12 riders for 12 miles, January’s GoBike ride

12 of us set off from the SEC on a very chilly but very sunny morning and circumnavigated the city centre, as shown on the Strava map above (with thanks to Carol) and the Cycle Travel Map, https://cycle.travel/map/journey/782905 provided by Andy.

The route may be found here: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3196131?units=miles

We saw work completed, work started but not yet finished and areas where work is required. Also on our route, just before we exited Lauriston for the South City Way is now the shortest cycle route in the city, blocked off by that very same South City Way!

Thanks are due to Tim for the feature photo, taken just after we travelled along the under-threat Gordon Street contraflow lane. Tim, of course, is not in the photo, but nor is another member of the group, who left us early because of the cold.

The question of the ride was “Why are cycle lanes surfaced in so many different colour finishes? Someone must, or should know?

Next month’s ride will, no doubt, feature fewer sets of traffic lights, but a longer distance, as we head south to Dechmont Hill.