Cycling musings and stories from a life on two wheels
The Glen Lyon Tea Room
Below is a clipping from Cycling Plus (Issue 259/ March 2012/ Page32), featuring the Bridge of Balgie Post Office Cafe in Glen Lyon. Situated in Glen Lyon in Highland Perthshire, this is a great cafe with great cycling routes round about. The cafe also features as a lunch stop on the Skinny Tyres three day……
Road Reliability Trials
An “Alpine” Challenge on the outskirts of Dundee January is traditionally the time when road cyclists start thinking of the coming race season. In the days before many could afford a winter training bike a ride known as the reliability ride took place. Each cycling club usually had their own ride which was open to……
Cycling around the North Inch in Perth
A fine balancing act around the North Inch in Perth A recent survey commissioned by the Big Lottery Fund found that 87% of children aged between seven and 15 regularly played computer games. However, debunking the assumption that our children are becoming a generation only interested in sedentary activities the poll also found that more……
Cycling Calvine to Dalnacardoch
A family friendly cycling route on the old A9 Cycling in Britain has never been more popular, and the successes of our Olympic and World Cycling Champions have further boosted the profile of an already growing sport. Whether it be for commuting, health benefits, environmental and financial concerns, or just wanting to revisit the sheer……
New cycling column in the Courier
Skinny Tyres Director, Scot Tares will be writing a weekly cycling column in the Courier every Saturday, starting from tomorrow (Saturday 21st January 2012). The column will be in the weekend supplement and cover all aspects of cycling from family rides, to competitive racing, sportives and all disciplines. The column was preceded by a profile……
