Tag: cycling

 New on-street bike storage is set to be trialled in up to six Edinburgh streets to see if it helps encourage more people to use their bikes.Residents groups and cyclists have already expressed an...

by Councillor Gordon Mackenzie, Convener of the Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee, The City of Edinburgh Council. The recent announcement that City of Edinburgh Council has committed to spend a minimum of 5% of its roads...

A recent survey showed that more people are cycling to work in Edinburgh than ever before. For all you cyclists out there, here is something to help you see and be seen in the...

NSPCC Scotland is calling on people in Edinburgh to take on the ‘2012km Gold Challenge’ to help raise funds for the children's charity.The charity is calling on budding local athletes to cover a distance...

Jenny MacLean runs a fitness company, helping other people get fit at her Energywise fitness studio so it should be no surprise that she herself is very fit.She took part in the Edinburgh Marathon...

Chris Strothers and Stuart Doyle still appeared to be the best of friends when they arrived back in Edinburgh this afternoon. They cycled easily up the steep hill to the structure which is the...

Launching today in Edinburgh is Grease Monkey Cycles, the only bike maintenance service in Edinburgh to collect and return your bike fully serviced, repaired and cleaned till it sparkles.Aimed at everyone from stressed out...

For all cycle-philes in Edinburgh, June 22 will surely already be a date circled on your calendar. For all those unaware of the importance, it is one of the days of the year where...

Edinburgh resident, Rob Willens, plans to tackle the journey from Lands End to John O’Groats on his bicycle to raise funds for a charity close to his heart.Cancer has affected several members of his...

Cyclist Markus Stitz is going back home again. This time without a haggis, but in only 7 days on two fast wheels. It was back in December 2010, one of the hardest winters in history,...

macrobert iRIDE welcomes the fastest man in the world to cycle the Pan American Highway and a great film about the life span of bicycles to Stirling next Wednesday.Why are we telling you about...

Drew Campbell is a man embarking on several journeys this year.He is planning a trip to Italy later in the summer, but not content with simply going there, (and perhaps sitting down for a...

Cycling organisation, The Bike Station,  has today launched its new map of Edinburgh's principal off-road cycle paths. The map, developed through the Bike Station's Climate Challenge Fund project A better way to work, shows Edinburgh's...

Edinburgh-based stunt biker, Danny MacAskill, will be sharing the premiere viewing of his new documentary 'MacAskill Conquers' with his fans. After releasing a video on YouTube in April 2009, filmed by his flatmate Dave...

The Guardian Edinburgh has photos from Saturday's protests at Holyrood against library closures. On Saturday a crowd of over 100 individuals, including many famous authors, gathered to read passages from their favourite books. Authors...

We have been following Pauline Symaniak's travels since she left Edinburgh on her bike called Shirley in June 2010. She is cycling round the world and raising money for Oxfam on the way. Pauline...

On Monday,  7th February 2011, a new challenge  starts for Edinburgh employees.The bicycle recycling charity, The Bike Station,  along with the help of Lothian Buses and the Car Hire Club, will encourage local workers...

Fearless and Unique. One man. One bike. One gear. And a long way home for Christmas. Markus Stitz is taking the (vegetarian) haggis home and will cycle for 13 days from Scotland's capital all...