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Image for story Inner Forth Bike Bus - Kelpsie to Charlestown

Inner Forth Bike Bus - Kelpsie to Charlestown

Kelpies to Charlestown: A Climate-Friendly Cycling Adventure

As part of the Fife Climate Festival, a group of 11 enthusiastic people took on a scenic and sustainable cycle journey from th... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story What I wear instead of hi-viz

What I wear instead of hi-viz

Most Saturday mornings I put this on and head out to do Parkrun. I hope it encourages others to think about such choices โค๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿ‘

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story Herculean Sportive

Herculean Sportive

My favourite place to ride is the outer Hebrides and every year they hold the Herculean Sportive . This covers 100 miles and is over 5 islands accessible by causeways.. it is the most beautiful p... read more

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story Fife Easy E-Bikes is helping people get out on their bike

Fife Easy E-Bikes is helping people get out on their bike

A bit of a shameless work plug but a great initiative!

Lang Toun Cycles, based in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has launched a new e-bike subscription service to make it easier for people in Fife to ge... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story ooops, got a bit carried away! Pt 2

ooops, got a bit carried away! Pt 2

What a view, definitely worth a few lumps and bumps, oh and a sore bum x

Topic: Other

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Image for story One man. One leg. Many rides to peace of mind.

One man. One leg. Many rides to peace of mind.

I will be thirteen years sober in June of this year. And for the past three years - I've acknowledged my recovery 'birthday' by setting myself a challenge on my bike.

My love for road cycl... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story 150th led ride by Rutherglen volunteer

150th led ride by Rutherglen volunteer

Congratulations to our Rutherglen-based leader Neil on his 150th guided ride.
Over the past four years Neil has had 740 people come along on his rides and - according to the British Cycling wes... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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The New Cyclist

When an grown adult asks for your help to learn to ride, who had never tried to cycle. Doing, two feet push off After a few trial and errors, in balance, up came the feet 3 ft, 3.5 -5 ft. Then til... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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Image for story Turning 50 and joining my first big ride!

Turning 50 and joining my first big ride!

My much younger and fitter sister signed me up for the Loch Ness Etape at the end of last year. 'To celebrate your 50th birthday!' she said. I thought 'What the heck!' and promptly forgot about ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Have a Great Week All

Have a Great Week All

Have a great week All during this challenge, especially with this decent spell of early Spring Weather.
This was us in the Weegie Wheelers yesterday, on the Sunday Social during the Strathblan... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story Social cycling in Glasgow ...

Social cycling in Glasgow ...

I moved to Glasgow some 6 years ago and looked at options for cycling clubs and blown away at the choice. Me and a friend decided that there was no mid level choice, and we set up our own called We... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story The sun making a brief appearance

The sun making a brief appearance

Changeable weather today, but still the occasional brighter moment

Topic: Other

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Image for story Lanarkshire Guided Rides

Lanarkshire Guided Rides

I am a British cycling trained ride leader and through a website called- letโ€™s ride.co.uk offer guided rides in Glasgow. Ride in the safety of a friendly group and enjoy a cycle from easy going to ... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Cycling is my Happy Place

Following on from my previous story, โ€œGetting back on a bike at 58โ€. Iโ€™m now 60 and loving all the freedom my bike gives me. I now ride my lovely Liv Avail AR 1 (purchased just before lock down 1).... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Cycling on isle of skye

Cycling on isle of skye

Went to isle of skye for a weeks cycling holiday, stayed in a cottage in portnalong, best cycling I've done in a few months, views were brilliant, plenty off road and on road tracks to cycle on. Me... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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Image for story Kingdom of Fife 100m ode to a Solstice

Kingdom of Fife 100m ode to a Solstice

Cycling 100 miles through the night was amazing but the time in the saddle is not so good, erm if you know what I mean! Hopefully, my derriรจre will forgive me soon! Obviously, missing all the traf... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story Cycling helps

Cycling helps

I like cycling but wanted to be more confident on roads and able to do repairs. So I joined a couple of events and have been learning to repair donated bikes for charity which are given to people t... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Key worker

As a key worker cycling is my transport as well as my sport in the last two weeks I contracted covid due to my front line work was in bed for days and unable to cycle now that I have recovered cycl... read more

Topic: Biking in the Coronavirus Era

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Getting back on a bike at "58"

As part of "Team Speyside" within Moray Council I have thoroughly enjoyed the September cycling challenge.
Before the challenge I was an occasional cyclist. Paul, my husband, and I bought bike... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story Staff Team Cycle

Staff Team Cycle

Yesterday we went for a bike ride as part of our team meeting. We have many new starts and are encouraging them to Love to Ride.

Greener Kirkcaldy and Langtoun cycles are working hard to ... read more

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Image for story Isobel's Cycling Journey

Isobel's Cycling Journey

Iโ€™m a 57 year old community worker who started cycling around 2.5 years ago after seeing an advertisement for the Great North Bike ride and decided to enter it to motivate myself to get fit. My fri... read more

Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge

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Image for story #EveryDayCyclingFife

#EveryDayCyclingFife

The Everyday Cycling Fife campaign launched at Tree in the Park on Saturday, 25th May, to encourage Fifers to get out on their bikes for everyday journeys.
Getting more people out of cars and o... read more

Topic: Carbon Crushers

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Image for story New Cargo Bike Day

New Cargo Bike Day

Won a competition for a cargo bike - decided on the Yuba Kombi (non-electric), so far amazing bike, just waiting on the cargo carrying kit to arrive!

Topic: Other

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Image for story ooops, got a bit carried away!

ooops, got a bit carried away!

Out riding last week around the Ardnamurchan Peninsular and managed to rock out my bottom bracket, snap clean off the stem of the frame for the post, but philips screwdriver and some cable ties, th... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story South Lanarkshire College - E Cargo Trike Launch

South Lanarkshire College - E Cargo Trike Launch

Hi all,

Had a great bit of craic today launching SLC's E Cargo Trike, as part of our sustainability initiative.

Special thanks for South Lanarkshire Council, and Phil Jones from... read more

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Image for story 50th Guided Ride for Burnside volunteer

50th Guided Ride for Burnside volunteer

Congratulations to British Cycling Guided RIde volunteer Graham MacCallum on reaching the landmark of his 50th Guided Ride.
And although this is his 50th official Guided Ride, Graham has also a... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story NCR 75 to Loch Lomond

NCR 75 to Loch Lomond

Having the NCR 75 on my doorstep is a real treat. Any time i fancy a light ride for an afternoon I take it slow along to bowling for a coffee; for a workout I can click up a few gears and go as fas... read more

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

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Image for story My mini KOM

My mini KOM

My son Dom is 10 and absolutely loves cycling. He attends East Kilbride Road Club and this summer is undertaking an absolutely massive challenge.
He will cycle from John O Groats to Portpatrick... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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Image for story Mum gets E-Bike

Mum gets E-Bike

My 69 year old mum recently got an E-Bike and with it a new lease if life and adventure. Now a cycle into Glasgow or up the hilly routes to East Kilbride is well within her capabilities and she is ... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Lanarkshire Guided Ride - group cycling

I have always enjoyed cycling. Took myself off on adventures never far from rail stations just in case of puncture or other mechanical problems! Then a very lovely neighbour introduced me to a loca... read more

Topic: Encouraging others to ride

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Image for story Christmas Day Sunrise

Christmas Day Sunrise

Cycled up the Suie, in Aberdeenshire, to catch the sunrise on Christmas morning. (Actually caught it twice, after descending to the valley and seeing the sun crest the hills).

Topic: Other

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Image for story Cycling in the dark

Cycling in the dark

After a longer cycle than usual [up to Carmunnock etc], with both my Busch & Muller headlights ablaze, my dusk-cycle in Glasgow got interesting.
Near the "Museum of Transport", I turned up ... read more

Topic: Other

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Lambing time.

I am fortunate to have a very rural route to work (for most of it anway). Narrow, single track road with passing places, trees and fields with farm animals, etc. Earlier this year as I headed along... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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Image for story Respect

Respect

I have always cycled and for many years it was a hobby however one day at my parents house my father spoke of a cycle from Edinburgh to Glasgow in the rain on his dying Scott bike and it was his be... read more

Topic: Other

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Cry for help!

I cycle to work on the quietest route possible. One frosty morning I heard a feeble cry of โ€œHelp!โ€ , coming from a garden. I stopped my bike and found a lady in her 90s and dressed in her night at... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story Screaming through the tulips

Screaming through the tulips

First time on a bike in 7 years was in Amsterdam, April 2015. I can't drive so have zero clue how roads * actually * work. So to say I was flung in at the deep end was an understatement! However, I... read more

Topic: My first time on a bike in years

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Image for story Staying sane

Staying sane

Being on my bike is what keeps me sane at the best of times, so this feeling has been magnified by the circumstances we find ourselves in.

My daily cycle is not just for pleasure and exerc... read more

Topic: My Bicycle Romance

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Stories from around the world

Image for story Photos from Pasadena Bike Month

Photos from Pasadena Bike Month

We had a blast celebrating Pasadena Bike Month in May of 2026!

In Pasadena, CA we had a full month of rides and events, including biking movies, group rides, and learn to ride classes. Th... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

Image for story Bike Month 2026 - A Disaster

Bike Month 2026 - A Disaster

I had intended cycling a lot more this Bike Month 2026, sadly I couldn't find the motivation to get out on the bike until the last week. Various technical problems with both of my bikes and the lac... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

Image for story The Ultra Duathlon That Tried to Break Me โ€” But Didnโ€™t

The Ultra Duathlon That Tried to Break Me โ€” But Didnโ€™t

After completing the 100km London run on Saturday 9 May, I travelled up to Newcastle to begin the second part of the challenge โ€” cycling to all 20 Premier League stadiums in support of City in the ... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story My Longest Ride

My Longest Ride

This story begins on the 28th of August 2018 when I was out riding my motorcycle ๐Ÿ๏ธ and was hit by a woman who ran a red light ๐Ÿšฆ while texting and driving...I awoke from a coma eight (8) days later... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

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First motorhome trip 2026

Took the motorhome and our bikes to Silverdale for a couple of nights. Rode to Silverdale and to Arnside. Very hilly glad we had electric bikes. Lovely day out.

May on the Burke

Nothing beats Seattle when the sun decides to show up! I spent the day cruising down the Burke-Gilman yesterday, and honestly, the vibe was perfect. The air was warm, the trees were a bright green,... read more

Topic: My favourite place/route to ride

Image for story Bike Month Challenge 2026

Bike Month Challenge 2026

[Sana Ahmed is UCLA Transportation's Active Transportation Planner.]

Ride Your Way to Wellness During Bike Month at UCLA!

Making headway on mental health can start by simply hopp... read more

Topic: Other

Image for story I Have the Most Beautiful Commute in the World and I Am So Lucky

I Have the Most Beautiful Commute in the World and I Am So Lucky

I could get up earlier than I have to and catch the bus on someone else's timetable, sit in the car and get miserable and frustrated in traffic, or be out in the elements enjoying six miles of off-... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story A Bike Race Like No Other

A Bike Race Like No Other

Have you ever wanted to build a bike that could traverse any obstacle? In Humboldt County, we have the Kinetic Sculpture Grand Championship Race (kineticgrandchampionship.com). These bikes have to ... read more

Topic: A happy riding memory

Image for story Wobbly legs = steady mind

Wobbly legs = steady mind

Last week I walked part of the Kintyre Way, an 100-mile walking route that zigzags the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll, in Scotland.

I wanted to share my story because if you have the opportu... read more

Topic: Other

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Image for story First motorhome trip 2026

First motorhome trip 2026

Took the motorhome and our bikes to Silverdale for a couple of nights. Rode to Silverdale and to Arnside. Very hilly glad we had electric bikes. Lovely day out.

Image for story Night rides are the best

Night rides are the best

Most of my life, I have work jobs with late shifts. One thing that I have always enjoyed about them is the night time commute home. I love riding when I see more foxes, raccoons, or opossums than I... read more

Topic: My commute by bike

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Image for story Bikes on Bikes!

Bikes on Bikes!

Found this funny photo I took of my kiddo's Strider bike on the back of my trailer, so I could drop him at daycare with his wheels for Bike Day at the school on my way to work. I love that he loves... read more

Topic: Ride with kids

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