CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
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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.
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Good tips, cheers. Haven't been there really since the works started.
I was imagining that whatever happened, the quickest thing would be to hit the pavement to negotiate the roundabout and then jump back onto the road where the traffic crushes up to change lanes for Maybury. I think from there it is just bus lane, right?
What's the quickest way from Haymarket - follow the tram line all the way to the finish line, or would you cut over to Queen St (or George st?)
@laidback Had read PM this morning, but not got round to replying yet. Yep, I'll be at Ferrytoll at about 7:20am on Thursday,
You driving in Mark? Could you give me a lift in, and drop me at the foot of Dublin st?
Then I'll hoof it up and look like I've cycled the whole way... .....Oh this isn't a PM is it? ;O)
I wasn't sure how to actually cycle from Ingliston into town so did a dry run today.
There's a weird bit at the start where you are riding up the slip road on a path, but it suddenly stops leaving you to ride in on the dual carriageway for a minute until it appears again at RBS. I'm guessing the designers tried to save a few quid by expecting cyclists to ride all around the gyratory, up the westbound slip road and into the RBS campus, around campus to the bridge, then back onto the A8 path? (What if RBS shut the bridge?)
I was thinking how unfortunate it is that there isn't a cycle path between the RBS tram stop and the park and ride tram stop alongside the tram line. That would make it massively more convenient for commuters to use the park and ride.
It took something like 16 minutes to Haymarket then my average speed dropped over 3mph on the agonising crawl from there to Princes St.
Got to St Andrews Sq in 22:35 from the Ingliston tram stop which seems reasonable?
"Got to St Andrews Sq in 22:35"
It's not a race...
The cafe doesn't open until 8:00!
See you tomorrow.
I just rode it as if I was commuting. Normally I aim to get from Currie to the shore in 26-28 mins which is 2 1/2 miles longer, but fewer massive sets of lights (and of course: lots of downhill).
I'm surprised I didn't see more people getting off and walking their bikes through junctions at and after Haymarket. Some truly interminable delays when there is nothing much happening.
"Some truly interminable delays when there is nothing much happening."
You mean 'waiting for the tram' traffic lights?!
@Dave, between the RBS bridge and the airport sliproad roundabouts, I think the official cycle path is on the south side of the road. You can reach it from the southern-most roundabout at the airport end.
Then, cross the rbs bridge to continue east on the north side.
Obviously on-road would be a lot faster than all that crossing and re-crossing.
Thanks Snowy. It's quite clear on OSM actually, but as you say - probably adds five minutes. I saw a few riders on the dual carriageway and it seemed fine for a novelty.
So what's all this with the dry runs and training? Think I'd better do the same and get the X37 from Straiton a few times: maybe pep up the drivers a bit for tomorrow. Actually the X37 passes about 50 yards from my house but I suppose I would be disqualified for a flying start if I got on it 5 miles early.
I have been doing 'dry runs' the last 4 years! I think I'm actually getting slower!
Maybe if you were expected to give the driver directions, a dry run on the bus would seem more important ;-)
However, it will surely be worth practicing those flying dismounts...
So I heard about this event from its website and duly arrived at Ingliston at 6:50 ready for a 7am start as indicated on said website... Methinks I have made an error. There's no-one here!
I can't comment on website but people that are 'officially' taking part have all been sent joining instructions by email. Most legs move off the P+R sites at 7.30.
Arrivals at St Andrew Square from 8am.
Smashing morning for this. Some astonishing times from some people. Well done everybody. Nice to have some coffee and craik at the end.
Great morning although it was a bit painful not having a westerly wind to aid progress! Good to catch up with familiar faces.
Epic pastry at the finish and got a T-shirt to wear around the office, bonus.
Near enough flat calm today, probably the best day ever for comparing efforts against other routes.
Well done the bikes: I was just under twice as long on the bus from Straiton! Electric car beat me too but at least you can read a book on the bus.
Great morning! Absolutely scorchio!! That extra layer was unneeded!
I won my leg, though I wasn't taking any prisoners.
Saw lots of cyclists out this morning! Spoke to David Miller of the BBC Radio Scotland, nice chap!
Great to catch up with fellow CCEers, Min, Dave, Dave (Gardiner), Dave (aka Uberuce), Dave (aka chdot).... :D
I maintain that I am not slow, I was just maintaining a representatively commmuto-CBA pace for the sake of scientific rigour.
Grand to: meet new folk; catch up with CCErs that I've not seen in ages: nab a free coffee and muffin and get my chirpy front brake deavianised by Hannah. It took her about six minutes, which by my reckoning is an afternoon's work for me.
Some people spoilt it by cycling too fast ;-)
Dave doesn't really have pink bar tape does he... ?! Anyway it's all good.
EdFoC SEStran Commuter Challenge 2015 by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr
Which one of these cyclists is the odd one out? (Multiple answers)
EdFoC SEStran Commuter Challenge 2015 by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr
I was also there, representing the "commmuto-CBA" pace. If anything the weather was probably a bit too nice. A bit of rain and I might have got a shift on.
(possibly)
From left to right:-
-Took part unexpectedly
-Didn't cycle
-Arrived before one of the organisers (see photo above)
-Erm, just odd? ;-)
Oi!! I represent that remark! :D
Surprisingly close times coming in from Ferrytoll. I suspect that had they departed half an hour later the car would have been considerably slower.
Did Sean make it on the trams?
@DaveC, I take it when you say you "won" your leg that's in the same way that you could "win" an audax?
"Did Sean make it on the trams?"
Yes.
"in the same way that you could "win" an audax?"
All about personal bests??
Ah acsimpson, this is where people's perceptions of Audax falls over!
Sportives are for riders who like to pretend they are racing (not professionally). Audax is for riders who like to pretend they are NOT racing.
I was led to believe this WAS a race, and indeed we departed Ferrytoll at the same time. I just arrived first!
:O)
Actually that's me standing by Min's fetching pink bar tape.
However, I do need new bar tape as I've worn through my white stuff...
Newcraighall looks like the challenge option for next year?
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