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Hi all. New to Edinburgh and living near bypass. Thinking of using the canal as a route into the City but Haymarket aside I'm not sure where the safe cycle parking spaces are? I'm sorry if this has been covered before but would appreciate any useful tips or info.
Thanks
Thinking of using the canal as a route into the City
You're in for a treat. Great commute, if crowded in summer rush-hour.
Where you at in town? Loads of on-street Sheffield racks and office parking.
Hi bramleyborn - The Edinburgh Council Atlas shows the location of all the cycle parking stands in the city.
Click on the layers list in the top right hand corner (looks like three bits of paper) click the search icon and then type "cycle parking" - tick "cycle parking" in the menu and (all going well) you should be able to see the lot.
The cycle layer on openstreetmap shows most bike racks, if you zoom in far enough: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/55.9434/-3.1935&layers=C (Blue squares with a white "C" for large numbers of racks, wee blue squares for smaller groups.)
If there's a location without any which you think should have some, then send a request to the council's active travel team (activetravel@edinburgh.gov.uk).
As for 'safe' - use multiple good quality locks. Assume anyone that wants to take it has big bolt cutters down their breeks.
Or have a homebrew bike that's fluorescent lilac?
Depends on if the raven-botherers have refined taste or not.
Thanks all for your suggestions.
Does anyone know what the cycle parking/ facilities are like at Ladywell House in Corstorphine?
Someone just tried & failed to steal a neighbour’s bike off our railing.
Left the railing bent. Thankfully made of steel, so didn’t break.
However, now have to pay for railing to be fixed. Rrrraaaargh
Stand up the ravens...
Fietsclub Balerno rider has had her specialized ruby road bike stolen, yesterday from racks at James Gillespie’s High School. White with green piping. May be that the Marchmont area is being targeted again??
Q would you leave a nice but slightly scruffy looking Surly tourer alone on Chambers Street for 6.5 hours on a weekday?
I have:
- jury service
- a gold sold secure D-lock
- a well-developed sense of paranoia
@unhurt, you got insurance?
It’ll be fine.
@unhurt - Had my bar ends stolen in Chambers Street. Bike was parked outside the Museum.
There is cycle parking in Old College Quad. You should be able to access via the West College St entrance during jury service hours.
I was going to park my bike there when I had jury service some years back, but I just left it in the on street stands in the end. Anyway, the hair-raising tales in the court room made even Chambers St seem like a haven of peaceful tranquility.
@gembo yes...
@chdot reassuring?
@twinspark less reassuring.
@cb oh, hmm, that might work. Not much looking forward to it all. Hoping my name doesn't get pulled out the hat...
Unhurt, you might alternatively use the racks at the City Chambers. Bit of a trek, but they're pretty safe.
Yeah, get in early and leave bike on city chambers racks, the ones nearest the door safest. But the others fine too. Look out for the gold statue and bench for General Macjek
I have done previously. The child seat wasn't nicked either. I made sure to use a rack at least one in from the end in case a car parked too enthusiastically against it.
“@chdot reassuring?”
Hope so.
“scruffy looking Surly tourer”
4 points
You have a good lock
All/mostly daylight in busy area.
Scruffy AND tourer
Surly - sorry but suspect majority of bike thieves don’t recognise it as ‘desirable brand’.
“well-developed sense of paranoia”
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That’s exactly where I rescued a bike with a lock that had a broken key inside with an angle grinder.
Single passerby - “is that your bike?”
Me - “no”
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