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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 able to take your bike on a tram in May...
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 country on two separate days for the first time ever.
Stage...
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 in Ingliston.
This weekend’s ERC season starter at the Royal Highland...
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 other large cities around the world. Decaux is the outdoor advertising...
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 cycle regularly is highest in Edinburgh than anywhere else with...
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 at the end of last year. Later today they will...
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, couple of hours to supply a full field of over...
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, he was the bike I hired from the extremely friendly...
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 to work.
The West Lothian man has travelled by bicycle from...
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 House.
Success from the 2013 series is expected to carry on...
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 in a pioneering cycle training scheme for lorry drivers designed...
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 its sixteenth year this Sunday. Around 12,000 people from across...
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 soon be open for use in a cycling first for...
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 today - Penny Mile Challenge on Water of Leith
This has...
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 to do things by halves, four members of staff at...
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 presented with a tough course, based on the Grassmarket, comprising...
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 take to the streets to ride a few laps of...
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 park, but it’s not your usual tour, the things you...
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 and 4th category riders, and with a full field of...
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 grassroots cycle campaign, which will be holding its third mass...
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 on 21 April 1838, and there is already a John Muir Trail...
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, for Scotland’s Red Bull Hill Chasers 2014 - the UK's...
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 build 136 projects in an effort to get people out...
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 knocked off his bike yesterday morning around 7 am on...
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 are donated and restored by offenders and then given free...
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 of the Dock, at Scotland's most popular cycle race -...
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 think bike. The current franchise comes to an end in...
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 simply like to extend your festive period, come down to...
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 cyclist to fall off his bike on the cycle path...
Cycle power for primary school pupils
A bike loan scheme is making it easier for pupils to receive on-road cycle training in schools in Edinburgh.
Ten primary schools which have low bike ownership amongst pupils are currently borrowing cycling equipment from a...
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