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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...
Tram news – now bring your bike!
We are delighted that on the day that Pedal on Parliament takes place in Edinburgh, the news has come through that you will be...
Cycling Tour de Edinburgh!
Scotland will welcome two stages of the Friends Life Tour of Britain this September, as British Cycling’s premier road cycling event comes to the...
Cycling – ScottishPower National Youth Racing Series begins this weekend at Ingliston
The best young cyclists in Scotland will begin the long pedal for medals on Sunday when the 2015 ScottishPower National Youth Racing Series gets underway...
Council still in talks about an Edinburgh bike hire scheme
The city council is to engage in talks with advertising giant JCDecaux about the possibility of Edinburgh getting a bike hire scheme just like most...
Cycling rates highest in Edinburgh
Cycling Scotland has issued figures claiming that cycling rates have increased in Scotland by a third since 2003, and the number of people who...
Students support a Bike Hire Scheme for Edinburgh
EDINBURGH STUDENT PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK FOR A EDINBURGH CITY CYCLE SCHEME LATER TODAY
The council's petitions committee is still alive and kicking despite moves to disband it...
Cyclocross – Dig in at the Dock 2015 Bo’ness
Another sell-out field makes for superb race.
The 2015 edition of the ‘Dig in at the Dock’ cyclocross race sold out in, the now traditional,...
Biagi’s Barcelona Blog
by Marco Biagi MSP for Edinburgh City Centre
I called him ‘Shadowfax’. With Barcelona’s ‘Bicing’ on-street municipal hire scheme closed to me as a non-local,...
West Lothian local racks up 40,000 miles cycling to work
Environmental charity employee, Mike Batley (54) has pedalled the equivalent of 1.6 times around the world in his daily 33 mile round trip cycle...
Preview: Cyclocross at Callendar Park
The 2014 Ridley Scottish Cyclocross Series kicks off in style in Falkirk, with the backdrop of the 14th century mansion at its centre, Callendar...
Council’s cycling training for HGV drivers to be highlight at cycling conference
Officials from the City of Edinburgh Council will address a national cycling conference later this year as other organisations look to follow Edinburgh's lead...
Last chance – Sign up today for Pedal for Scotland
People from around Edinburgh are being encouraged to sign up for the freshnlo Pedal for Scotland Challenge ride between Glasgow to Edinburgh which celebrates...
Park your bike here
The council has put up three kinds of on-street cycle storage for cyclists to trial across the city. This newly-installed secure bicycle parking will...
Five things you need to know today
Phew what a weekend! - Stagecoach introductory offer ends on 40a - Today at the Festival of Cycling - Bowmore & Oysters Competition ends...
Loretto School staff cycling for The Teapot Trust
Reaching 40 years old often requires a re-evaluation of one’s life; a time to take stock, mark the milestone and make a difference.
Not ones...
Cycling – Pearl Izumi Tour success in Edinburgh
Runaway wins for Katie Archibald and Jon Mould
The Pearl Izumi and Matrix Fitness Series both made their first visits to the Capital and were...
Chris Hoy rides the Grassmarket this Thursday
Sir Chris Hoy is more used to a velodrome surface than cobbles, but he is up for a challenge, and this Thursday he will...
Cycling with a bit of theatre thrown in
Get on your bike for a theatrical cycling experience as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme.
There’s a tour happening in your local...
Preview: British Eagle Trophy Road Race
The British Eagle Trophy RR will be contested today 10 May on the Humbie circuit near Musselburgh. The race is contested with 2nd, 3rd...
Politicians to cycle in Pedal on Parliament tomorrow
This year's Pedal on Parliament will include record numbers of politicians joining people from across Scotland to call for safer cycling on Scotland's roads.
The...
John Muir Way now open
Today, on John Muir Day, the First Minister declared the route which goes from west coast to east coast formally open. Muir was born...
Red Bull on The Mound this weekend
The Mound will be transformed this weekend for Red Bull Hill Chasers 2014
Hundreds of cyclists will descend on Edinburgh this weekend, Saturday 12 April,...
Sustrans announce funding for cycling projects
New cycling routes are to be set up across Scotland following a funding announcement from Transport Scotland. Sustrans the transport charity is going to...
Leith Walk bike crash captured on CCTV
Although John Duncan is a film maker the video which you can watch below is one that he would rather not star in.
John was...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Jim Orr on Brake the Cycle
I visited Brake the Cycle this week in my role as cycling champion. It’s a “Community Payback” initiative based in Granton whereby unwanted bikes...
Rider Diary: Dig in at the Dock Cyclocross Race
5 January dawned, and it was time for the battle of Bo'ness, with 150 riders battling for bragging rights to being King and Queen...
Spokes pushing rail companies to think about cyclists
Spokes the cycling campaign group which is active in the Lothians is pushing for any new franchise holders of the Scottish rail network to...
Cyclocross – Scotland’s most popular cycle race
Have you got the Christmas blues? Is the New Year not what you thought it would be?
If you need inspiration for your resolution, or would...
Cycle path “booby trapped”
An Edinburgh cycling forum has reported a booby trap of two clothes lines at high and low level which has caused at least one...
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