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Edinburgh Circular Ride 7th September 2014
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Posted 10 years ago #
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"We" (the Royal, C-C-We, that is)should get a ride in before the weather turns and the nights draw in. Some sort of city circular?
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"Some sort of city circular?"
Haymarket-Queen St-Picardy Pl - Princes St?
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I was thinking a little bit further out from the centre, i.e. somewhere far more pleasant to cycle than those streets named above!
Posted 10 years ago # -
Follow the RR signs?
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@Amir with regards to the RR route and my suggestion for a place "more pleasant to cycle" - now you're just being silly! ;)
Posted 10 years ago # -
"somewhere far more pleasant to cycle than those streets named above!"
Suspected you might!
New 'infrastructure' to Roslin?
Incorporating
Perhaps railway path to Penicuik, Flotterstone to Bonaly?
Posted 10 years ago # -
256km route (spiral not circle though):
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6154&page=2#post-66137
Posted 10 years ago # -
Perhaps railway path to Penicuik, Flotterstone to Bonaly?
Nice suggestion. "Official" tour of the Lasswade Road railway access.
I've always fancied, and never done in its entirety, Flotterstone to Bavelaw.
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Posted 10 years ago #
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I've never yet successfully followed the RR route (using only on-street signage) clockwise, always running out of signposts around Oxgangs/Colinton/Baberton.
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"Some sort of city circular?"
"@Amir with regards to the RR route and my suggestion for a place "more pleasant to cycle" - now you're just being silly! ;)"
At least my suggestion was inside the city as proposed ;)
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One circular route (anti clockwise) is:
Portobello - Leith - Granton - Cramond - South Queensferry - Kirkliston - Ratho - Balerno - Colinton - Gilmerton - Musselburgh - Portobello
Okay, strays outside Edinburgh proper on the eastern leg, but the alternative, Newcraighall-Portobello is a bit dull.
Could be done clockwise, but the relentless RR route in the south of the city might be a bit wearing for the first half of the journey. Better to have sea views and a bit of nice A90 path to lift the spirits on the outward leg?
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Did this one for EDFOC earlier this year and we were in basement bar at Argyle Arms by 9pm.
http://www.edfoc.org.uk/events/event/an-evening-at-the-proms/
Maybe not ambitious enough but a good evening circuit with range of obstacles and surfaces.
Got a few people out including DaveC from here.... was about 20+ miles which is nothing for Audaxers but enough for newbies.
An Evening at the Proms by LaidBackBikes, on FlickrPosted 10 years ago # -
Flotterstone to Bavelaw has 1.5 miles off road where you can push or take it easy. WoL path a little muddy at mo. Innocent then Bingham Musselburgh white Craig Dalkeith fine. The Roslin path stretch used to be very muddy. If stay on the path to Penicuick there is a very good sweet shop to get you over the hill back to flotterstone again in a
Away alone a last a loved along the
Riverrun by swerve of shore and bend of bay brings us by a commodious vicious of recirculation back to hoŵth castle and environs
Wrong city
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At least my suggestion was inside the city as proposed ;)
Touché! You have me there.
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"Touché! You have me there."
Perhaps not. Your proposal was -
"Some sort of city circular"
Circling the city doesn't have to be within it at all!!
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