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Edinburgh/Lothians cycling info/organisations

Local bike organisations

The Bike Station – recycling old bikes, adult training, workplace, community outreach, etc
Ageing Well – cycle skills courses for beginners age 50+
Edinburgh Guerrilla Cinema – exciting bike-powered carbon-neutral cinema project with young-person emphasis [volunteer helpers needed]

Local bike rides

Cycling Edinburgh – excellent pulling-together of all known local bike rides
Spokes Sunday rides – first Sunday of month, 30-40 miles
20-milers – monthly 20-mile ‘easyish’ bike rides
Mellow Velo – day and w’end trips with van hire or car share
CTC Lothians – local branch of Cycling UK (formerly CTC, Cyclists’ Touring Club)
Edinburgh Critical Mass – informal group riding together in traffic, last Friday each month, to make a point

Hiring a bike or buying 2nd-hand

City Cycling Edinburgh – hire businesses [Edinburgh only]
City Cycling Edinburgh – secondhand bike sales [Edinburgh only]
Lothians list still to be prepared [meantime see ‘bike shops’ below and ask them]

Local recreational bike routes [mainly offroad]
See separate page

Local bike news, forums, blogs, etc

CyclingEdinburgh.info – local activities & possibilities – personal site by chdot
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum – discussion forum on local cycling issues
CityCycling – Edinburgh based online cycling magazine
Greener Leith – sustainability group who do much to promote cycling
Innertube – blog by the Innertube Map

Local personal bike-special blogs – for the everyday cyclist

Mummy’s Gone a Cycle by @mummycycle“I’m a cyclist and a mummy”
Eli on a Bike by @Eli_App_D‘My Adventures on a Bike’
Claire Cycles by @crabbitcopy ‘An Edinburgh pootler’ – “It’s wonderful, liberating and extremely cheap”
Bikeable Jo by @BikeableJo“I’m not a ‘cyclist’ … but I do ride my bike everywhere”
Back on my Bike by @backonmybike “This blog documents my journey back on my bike with my new cycling accessory – my son”
The ubiquitous blog by @kim_harding – “For me the bicycle has always been about transport and freedom
Un vieux velo by ?? –  “I have an old bicycle. It is ace.
Coastrider East Lothian  by Coastkid=BruceMathieson – Featuring Pugsley bike with massive tyres
Dead Dog Blog by @SRDorman – a “middle aged, technically incompetent mum
DaveMcCraw by @david_mccraw“I have an unhealthy interest in urban transport / bike safety / traffic psychology”
Baldcyclist by @baldcyclist“perfect example of a MAMIL (middle aged man in lycra)” – Fife and Livingston

Spokes advertisers
These organisations support Spokes by advertising in the Spokes Bulletin regularly or from time to time.

Edinburgh Bicycle – Edinburgh Bike Co-op [now operating in several cities] has advertised in every available Spokes Bulletin since Spokes began in 1977! – the same year that EBC was founded, then known as Recycles.
Laid Back Bikes – Spokes member David Gardiner runs recumbent bike rides and sells recumbents and other specialised bikes.
ScotRail – No one is perfect, but ScotRail is one of the UK’s top bike-rail providers and has worked closely with Spokes on various projects.
SEStran – South East Scotland Transport Partnership – also organises 2 mass cycle rides each year, including ‘2 Capitals, Dunfermline to Edinburgh.’
Cycle Law – Legal service for cyclists.

Other Edinburgh/Lothians bike shops

See also our page of bike-related businesses other than bike shops

Bike shops, Edinburgh – Map/List maintained by EdFoC

Bike shops – Edinburgh – List maintained by CityCyclingEdinburgh.info

Bike shops – Lothians and nearby [pdf 216k] – This list has not been updated recently.

For Edinburgh shops please use the links above.  Please send us updates/corrections for the out-of-Edinburgh shops.

Webcams – spot the cyclist??

Edinburgh Princes Street [it’s not on Princes St all the time]
Linlithgow Cross [select ‘High Street East’]
Linlithgow canal [select ‘Looking North’]