Find out more about peri-menopause and menopause from sporty women. I have been invited to lead a Scottish Cycling talk on-line about “cycling through the menopause”. It will include information, support and advice for...
Mountain biking is great fun at any time, but night mountain biking riding reveals a new and magical world. Find out more, including how to get started. The fun and joy of night riding...
Top Scottish rider Danny MacAskill has launched his latest feature video, Danny MacAskill – The Slabs. Danny returns to the Isle of Skye to climb and ride down the legendary Dubh Slabs on the...
Cycling / Kit Reviews / Running / Triathlon / Walking
My guest reviewer Seth G has been testing CimAlp vision One Sunglasses. Here are his thoughts. Seth writes: I have suffered too many sticks to the eyes to run without some type of eye...
An article in The Independent newspaper in 2003 proclaimed: “The world’s mountain biking fraternity has been stopped in its tracks by an insurmountable problem, a solitary bird and its droppings.” Seventeen years later and...
This article was commissioned by the Luxury magazine, owned by The Herald. See pages 51 to 52 of Luxury magazine.
There is exciting news this month as Scottish champion mountain biker Rab Wardell announces he has set a new West Highland Way record. The Glasgow-based cyclist completed the 96-mile trail ride from Milngavie to...
Two friends, Katy Boock and Karen Frake, enjoyed a winter run along the length of the Island of Skye. They followed the Skye Trail Ultra race route and took two days to complete the...
Whether it’s road, trail or gravel cycling, staying warm is the greatest battle for riders in winter. They will also want to be seen, and be able to see, on darker mornings and evenings....
If you are keen to explore and travel, then a bike is a great form of transport. At cycling speed you get to be immersed in a country and really experience the landscape first-hand....
Kit Reviews / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Walking
Review: Aftershokz OpenMove sports headphones
19 Feb, 2021
Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Walking
Running new routes: Lennox Forest, Lennoxtown
19 Feb, 2021
Activity / Cycle Routes / Cycling / Mountain biking / Road cycling
I recommend: Ben’s bike repair service in Glasgow
19 Sep, 2012
Activity / Cycle Routes / Cycling / Mountain biking / Road cycling
Helmet law leads to drop in bike-related injuries
23 Jun, 2011
Activity / Cycling / Cycling / Kit Reviews / Mountain biking / Road cycling
13 Jan, 2011
Activity / Kit Reviews / Munro Bagging / Road cycling / Walking
My outdoor clothing guide to surviving the winter
28 Oct, 2010
Activity / Kit Reviews / Munro Bagging / Running / Running / Travel / Walking
Running in a Gore-tex Active Shell jacket
17 Oct, 2011
Activity / Cycle Routes / Cycling / Cycling / Kit Reviews / Mountain biking / Road cycling
Why wearing a bike helmet makes sense to me
16 Nov, 2010
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