Rope tied across cycle path in Edinburgh

[Cyclopathic]

Your inference is inaccurate. I meant, as with many obstacles met whilst on the bike including but not limited to hills, cattle grids and the like, get over it. Or even under it in the case in hand. Whichever. Best not to go through it though.
Nuff from me.

The above was certainly not clear from your initial post. Still with all that in mind I did find your comment somewhat dismissive of a fairly serious matter. This wouldn't be much of a forum if we all just didn't mention things because they are commonly experienced. Talking about such things is pretty much what the forum is for.
Anyway, I accept your full and frank apology and am pleased that you have realised why what you said could easily be construed as dismissive.

 

[montage]

You've got to watch it on MTB trails too. Some right idiots out there !

yeah, mountainbikers!

 

[Maz]

Happens all the time; get over it

+1
Do a bunny-hop!

 

[400bhp]

Very unlikely to be directed of cyclists because of hatret towards cyclists.

Just easy meat for "pranksters".

 

[Cyclopathic]

+1
Do a bunny-hop!

 

[Smurfy]

This used to happen on the Bristol to Bath route a while ago. Not sure if the offenders were caught.

 

[400bhp]

I've had a can of Strongbow and an egg thrown at me but this is much further up the ladder of nobbery.

Ahh, the "Full Scottish" breakfast of champions.

 

[Hip Priest]

Ahh, the "Full Scottish" breakfast of champions.

They could see I needed a carbohydrate boost.

 

[Grendel]

The local rag, the Edinburgh Evening News, has lately been stoking up the anti-cycling hatred by making false claims about money been taken from the pot set aside to repair our badly potholed streets in order to build more cycle lanes In HUGE letters, across the whole of the front page. Then a couple of days later the whole of the front page was again one big headline saying that the police were clamping down on red-light jumping cyclists (with repeat offenders to be harshly punished). The actual story inside was that PoliceScotland are having a two-week campaign to tackle bad drivers and cyclists - but that wouldn't stir up the hatred they like to engender, hence the front page.

Unusually, the usual foaming anti-cycling ranters were sympathising and calling for the perpetrators of the rope incident to be punished. However, today somoene's posted a comment claiming it's the cyclist's fault.... *sigh*

The paper's on its last legs anyway, and Edinburgh's cyclists won't be shedding any tears when it's gone.

Just read this, I mentioned it a few weeks back. the BBC are just as bad:
http://airdrierambler.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/petty-and-ill-informed/