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Edinburgh International Film Festival Review: Time Trial ***
Finlay Pretsell’s documentary follows Scottish-born David Millar on his final season in cycling in 2014 as he attempts to gain selection for what will be his 13th Tour de France.
Millar bought his first road...
City Centre West to East Cycle Link – Information events today and Thursday
There are two information sessions this week all about the City Centre West to East Cycle Link and street design project. (CCWEL)
The first is today 1pm - 7pm at 6 Murrayfield Place (formerly Bloemen...
Glowride celebrates Edinburgh becoming a 20mph city
The Glowride postponed from earlier in the month took place last night starting at the City Chambers just after dark.
All cyclists taking part were encouraged to 'bling' up their bikes and the event was...
Glowride to celebrate final 20mph zone cancelled due to weather
The City of Edinburgh Council has postponed the GlowRide planned for this Sunday evening until later in the month or early April.
The purpose of the ride is to celebrate Edinburgh becoming Scotland's first 20mph...
Johnstone calls for more cycling investment
Green MSPs today used a Holyrood debate to step up demands for Scottish Ministers to invest at least ten per cent of the transport budget in walking and cycling, warning that the government is...
Best Community Project for 1st Step Bikes
Linlithgow based 1st Step Bikes awarded Best Community Project by Cycling UK
National cycling charity Cycling UK celebrates the efforts of 1st Step Bikes, based in Linlithgow, winner of a Cycling UK’s Volunteer of the...
Cycling – new road layout at McDonald Road offers two stage right turn for...
In what the council describe as a pioneering move there are to be changes to the road layout at McDonald Road to help keep cyclists safe.
By the end of the month there will be...
Cycling – Falkirk Funduro dates confirmed
Mountain bikers of all ages are preparing to compete on the trails around Callendar Estate in Falkirk in the annual Falkirk Funduro mountain bike event on
The family friendly races are being staged for a...
Letter from Scotland
As a cyclist myself, I can only stand on my pedals in awe at Mark Beaumont’s achievement of cycling round the world in 79 days. He came freewheeling under the Arc de Triomphe in...
Cycling – warning over road closures on Sunday
Residents, business owners and visitors to Edinburgh are advised that there will be extensive road closures from 9.30am to 4pm on Sunday to allow the mass-participation HSBC UK City Ride to take place.
It is...
Cycling – where to watch the Tour of Britain
Twenty of the world’s top professional cycling teams take to the roads in and around the Lothians and Borders for the opening, 188km stage of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain from Edinburgh to...
Cycling – Thomas confirmed for Tour of Britain
Geraint Thomas, who won the opening stage of this year's Tour de France, is set to be part of the line-up for the OVO Energy Tour of Britain which starts in Edinburgh on Sunday,...
Cycling – Cavendish listed in Capital start line-up
Tour de France racers Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) and Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) are two of the big names hoping to be in Edinburgh for the start of the OVO Energy Tour of...
Pedal on Parliament 2017
Several hundred cyclist gathered today (Saturday) in the Meadows to take part in the 2017 Pedal on Parliament. The event was policed fairly discretely by Edinburgh's Police Cycle Division, and was escorted on it's journey...
Chris Boardman opens Cycle Republic shop in Edinburgh
Cycle Republic opens its fifteenth shop in the heart of Edinburgh’s financial quarter.
Edinburgh is one of the most bike-friendly cities in the UK, with many residents using a bike as their preferred mode of...
More cycling racks to be installed in Edinburgh
More cycle racks are to be installed in the city to increase the amount of bike parking available.
233 racks (which means 466 spaces) will be installed in the city on many key routes including...
Our advent calendar – Christmas Gift suggestion #20
What better gift for the cyclist or walker in your life than a map?
The SPOKES Edinburgh Cycle Map is an essential to help you find the roads and paths which criss cross the city...
Interesting design feature on newly laid cycle path on Leith Walk
The council appears to have fouled up on the new cycle path which is now being constructed on Leith Walk past the police box which is used by the Edinburgh Tool Library. Except they couldn't use...
Route 61 – take the quiet route
Councillors from Edinburgh and Midlothian met up at Gilmerton today to inspect the new £1.9 million quiet route for cycling and walking which goes from Gilmerton to Roslin.
Route 61 is a quiet route crossing the...
Cycling – Pearl Izumi Tour Series, Round 3 – Edinburgh
Success over the cobbles for JLT Condor’s Graham Briggs
The Pearl Izumi Race Series returned to Edinburgh on Thursday night for the third round of the 2016 competition.
The organisers had set out a longer course...
Cycling – Pearl Izumi Tour Series 2016, Round 3
Professional cycle racing comes to The Old Town
The third round of Britain’s premier cycle race series, The Pearl Izumi Tour, will be hitting the streets of Edinburgh’s old town on Thursday night as at...
Pedal on Parliament
Over 5,000 cyclists descended on the Scottish Parliament on Saturday afternoon to call for cycling to be given a bigger place in the nation’s transport plans.
On bikes of every size and shape, they cycled...
Get on your bike with The Bike Station this October
Are you a new or returning cyclist? Are you interested in doing some cycling but worried about hills, traffic or fitness of you or your bike?
Join their Family Friendly Gentle Short rides on traffic free...
Cycling event in East Lothian today
Just in case you are thinking of heading out of town this afternoon you might want to be aware that there are some road closures around Gifford today.
Around 60 riders will take to their...
Aviva Tour of Britain – Stage Four begins in Edinburgh next month
Cyclist Dylan Van Baarle will defend his Aviva Tour of Britain title next month. The Dutchman is part of Team Cannondale Garmin and he won the 2014 edition of Britain's biggest bike race, taking victory ahead of World Champions...
Cycling – Tesco Bank Tour O’ the Borders
Tesco Bank Tour O’ the Borders reaches riders milestone
Today (Wednesday 15th July) Tesco Bank Tour O’ the Borders announced 2,000 riders have now signed up to take part in the 2015 event, making...
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling – Capital Trail
Spare a thought for those on the Capital Trail this evening. They are cycling 237km from Portobello back to Portobello and may well be cycling overnight.
87 riders set off today on the inaugural ride which...
SEStran commuter challenge
On Thursday morning various commuters converged on St Andrew Square from a range of starting points and got there by various means, and for once the weather was beautiful!
It was part of the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling...
Trams to extend bikes on board trial
For just under a month now it has been possible for you to take a bike on a tram and now Edinburgh Trams have announced that the bike trial has been extended for the duration...
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling – The White Bike
What if, one day, you didn’t come home?
New play THE WHITE BIKE looks at the personal cost of road death, through the eyes of the victim. Inspired by the case of Eilidh Cairns, who...
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