CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
Inner Tuba is en route to Edinburgh. He's towing a trailer behind an ICE recumbent trike so has to avoid stairs! He would like up to date info on path state at FRB. One side was closed for a while I know.
Does the forum have an update / forecast for weekend?
Thanks. Know info will be on web somewhere but our roving reporters have more detailed info.
so has to avoid stairs
InnerTuba's new trailer is so big you could live in it, just about. Stairs would require two or three people.
Is he stopping over, LB?
both sides are open at the weekend
east side is open all week
no stairs required
east side cycle path after north end of bridge is fettered with hazardous road signage - tall motorway style - the largest of which leaves less than a metre's width for cyclists and pedestrians navigating both directions
beware if travelling northbound in low light, all you would see of it is a gun metal grey silhouette about to take your head off
its a shabby state of affairs, and i've complained in the past about the signage, but no one gives a hoot
Thanks Bax for that detailed overview. I'll relay that on to Inner Tuba.
Arellcat - he's heading to Kinross today. He arrives in Edinburgh tomorrow. LB providing a garage for the trailer. His destination is Inspired Cycling Engineering in Falmouth.
What's happening with the path through SQ at the moment? Is there any housing development disruption yet?
The turn on the ramp up from the path which leads from the Co-op car park then joins NCN1 at Dalmeny might be quite tight with a big trailer.
I'll meet Inner Tuba on the FRB, probably north end, and escort to LBB. Any route tips? Wondering if the trailer will fit through the chicane by Cramond Road South. Also wondering if going via NEPN and Harrison Road and Polwarth might be better than West Coates and Torphichen St.
@Arrellcat
There is a particularly nasty chicane required on the old A90 (between Agilent and Dalmeny) just as the path crosses the railway. There is a garted barrier and cyclists have to mount a curb, shoogle through a narrow gap, all on rough ground and tricky enough for this cyclist without any trailer.
If this trailer is as big as people say, you may get stuck there.
You can probably follow the A90 Path via Viewforth to join the Loan (there are a couple of barriers, but hopefully passable), but I'd go via Burgess Road and Station Road to get to Dalmeny...
To be totally certain, I'd consider taking the on-road route Ferrymuir Gait - Ferrymuir Road - A907 - Burgess Road - Station Road - Bankhead road to get to Dalmeny Village.
Also, the signage on the north side of the bridge bridge that @bax refers to is unpleasant enough for bikes only, particularly with accelerating traffic coming behind you.
The worst of the nasty signage on north side of bridge has now been removed.
Presumably it was the act of a community minded concerned citizen, who would no doubt appeal for someone else to do it next time
Heavy!
Bax, I'd like to thank said cyclist. I hope they are reading this.
Thanks to the community minded citizen.
@acsimpson, what made you think it was a cyclist?
Indeed, careless assumption. Plenty joggers, walkers and kind drivers pass that same location on a daily basis.
Maybe it was The Rice Krispie Heroes... "Thank you whoever you are"
You must log in to post.
Cycling in Edinburgh Flickr group
Video embedded using Easy Video Embed plugin
posts