Deeply saddened, read that post from his friend MAC in above link.
I know this road very well, as it is one I have cycled regularly on my way too and from Juniper Green. I usually get onto it from the canal path via the Kincroft Side path / footbrige, so I can cycle up the hill and avoid the usually muddy Water Of Leith section of footpath.
Coming down the hill, it is a very fast bit of road for a bike, anyone could easily go full speed. It is a dual carriageway for that section, but there are a lot of parked cars that make it a single off and on.
The very section that this happened on has struck me as potentially dangerous every time I go down it. The bike speed, plus the parked cars, general traffic speed on this usually free flowing section of road, does not give much room for error. There is also a rut that has formed between the two lanes of tarmac, that runs down that section of road. It has occurred to me that getting ones tyres caught in it could be bad. I only have a MTB so the rut is less of a worry, although I do avoid it and if I have to cross it, I do so at reduced speed, greater angle, and with a pull up on the front wheel.
You can see the road at http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Lanark+Road+edinburgh&hl=en&ll=55.91854,-3.258766&spn=0.000725,0.001584&hnear=Lanark+Rd,+Edinburgh,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=55.918489,-3.258842&panoid=0WeV_QfGPJD3K9PEozZN6w&cbp=12,258.16,,0,31.78
Condolences to Andrew’s family and friends 🙁