Category: cycling
September 1, 2019
Crafting MTB Trails In Italy
The hills surrounding Massa Marittima in south-western Tuscany are becoming a real hotspot for mountain biking. Every year, the ‘Trail Brothers’ bring together volunteers from all over the world to build new trails offering plenty of flow and fun under the Mediterranean sun.
August 28, 2019
Explore National Cycle Network Paths On OS Maps
Walking and cycling paths on the National Cycle Network will now be available on official Ordnance Survey (OS) mapping. The new partnership by Sustrans with mapping expert OS will help more people to discover and access the Network. The two organisations have joined forces to provide detailed, user-friendly and accurate information on the Network’s 16575 miles of traffic-free and quiet on-road cycling and walking routes spanning the whole of the UK.
August 25, 2019
PEARL iZUMi Exceeds Its Social Purpose Pledge
It’s over a year since cycling brand Pearl iZUMi announced a new Social Purpose - Ride More, Do More - “Because we believe how we live shapes how future generations ride, we pledge to ride more and do more.”
August 21, 2019
Bedding Down In The Borders
We wheeled our bikes out of the railway station in Berwick in the early evening and headed off more or less alongside the River Tweed on the first leg of an exploration of the Scottish Borders. In our panniers, we had everything we needed for a self-contained trip. Everything, that is, except food for more than a day at a time. With our mobility, and the wealth of towns and villages, that was not going to be a problem.
August 18, 2019
Box Hill Is Tops For Cycling Climbs
According to exercise app Strava, the UK’s National Trust property Box Hill has beaten the winding French Alpine passes to be crowned the most popular cycling hill climb in the world.
August 14, 2019
In South Tyrol With Mountain Guide Michi
Off to Italy with a German phrase book? Well, it makes sense if you’re visiting the South Tyrol and, with place names in both Italian and German, you get double your money’s worth. We were told shortly after we arrived that ‘The British discovered the South Tyrol – and then forgot about it!’. In just a few days, we discovered just what a loss that oversight has been.
August 11, 2019
Around Loch Lomond And The Trossachs
For too long, I had sped past on my way north to the Highlands and Hebrides. Despite passing Arrochar and its Alps, the lure of the north held me in thrall. It was several years before I finally made it to the summit of the most spectacular peak Ben Arthur, better known as The Cobbler.
August 9, 2019
Traynor On The Trail 