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A new website dedicated to Scotland’s mountain bike trails is calling for more riders to join their “community”.  TrailScotland is the brainchild of off-road riding addict Jonny Smart, who hopes the site will  become the number one UK mountain biking community website. The TrailScotland website offers a wealth of information about Scotland’s popular mountain biking [...]

My recent article about women and cycling appeared in the latest Cycling Scotland newsletter. Here’s what I wrote: More women get on their bikes Has anyone else noticed the quiet, aherm, revolution going on Scotland’s roads? There hasn’t been a great deal of fanfare and, certainly, I’ve not heard any boasting. But determinedly – and [...]

I’ve always loved a Treasure Hunt. My mum used to create brilliant hunts for my sister, brother and I when we were kids. We’d dash from a cryptic message left  under a pillow, to the toilet cistern, to the garden fence. Don’t ask how! My mum was smart. She’d have us tired out after just [...]

Entries for the latest in a growing stable of Scottish cycling sportives have been launched. The new sportive is the Highland Perthshire 100 – a challenging 100 mile route. A more modest 50 mile event will take place on the same day, called the Highland Perthshire 50. Taking place on Saturday August 27, 2011, both [...]

The Scotsman recently published a travel and things-to-do guide to Perthshire. I was asked to write about the great outdoors in the region. It’s a brilliant destination for cycling, walking and a wide range of adventure activities. Take a look at the guide here: Perthshire Escape Related Websites Sidi Cycling Shoes Guide The Appropriate Shoes [...]

I’ve a few pet topics and no doubt I’ve bored all my friends (and many others) with my ramblings. In particular, I like to bang on about: * Scotland’s fantastic outdoors playground. * The lack of female cyclists. I’m lucky enough to have a job that sometimes allows me to write about my pet topics. [...]

If you like cycling (of all kinds) then you’ll love this new event: The Scottish Bike Show 2011. The Scottish Bike Show 2011 is being staged at the SECC, Glasgow, on Saturday and Sunday April 16 and 17 and for the first time ever the country’s growing cycling community – road, mountain bike, street trials, [...]

It’s great to see more campaigns aimed at getting women on their bikes. The latest is a Women-only “Learn to Ride” Biking Festival at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow on Sunday April 3. Although I have seen a rise in the numbers of women out on their bikes in recent years there are still far [...]

Scottish mountain biking Mecca Glentress is to host a new seven-hour endurance event called the Glentress Seven. The flagship event will kickstart this year’s expanded TweedLove cycling festival, from June 11 to 19. 2011. Former professional rider and one of the masterminds of the highly popular but now threatened Hub at Glentress, Emma Guy, along [...]

Super Bendy Laney… you know who you are! … this is the kit review you’ve been waiting for! Not that you imagine for a second that it’ll come in useful for you (so you say, although you just never know when the notion to convert from your super bendy yoga to cycling will come over [...]