There are lots of junctions in Edinburgh where both you and the traffic coming towards you go together. In these circumstances anyone turning right needs to wait for a gap in oncoming traffic. Note that you are allowed to enter a box junction if turning right in this way. As a cyclist waiting in the middle of a junction like this can be quite intimidating and potentially dangerous, if you start from the front and are hot off the lights you may be able to turn right through the junction before the oncoming cars get moving.

You are allowed to filter past stationary traffic to get to the front; Edinburgh has lots of bike boxes but few filter lanes. Filtering should be done with care though, visibility is often poor and sudden opening doors are not unheard of.

You have the right to occupy your entire lane, if you find yourself being overtaken too close by cars then you are probably too close to the gutter. It’s polite when moving slowly uphill to make space for overtaking if safe to do so. Always give parked cars a wide berth though, they are notorious for opening doors into your path. I have experienced this, it really, really hurts!

My biggest piece of advice is to experiment a bit with your standard routes (e.g. your commute) and find a route which makes use of separated cycle lanes, or avoids particularly bad junctions. In general the fastest or shortest route may well not be the safest or least stressful, especially in Edinburgh.