Newcastleton Mountain Bike Trail – 7 Stanes North Shore Heaven
Newcastleton is probably one of the least visited of the 7 stanes mountain bike trails. It’s short (a mere 10.5km) and it’s a little out of the way, tucked down in the South East...
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Kirroughtree 7 Stanes Trail – Mountain Biking on the rocks
The last time I visited Kirroughtree, amost a year ago, I met with disaster – my rear mech disintegrating and resulting in a long push home. This time I finished the trail and it...
7 Stanes Glentress Timed Runs: Can I get faster on Spooky Wood?
I’m currently in training for a few races that I’ve been foolish enough to enter over the summer (more details on that soon, still finalising teams!) and I was out at Glentress for a...
Glentress and Innerleithen – Best Mountain Bike Trails in the UK
For anyone that hasn’t seen it yet, my local pair of trails, Glentress and Innerleithen, have been awarded ‘Top UK Trail’ by Mountain Bike Rider magazine. It’s a brilliant accolade for two great trails...
Glentress Trail Improvements – 7 Stanes on the move
Despite the mother of all headaches I managed to get out to Glentress for some cycling on Sunday morning. When I say ‘cycling’ I really mean a slightly more controlled version of falling off,...
7 Stanes Glentress Trail Guide – Pt 3 – Mountain biking uphill…
Back to the 7 Stanes Glentress Trail guide and we’re continuing on up after the short, sharp downhill section called Pennell’s Vennel. As you follow on the Red trail from the bottom of Pennell’s...
Learning the bike skills: Mountain biking with the pros
Following on slightly from my post of a couple of weeks ago about taking beginners out biking, I managed to get out this weekend with a couple of guys who were quite the opposite…...
Mountain Bike Beginners – The Tips and tribulations
I had a good day out at Glentress (7 Stanes favourite in the east of Scotland) at the weekend and thought it worth writing about because it wasn’t with my usual biking buddies. I...
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