I am always puzzled what the “thinking” was to install bike racks at the start /end of the Pencaitland cycle path?..
Never seen a bike secured there - and why would there be?.
Would you drive there with your bike, take the bike off your car or van and then think I must park my bike before I start the ride?..?.
Or if coming the other way ,would you think I must tether my bike before I put my bike onto my vehicle?..
Or was some cafe or snack bar envisaged at one time in the car park?..
Can anyone enlighten me as I ponder this for the first 20 minutes each time I ride the path and it’s an annoying waste of mental energy.
Somebody ,sometime ,working in East Lothian Council must have thought it a sensible idea
What might have been the thought processes involved to justify the expenditure?..
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Perplexed at Pencaitland
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I have often wondered this too... I suppose you could cycle there and then go for a walk or run, but I'm not sure why you would...
Posted 2 years ago # -
Might be because the designer had a motoring mindset. They simply thought "Hmmm, end of the route, better make sure there is somewhere to park." Not thinking cyclists don't start or end trips in the middle of nowhere.
Posted 2 years ago # -
During Lockdown I met people for a walk in Auchendinny. At least one of the party cycled there and locked a bike at the start.
As Fimm says that's the only scenario I can think of where racks at the start/end of a railway path might be useful.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Perhaps useful also if attending to a call of nature in the bushes
So thoughtful these East Lothian CouncillorsPosted 2 years ago #
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