> <p>Disclaimer on image -</p> <p>"<br /> Scotland<br /> Address is approximate<br /> " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102131 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:07:23 +0000 cb 102131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The top:<br /> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/OKUpC">http://goo.gl/maps/OKUpC</a></p> <p>Can see it a bit from the main road:<br /> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/uimnC">http://goo.gl/maps/uimnC</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102130 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:05:02 +0000 cb 102130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it has always been tarmac. The top bit certainly was. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102116 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:46:58 +0000 Smudge 102116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone good at these things should suggest they designate it a cycle route pointing out that it'll keep all the cyclists from being in their way on the main road ;-)<br /> Can't see any problem using it as is, and downhill could be a blast! B-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102113 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:36:06 +0000 Nelly 102113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bit confusing - I always thought the A83 was called Old Milatry Road anyway? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102108 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:38:12 +0000 crowriver 102108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That road has 'audax' written all over it (not literally). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102090 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:58:53 +0000 chdot 102090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shouldn't be a problem (most of the time). </p> <p>"It will be used if the main road is again forced to shut" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102079 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:00:40 +0000 kaputnik 102079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Keith Broon was on the telly last night bangin' on about how proud he was of the new road, meaning he's probably made sure to ban cyclists from it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102077 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:00:03 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 102077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not at all, but then I don't makes the rules.</p> <p>Maybe email the council? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102074 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:58:47 +0000 fimm 102074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, I think my boyfriend did that sportive one year. I walked up to the top to see him finish. That was a lot easier than cycling up it! </p> <p>@Wilmington's Cow can you think of a good reason for them to prohibit cycling on it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102069 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:52:35 +0000 stiltskin 102069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>That was what I assumed when I cycled up the private road up Green Lowther (which I don't recommend unless you have lower gears than I did)</em></p> <p>I did that climb at the end of a praticularly tiring sportive. Trust me: There are no gears low enough for it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102068 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:51:42 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 102068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think this will be designated a public road rather than private, so it can be used to cycle on like any other road (i.e. no need to rely on the LRA) unless there's a specific restriction (like, say, the Bypass here). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102067 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:48:23 +0000 fimm 102067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It will come under the Access Code, won't it? That was what I assumed when I cycled up the private road up Green Lowther (which I don't recommend unless you have lower gears than I did). Or will they specifically exclude it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102066 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:45:41 +0000 fimm 102066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is the "old road", isn't it? The one that my grandfather failed to tow a caravan up sometime in the 1930s (they were rescued by someone with a more powerful car which gave Grandpa's car a tow and together they got the caravan up. So the family story goes). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102065 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:45:23 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 102065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, surely you can just hop the gate and ride away. It would be an even more forward thinking move if they were to make this the official cycle route there! (and then put in place the carrying of bikes on theconvoy vehicle as suggested when the road is being used). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102064 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:41:57 +0000 steveo 102064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it tarmac before? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102063 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:38:38 +0000 cb 102063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing to stop you using it now or in the past. In fact the only time you're likely to have problem* would be if the road was actually being used as a diversion.</p> <p>I suspect the convoy vehicle might be willing to carry a bike or two though.</p> <p>*Actually, might not be an issue going downhill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102062 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:35:03 +0000 steveo 102062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You know, thats exactly what I thought when I seen this last night. Nice quiet road for the most part. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9578#post-102061 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:33:41 +0000 AKen 102061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do you think cyclists will be able to get away with using it?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21581326" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21581326</a> </p>