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flag dingus
Posted: Apr 5, 2018 at 11:18 Quote
Fort William is easy enough to rent a bike at the trails, there's a hire shop at the bottom of the DH track and there are some good enduro trails within cycling distance.

Innerleithen and Glentress are great, they're about an hour south of Edinburgh if you have a car. Not sure about public transport though. The Sottish round of the EWS was held there and there are loads of good trails and a few different options for bike hire and you can also do uplift days there.
flag whitetux
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Posted: Apr 6, 2018 at 0:57 Quote
dingus wrote:
Fort William is easy enough to rent a bike at the trails, there's a hire shop at the bottom of the DH track and there are some good enduro trails within cycling distance.

Innerleithen and Glentress are great, they're about an hour south of Edinburgh if you have a car. Not sure about public transport though. The Sottish round of the EWS was held there and there are loads of good trails and a few different options for bike hire and you can also do uplift days there.

You can get a number 62 borders bus from the Edinburgh Bus Station and that'll drop you at Glentress or Innerleithen. If I remember correctly the bus is abourt £12 return.
flag hainman
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Posted: Apr 7, 2018 at 1:56 Quote
Extend your stay another week and get to the World cup at Fort Bill
Superb weekend
flag canadianmtber
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Posted: Apr 7, 2018 at 9:18 Quote
Thanks for all the info guys, really appreciate it!

Hainman, I was super bummed when I realized that I would be just missing the World Cup, but I gotta be back in Canada for the 2nd
flag Cammyd14
Posted: Apr 24, 2018 at 12:39 Quote
Got tickets for Fort ‘Bill World Cup. Don’t really know the track so where is the best place to watch? Will that mental woods section be there this year?
flag weedane97
Posted: Apr 24, 2018 at 13:38 Quote
Cammyd14 wrote:
Got tickets for Fort ‘Bill World Cup. Don’t really know the track so where is the best place to watch? Will that mental woods section be there this year?
Get the gondola to the top and walk down and when you find a good spot just watch from there, the mental woods section is now a huge rock garden
flag Cammyd14
Posted: Apr 26, 2018 at 3:59 Quote
weedane97 wrote:
Cammyd14 wrote:
Got tickets for Fort ‘Bill World Cup. Don’t really know the track so where is the best place to watch? Will that mental woods section be there this year?
Get the gondola to the top and walk down and when you find a good spot just watch from there, the mental woods section is now a huge rock garden

Cheers
flag stoo61
Posted: Feb 27, 2019 at 6:39 Quote
Fort Bill is open and ready to go already. Filmed yesterday (Feb 26th)

You may want to go faster, braver and with more talent but each to their own! Big Grin

Average Joe going slow at Fort Bill

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flag ArchieDH
Posted: May 3, 2019 at 6:23 Quote
Hey guys, anyone about Edinburgh on Sunday that would fancy showing me around the Pentlands? Or someone that I could meet at Inners for uplifts/golfie? never been to either and don't want to be trying to ride about by myself lol, cheers
flag e-p
Posted: May 3, 2019 at 12:20 Quote
ArchieDH wrote:
Hey guys, anyone about Edinburgh on Sunday that would fancy showing me around the Pentlands? Or someone that I could meet at Inners for uplifts/golfie? never been to either and don't want to be trying to ride about by myself lol, cheers

There is an Edinburgh mtb meet-up group, join that and post up a ride, I'm sure someone will be up for it and at least you will know if anyone will be joining you in advance.
flag TallTomT
Posted: May 5, 2019 at 12:52 Quote
ArchieDH wrote:
Hey guys, anyone about Edinburgh on Sunday that would fancy showing me around the Pentlands? Or someone that I could meet at Inners for uplifts/golfie? never been to either and don't want to be trying to ride about by myself lol, cheers

How about tomorrow?
flag jackmiller123
Posted: May 7, 2019 at 13:32 Quote
Looking for a forum or something where possible holidays could be sorted to bike parks around Europe. i dont have any friends that do downhill or bike park style stuff but group holidays usually end up cheaper. im Aberdeen based but that doesnt really matter. cheers.
flag ArchieDH
Posted: May 7, 2019 at 23:27 Quote
jackmiller123 wrote:
Looking for a forum or something where possible holidays could be sorted to bike parks around Europe. i dont have any friends that do downhill or bike park style stuff but group holidays usually end up cheaper. im Aberdeen based but that doesnt really matter. cheers.
There's a good "morzine les gets" forum, just search it in the forum bar at the top
flag Layman
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Posted: May 19, 2019 at 12:30 Quote
Hi folks,

I'm headed to Edinburgh for a conference in June and have the 22nd set aside for some biking. I won't have a car, but could probably grab one if needed.

I browsed this thread a bit to see what advice had already been given. https://www.progressionbikesscotland.com looks awesome, but is about an hour away. Are there any similar shops/services that run out of Edinburgh itself?

Preferred biking would just be something that gives the Scottish experience - whatever that may be. If I thought I could make Ft Bill, I'd happily ride an iconic park, but I can otherwise ride enough park while at home.

Thanks all! Looking forward to visiting!
flag stoo61
Posted: May 20, 2019 at 3:20 Quote
Layman wrote:
Hi folks,

I'm headed to Edinburgh for a conference in June and have the 22nd set aside for some biking. I won't have a car, but could probably grab one if needed.

I browsed this thread a bit to see what advice had already been given. https://www.progressionbikesscotland.com looks awesome, but is about an hour away. Are there any similar shops/services that run out of Edinburgh itself?

Preferred biking would just be something that gives the Scottish experience - whatever that may be. If I thought I could make Ft Bill, I'd happily ride an iconic park, but I can otherwise ride enough park while at home.

Thanks all! Looking forward to visiting!

Hey mate!

I have just passed my Level 2 MTB guiding qualification and have, this weekend, gone through the 3 day training for level 3 (the highest possible in the UK).

Im looking to take people out to sharpen my craft etc so this sounds like a good opportunity for both of us. Drop me an email at stuartrossmeldrum@gmail.com and we can chat about it. No pressure, always good to get out with a fellow rider either way!

P.S. I know good options for bike rental.

 


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