There's a guy in New York who posts loads of pics on Flickr of cyclists heading through Central Park (he's hopefully writing a piece on it for next week's cc). Anyway, it kinda inspired me to try out the same thing in Edinburgh and see what variety of cyclists we got.
The Meadows isn't exactly Central Park-esque, but apparently it has more cyclists using it at peak times (conservative estimate of 45 cyclists in the 15 minutes I was there this morning). Got all sorts - as the photos might show...
More Hi-Vis and helmets on show than not, but one particular hat made my day!
A bit of a threesome to start
Casually dressed, possibly a student, plugged into his music, taking care at the crossing here
Laden full-sus MTB
Winner of the 'Best Hat of the Morning' prize!
Needs to pump up the rear tyre...
Plenty of older folk. Some whizzing, some making stately progress
Navigating the maze (for the most part the pedestrians keep out of the cycle lanes, 'cept one particular group of people)
Looking pensive (maybe doesn't want to dirty the suit...)
Taking a corner at speed