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New trails for the Nevis Range
The Nevis Range is set to become an even bigger draw for the mountain biking community, with the investment of £111,629 from sportscotland towards a £229,363 project that will add the new tracks. Green (beginner) and blue (intermediate) downhill tracks will upgrade the facility, and a jumps and skills area will be developed for training [...]
Selkirk MTB Marathon Details
On Saturday 8 June up to 100 elite cross country mountain bike racers from throughout the UK will descend on Selkirk in the Scottish Borders for the 2013 British MTB Marathon Championships. Joining former Olympians Oli Beckingsale (Endura MTB Racing) and Nick Craig (Scott Syncros Pioneer) on the start line will be The 2012 British [...]
TweedLove Enduro Report
Over 400 riders travelled to a very sunny Peebles to take part in the POC King and Queen of the Hill enduro at TweedLove – but it was local talent that reigned supreme. Gary Forrest took the men’s title, winning all five stages and with an obvious point to prove after a disappointing debut in [...]
Tweed Valley Development
Forestry Commission Scotland is holding two drop-in sessions for the public to get views on how Glentress Forest and the Tweed Valley corridor could be developed for tourism and recreation in the future. All views will go towards shaping a ‘masterplan’ which is exploring the potential for further developing Glentress as a major tourism destination, [...]
Santa Cruz Exclusive Launch
TweedLove Bike Festival organisers are very excited to announce Santa Cruz and the Syndicate will be rolling into town for this year’s festival. Santa Cruz has chosen the UK’s biggest bike festival to stage a world exclusive product launch – which will take place just before the TweedLove closing party on Saturday, June 1 in [...]
Aberfoyle Bike Park
Aberfoyle is a small in village in Stirlingshire with no facilities for young people except a Play Park. It’s a centre of Mountain Biking with brilliant trails all around. We want to build a facility that will enable young people to develop their biking skills so they can enjoy the Great Scottish Outdoors. It’s simply [...]
Jayfest Update
Things are hotting up for Jayfest 2013 with coaches confirmed for the weekend including Tracy Moseley, Helen Gaskill, Ben Cathro, Andy Weir and Anja Rees Jones. The on track coaching is a unique opportunity for riders to improve their race lines and technique whatever their discipline-downhill or enduro, and whatever their age as the weekend [...]
Scots on top at the British XC series
Mountain Biking is going from strength to strength in Scotland with a fantastic infrastructure of natural trails and trail centres. Scottish athletes are now leading the pack on the British scene with standout performances at the second round of the British Mountain Bike Series Cross-Country Series near Redruth (Cornwall) last Sunday. Scottish Elite riders Grant [...]
SMBO Round 2 Report
The second event in the Spring Series of the SMBO 2013 League got under way at Mugdock Park last Saturday. Many thanks to the Glasgow Mountain Bike Club for doing such a sterling job of hosting this event for the first time and giving the 49 competitors taking part a fine day of racing. They [...]
ScottishPower Sponsor World Cup
ScottishPower is broadening its commitment to cycling in Scotland by sponsoring the Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup, which takes place at the Nevis Range on 8-9 June. Already the largest ever sponsor of youth cycling in Scotland, ScottishPower is extending its support to include the elite end of the sport by becoming an official [...]
