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Midlothian Cycle Map – new edition

The third edition of the Spokes cycle/walking map for Midlothian has just been published.
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Cycling to work is healthy

Employees who cycle regularly to work are less frequently ill, with on average more than one day per year less absenteeism than colleagues who do not cycle to work.  See Netherlands TNO report for details.


Scottish Government snubs cycling whilst boosting trunk roads – Bulletin 103

The Spring Spokes Bulletin is out, highlighting the failure of the Scottish Government to take bike use seriously in its 2009/10 budget – despite the all-party evidence-based recommendation of the Parliament’s own Transport, Environment and Climate Change Committee. Yet big new money is going into trunk roads. So – a huge question mark over the government’s much-vaunted aspirations for ‘sustainable’ economic growth and over its intentions on early action towards meeting Climate Change Bill targets.

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#SpokesComp 2026:

Spokes @ 50 / Spokes & Me

In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years.

Maybe you just enjoy cycling, bought one of our super maps and used it to devise your commuter route, or for a weekend bike ride. Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities at some point in the past – or now. Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter!

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