def to_normal_url(cls, url):
        """
        convert a URL from local mercurial URL schemes to "normal" URLS

        example::

            # schemes.gh = git://github.com/
            # remote_url = "gh://westurner/dotfiles"
            >> to_normal_url(remote_url)
            << 'git://github.com/westurner/dotfiles'

        """
        regexes = cls._get_url_scheme_regexes()
        _url = url[:]
        for scheme_key, pattern, regex in regexes:
            if _url.startswith(scheme_key):
                if '{1}' in pattern:
                    _url = pattern.replace('{1}', _url.lstrip(scheme_key))
                else:
                    _url = (pattern + _url.lstrip(scheme_key).lstrip('://'))
        return _url