Good to see Chris Hoy hasn't forgotten the the site of much training and great beauty that is Arthur's Seat. I wonder if his best time is recorded anywhere for completing a circuit?
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Arthur's Seat Makes the top 10 Descents in the UK
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Posted 13 years ago #
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The climb is better than the descent (the descent has too many cars and silly rumble strips that force cyclists to slow / avoid but not cars)
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I like the descent off the Granites towards Middleton - ince and straight - zoom whooosh
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The first bit of the descent from the high road is great though. Just gather speed incredibly quickly.
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Yeah, it's a shame you have to haul on the anchors for the mini-roundabout.
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Perhaps there could be a ramp to allow you to fly over the roundabout.
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I suppose you *could* bunny hop onto the pavement and back onto the road, but that would require far more skill and nerve than I am ever likely to have.
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That's not a pavement, that's the park's interesting cycleway!
This ends with a small boulder on which there is a give way sign facing up the hill (some tourists carry onto the road as they think it's two way road - in the evening it is of course as cyclists seem to use both ways.... ).Anyway I doubt you could safely enter it at more than 15mph...
Fastest lap of the hill would be around 7 mins?
2min 40s to Dunsapie Loch from St Margarets Loch. Tom has stats...
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1 Ross Crook 2m 40s 359 W Road
2 Evan Oliphant 2m 42s 358 W Road
3 Adam Ward 2m 50s 304 W Road
4 Bill Black 2m 52s 333 W Road
5 David Gibson 2m 53s 336 W Road
6 Allan Wallace 2m 53s 358 W Road
7 Simon Peachey 2m 55s 306 W ATB
8 Aidan Farrow 2m 58s 365 W Road
9 Simon Richards 2m 58s 412 W Road
10 Rik Robson 2m 59s n/a RoadThe bit after each time is a roughly calculated power output and the type of bike used. Ross was East of Scotland Road Race champion and Evan is a pro cyclist with Endura Racing.
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I usually bunny hop the rumble strips on the descent.
Oh and my current high-score is 17 consecutive laps. We were going for 31 but it was cold, very wet and we all had inadequate clothing.
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@Tom - no 9 Simon - is he a big lad then? His power output seems greater than the others? Someone of same or same-ish name runs the aviemore half marathon [largely downhill] in good times. Would be nice if he only cycled up hills and ran down hills.
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this blog post mentions the Arthur's Seat descent, but the rider appears to be going the wrong way and is about to go down the climb!
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Apparently the pic was taken on Jan 22nd this year, which was a Saturday. Perhaps the road was closed that weekend?
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The road was used for the European Duathlon Championships in 2006 (I think) and they went round the wrong way (the road was closed).
I used to cycle round Arthur's Seat on my way to work each morning. One day I was climbing the road towards Dunsapie when a cyclist hurtled past me going downhill the wrong way. A few moments later a long blast from a car horn suggested that he may have had a close call.
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The World Duathlon Championships were held at Arthur's Seat last year. They went the "wrong" way round as well. I stood and watched for a while at the steep corner and witnessed some fairly close calls - turns out taking that bend at high speed on a time trial bike is a bit tricky.
I've only gone round the "wrong way" once, when the road was entirely closed. It felt a lot more technical than going clockwise because you can pick up a lot of speed before you have the windy descent to the loch. Didn't enjoy it very much as I knew there could be cyclists coming the other way. Plus, I got shouted at by a dog walker (who was walking on the road) for going the wrong way.
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Speed of Light is one of four projects commissioned in Scotland to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games.
Every night for three weeks next August, hundreds of runners in special lightsuits will run across the extinct volcano to create a light display.
Cyclists need not apply?
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They can if they are capable of running. I've yet to meet anyone who has had their body surgically attached to a bicycle.
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